Event 15: Getting Down to the Final Seven

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 556

Blake Whittington and the Chips of James Calderaro
Eighth-Place Finisher Blake Whittington

With 10 players remaining, William Watson raised from the hijack to 60,000, and Jon Dokler moved all in from the button for about 750,000. Nick Pupillo called from the small blind, and Watson folded.

Dokler turned over Qh10h, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Pupillo’s JhJc.

The board came Jd5h2hJs6c, and Pupillo flopped a set of jacks and turned quads to win the pot and eliminate Dokler in 10th place.

Nick Pupillo  –  3,050,000  (102 bb)
Jon Dokler  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($10,160)

Jordan Joeckel was eliminated in ninth place just a few moments later.

Then it took a little while before Blake Whittington got it all in from the small blind for about 350,000 with Kc10c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AhJh of William Watson on the button.

The board came As4s3h6d7d, and Watson won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Whittington in eighth place.

William Watson  –  2,015,000  (67 bb)
Blake Whittington  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($14,664)

Here are the most recent eliminations:

8th:  Blake Whittington  –  $14,664
9th:  Jordan Joeckel  –  $10,160
10th:  Jon Dokler  –  $10,160
11th:  Sam Panzica  –  $8,125
12th:  Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  $8,125

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.59 million (53 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed at least $14,664 each.