Event 15: Down to 15; Official Chip Counts

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Abbey Daniels was all in from the small blind for 65,500 with Ah8h, and she needed to improve to stay alive against Marc Levy’s 10s10h in the cutoff.

The board came Kc9s3hAs3s, and Daniels paired her ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Abbey Daniels  –  140,000  (28 bb)
Marc Levy  –  31,000  (6 bb)

18th-Place Finisher Marc Levy
18th-Place Finisher Marc Levy

Levy was eliminated in 18th place a short while after that, followed by Daniel Buzgon in 17th place.

Marc Levy  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($1,120)
Daniel Buzgon  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($1,120)

17th-Place Finisher Daniel Buzgon
17th-Place Finisher Daniel Buzgon

Ralph Massey was all in with Ah10d, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Michael Wang’s JhJc.

The board came 9h6d3h4cQs, and the pocket jacks held up for Wang to win the pot and eliminate Massey in 16th place.

Michael Wang  –  305,000  (61 bb)
Ralph Massey  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($1,120)

Ralph Massey
16th-Place Finisher Ralph Massey

Here are the official chip counts from the break, before the blinds increase to 3,000-6,000 and a 1,000 ante:

Table 17
Seat 1.  Nemy Alegado  –  134,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Vladimir Kovalchuk  –  65,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Marc Sacheli  –  81,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Greg Marcus  –  68,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Wang  –  294,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Abbey Daniels  –  128,000  (21 bb)
Seat 9.  Iman Dan  –  212,000  (35 bb)

Table 18
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Giorgio Medici  –  273,000  (46 bb)
Seat 3.  Matthew Yorra  –  221,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4.  Jonathan Delong  –  105,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  John Dubard  –  144,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Louis Leo IV  –  36,000  (6 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Zekus  –  74,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8.  Natalia Ribac  –  104,000  (17 bb)
Seat 9.  Larry Klur  –  311,000  (52 bb)

1st:  $31,360
2nd:  $18,480
3rd:  $10,640
4th:  $8,624
5th:  $6,720
6th:  $5,600
7th:  $4,480
8th:  $3,360
9th:  $2,240
10th-12th:  $1,456
13th-15th:  $1,232

With 15 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 150,000 (25 big blinds).