Event 7: Down to 15 Players

The action is moving quickly in Event 7 as they are steadily losing players.

At Table 2, Panagiotis Nifakos moves all in from the cutoff for about 2.6 million, and Johnny Miller moves all in over the top from the button. Both blinds fold.

Nifakos turns over Ah4h, but he’ll need to improve to stay alive against Miller’s 10c10d.

The board comes KsJc8d10s8c, and Miller wins the pot with a full house (tens full of eights) to eliminate Nifakos in 17th place.

Johnny Miller  –  9,300,000  (77 bb)
Panagiotis Nifakos  –  Out in 17th Place  ($8,642)


There is a brief period of calm until a three-way all-in situation develops on Table 1.

Short stack Ronald Brown moves all in from the cutoff for 865,000 (7 big blinds), and Kyle Fleischmann reraises from the small blind to 2,060,000. Ben Zamani tanks for about four minutes in the big blind before he moves all in. Fleischmann calls, and they turn over their cards.

Kyle Fleischman:  Ad8d
Ben Zamani:  AsJd
Ronald Brown:  QcJc

The board comes 10c6h2d9d3c — Brown turns an open-ended straight draw while Fleischman turns a gutshot straight draw with a diamond flush draw. But they miss all their outs, and Zamani takes the pot with his ace-jack high.

Ben Zamani  –  7,350,000  (61 bb)
Kyle Fleischmann  –  1,175,000  (9 bb)
Ronald Brown  –  Out in 16th Place  ($8,642)


Fleischmann moves all in from the button on the next hand for 1,155,000, and Ray Piccin calls from the big blind with Ac10d. Fleischmann turns over Qc9c, and he’ll need to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Qh7s3s5d8s, and Fleischmann pairs his queen on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Kyle Fleischmann  –  2,525,000  (21 bb)
Ray Piccin  –  3,750,000  (31 bb)

That end came near the end of the level, and the blinds have just increased to 75,000-150,000 with a 20,000 ante.