Ian Johns raised preflop and Jerrod Ankenman called. The flop came the 9s 5c 2h. Johns bets and Ankenman calls. The turn is the 3c. Johns checks and Ankenman bets. Johns pulled the ole check raise and Ankenman had to call. The river came the Ah. Johns bets which put Ankenman all in. Johns showed the As 3d for two pair. Jerrod Ankenman mucked and takes 2^nd place for $150,586.

	Jerrod Ankenman

Ian Johns wins his first bracelet and earns $291,755

	Ian Johns

Blinds move to 10K / 15K with limits of 15K / 30K.

Ian Johns takes another hand and moves into the lead.

After a few hands, Ian Johns found himself down to around 100K. But in two back to back hands, he doubled back to almost 400K.

I have played with Jarrod before, at the ESCARGOT, MARGE and BARGE events for RGP.  He is not only a really good player, as witnessed here today, he is also one of the nicest guys around.  I think both these guys will put up a great fight  for this bracelet...not to mention the cash.

Time to wait for a few moments while the powers that be  bring out the cash and the gold bracelet.

From the button, Ian Johns rasied and Javier put it all in the middle for the rest of his chips from the small blind. Jerrod and Ian both call. Checked down, the board unraveled with the 8h 8s 6d 4c 2d. Jerrod had the Ad 6c, and Ian mucked. Javier Torresola mucked his hand as well and rose to take his 3^rd place prize for $75,293.

	Javier Torresola

On the button, Ian Johns raised and Jerrod Ankenman jumped in there with him. The flop brought the 8h 6s 4h. Johns bet and Ankenman raised. Johns called. The turn was the 3h. Ankenman bet. Johns raised and Ankenman reraised. Johns simply called. The river was the 7s. Johns bet and Ankenman called. Johns showed the 7 5 for the straight on the flop and Ankenman showed the 7h 2h for a flush. Huge pot with such power hands. Ankenman takes down almost a quarter of a million.

From the button, Jerrod Ankenman raised and Javier Torresola called from the big blind. The flop came the Jd 9s 4s. Torresola checked and Ankenman bet. He got the call. The turn came the 7s. Checked by both. The river was the 3s. Torresola bet and Ankenman called. Torresola had the Qs 2c for the flush and Ankenman mucked.

Blinds are now 5K / 10K.

The players take a dinner break and will come back at 8pm pst.

Heads up we see the flop of the 9h 7d 5h. Javier bet and Jerrod called. The Th hit the turn and Javier bet and Ankenman called. The river was the Qs. Javier checked, Ankenman bet and Javier called. Ankensman had the Qd 2h and he hit on the river. Javier mucked

Torresola raised on the button and Ian Johns called from the big blind. The flop, the As 7c 5c. Johns checked and Torresola bet. Johns raised and Torresola called. The Qd lands on the turn. Torresola bet and Johns called. The 9d on the river got a check from Johns and bet from Torresola. Johns folded and Torresola picks up some much needed chippage.

Approximate Chip Count

From UTG Ian Johns called and Jerrod Ankenman rasied on the button. Theo Tran reraised all in from the blind and both Johns and Torresola called. The flop, turn and river were checked down by the players with chips. IT came the 3s 2d 2h 3h Jc. Johns had the Ad Ts, Jerrod the Ac Kd and Tran mucked. Theo Tran leaves in 4^th for $65,881.

	Theo Tran

Approximate Chip Count

Mark Newhouse is out in 5th place. He receives $56,470.

	Mark Newhouse

Approximate Chip Count

Tad Jurgens raised from middle position and Javier Torresola called him from the small blind. The flop arrived with the Js Jd 2d. Javier bet and Tad raised. Javier just called. The 7s came on the turn. Javier bet again and Tad raised this time. Javier came back over him for another raise and Tad called, all in. He showed pocket kings and to his horror, Javier turned over pocket rockets. No king hit the river and we lost Tad Jurgens in 6^th for $47.058.

