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Event 22: Alfredo Vega – 16th Place ($656)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining 15 of 683

Alfredo Vega raised all in for about 70,000 from under the gun, Michael Johnson called from the cutoff, Robert Leff reraised all in for just a little bit more (about 85,000), and Johnson called.

Vega: AdQh
Johnson: 5d5h
Leff: 7s7c

The board came down 8s4s3c3s9h, safe for Leff to nearly triple up. Vega, meanwhile, was eliminated in 16th place for $656.

Robert Leff – 285,000 (18 bb)
Michael Johnson – 330,000 (21 bb)
Alfredo Vega – Eliminated

Event 22: Vendel Johnson – 17th Place ($656)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining 16 of 683

Vendel Johnson raised all in for about 120,000 from under the gun, and chip leader Matan Yehudai reraised all in for about 950,000 from the next seat over. The rest of the table folded.

Johnson: AhQh
Yehudai: KsKc

The board came down AsKh6c3s4s, giving Yehudai a set of kings to eliminate Johnson in 17th place for $656.

Matan Yehudai – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Vendel Johnson – Eliminated

Recent Eliminations:
18th: Steven Lake – $656

Event 22: Final Two Tables

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining 18 of 683

Table 28
Seat 1: Steven Lake – 35,000 (3 bb)
Seat 2: David Shmuel -675,000 (56 bb)
Seat 3: Emanuel Quinonez -860,000 (72 bb)
Seat 4: Daniel Saffer – 595,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Woodrow Pass – 185,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: Thomas Kornechuk – 340,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7: Vendel Johnson – 120,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Matan Yehudai – 950,000 (79 bb)
Seat 9: David Dohner – 125,000 (10 bb)

Table 33
Seat 1: Alfredo Vega – 125,000 (10 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Pitcher – 210,000 (18 bb)
Seat 3: Carlos Vasquez Torres – 320,000 (27 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Johnson – 415,000 (35 bb)
Seat 5: Robert Leff – 130,000 (11 bb)
Seat 6: Karen Cleveland – 340,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7: Yigal Hen -275,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Steven Touitou – 795,000 (66 bb)
Seat 9: Hector Lopez -110,000 (9 bb)

Event 22: Peter Scianna Eliminated by Steven Touitou

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining 18 of 683

Peter Scianna raised all in for 202,000 from the cutoff, and Steven Touitou isolated with a shove of his own from the button with a covering stack.

Scianna showed Ks10s, trailing Touitou’s QdQc.

The board came down QsJc10d6d10s, giving Touitou queens full of tens to eliminate Scianna.

Steven Touitou – 795,000 (66 bb)
Peter Scianna – Eliminated in 19th Place ($574)

Recent Eliminations
20th: Nesly Jean Baptiste – $574
21st: Nicholas Chiappetta – $574

Event 22: Fabio Perales Eliminated by Carlos Torres Vasquez

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining 21 of 683

Fabio Perales raised all in from the small blind for about 95,000, and Carlos Torres Vasquez called from the big blind.

Perales: Jc10d
Vasquez: AdKd

The board came down 8h6h2cAc3d, giving Vasquez a pair of aces to eliminate Perales.

Carlos Torres Vasquez – 470,000 (47 bb)
Fabio Perales – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($574)

Recent Eliminations
22nd: Lloyd Gunther – $574
24th: Blaine McRae – $574
25th: Santiago Betancur – $574
26th: Stanley Silverman – $574
27th: Daniel Tijerina – $574

Event 22: 28th-36th Place Finishers

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining 27 of 683

28th: Carlos Sanchez – $492
29th: Stuart Greenbaum – $492
30th: Francisco Regalado – $492
31st: Fernando Robles – $492
32nd: Tavaris Jackson – $492
33rd: Peter Netherton – $492
34th: Henri Azouley – $492
35th: Trevor Samuels – $492
36th: Ephraim Uzan – $492

Event 22: 37th-45th Place Finishers

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining 36 of 683

37th: Philip Brill – $410
38th: Felix Olmos – $410
39th: Brett Taylor – $410
40th: Carlos Cruz – $410
41st: Yves Tremblay – $410
42nd: Daniel Perez Escobar – $410
43rd: Gabor Fonai – $410
44th: Dennis Rodriguez – $410
45th: Bernard Cohen – $410

Event 22: Robert Transue Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Yigal Hen

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining 45 of 683

Robert Transue raised all in for 17,000 from the cutoff, and Yigal Hen isolated from the small blind.

Transue: KcQh
Hen: AcAh

The board ran out 7s6s3h3d7h, no help to Transue, ending his toutnament with a money-bubble finish.

Yigal Hen – 101,000 (20 bb)
Robert Transue – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 22: Daniel Ades Eliminated by Dennis Rodriguez

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining 50 of 683

Dennis Rodriguez raised all in from the hijack for 98,000, and Daniel Ades callled all in for 24,500 from the small blind.

Rodriguez: 10s10c
Ades: KcQh

The board came down 7h3s2s7dAd, no help to Ades, locking up the pot for Rodriguez.

Dennis Rodriguez – 133,000 (33 bb)
Daniel Ades – Eliminated

Oscar Lopez, Jamison Smith, Juan Mubarak Peralta, Angelo Ingham, and Maurice Romy are others that were recently eliminated.