It's over here in Indiana and Samuel Oberlin is champ.

He took the lead pushing the action after flopping an ace then dusted off Jerry Martin catching queens again. The action in the final hand began with a limp from Martin on the button and Oberlin making it $40k more to play. Jerry called and the flop came J 5 4.

Oberlin made it $85k, Martin pushed in and Oberlin snap called showing Q Q. Martin had J 7 and it was all over when the 8 turn and A river fell.

Martin grabs $79,480 for second while Oberlin gets the $143,064 first place prize plus the WSOP Main Event seat, the flashy ring and an exclusive PL.com interview.

We have a match now after Samuel Oberlin doubled through Jerry Martin.

Oberlin made it $36k, Martin shoved and Oberlin called all-in for his tournament life with Q Q. Martin had K J and the board ran out A J 8 6 Q bringing Oberlin back up to $518k while Martin drops to $702,000.

We're heads up now that David Kopacz' meltdown is complete. Facing a $46k raise from Jerry Martin he shoved from the small blind and Jerry beat him to the pot.

It was pocket queens for Martin against the unbelievable Q-6 off for Kopacz. The case queen on the flop was enough to make it look really bad for Kopacz and he's out third cashing $43,714.

Heads up Jerry Martin has over $1 million in chips to Samuel Oberlin's $230k.

Louisville's Len Ashby is out fourth after shoving with a draw that never materialized. The action in Len's final hand started with his own raise to $34k from the small blind.

Jerry Martin flatted from the big and the K 7 6 flop was revealed. Both players checked, but when the 3 turn came, Ashby bet out $40k.

Martin made it $80k and a confused Ashby couldn't contain himself.

"You got it buddy?" he asked, before shoving and putting Martin to the test.

The answer was yes, Jerry called and felted K J. Top pair was good, but Martin needed to fade Ashby's 9 8 open ender.

The 4 river helped him do that and while Martin increased his lead, Ashby was headed to the cage to grab $31,792 in fourth place prize money.

Three handed Martin has $830k to David Kopacz' $260k and Samuel Oberlin's $210k.

We resume play with the start of Level 16. Here's how things stand:

Samuel Oberlin	$210,000
Jamin Stokes	6th Place
Len Ashby	$316,000
David Kopacz	$261,000
Jerry Martin	$476,000
Joey Couden	5th Place
Derek Whelan	7th Place
Dean Schultz	8th Place
Ray Lynn	9th Place

 

We've reached the end of Level 15 and the players are off on a 10-minute break.

After a $28k button raise from Len Ashby, David Kopacz struck back from the big blind making it $49,000 more.

After finding out the exact amount, Ashby promptly shoved for $150,000 more. Counting out his stack to discover he would be left with just $35k should he call and lose, Kopacz eventually gave it up. 

"I know you're messing around and you've got to stop," Ashby said, showing the rather messy Q 9.

David Kopacz has given away his chip lead to Jerry Martin after some bizarre post river play.

The hand began with a $31k raise from Martin from the small blind and Kopacz protecting his big. 

Both players checked it down the whole way until they were faced with a 10 9 7 3 8 board. The fireworks came next with Jerry lead out for $45k and David pretty much min-raising it up to $100k. 

Martin shoved for some $150,000 more and Kopacz tanked for a minute before making a crying call. He showed K 6 for the sucker end of the straight and Martin had him crushed with A K for the nut flush.

Martin now has the lead with over $500,000 and Kopacz has only himself to blame for dipping below $200,000.

Joey Couden's amazing run back into contention is now over. He limped the small blind and Len Ashby checked his option.

Joey tapped the table when the J 5 5 flop fell and Ashby led out for $13k. It was push or fold time for Couden and he did the former.

Ashby insta-called with 10 5 and Couden let an explative fly turning over A A. The 9 turn and 3 river were no help to Joey and he's out fifth taking $27,818.

In a battle of short stacks between Len Ashby and Joey Couden, Ashby spiked an ace with A-7 to beat Couden's pocket fives and cripple the Columbus native.

With less than one big blind after the hand, Couden shoved with K 3 and quadded up making trip threes, then doubled that to $120k hitting two pair with 5 3.

Amazingly, he's right back in it.