| Buy-In: | $5,000 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $3,199,200 |
| Entrants: | 688 |
The original plan for Friday at the $5,000 buy-in Card Player Poker Tour Venetian main event was to play down to a winner, but thanks to a huge turnout of 688 and one of the most generous blind structures ever implemented, an extra day has been added to the schedule.
After four long days of grueling poker action, just 10 players remain to battle it out for the title, the trophy and the $655,847 first-place prize.
Leading the way is Javier Gomez, who came into the day with just 442,000 but managed to bag up more than double the average stack size with 3,645,000.
Also in the hunt is 2014 WSOP main event winner Martin Jacobson, and high-stakes tournament regulars Dimitar Danchev, Paul Volpe and Ankush Mandavia.
A total of 34 players gathered for day 4 with the hopes of making the final table. As the field whittled down to the final table, a number of notable pros hit the rail along the way including Dylan Wilkerson (34th), Ravi Raghavan (33rd), Matt Giannetti (31st), Chino Rheem (30th), Barry Hutter (28th), Dylan Linde (27th), Brett Richey (24th), Ben Palmer (19th), David Sands (18th), Sergio Aido (16th), and Chris Tryba (15th).
The players will return to the Venetian on Saturday at 12 p.m. to play down to a winner.
Here’s a look at the overnight chip counts.
| Seat | Player Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Bobby Suer | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | Paul Hoefer | 2,385,000 |
| 3 | Ankush Mandavia | 1,620,000 |
| 4 | Javier Gomez | 3,645,000 |
| 5 | Dimitar Danchev | 945,000 |
| 6 | Paul Volpe | 1,195,000 |
| 7 | Samuel Bernabeu | 2,360,000 |
| 8 | Yan Shing Tsang | 750,000 |
| 9 | Renick Patterson | 2,085,000 |
| 10 | Martin Jacobson | 780,000 |
Bobby Suer raised to 90,000 from the cutoff and Ankush Mandavia three-bet to 220,000 from the small blind.
Suer shoved for 660,000 and Mandavia called with A
Q
. Suer had Q
Q, however, and his hand held on a board of 101095
K.
Seat 1 — Bobby Suer — 600,000
Seat 2 — Paul Hoefer — 2,510,000
Seat 3 — Ankush Mandavia — 2,050,000
Seat 4 — Javier Gomez — 3,150,000
Seat 5 — Dimitar Danchev — 1,180,000
Seat 6 — Paul Volpe — 750,000
Seat 7 — Samuel Bernabeu — 2,650,000
Seat 8 — Yan Shing Tsang — 1,300,000
Seat 9 — Renick Patterson — 2,275,000
Seat 10 — Martin Jacobson — 720,000
Ankush Mandavia raised to 85,000 and Ryan Phan moved all in for about 550,000. Mandavia quickly called with AK and had Phan dominated with AJ.
The board fell 974K2 and Phan was eliminated.
The players are now redrawing for the ten-handed, unofficial final table. Stay tune for the draw and player chip counts.
The players have returned from the break to increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante.
The players are now on their final 10-minute break of the evening. The plan is to play for another hour before bagging up for the night and returning tomorrow for an unscheduled day 5.
| Rank | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Samuel Bernabeu | 2,500,000 |
| 2 | Javier Gomez | 2,450,000 |
| 3 | Renick Patterson | 2,275,000 |
| 4 | Paul Hoefer | 2,225,000 |
| 5 | Yan Shing Tsang | 1,400,000 |
| 6 | Ankush Mandavia | 1,380,000 |
| 7 | Ryan Phan | 1,300,000 |
| 8 | Dimitar Danchev | 1,225,000 |
| 9 | Martin Jacobson | 900,000 |
| 10 | Paul Volpe | 850,000 |
| 11 | Bobby Suer | 350,000 |
Dimitar Danchev raised to 65,000 from the cutoff and from the button Ryan Phan three-bet to 135,000.
Danchev called and the flop brought the KQ5. Danchev checked and Phan bet 120,000.
Danchev announced that he was all-in and Phan snap called for 475,000 with the KQ for top two. Danchev was drawing to the straight with J10.
The turn brought the K to give Phan the boat and lock up the hand. The 9 on the river completed Danchev’s straight but it was too little, too late.
Phan now sits with 1,300,000 while Danchev fell to 1,225,000.
On a flop of KQ5, Ankush Mandvia was all in for about 610,000 holding AA against the K7 of Javier Gomez.
The turn and river were the 5 and 10, giving Mandavia a double up to 1,380,000.
Tamer Kamel was all in with 22 against the 1010 of Samuel Bernabeu.
The board ran out KKKA7 and Kamal was eliminated. Bernabeu, who started the level as one of the shortest stacks, is now up to 2,050,000.
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