$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

The three remaining players decided to chop it with John Dolan taking home $219,500 and the other two players collecting $150,000. We’ll have a full event recap posted shortly:

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 20K/40K/5K ante

Players are on a 15-minute break. Chip counts for the remaining three are as follows:

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 20K/40K/5K ante

Hans Winzeler was able to get a much needed double, but so did Bruce Snell putting him back as the shortest. Action folded to chip leader John Dolan in the small blind and he put out enough chips to cover Winzeler’s entire stack.

He called off for his final 280,000 with , two live cards against Dolan’s . The flop gave Winzeler an open-ended straight draw, Dolan hit the turn, and dodged the straight outs on the river to send Winzeler out in 4th place for $70,000.

The last three players are all guaranteed a six-digit payout.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 20K/40K/5K ante

Bruce Snell opened for a minimum raise under the gun and was called by Skip McDonough out of the big blind. The flop came and both players checked.

McDonough led out for 85,000 on the turn and was quickly called by Snell. On the river McDonough moved all in for an effective 250,000 and was snap-called by Snell who turned over for the rivered flush. McDonough turned over for a flopped two pair that was no good.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 15K/30K/5K ante

Former chip lead Hans Winzeler has not had it easy today but found his way back into the game after open shoving for 335,000 with and getting a caller in Bruce Snell with .

The dealer spread a completely drama free board of to move Winzeler near 700,000 and leaving Snell as the short stack.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 20K/40K/5K ante

Hans Winzeler opened pre-flop and found two callers in Skip McDonough and John Dolan. The flop came and Dolan checked out of the big blind. Winzeler made it 105,000 to go and McDonough raised it up to 250,000. Dolan quickly called and Winzeler thought for a moment before also calling.

The turn was the and all three checked. The river was the and again all three checked. McDonough turned over for jacks and tens. Winzeler turned over for kings and tens. Both trailed Dolan who had flopped trip tens with his .

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 20K/40K/5K ante

There hasn’t been much movement in chips lately as most pots have been small with a raise pre-flop or a flop bet generally taking it down.

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em Championship Event
Blinds: 15K/30K/5K ante

A potentially massive pot turned into just another huge pot for Skip McDonough. He opened for a min-raise from the button with Iraj Fariab and Bruce Snell coming along in the blinds to the flop.

Fariab immediately reached for chips and bet out 125,000 before Snell asked how much he was playing. When he saw the stack, Snell min-raised to 250,000 to put the action on McDonough. He opted to call the bet and Fariab moved all-in for his final 410,000.

Snell thought about it before folding and McDonough quickly called with .

“You got me again!” Fariab exclaimed as he rolled over top-top . The turn left Fariab drawing dead and out of the tournament in 5th place for $50,500 while McDonough moved over 4 million.