Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level: 21
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
The remaining 8 finalists are now on a short 15-minute break and will return to action shortly.
On a heads-up turn of 9♥J♠7♣10♥, Richard "Coach" Furfaro moved all in and big stack Randy Shamo made the call t put him at risk.
Richard "Coach" Furfaro: K♠Q♠
Randy Shamo: 5♥6♥
Furfaro was looking strong with his turned nut straight, but the wind was taken out of his sails when the J♥ peeled off on the river to give Shamo a backdoor flush. Furfaro shook his head in disbeleif as the pot was pushed over to Shamo and he exited the tournament in ninth place as the first casualty at the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,100,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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Busted |
After some pre-flop fireworks, big stacks Steve Hoang and Derrick Yamada got all the chips into the middle to create a massive pot of 2,500,000, with Hoang at risk.
Steve Hoang: A♥J♣
Derrick Yamada: A♠K♥
Hoang would need a lot of help here as Yamada had him dominated, and it was looking grim on the turn 8♣6♦8♥3♥, but the river came the miracle J♥ to give him the massive double up, much to the chagrin of Yamada.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,500,000
1,580,000
|
1,580,000 |
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1,650,000
1,155,000
|
1,155,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 15,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
With the elimination of Lewis Christensen, the remaining nine players have been reseated at the final table as follows:
Seat | Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
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1 | Brendan Wiley | 120,000 | 6 |
2 | Randy Shamo | 1,600,000 | 80 |
3 | Jasmin Grabic | 660,000 | 33 |
4 | Maurice Thomas | 450,000 | 23 |
5 | Derrick Yamada | 2,805,000 | 140 |
6 | Richard "Coach" Furfaro | 350,000 | 18 |
7 | Steve Hoang | 920,000 | 46 |
8 | Johnny Groat | 1,200,000 | 60 |
9 | Anastasia Knapp | 375,000 | 19 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,805,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
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1,600,000 | |
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1,200,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
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920,000
855,000
|
855,000 |
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660,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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450,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
375,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
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350,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
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120,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Lewis Christensen moved all in preflop and was called by Randy Shamo to put his tournament life on the line.
Lewis Christensen: A♠4♦
Randy Shamo: A♥9♦
Things were looking tough for Christensen as Shamo had his ace dominated, but the flop of 10♥4♣2♠ put him into the lead with his four. Unfortunately, the 9♥ smacked down on the turn to swing the lead back into Shamo's favor and the river 7♥ changed nothing. Shamo was then pushed the pot while Christensen made his way to the exit in 10th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
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Busted |
Bruno Samoun moved all in preflop and was called by big stack Steve Hoang to put him at risk.
Bruno Samoun: Q♦10♣
Steve Hoang: A♠5♥
Hoang was ahead with his ace-high, and the runout of 3♦7♠J♥5♠3♥ kept it that way to eliminate Samoun in 11th place for a payout of $2,860.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,775,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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Busted |
After losing a massive pot by doubling up Steve Hoang, Bhargav Kakani moved all in preflop to be called by none other than his nemesis, Hoang.
Bhargav Kakani: 10♥9♠
Steve Hoang: K♥9♥
Kakani needed to hit a ten or make a straight, but the runout of A♥2♠3♠J♠2♣ did neither and he was eliminated from the tournament in 12th Place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,650,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
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Busted |
Short-stacked Susan Millstone-Schacke moved all in for around 100,000 and Derrick Yamada made the call to put her at risk.
Susan Millstone-Schacke: 9♣10♣
Derrick Yamada: K♥Q♦
She would need a lot of help to stay alive in this spot, but the runout of K♠4♦5♣4♥8♣ provided no help and she was sent to the rail in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,025,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |