| Buy-In: | $1,500 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $843,750 |
| Entrants: | 625 |
Matros Takes The Title ($189,870)
After a back and forth heads up match, a short-stacked Ahmad Abghari bet on a flop of Q
44
and Matt Matros raised. Abghari bet again on the 3
turn and Matros again raised, with Abghari re-raising to put his few remaining chips all in. Matros called and flipped over Q
8 for two pair, while Abghari showed A10, needing an ace on the river to stay alive. It wasn’t to be, as the 8 hit and Matros took the title down, along with $189,870 and his first ever WSOP bracelet.
Abghari’s runner up performance earned him $117,272.
Kapalas Loses Flip, Out in 4th Place ($59,838)
Very short on chips, Georgios Kapalas got all in with 1010 and was in a race situation against Terrence Chan’s AJ.
The first card on the board was bad for Kapalas, and it didn’t get any better. It ran:
J3Q25
Chan paired his jack and held on to knock Kapalas out in 4th place.
Chan Out in 3rd ($83,185)
Terrence Chan nearly got all in after a series of back and forth raises heads up against Ahmad Abghari on a flop of A810.
On the 7 turn Chan got the rest of it in and was called.
Chan showed Q6 for a flush draw and inside straight draw, while Abghari held A7 for two pair.
The river K helped nobody and Chan was eliminated in 3rd place, finalizing the heads up matchup between Matt Matros and Ahmad Abghari.
With that, the heads up duel has begun.
Following the dinner break, chips started flying around and the final table lost some players.
Truijers Falls in 8th Place ($18,385)
Roberto Truijers was short on chips and raised all in from the big blind preflop. He was called from Jameson Painter and Ahmad Abghari. The two callers checked the entire board of 4K10K3 and showed down. Their hands:
Truijers: AQ
Abghari: 66
Painter: Muck
Truijers was eliminated in 8th place, as Abghari took it down with two pair, increasing his stack to 325,000.
Painter Finishes in 7th Place ($24,198)
On a flop of 98K Matt Matros bet and Jameson Painter raised. Painter was all in holding AQ and had been outdrawn by Matros’ A8.
The 3 turn and 5 were meaningless and Painter hit the rail in 7th Place. The pot boosted Matros to second in chips with 550,000.
Jason Potter Next to Go, in 6h Place ($32,281)
Jason Potter got all in with his last few chips, holding AJ. His opponent Georgios Kapalas was holding 99 and the race was on. The board ran 1041028.
Potter missed his outs and was knocked out in 6th place.
Dresel-Velasquez Busts in 5th Place ($43,647)
Adrian Dresel-Velasquez got his short stack all in preflop and got three callers. The entire board was checked down, reading 26810Q. Their hands:
Dresel-Velasquez: 67
Kapalas: A4
Matros: A3
Abghari: KQ
Abghari hit a pair of queens on the river and with that Dresel-Velasquez was gone in 5th Place.
Players have paused for a dinner break.
Eight players still remain, and each is guaranteed at least $18,385. Terrence Chan leads the way with a 2-1 chip lead over the next nearest stack, but with blinds starting to get up there, anything can happen.
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Players Remaining: 8 out of 625
Tournament Leaderboard:
1. Terrence Chan — 839,000
2. Adrian Dresel-velasquez — 375,000
3. Ahmad Abghari — 360,000
4. Jameson Painter — 303,000
5. Georgios Kapalas — 278,000
6. Roberto Truijers — 275,000
7. Matt Matros — 250,000
8. Jason Potter — 130,000
Burford Gone In 9th Place ($14,149)
A short-stacked Mark Burford raised and faced a re-raise from Georgios Kapalas. With nearly half of his remaining stack already in the pot, Burford re-raised his last 3,000 in and saw what appeared to be good news when Kapalas called.
Kapalas held A4 and was trailing Burford’s AK.
The flop made it interesting, coming 25Q. The 6 turn didn’t help, but the river was disgusting for Murford. The 3 hit, giving Kapalas a straight and eliminating Burford in 9th place.
The final 9 players have been decided and play is underway.
They are:
Terrence Chan — 839,000
Adrian Dresel-velasquez — 375,000
Ahmad Abghari — 360,000
Jameson Painter — 303,000
Georgios Kapalas — 278,000
Roberto Truijers — 275,000
Mark Burford — 173,000
Matthew Matros — 117,000
Jason Potter — 97,000
In 2009, Chan won two PokerStars SCOOP events and a WCOOP event, all in limit hold’em. He’s the chip leader at the final table and hoping to take down his first WSOP event.
Jason Potter is hanging in there as one of the short stacks. Check him out on Twitter.
The final day will begin soon for Event No. 12 ($1,500 limit hold’em).
A total of 13 players remain out of the 625 that began the tournament.
Notables still remaining include Terrence Chan, Jason Potter, Ben Lamb, Frank Kassela and Matt Matros. They will fight it out today for the $189,870 first place prize.
Play will begin at 3:00 p.m. PST.
Stay tuned to Card Player for the action from the Rio!
Here is a look at the chip counts.
Jameson Painter – 307,000
Terrence Chan – 288,000
Ahmad Abghari – 302,000
Jason Potter – 371,000
Ben Lamb – 31,000
Mark Burford – 53,000
Kirk Banks – 264,000
Adrian Dresel-velasquez – 240,000
Roberto Truijers – 141,000
Georgios Kapalas – 306,000
Dean Tran – 82,000
Frank Kassela -162,000
Matthew Matros – 272,000
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