PTPRpokerLIVE: BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP (LEVELS 10-13)

LIVE COVERAGE OF THE BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP

4:43pm PT
Players are on a 20-minute break

4:38pm PT
Following my "in depth investigation" of Ivey-Gate ... Phil and the unpaid masseuse ... @penguinnoises7 shared the following story ...

"dealing wsop one year and guy busts at 10-25nl and had to beg for a.loan to pay for the 1.5 hour massage. He was denied. Lol"

4:32pm PT
Gruissem feeling great!

Philipp Gruissem posted the following message on his Facebook account a few minutes ago...

"Busted hansen.busted ivey.8mio now headin to the final table."

4:28pm PT
Brian Rast turned and rivered a straight on Phil Hellmuth, The Poker Brat steaming at the table ...

4:23pm PT
Smirnov Iced! Mikhail Smirnov's pocket aces no good, loses to trip Jacks. Smirnov out in 22nd position

4:04pm PT
King him! Daniel Shak out in 23rd position as Hitman Brian Rast has kings, again!

3:50pm PT
Bob Bright's A-K cannot beat Hitman Brian Rast's KK, Bright out in 24th position

3:35pm PT
UPDATED SEAT DRAWS:

TABLE 446
Bright, Hellmuth, Bulychev, De Wolfe, Banjout, Shak, Rast, Sexton

TABLE 447
Katz, Einhorn, Perkins, Salomon, Trickett, Esfandiari, Mercier, Yong

TABLE 448
Shakerchi, Baldwin, Gruissem, Laliberté, Steven, Marchese, Smirnov, Voulgaris

3:24pm PT
WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb is out of the competition. Lamb needed a club or a 5 and wasn't able to get there. We will now redraw the final three tables.

3:07pm PT
Brian Rast on the move again! Takes Ivey's spot to Hellmuth's right over at Table 448

3:02pm PT
Tough break for the young lady who was giving Ivey a massage for the past two days. Ivey stormed out of the room after his bust-out, the young lady needed to run after him #gottagetpaid

2:58pm PT
Phil Ivey has just been eliminated while at the table next door, Roland De Wolfe who was on two outs on the river hit one of his jacks to double-up.

2:55pm PT
The very entertaining Bill Perkins doubles-up through his friend Antonio Esfandiari

2:32pm PT
Haralabos Voulgaris doubles-up on the first hand back - through Rick Solomon

2:23pm PT
SEAT DRAWS/CHIP COUNTS AT THE BREAK...

TABLE 445
Banjout 7.52M, Yong 10.72M, Rast 11.12M, Bulychev 3.25M, Sexton 5.12M, Baldwin 3.51M, Bright 2.32M

TABLE 446
Katz 2.1M, Perkins 1.15M, Laliberté 8.7M, Esfandiari 12M, Smirnov 5.65M, Mercier 6.1M

TABLE 448
Voulgaris 1.8M, Gruissem 6.04M, Einhorn 5.08M, Salomon 6.17M, Ivey 1.9M,
Hellmuth 9.02M

TABLE 449
Trickett 4.95M, Shak 4.41M, Marchese 6.2M, Steven 6.85M, Lamb 8.25M, Shakerchi 3.22M, De Wolfe 1.21M

Play is about to begin

2:05pm PT
Two knockouts in a row ... Gus Hansen out in 28th, Paul Newey in 27th ...

1:32pm PT
Brian Rast has joined table 445 ... reunited with his Day 1 partner in crime, Mr. Banjout!

1:28pm PT
Phil Ruffin elimianted in 29th position.

1:26pm PT
John Morgan out in 30th position.

1:19pm PT
Paul Newey has joined Table 446 with Antonio, Mercier, Guy and co.

1:15pm PT
Tobias Reinkenmeier eliminated from competition at the hands of Antonio Esfandiari's Quad Queens!

1:07pm PT
Blinds are up ... 30/60K with a 10K ante

12:59pm PT
UPDATED TABLE DRAWS

Table 445
Banjout, Yong, Morgan, Bulychev, Newey, Sexton, Baldwin, Bright

Table 446
Katz, Perkins, Laliberté, Esfandiari, Reinkemeier, Smirnov, Mercier

Table 448
Hansen, Voulgaris, Rast, Gruissem, Einhorn, Salomon, Ivey, Hellmuth

Table 449
Ruffin, Trickett, Shak, Marchese, Steven, Lamb, Shakerchi, De Wolfe

12:55pm PT
Noah Schwartz out in 32nd position.

12:49pm PT
Phil Galfond has been eliminated ... we're breaking down to four tables.

12:34pm PT
Double elimination as Negreanu and Dwan are out on the same hand.

Dwan's aces were cracked and Negreanu had A-10 on the bust out hand ... lost to quad nines. Smirnov, after folding quads yesterday now wins with quads!

12:32pm PT
Banjout at it again! Vivek Rajkumar is the latest player eliminated. Banjout adds to his chip stack.

12:20pm PT
How awesome is the lineup over at Table 448? Gus, Haralabob, Rast, Gruissem, Baldwin, Ivey and Hellmuth, wow!

12:18pm PT
Action table is Table 446 ... Phil Galfond triples-up then a double-up for Bill Perkins

12:10pm PT
Chamath Palihapitiya has just busted out on the first hand of Day 2

12:03pm PT
Day 2 Seat Draws

TABLE 445
Frederique Banjout 7,070,000
Chamath Palihapitiya 635,000
John Morgan 2,000,000
Ilya Bulychev 1,880,000
Paul Newey 3,225,000
Mike Sexton 5,740,000
Vivek Rajkumar 1,270,000

TABLE 446
Cary Katz 2,785,000
Bill Perkins 885,000
Guy Laliberté 6,555,000
Phil Galfond 445,000
Tom Dwan 4,810,000
Daniel Negreanu 470,000
Mikhail Smirnov 4,680,000

TABLE 447
Tobias Reinkemeier 1,220,000
Noah Schwartz 3,120,000
Richard Yong 3,430,000
Robert Bright 3,880,000
Jason Mercier 4,210,000
Roland De 2,960,000
David Einhorn 3,795,000
Phil Ruffin 3,750,000

TABLE 448
Gus Hansen 6,800,000
Haralabos Voulgaris 2,250,000
Brian Rast 10,710,000
Alexander Gruissem 3,600,000
Bobby Baldwin 4,225,000
Rich Salomon 3,285,000
Phil Ivey 2,840,000
Phil Hellmuth 8,395,000

TABLE 449
Antonio Esfandiari 6,880,000
Sam Trickett 6,700,000
Dan Shak 3,190,000
Tom Marchese 3,740,000
Brandon Steven 4,770,000
Ben Lamb 5,770,000
Talal Shakerchi 2,760,000


11:40am PT
We are about 15 minutes away from Day 2 play here at the Big One for One Drop.



Eric Danis
@PTPRpoker
www.PTPRpoker.com