$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 109

After a double elimination, the final table will begin with eight players, and they drew for random seats.

The final eight players drew for random seats at the final table. Here are their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Manny Tarich  –  450,000  (90 bb)
Seat 2.  Stanley Lee  –  300,000  (60 bb)
Seat 3.  Viktor Kovachev  –  376,000  (75 bb)
Seat 4.  Chauncey Monk  –  145,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5.  Jose Parra  –  84,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  Jason Nablo  –  335,000  (67 bb)
Seat 7.  Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  147,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Dominick Sannino  –  314,000  (63 bb)

And here is a list of the players who have finished in the money so far, along with their payouts:

9th:  Truyen Nguyen  –  $3,352
10th:  Thiago Palmieri Camilo  –  $2,961
11th:  Leif Force  –  $2,961
12th:  Guy Naimi  –  $2,961
13th:  Vito Recchimurzo  –  $2,626
14th:  Filipp Khavin  –  $2,626

This event is unlikely to finish tonight, as there will be a hard stop around 2:00 am.

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 354

The final nine players drew for random seats at the final table, and they will play down to a winner tonight. Here are their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Soheb Porbandarwala  –  1,170,000  (59 bb)
Seat 2.  John Paul Ode  –  975,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3.  Marc Sacheli  –  1,600,000  (80 bb)
Seat 4.  Justin Harvell  –  365,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Marsha Wolak  –  270,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Lauri Saaskilahti  –  390,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Mark Dube  –  1,075,000  (54 bb)
Seat 8.  Justin Carey  –  305,000  (15 bb)
Seat 9.  Raffaello Locatelli  –  855,000  (43 bb)

And here is a list of the players who have finished in the money so far, along with their payouts:

10th:  Vitor Coelho  –  $2,142
11th:  Eric Kolodny  –  $2,142
12th:  Jorge Cuesta  –  $2,142
13th:  Scott Zakheim  –  $1,817
14th:  Christopher Mott  –  $1,817
15th:  Jason Vanstrom  –  $1,817
16th:  Robert Gianquitti  –  $1,498
17th:  Bradford Corner  –  $1,498
18th:  Carlos Torres Vazquez  –  $1,498
19th:  Dolphus Powers  –  $1,252
20th:  Collin Bramlett  –  $1,252
21st:  Conor Hannan  –  $1,252
22nd:  Jill Pike  –  $1,017
23rd:  Esteban Consalvo  –  $1,017
24th:  Edgardo Matos  –  $1,017
25th:  Howard Talesnick  –  $876
26th:  John MacGregor  –  $876
27th:  David Feigenbaum  –  $876
28th:  Thomas Zilahi  –  $739
29th:  Joseph Teixeira  –  $739
30th:  David Coughlin  –  $739
31st:  Sheldon Gross  –  $739
32nd:  Lawrence Klur  –  $739
33rd:  Khamsing Keolatvanh  –  $739
34th:  Elliott Merlin  –  $739
35th:  Yury Parad  –  $739
36th:  Cindy Baumal-Muchnick  –  $739
37th:  Carlos Rodriguez Rojas  –  $613
38th:  Richard Gress  –  $613
39th:  Gregory Spirito  –  $613
40th:  John Jarbour  –  $613
41st:  Ronald Campillo  –  $613
42nd:  Juan Pablo Barbosa  –  $613
43rd:  Kyle Carino  –  $613
44th:  Jeffrey Lehouillier  –  $613
45th:  Frederic Konowitz  –  $613

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
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Level 31:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,404

Bradley Coultas moved all in from the small blind for 1,275,000, and Michael Garcia called from the big blind with . Coultas turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fives held up for Garcia to win the pot and eliminate Coultas in 12th place.

Michael Garcia  –  4,000,000  (32 bb)
Bradley Coultas  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($17,081)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,825,000 (31 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 31:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,404

Claudio Kalili moved all in from the button for about 1.85 million, and Howard Mash called from the small blind with . Kalili turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Kalili paired his ace on the flop and his queen on the turn, but Mash rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Kalili in 14th place.

Howard Mash  –  5,550,000  (44 bb)
Claudio Kalili  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($13,235)

There was a cooler situation between Peter Fellows and Greg Levine, as they got it all in preflop with for Fellows and for Levine, and both players had a little more than 2.5 million.

The board came — Levine turned a gutshot straight-flush draw, but improved no further. The pocket aces held up for Fellows to win the pot and double up to about 5.2 million, leaving Levine with less than a big blind.

A few hands later, Levine was forced all in preflop from the big blind in a three-way pot involving Alcides Gomez (UTG+1) and Justin Bianco (small blind).

The flop came , Bianco checked, Gomez bet, and Bianco folded.

Levine turned over for ace high, but he needed to catch something runner-runner to stay alive against Gomez’s (trip nines).

The turn card was the , giving Levine two outs to stay alive, but the river card was the . Gomez won the pot with his trip nines to eliminate Levin in 13th place.

Alcides Gomez  –  3,250,000  (26 bb)
Greg Levine  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($13,235)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,500,000 (28 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 31:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,404

Jacob Naumann moved all in under the gun for 1,025,000, and Peter Fellows called from the small blind with . Naumann turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Fellows flopped trip aces to win the pot and eliminate Naumann in 16th place.

