After five days of flights and 10,015 entries, 882 remain. Valentin Vornicu leads the way with 869,000. Vornicu has 70 WSOP cashes and nine WSOP Circuit rings, just about $850,000 in career WSOP earnings, and is hungry for his first bracelet.
He is followed closely by Ben Volpe with 794,000. Volpe has won a WSOP gold bracelet and has 21 career WSOP cashes. He has almost $500,000 in career WSOP earnings and looks to nab his second career win at the WSOP.
Many other notables still remain and have big stacks in the field, like Niall Farrel with 559,000, Eric Baldwin with 547,500, Roland Israelashvili with 496,500, Scott Montgomery with 452,000, and Ravi Raghavan with 432,000. Countless other big names remain in the field and look to make runs up the leaderboard.
Play begins at 2 p.m. local time on Level 19 and players will battle it out for 15 40-minute blind levels or until the final table has been reached. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 27 (8:30 p.m.).
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Roland Israelashvili (photo from an earlier event)
Five-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Roland Israelashvili was all in from the button and called by 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess in the big blind.
Israelashvili:
Riess:
The board ran out to give Riess the upper hand with a flush and the pot. As Israelashvili was covered by Riess, he was eliminated.
Mariano Gonzalez in the hijack was all in for roughly 530,000, another player on the button was all in for about 140,000, and Juan Villegas, in the big blind, had both covered and at risk.
Juan Villegas:
Mariano Gonzalez:
Button:
The board ran out , and with the four diamonds on board, Villegas hit his flush to scoop the whole pot.
The player in the hijack raised to 275,000. Chris Grigorian was on the button and moved all in for roughly 2,100,000. Warren Janney was in the small blind and moved all in for 1,255,000. The original raiser folded, leaving the two to battle it out.
Warren Janney:
Chris Grigorian:
The board ran out , giving Janney the winning hand and the full double. Chris Grigorian had been on a tear of late and will have to try to pick up the pieces after that tough spot.
Ravi Raghavan raised to 450,000 from late position. Romit Advani, in the small blind, three-bet to 1,520,000. Raghavan shoved all in, and Advani called.
Ravi Raghavan:
Romit Advani:
The board ran out , and Advani hit a king on the flop and doubled up.
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— no help for Cheong — and he has been eliminated.
to give Riess the upper hand with a flush and the pot. As Israelashvili was covered by Riess, he was eliminated.
, and with the four diamonds on board, Villegas hit his flush to scoop the whole pot.
— no help for Chong, and he was eliminated.
— no help for Vornicu as the aces of Nguyen held.
, giving Janney the winning hand and the full double. Chris Grigorian had been on a tear of late and will have to try to pick up the pieces after that tough spot.
. Pena made the straight on the river, and Gallagher was relegated to the rail.