	Tad Jurgens

Javier Torresola took it up a notch from the small blind and Jerrod Ankernman called from the big. The flop came the 7d 4s 3h. Javier bet and Jarrod called. The Jd hit the turn. Checked> The river was the Js. Javier bet out and Jarrod called. Javier showed the Qc Jc and Jarrod tossed his hand into the muck. Javier Torresola increases his chip stack to 170K.

We move to Level 17. 4K / 8K blinds with 8K / 16K limits.

Players take a 15 minute break.

And on the river, Tad Jurgens makes another comeback when he makes a straight to pull down yet another pot.

Tad Jurgens raised from middle position and Ian Johns rerasied from the button. Javier Torresola called from the small blind. Tad reraised to cap it and Ian and Javier called. The flop came the Qd Js 5h. Tad bet his last chips, 3K. Ian called and Jarrod folded. Tad flipped over the Ah Ad and Ian the Ks Qh The turn and river were both fours and Tad grows his dying chip stack to 85K.

Javier Torresoro raised from the cutoff and Jarrod Ankenman called from the button. The flop came the Ts 7s 6c. Javier checked and Jarrod fired a bet at the pot. Over the top came Javier and Jarrod just called. The 7d landed on the turn. Javier bet again and Jarrod just called. The river was the Qh. Javier kept pounding with a bet and Jarrod kept following with a call. Javier showed the As Th and Jarrod one better for the Jh Js. Jarrod is way ahead of the pack now sitting at 470K. Javier plummeted to 92K.

Ian Johns raised from the cutoff and from the big blind Theo Tran called. The flop came the 9h 7c 4d. Ian bet and Theo raised procuring a call from Ian. The Kh hit the turn. Ian now bet out and Theo raised all in. Theo showed the Qd 9d and Ian the Jd Td. The river was the 4h. That queen kicker did the trick and Tran is up to 80K.

Tad Jurgens rasied from the cutoff and Brendan Taylor called from the small blind. The flop came the Kd Qh Td. Brendan made the bet for all his chips and Tad called and turned up the Jh Js. Brendan was ecstatic has he Ks 7d for top pair. The turn was a heart which opened up the flush draw for Tad. Sure as shootin’, the 9h hit the river and the flush took Brendan Taylor out 7^th for $37,646.

	Brendan Taylor

Ian Johns raised and from the big blind Brendan Taylor reraised for all his chips. He turned over the As 5s and Ian the Ts 7d. Back from the grave, Brendan Taylor finds a 5 on the board and doubled up. Back he comes.

Wow..from rags to riches to rags. Brendan Taylor pitted his two red nines against Jarrod Ankenmans two jacks and lost. He sat at only about 50K. Down the road a piece, Javier Torresola took almost all the rest of Taylor’s chips when his kings took the pot. Brendan has his work cut out for him now as he sits at about 15K.

Jarrod Ankenman raised from late position and Mark Newhouse reraised from the small. Jarrod just called. The flop was the Qd 6s 2c. Mark made the bet and Jarrod called. The turn came the 4d. Checked. The river the 9d got a check from both players again. Jarrod showed pocket eights and Mark mucked. Jarrod Ankenman taks back the chip lead with 275K.

Ian Johnson raised from middle position and Theo Tran reraised all in from the small blind. Tad Jurgens puts in a call as does Ian Johns. Theo Tran requests the poker gods to do their thing. The flop came the Kc Jc 7d. Checked. Turn, the Kd, and river the 9s. Theo Tran showed the Ad 7s which smeared the A Q held by both his opponents. Theo Tran smiled and said as he started stacking his newly found pot of gold, “Im not going to lie, today I have been a lucky fish!!!”

Approximate Chip Count

UTG, Ian Johns raised and from the big blind, Ben Robinson called. The flop came the As 9s 4s…Robinson is first to bet and does. Johns came over the top and reraised to put Robinson all in. Robinson turned over the Ac Js and Johns had him outpipped with the Ad Qd. The turn and river bring no relief to Robinson and the Qd takes it down. Ben Robinson takes home 8the for $28,235.

