$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 22

Will Givens, Jerry Wong, Ari Engel, and John Dollinger have all punched their ticket to the third and final round of the day. Here are what the third round match-ups are starting to look like:

Left Side

Aaron Mermelstein vs. Daniel Wirgau/Steffan Lind
George Lusby/Alberto Rodriguez vs. Will Givens
Alex Foxen/Joseph Marzilli vs. Kane Kalas
Corey Dodd/Michael Aron vs. Gary Bolden

Right Side

Sam Panzica vs. Ankush Mandavia/Timothy Tenpas
Shannon Shorr vs. Jonathan Little
Jerry Wong vs. Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen/Marcus Stein vs. John Dollinger

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 24

With blinds of 100/200, John Dollinger raises to 475 on the button and Adam Geyer called out of the big blind.

The flop is and both players checked. The came on the turn and Geyer bet 1,400. Dollinger called and the river was the .

Geyer bet 1,400 and Dollinger quickly reached for chips.

“I should raise, but I won’t.” said Dollinger. “I have three of a kind.”

Dollinger calls and Geyer showed , but Dollinger tabled and takes a small chip lead in the match with a 1-0 lead in the series.

John Dollinger – 14,500
Adam Geyer – 9,500

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 27

With blinds of 75/150, Ankush Mandavia raised to 400 on the button and Timothy Tenpas three-bet to 1,200 out of the big blind.

Mandavia called and the flop was . Tenpas bet 1,200 and Mandavia called. Both players checked the turn and the came on the river.

Tenpas bet 4,000 and Mandavia took a minute before calling. Tenpas showed and Mandavia mucked his hand. Tenpas has a five-to-one chip lead in this match and a 1-0 lead in the best of three series.

Timothy Tenpas – 20,000
Ankush Mandavia – 4,000

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 27

Here is a look at the players who have survived the second round and secured a spot in the third and final round of the day:

• Shannon Shorr
• Aaron Mermelstein
• Jonathan Little
• Sam Panzica
• Kane Kalas
• Gary Bolden

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 27

Shannon Shorr was in the big blind and got all of Jonathan Kamhazi Aghi’s chips into the middle preflop. Shorr showed and was in the lead against Kamhazi Aghi’s .

The board ran out and Shorr won the pot with a better ace-high. Shorr and  Kamhazi Aghi were event at one match a piece and Shorr took the rubber match to move on to the round of 16.

Shannon Shorr – 24,000
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghi – Eliminated 

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 29

On the river with a board of , Jerry Wong bet 2,000 from the big blind.

“Why so much?” asked David Somers on the button.

Somers took a few moments and then called. Wong showed and won the pot against Somers’ pocket eights.

Wong has a big chip lead over Somers and already is up 1-0 in the best of three series.

Jerry Wong – 21,500
David Somers – 2,500

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 29

With blinds of 200/400, Alex Foxen raised to 900 on the button and Joseph Marzilli called.

The flop was and Marzilli checked. Foxen bet 900 and Marzilli called. The turn was the and both players checked.

The river was the and Marzilli bet 1,100. Foxen raised to 3,100 and Marzilli immediately sighed and picked up his hand off the table.

“I don’t do this very often,” said Marzilli. “I want you to know that.”

Marzilli took a few moments and folded , good for a straight, face-up.

Foxen flashed the as he dragged the pot. Foxen took a slight lead in what was still their first match.

Alex Foxen – 14,000
Joseph Marzilli – 1,000

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 29

Three matches have already wrapped up and three players have secured spots in the sweet sixteen.

Sam Panzica defeated Nick Palma, Kane Kalas bested Scott Heiligman, and Gary Bolden beat Alex Gambino. Those three will move on to the third and final round of the day, which is scheduled to start at 11 p.m.

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

On the turn with the board reading , Adam Geyer bet 550 from the big blind and John Dollinger called on the button.

The river was the and Geyer checked. Dollinger bet 800 and Geyer quickly called. Dollinger showed , good for a straight, and Geyer mucked his hand.

Dollinger is beginning to open up a sizable chip lead in their first match.

John Dollinger – 17,000
Adam Geyer – 7,000

$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