| Buy-In: | $1,500 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $1,040,130 |
| Entrants: | 762 |
Blinds: 25,000-50,000
Players Remaining: 1 out of 762
Chip Counts:
1. Brandon Cantu – 3,249,000
2. Lee Watkinson – 0
Average Chip Count: 3,249,000
Notable Eliminations:
2. Lee Watkinson – $141,873
Elimination Hands
Brandon Cantu Wins Event No. 48 ($228,867), Lee Watkinson Eliminated In Second ($141,873)
Brandon Cantu raised to 150,000 from the button and Lee Watkinson just called. The flop came Q
6
4 and both players got all their chips into the middle. Cantu exposed the A1074
, for a pair of fours with a flush draw. Watkinson tabled the 235
7 for a low draw, a straight draw with multiple cards completing it, and an inferior flush draw. However, the turn brought the 9 and the 4 fell on the river, giving Cantu trip fours. Watkinson was sent home in second place.
Blinds: 20,000-40,000
Players Remaining: 2 out of 762
Chip Counts:
1. Brandon Cantu – 1,970,000
2. Lee Watkinson – 1,430,000
Average Chip Count: 1,714,500
Notable Eliminations:
2. Jacqmin Mathieu ($92,946)
Elimination Hands
Jacqmin Mathieu Eliminated in 3rd Place ($92,946)
Jacqmin Mathieu raised pot from the small blind and Lee Watkinson called from the big blind. The flop came Q95 and Mathieu elected to check. Watkinson didn’t check behind and eventually bet out pot. Mathieu quickly went all in and Watkinson made the call. Watkinson tabled the QQ62 and was ahead of the A772 of Mathieu. Watkinson’s set of queens had to dodge spades that didn’t pair the board and a runner-runner low draw. The 8 hit the turn, giving Mathieu a low draw but the K fell on the river, eliminating Mathieu. Watkinson is now up to 2,485,000.
Blinds: 15,000-30,000
Players Remaining: 3 out of 762
Chip Counts:
1. Jacqmin Mathieu — 1,800,000
2. Brandon Cantu — 1,465,000
3. Lee Watkinson — 560,000
Average Chip Count: 1,143,000
Notable Eliminations:
Tommy Vedes – $47,617
Ted Weinstock – $64,727
Elimination Hands
Tommy Vedes Eliminated in Fifth Place ($47,617)
Tommy Vedes called a 90,000 preflop raise from Jacqmin Mathieu, and they saw a flop of 878. Mathieu check-raised all in after Vedes bet 225,000 and Vedes called.
Vedes had the KQ910 and was up against the A58J of Mathieu. the turn was the 9 and the river was the 2 and that sent Vedes home in fifth place.
Ted Weinstock Eliminated in Fourth Place ($64,727)
Brandon Cantu, Ted Weinstock, and Jacqmin Mathieu saw a flop of 67Q.
Cantu bet 300,000 and Weinstock moved all in for 500,000 and then Mathieu moved all in over the top and Cantu folded.
Mathieu showed AA24 and was up against Weinstock’s A2K6. The turn was the 9, giving the high half to Mathieu and the 6 on the river couldn’t give Weinstock a quarter of the pot and sent him home in fourth place.
Blinds: 12,000-24,000
Players Remaining: 5 out of 762
Chip Counts:
1. Tommy Vedes – 935,000
2. Lee Watkinson – 715,000
3. Brandon Cantu – 670,000
4. Jacqmin Mathieu – 630,000
5. Ted Weinstock – 442,000
Average Chip Count: 685,800
Notable Eliminations:
Steve Jelinek – $36,893
Elimination Hands
Steve Jelinek Eliminated in Sixth Place ($36,893)
Tommy Vedes made it 70,000 on the button and Steve Jelinek made it 222,000 from the big blind. Vedes made the call and they took the flop heads up.
The flop was K66 and Jelinek moved all in for his last 184,000 and was called by Vedes. Vedes tabled A2106 and Jelinek showed A2KQ.
The A fell on the turn and the 2 sealed Jelinek’s fate, as he is eliminated in sixth place.
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Players Remaining: 6 out of 762
Chip Counts:
1. Brandon Cantu – 1,003,000
2. Steve Jelinek – 585,000
3. Jacqmin Mathieu – 543,000
4. Ted Weinstock – 515,000
5. Tommy Vedes – 427,000
6. Lee Watkinson – 358,000
Average Chip Count: 571,500
Notable Eliminations:
Aaron Sias – $30,028
Elimination Hands
Aaron Sias Eliminated in Seventh Place ($30,028)
Sias raised to 56,000 and was three-bet by Ted Weinstock. Sias moved the rest of his chips in and both hands were tabled. Sias showwed A378 and was up against the AA6K of Weinstock.
The board ran out A210K9, eliminating Sias in seventh place. Sias will take home just over $30,000 for his efforts.
Blinds: 8,000-16,000
Players Remaining: 7 out of 762
Chip Counts:
1. Brandon Cantu — 1,140,000
2. Jacqmin Mathieu — 505,000
3. Tommy Vedes — 450,000
4. Lee Watkinson — 435,000
5. Steve Jelinek — 426,000
6. Aaron Sias — 320,000
7. Ted Weinstock — 147,000
Average Chip Count: 489,857
Notable Eliminations:
9. William McMahan — $22,862
8. Ronnie Hofman — $25,618
Elimination Hands:
William McMahan Eliminated in Ninth Place ($22,862)
Tommy Vedes raised to 36,000 and William McMahan reraised out of the small blind to 120,000.
Vedes then put him all in and McMahan called for his tournament life with AAKQ. Vedes showed A10104 and made the winning hand when the board ran out 8445J.
Ronnie Hofman Eliminated in Eighth Place ($25,618)
Ronnie Hofman raised pot in early position and was called by Lee Watkinson. Hofman committed the rest of his stack on a flop of 742 with AKQJ and was drawing extremely slim to Watkinson’s AK42.
The turn was the 7 giving Hofman hope, but the river 3 sent him packing.
The remaining nine players will resume action at 2.pm today. Brandon Cantu is the massive chip leader with 1,025,000 in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha 8 or better event. Cantu is looking for his second career bracelet after a disappointing second place finish in event no. 39 ($1,500 no-limit hold’em) just five days ago. Bracelet winner Lee Watkinson is also in the running to take the title. Phil Hellmuth made a run at the final table but finished short in fourteenth place.
Here are the seat positions and chip counts:
Seat 1: Lee Watkinson — 412,000
Seat 2: Steve Jelinek — 260,000
Seat 3: William McMahan — 168,000
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu — 1,025,000
Seat 5: Ted Weinstock — 239,000
Seat 6: Aaron Sias — 353,000
Seat 7: Jacqmin Mathieu — 552,000
Seat 8: Ronnie Hofman — 76,000
Seat 9: Tommy Vedes — 334,000
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