	Ben Robinson

Jerrod Ankenman joins a pot from the button by raising. Theo Tran called for his last 8K. Tad Jurgens gets in there as well. The flop came the 7s 7d 6s. Tad checked and Jarrod bet. Tad called for the side pot. The turn came the 5s. Tad checked and Jarrod made it a bet to go. Tad folded. Jarrod took the side pot and then showed the Jh Jc. Theo turned over the Kc 3c. Ewww…..Well, just as ordered from the poker gods, Tran got his 7 outter on the river as the Kh floated in. Tran tripled up.

Players have taken a short break and resume to Level 16 with 3K / 6K blinds. Limits are 6K / 12K.

Approximate Chip Count

We have our first elimination. Fi Tran got all his chips into the middle after several raises and reraises with Brendan Taylor. Taylor had the Ad Kd and Tran the As 3s. The King kicker held up and we lost Fi Tran in 9^th for $18,823.

	Fi Tran

Back to back double up for Theo Tran against Ian Johns. He is now a little over 100K and Johns has sunk to about 100K. We have some action today Im telling you...and that is hard to say...with limit poker.

Theo Tran was all in against Ian Johns. He had the 4c 4s and Johns the Tc Th. Not a pretty picture. The flop came the Qs 7s 3s. Wait a minute…..Tran just found a whole new bunch of outs. In fact the next two cards were spades as well, but his 4s played and he doubled through Ian Johns to stay alive and sits at 60K.

Ben Robinson raised from early position only to get a rerasied by Mark Newhouse. He called. The flop came the 7s 4d 4s. Newhouse bet and Robinson called. The Kc hit the turn which stimulated a bet from Newhouse. This time Robinson just called. The river brought the 8h. Newhouse bet and Robinson called. He showed two black jacks and Newhouse the As Ks for two pair.

It is the Brendan Taylor show………..Mark Newhouse raised from middle position and got a reraise from Javier Torresola. The button, Brendan Taylor jumped in there too and Newhouse elected to wait for another hand. Heads up the flop came the Kh 7h 6d. Torresola mad a bet and Taylor made is perfunctory raise. Torresola called. The turn came the Td. Torresola checked this time and Taylor bet. Torresola on the retreat merely called. The river came the Qd. Check from Torresola and bet from Taylor. Torresola remains the calling station. Taylor showed two blace sixes for a set and once again his opponent elects to just muck. Taylor has now zoomed to 230K and is chip leader.

Theo Tran raised and got reraised by Brendan Taylor. Tran called. The flop, Qs 3h 3d. Taylor made a bet and Tran called. The turn came the 7s. Taylor made the bet once again and once again Tran called. The river was the 7c. Taylor didn’t let up and bet and Tran merely called. Taylor showed the Js Jc (wow, what a read…. I guess) and Tran mucked. Brendan Taylor is relentless….he is NOT going to go out 9^th if he has anything to do with it. He has stretched his stack to 165K.

Heads up between the blinds, Ian Johns bet on the flop of the Kh Tc 2s. Brendan Taylor called. The turn came the 5d. Johns bet and Taylor raised. Johns folds. Taylor recoups some chippage.

Brendan Taylor raised from middle position and the next player to act, Javier Torresola rerasied. Taylor called. Heads up the flop came the Ac Td 7s. Taylor checked and Torresola made the bet. Taylor called. The turn was the 4h. Taylor checked, Torrresola bet and Taylor then raised but Torresola just called. The river was the Kh. Taylor bet out again and Torresola raised again. Taylor called. Torresola showed the Ah Kc for top two pair and Taylor tossed his cards to the muck.

The final 9 have begun the battle. Still 50 minutes left in level 15 with 3K / 5K blinds.

And we are down to the final day... the final nine players who will battle it out for a first place prize of $291,755.

The seat assignments, names and chip counts are as follows.

Can Ian Johns hold onto his chip lead and take down the coveted bracelet?

Return here Monday at 2pm PST and we'll find out!

They are playing for the following payouts:

You can find all the other payouts and who cashed in this event on the pokerpages results page.

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