Peter Fellows  –  2,775,000  (22 bb)
Jacob Naumann  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($10,626)

A few minutes later, Al Gomez moved all in under the gun for 425,000, and Brian Metter called from the big blind with . Gomez turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Metter to win the pot and eliminate Gomez in 15th place.

Brian Metter  –  2,750,000  (22 bb)
Al Gomez  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($13,235)

With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,000,000 (24 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 31:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,404

The players return from break to begin Level 31, with increased blinds of 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante. With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,625,000 (21 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Al Gomez  –  425,000  (3 bb)
Seat 2.  Peter Fellows  –  1,500,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Trung Pham  –  7,850,000  (63 bb)
Seat 4.  Jacob Naumann  –  1,025,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Nick Palma  –  1,600,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Justin Bianco  –  5,075,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Greg Levine  –  3,100,000  (25 bb)
Seat 9.  Brian Metter  –  2,625,000  (21 bb)

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Claudio Kalili  –  2,175,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Howard Mash  –  2,800,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Jason Block  –  2,125,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Bradley Coultas  –  2,275,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Garcia  –  2,700,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Edwards Muñiz  –  2,000,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8.  Aaron Rosenthal  –  2,150,000  (17 bb)
Seat 9.  Alcides Gomez  –  1,575,000  (13 bb)

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,404

David DiBernardi was the first player knocked out from the final tables, finishing in 18th place.

David DiBernardi  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($10,626)

A short while later, Michael Garcia raised under the gun to 210,000, Steve Karp reraised from the cutoff to about 800,000 (leaving himself only about 40K behind), and Howard Mash moved all in from the button for about 2.0 million.

Garcia quickly folded, and Karp quickly called all in for about 840,000 with . Mash turned over , and Karp needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Karp paired his queen on the flop, but improved no further. The pocket kings held up for Mash to win the pot and eliminate Karp in 17th place.

Howard Mash  –  3,350,000  (34 bb)
Steve Karp  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($10,626)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,625,000 (26 bb).

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,404

Mauricio Ameller limped under the gun for 80,000, Michael Garcia raised UTG+1 to 250,000, and Ameller moved all in for about 1.1 million.

Garcia quickly called with , and Ameller turned over . Ameller needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Garcia to win the pot and eliminate Ameller in 19th place.

Michael Garcia  –  3,425,000  (43 bb)
Mauricio Ameller  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($8,588)

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,340,000 (29 bb). Here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

19th:  Mauricio Ameller  –  $8,588
20th:  Debra Hedgpeth  –  $8,588
21st:  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  $8,588
22nd:  John Keraghan  –  $7,161

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,404

Vadim Rozin got it all in preflop with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jason Block.

The board came , and Block spiked a queen on the river to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Rozin in 25th place.

Jason Block  –  3,100,000  (52 bb)
Vadim Rozin  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($6,074)

Sheddy Siddiqui doubled up to 900K thru Jake Schwartz with his pocket sevens holding up against ace-nine, and Schwartz was knocked all the way down to 50,000 — less than a big blind.

Shortly after that, Schwartz got it all in with against Nick Palma’s .

The board came , and Palma paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Schwartz in 24th place.

Nick Palma  –  3,150,000  (53 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($7,161)

Mauricio Ameller moved all in from the hijack for 620,000, and John Keraghan called from the cutoff with . Ameller turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.

The board came , and Ameller paired his queen on the flop and won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.

Mauricio Ameller  –  1,390,000  (23 bb)
John Keraghan  –  510,000  (9 bb)

Shortly after that, Rafael Rodriguez was eliminated in 23rd place by Trung Pham, and Pham took a big lead with more than 5.1 million in chips.

Trung Pham  –  5,150,000  (86 bb)
Rafael Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($7,161)

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,915,000 (32 bb). Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 1,404

The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 ante.

With 25 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,685,000 (28 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $6,074 each, and action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed WPTDeepStacks Hollywood final table, which begins at 2:00 pm.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Greg Levine  –  1,700,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Edwards Muñiz  –  2,270,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Trung Pham  –  3,495,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  Claudio Kalili  –  1,705,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Brian Metter  –  2,290,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7.  Peter Fellows  –  1,720,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  2,035,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9.  Bradley Coultas  –  990,000  (17 bb)

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Nick Palma  –  2,375,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  Steve Karp  –  960,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Mauricio Ameller  –  620,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  John Keraghan  –  565,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  420,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6.  Jacob Naumann  –  3,095,000  (52 bb)
Seat 7.  Jake Schwartz  –  620,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  David DiBernardi  –  980,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  Aaron Rosenthal  –  1,495,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 19
Seat 1.  Howard Mash  –  2,555,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Al Gomez  –  1,025,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Block  –  2,215,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Vadim Rozin  –  805,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Garcia  –  910,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Alcides Gomez  –  2,070,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8.  Justin Bianco  –  3,485,000  (58 bb)
Seat 9.  Debra Hedgpeth  –  1,620,000  (27 bb)