$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 37: 250,000/500,000/75,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 8,425,000 (17 bb)

Kenneth Watson open-shoved for 4,225,000 and Salomon Ponte called after a fold from Harrison Gimbel.

Ponte:
Watson:

Watson was ahead but Ponte added a flush draw on the flop. He got there immediately on the turn to leave Watson drawing dead to 5th place.

Kenneth Watson: Eliminated in 5th Place ($66,525)
Salomon Ponte: 17,000,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 /500 Ante
Players Remaining: 20/185
Average Stack: 185,000 (46 bb)

John Dolan raised all in for about 53,000 from the hijack and Bryan Piccioli called from the small blind.

Dolan:
Piccioli:

The flop fell , giving Piccioli a set of fives. Dolan picked up a flush draw and hit it when the turn fell. However, the river landed to give Piccioli a full house, fives full of queens, to eliminate Dolan in 21st place.

Bryan Piccioli – 425,000 (106 bb)
John Dolan – Out in 21st Place ($4,500)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 400/800/100 Ante

Level 8 came and went and registration is closed in Flight C of Event 8, a $150 no limit hold’em re-entry tournament with a $100,000 guarantee. The third of six starting days drew 157 entries bringing the tournament total to 526 and the prize pool to $63,120.

Here’s a look at the breakdown of the tournament thus far:

The clock currently reads 63 players remaining toward the middle of Level 9. They’ll log about three more hours of action before play concludes following Level 14 at roughly 7 p.m. ET.

Complete combined Flight ABCD chip counts will be posted after Flight D concludes around 2 a.m. Tuesday.

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 37: 250,000/500,000/75,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 8,425,000 (17 bb)

They both needed to make a move and both caught what they needed. Thong Ho open-shoved for 2,750,000 and Harrison Gimbel moved in over the top to isolate.

Gimbel:
Ho:

Ho needed help. He didn’t find it on the flop but the was what he was looking to catch. He faded the river to double.

Thon Ho: 7,500,000
Harrison Gimbel: 7,400,000

Next up it was Watson moving all-in for 2,200,000 and it was Salomon Ponte calling this time for a chance at the KO.

Ponte:
Watson:

Watson needed an interesting flop and found it a double belly buster draw when it came . He missed the turn but popped the river for his double.

Ponte: 6,500,000
Watson: 5,300,000

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 37: 250,000/500,000/75,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 8,425,000 (17 bb)

The final table is back in action with Ed Mallon leading and Salomon Ponte in second. Kenneth Watson and Thong Ho need to make a move soon with less than ten big blinds.

Seat 1: Harrison Gimbel – 8,975,000 (18 bb)
Seat 2: Salomon Ponte – 10,450,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4: Edward Mallon – 16,000,000 (32 bb)
Seat 7: Kenneth Watson – 3,800,000 (8 bb)
Seat 9: Thong Ho – 3,400,000 (7 bb)

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 /500 Ante
Players Remaining: 27/185

On just the second hand of hand-for-hand play, Aaron Massey opened the button for 7,500. The small blind called. The big blind three-bet to 21,000. It was back on Massey and he four-bet an unknown amount. The small blind folded. The big blind shoved for about 75,000 and Massey called. The big blind was at risk.

Massey:
Big blind:

The board ran out improving Massey to a set and earning him the pot. The big blind hit the rail 28th sending the remaining 27 players into the money.

Here’s a look at what they’re playing for:

1st: $140,000
2nd: $82,500
3rd: $47,500
4th: $38,500
5th: $30,000
6th: $25,000
7th: $20,000
8th: $15,000
9th: $10,000
10-12th: $6,500
13-15th: $5,500
16-18th: $5,000
19-27th: $4,500

One of those fortunate to sneak into the money is last summer’s WSOP Main Event runner up Josh Beckley. Beckley began the day with the short stack and now holds about 80,000.

Others still in contention include Seminole Hard Rock poker team member Mike Laake, John Dolan, T.K. Miles, Sam Panzica, Mike Laake, Jack Duong and Ryan Dunn.

Aaron Massey – 278,000 (92 bb)

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 36: 200,000/400,000/50,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 8,425,000 (21 bb)

The five remaining players are on a quick 15-minute break as production staff make some tweaks and tournament supervisors break out the 500K plaques.

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 36: 200,000/400,000/50,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 7,025,000 (18 bb)

Michael LaRocca open-shoved from the button for 1,000,000 and Harrison Gimbel called from the big blind with .

LaRocca was behind with and nothing changed as the dealer spread to send LaRocca out in 6th place.

Michael LaRocca: Eliminated in 6th Place ($56,740)
Harrison Gimbel: 12,200,000

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 35: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 6,025,000 (20 bb)

The blinds levels continued to force the action and we had another major pot shortly after Goodman was sent out.

It was Salomon Ponte getting frisky for a third time with an open to 900,000 and he was called by Ed Mallon. Ryan D’Angelo followed by moving all-in for 3,650,000 and Ponte flatted.

That was enough for Mallon and he moved all-in over the top for 400K more. Mallon called for the massive three-way all-in.

Mallon:
Ponte:
D’Angelo:

D’Angelo needed a lot of help to stay alive and Ponte needed to catch for the double KO. Ponte paired the flop but that was it as the board finished and .

D’Angelo was sent out in 7th place while Mallon earned the big pot.

Ryan D’Angelo: Eliminated in 7th Place ($48,260)
Ed Mallon: 12,200,000
Salomon Ponte: 7,200,000

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 35: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 5,260,000 (18 bb)

Salomon Ponte continued to build his lead and local Zack Goodman was the next in line. Goodman three-bet shoved just like Balzano before him but was in much worse shape when Ponte called.

Ponte:
Goodman:

It was a decent flop for Goodman when the gave him an open-ended straight draw. But he found no love on the turn or river to go out in 8th place.

Zack Goodman: Eliminated in 8th Place ($31,630)
Salomon Ponte: 9,500,000