$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 32 of 64

The final Round 1 match has come to an end. The marathon back-and-forth between Shannon Shorr and Michael Aron went Shorr’s way at the end.

Aron put his last chips in the middle after the flop with middle pair/flush draw and Shorr called with top pair . Shorr faded the turn and river to send him on to Round 2 where he’ll face Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai.

Left side of the bracket

Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein
Daniel Wirgau versus Staffan Lind
George Lusby versus Jack Duong
Nick Yunis versus Will Givens
Mark Dube versus Alex Foxen
Kane Kalas versus Scott Heiligman
Michael Aron versus Corey Dodd
Alexander Gambino versus Gary Bolden

Right side of the bracket

Timothy Tenpas versus Ankush Mandavia
Nick Palma versus Sam Panzica
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai versus Shannon Shorr
Hugo Zanotti versus Jonathan Little
David Somers versus Jerry Wong
Amir Babakhani versus Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein
John Dollinger versus Adam Geyer

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Matthew Sloan opened the button to 30,000, Seth Davies called in the small blind, and Chad J. Brown defended his big blind to create three-way action.

The flop was . It checked to Sloan, who continued for 35,000, and only Brown called. Heads up, the turn was the , and Brown checked again. Sloan bet 55,000, and Brown check-raised all in for about 150,000 total. Sloan instantly called to put him at risk.

Sloan: (Broadway straight)
Brown: (king-high straight)

Despite flopping a straight, Brown was drawing dead to a chop, and the river was no help. He was eliminated in fourth place at the hands of Sloan.

Matthew Sloan – 590,000 (49 bb)
Chad J. Brown – Eliminated

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Harrison Gimbel opened the button to 30,000, and Matthew Sloan three-bet shoved for 159,000 in the small blind. After getting the exact count, Gimbel called to put him at risk.

Gimbel:
Sloan:

The board ran out , and Sloan turned a king-high straight to double up.

Gimbel has lost the last three pots in which he’s had a chance to eliminate a player, but his stack has hardly suffered at all thanks to some favorable spots in between.

Matthew Sloan – 338,000 (28 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 840,000 (70 bb)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 35 of 64

We’re getting closer to wrapping up the first round of action after two more finished up.

Chad J. Brown’s multi-tabling effort came to an end when he was blinded out against Alex Foxen then Daniel Wirgua defeated Pavel Dyanchenko to leave three matches.

Darren Rabinowitz versus Michael Aron – Tied 1-1
Shannon Shorr versus Michael McNeil – Tied 1-1
Timothy Fisher versus Jerry Wong – Tied 1-1

A few more Round 2 matches kicked off including Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein and Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein. Ari Engel has a 1-0 lead in his match against Amir Babakhani while Sam Panzica and Nick Palma are tied at one win a piece.

Left side of the bracket

Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein
Daniel Wirgau versus Staffan Lind
George Lusby/Pratyush Buddiga versus Jack Duong
Nick Yunis versus Will Givens
Mark Dube versus Alex Foxen
Kane Kalas versus Scott Heiligman
Michael Aron versus Corey Dodd
Alexander Gambino versus Gary Bolden

Right side of the bracket

Timothy Tenpas versus Ankush Mandavia
Nick Palma versus Sam Panzica
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai versus Shannon Shorr/Michael McNeil
Hugo Zanotti versus Jonathan Little
David Somers versus Timothy Fisher/Jerry Wong
Amir Babakhani versus Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein
John Dollinger versus Adam Geyer

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Chad J. Brown opened the button to 30,000, and Harrison Gimbel three-bet shoved from the small blind. Brown called all in for 168,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Brown:
Gimbel:

The board ran out , and Brown doubled up with a pair of kings.

Chad J. Brown – 356,000 (30 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 800,000 (67 bb)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 37 of 64

There are only five Round 1 matches still in action while we had two more Round 2 matches kick off recently.

Nick Yunis, David Somers, and Marcus Stein were among the latest to move forward with Brian Reinhert and Brian Hastings hitting the rail.

The Nick Palma/Sam Panzica and Ari Engel/Amir Babahkani second round matches are underway. Kane Kalas has an early 1-0 lead over Scott Heiligman.

Round 2 Matchups:

Left side of the bracket

Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein
Daniel Wirgau/Pavel Dyanchenko versus Staffan Lind
George Lusby/Pratyush Buddiga versus Jack Duong
Nick Yunis versus Will Givens
Mark Dube versus Alex Foxen/Chad J. Brown
Kane Kalas versus Scott Heiligman
Michael Aron/Darren Robinowitz versus Corey Dodd
Alexander Gambino versus Gary Bolden

Right side of the bracket

Timothy Tenpas versus Ankush Mandavia
Nick Palma versus Sam Panzica
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai versus Shannon Shorr/Michael McNeil
Hugo Zanotti versus Jonathan Little
David Somers versus Timothy Fisher/Jerry Wong
Amir Babakhani versus Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein
John Dollinger versus Adam Geyer

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 22: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Action folded around to the blinds where Chad J. Brown moved all in for 170,000 in the small, and Harrison Gimbel called from the big to put him at risk.

Brown:
Gimbel:

The board ran out , and Brown rivered a seven on the river to double up with two pair.

Chad J. Brown – 344,000 (34 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 775,000 (78 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 22: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Chad J. Brown recently lost a big pot and about half his stack to Seth Davies, and Harrison Gimbel has just delivered another blow.

This pot began with Gimbel opening to 25,000 under the gun, and Brown defended his big blind. The flop was . Brown checked, Gimbel continued for 20,000, and Brown called. The turn was the , and both players checked. The river was the , and Brown led for 25,000. Gimbel raised to 75,000, and Brown called.

Gimbel showed , winning the pot with trip kings.

Meanwhile, a couple tables over, Brown’s stack in the heads-up event is blinding down into the danger zone, as well. He’s got less than 5,000 chips left in front of his empty seat, and 600 chips are being moved from his stack into Alex Foxen’s every two and a half minutes at the current level.

Harrison Gimbel – 875,000 (88 bb)
Chad J. Brown – 135,000 (14 bb)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 45 of 64

Even while some matches are still running in Round 1, two matches have kicked off the second round. Kane Kalas is up against Scott Heiligman while Jonathan Little  goes against Hugo Zanotti.

We’ll have two more Round 2 matches kicked off at 6:30pm as they try to move it along.

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 186

Harrison Gimbel opened the cutoff to 20,000, and Hussain Sajwani three-bet shoved for 142,000 in the big blind. Gimbel called to put him at risk.

Gimbel:
Sajwani:

The board ran out , and Gimbel flopped a pair of eights to win the pot. Sajwani was eliminated in fifth place, earning a pay jump into five figures.

Harrison Gimbel – 680,000 (85 bb)
Hussain Sajwani – Eliminated