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Event 1: Angel Vu Eliminated in 4th Place ($62,622)

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 36: Blinds 200,000/400,000/50,000 ante

Angel Vu $62,622
Angel Vu
$62,622

Daniel Piela raises to 950,000 on the button and Angel Vu calls from the big blind, landing a Td9h8c flop. Vu checks to Piela who continues for 1,475,000, only to be met with a check-raise from Vu to 2,950,000. Piela calls after a few moments, resulting in the 6c turn. Vu bets 4,000,000, leading to an all-in raise from Piela.

After about four minutes in the tank, Vu calls all in for about 8,000,000 with AcTh, but her top pair is trailing Piela’s 7c7d for a straight. The river is the 5s, no help to Vu, ending her run in fourth place.

Daniel Piela – 29,150,000 (72 bb)
Angel Vu – Eliminated in 4th Place ($62,622)

Event 1: Bryan Green Doubles Through Daniel Piela

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 36: Blinds 200,000/400,000/50,000 ante

On the first hand back from break, Daniel Piela opens to 950,000 on the button. Bryan Green three-bets all in for 4,100,000 from the small blind and Piela calls.

Piela: KhJd
Green: AhAc

The board comes Ad4d3s5s4s, giving Green aces full of fours to to double up.

Bryan Green – 8,800,000 (22 bb)
Daniel Piela – 14,250,000 (35 bb)

Event 1: Chad Brown Eliminated in 5th Place ($52,185)

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35: Blinds 150,000/300,000/50,000 ante

Chad Brown $52,185
Chad Brown
$52,185

Chad Brown shoves from the cutoff for 1,475,000 with 9s9d and Bryan Green isolates the action from the button with TsTh. The board falls KdTd4c6s8c, ending Brown’s tournament in fifth place.

Bryan Green – 4,600,000 (15 bb)
Chad Brown – Eliminated in 5th Place ($52,185)

Event 1: Angel Vu Doubles Up Twice

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35: Blinds 150,000/300,000/50,000 ante

Angel Vu raises to 900,000 from the button and Michael Ortiz three-bets to 2,000,000 from the small blind. Vu four-bets all in for 2,750,000 and Ortiz calls.

Vu: KdKs
Ortiz: AsTs

The board rolls out JhTh2h5s3c, safe for Vu to double up.

Angel Vu – 6,050,000 (20 bb)
Michael Ortiz – 13,900,000 (46 bb)

The following hand, Vu raises to 825,000 from the cutoff, Chad Brown reraises all in from the big blind, and Vu calls all in for 6,000,000 with JcJh, racing with Brown’s AhQh.

The board falls Jd9h7c6c7h, giving Vu jacks full of sevens to double up again.

Angel Vu – 12,400,000 (41 bb)
Chad Brown – 1,025,000 (3 bb)

Event 1: More For Piela

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35: Blinds 150,000/300,000/50,000 ante

Daniel Piela raises to 725,000 from from the cutoff and Angel Vu calls from the big blind.

The flop comes down Td6d5h and Vu check-calls 1,150,000 from Piela to see the Tc turn, which they both check. The 8s river completes the board, and Vu bets 1,300,000. Piela raises all in for effectively 4,300,000, sending Vu into the tank for a bit before she folds.

Daniel Piela – 16,500,000 (55 bb)
Angel Vu – 4,300,000 (14 bb)

Event 1: Irwin Block Eliminated in 6th Place ($42,245)

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35: Blinds 150,000/300,000/50,000 ante

Irwin Block $42,245
Irwin Block
$42,245

Irwin Block shoves from the cutoff for about 4,300,000 and Daniel Piela reraises all in from the button for about 8,500,000. Bryan Green tanks in the big blind before folding TsTh face up.

Block:Kc5h
Piela: AdQc

The board runs out JsTd6s2s3h, no help to Block, ending his tournament with a sixth-place showing.

Daniel Piela – 13,200,000 (44 bb)
Irwin Block – Eliminated in 6th Place ($42,245)

Event 1: Michael Ortiz Five-Bet Bluffs Angel Vu

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: Blinds 125,000/250,000/25,000 ante

Angel Vu raises to 775,000 from the cutoff, Michael Ortiz three-bets to 1,750,000 on the button, and Vu four-bets to 2,900,000. After a few moments Ortiz five-bets to 5,500,000, sending Vu into the tank for a good four minutes before she folds.

Ortiz shows the 5c as he collects the pot.

Michael Ortiz – 16,300,000 (65 bb)
Angel Vu – 8,200,000 (32 bb)

Event 1: Daniel Piela Doubles Through Angel Vu

$560 Buy-In Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 33: Blinds 125,000/250,000/25,000 ante

Daniel Piela raises to 625,000 from the cutoff, Bryan Green calls from the small blind, and Angel Vu defends her big blind.

The flop comes down AcJh7d and action checks to Piela who shoves for 3,075,000. Green folds and after about 90 seconds, Vu calls.

Piela: AsKd
Vu: Ah6h

The 7h turn gives Vu a flush draw, but the 4s river secures the pot for Piela.

Daniel Piela – 8,200,000 (32 bb)
Angel Vu – 11,500,000 (46 bb)