Event 7: Aleksey Filatov – 3rd Place ($15,250)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 132

Aleksey Filatov
Aleksey Filatov

Taylor Lipson raised to 75,000 from the button, and Aleksey Filatov called in the small blind.

The flop was Ks9d6s, Filatov checked, Lipson bet the pot of 175,000, Filatov raised all in for about 580,000, and Lipson called.

Lipson:  KdQs8h6d5s  (two pair – kings and sixes, flush draw)
Filatov:  AsQcJs9h6c  (two pair – nines and sixes, nut flush draw, straight draw)

The Kc turn gave Lipson kings full of sixes, rendering the 4s river moot, ending Filatov’s tournament in third place.

Taylor Lipson  –  2,280,000  (91 bb)
Andrey Markov  –  360,000  (14 bb)
Aleksey Filatov  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($15,250)

1st:  $32,615 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $21,830

Event 7: Taylor Lipson Doubles Into the Chip Lead

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 132

Taylor Lipson
Taylor Lipson

Taylor Lipson raised to 60,000 from the button, and Aleksey Filatov called in the small blind.

The flop was Ac7c6d, Filatov checked, Lipson continued for 80,000, Filatov raised pot, Lipson reraised all in for 650,000, and Filatov sigh called.

Lipson:  AsAhQd5c2c  (set of aces, flush draw)
Filatov:  AdKsJh7h4d  (two pair, aces and sevens)

The Qs turn gave Filatov outs to Broadway, but the Qh river locked up the double for Lipson with aces full of queens.

Taylor Lipson  –  1,440,000  (72 bb)
Aleksey Filatov  –  940,000  (57 bb)

Event 7: Ryan Gibson – 4th Place ($10,955)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 132

Ryan Gibson
Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson raised all in for 51,000 from the button, and Aleksey Filatov called in the big blind.

Gibson:  AsAd7c5c2s
Filatov:  Ah9d8h6c5s

The board ran out Qd7s4c8cJs, giving Filatov an eight-high straight to eliminate Gibson in fourth place.

Aleksey Filatov  –  1,312,000  (82 bb)
Ryan Gibson  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($10,955)

Event 7: Aleksey Filatov Takes From Taylor Lipson

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 132

Aleksey Filatov raised to 32,000 from UTG/cutoff, Ryan Gibson called in the small blind, and Taylor Lipson called in the big blind.

The flop was 7c6s3c, Gibson checked, Lipson led for 50,000, Filatov raised to 200,000, Gibson folded, and Lipson called.

The turn was the 9d, Lipson checked, Filatov bet 350,000, and Lipson folded.

Aleksey Filatov  –  1,250,000  (78 bb)
Taylor Lipson  –  450,000  (28 bb)

Event 7: Andrey Markov vs. Ryan Gibson

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 132

Andrey Markov pot-raised to 48,000 from the small blind, and Ryan Gibson called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a 9s8d2s10d board where Markov bet 40,000. Gibson called.

The river was the 5h, Markov bet effectively 83,000, and Gibson folded.

Andrey Markov  –  890,000  (56 bb)
Ryan Gibson  –  83,000  (5 bb)

Event 7: Ivaylo Sivinov – 5th Place ($8,100)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 132

Ivaylo Sivinov
Ivaylo Sivinov

After a flop of Qc8h2c, Andrey Markov bet 80,000 from the small blind, and Ivaylo Sivinov thought for a while before he moved all in for about 110,000.

Markov quickly called, and they turned over their cards.

Andrey Markov:  QhJc10c10d9h  (pair of queens, flush draw, wrap draw)
Ivaylo Sivinov:  AhKcQsJs9d  (pair of queens, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the Ac, giving Sivinov two pair, but Markov completed his flush. Sivinov needed an ace or a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the Jd, and Markov won the pot with his flush to eliminate Sivinov in fifth place.

Andrey Markov  –  807,000  (67 bb)
Ivaylo Sivinov  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($8,100)

With four players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 660,000 (55 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $10,955 each.

Event 7: Mariia Ievseieva – 6th Place ($6,165)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 132

Mariia Ievseieva
Mariia Ievseieva

Four players put in 25,000 each to see a flop of Qh8s7d, and it checked to Ryan Gibson on the button, who pot-bet 106,000.

Taylor Lipson folded the big blind, Andrey Markov folded the hijack, and Mariia Ievseieva check-raised all in for about 170,000. Gibson quickly called, and they turned over their cards.

Ryan Gibson:  Qd9s8c7s6h  (three pair, open-ended straight draw)
Mariia Ievseieva:  QsJs10c9c4s  (pair of queens, wrap draw)

The turn card paired the board with the 7h, and the river card tripped it with the 7c.

With no pocket pairs, both players finished with two pair, and Gibson’s queens and eights beat Ievseieva’s queens and sevens. Gibson won the pot to eliminate Ievseieva in sixth place.

Ryan Gibson  –  660,000  (55 bb)
Mariia Ievseieva  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($6,165)

With five players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 528,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $8,100 each.

Event 7: Travis Pine – 7th Place ($4,835)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 132

Travis Pine
Travis Pine

Travis Pine raised from the hijack to 35,000, and Mariia Ievseieva called from the cutoff.

The flop came KhJh9c, and Pine got it all in for his last 36,000.

Mariia Ievseieva:  AcKdJc8d5s  (two pair, kings and jacks)
Travis Pine:  AsAd10h9h9d  (set of nines, gutshot straight draw, flush draw)

The turn card was the 7c, giving Ievseieva additional outs to an ace-high flush draw and a double-gutshot straight draw.

The river card was the 6s, and Ievseieva won the pot with a nine-high straight to eliminate Pine in seventh place.

Mariia Ievseieva  –  240,000  (24 bb)
Travis Pine  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($4,835)

With six players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 440,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $6,165 each.

Event 7: Ryan Gibson Doubles Thru Aleksey Filatov

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 132

Ryan Gibson
Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson limped from under the gun, Aleksey Filatov pot-raised to 45,000 from the cutoff, and Gibson called.

The flop was As9c8c, and Gibson’s remaining 141,000 got into the middle.

Gibson:  AcJsJd10c6c  (ace-high flush draw, open-ended straight draw, top pair)
Filatov:  AdAhKh10s2c  (set of aces)

The 5d turn and Kc river completed the board, giving Gibson an ace-high flush to double up.

Ryan Gibson  –  387,000  (39 bb)
Aleksey Filatov  –  508,000  (51 bb)