Event 25: Chip Count Update

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Remaining Players: 4 of 163

Here is a look at the updated chip counts as the final four players approach the first break of the day.

Seat 3: Matt Lambrecht – 1,250,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Spencer Champlin – 930,000 (23 bb)
Seat 6: David Oshry – 850,000 (21 bb)
Seat 8: Javier Zarco – 550,000 (13 bb)

Event 25: Alex Yen – 5th Place ($15,915)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Remaining Players: 4 of 163

Alex Yen

Alex Yen was all in for 520,000 preflop from the small blind with pocket sevens, and Matt Lambrecht chose to call and cover him holding KcJd on the big blind.

The board was dealt Kh2d2c9dQc, and Yen was eliminated in fifth place for a payout worth $15,915. Lambrecht stacked up 1,375,000 after collecting the pot.

Matt Lambrecht – 1,375,000 (34 bb)
Alex Yen – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($15,915)

Event 25: Javier Zarco Doubles Up

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Remaining Players: 5 of 163

Javier Zarco

Spencer Champlin moved all in preflop from the cutoff, and Javier Zarco called all in for 475,000 on the small blind. The two players then flipped over their cards.

Zarco: AdKs
Champlin: [As4d

Board: Kd10h6d4hJs

Zarco doubled up to survive with 1,050,000, and Champlin was at 1.2 million after the hand.

Javier Zarco – 1,050,000 (26 bb)
Spencer Champlin – 1,200,000 (30 bb)

High Roller: Anton Wigg Leads at First Break

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  29

Anton Wigg

High Rollers took their first break in the action and returned to new blinds and a couple big stacks. Anton Wigg leads the early field with 265,500 followed by Clemen Deng with 234,000.

The prize pool is sliding up towards $700K and it should hit a cool million before registration closes around 8 pm.

Clemen Deng

Event 25: Matt Lambrecht Doubles Up

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 5 of 163

Matt Lambrecht

There was less than 200,000 in the pot with the flop reading 9h8c5h  when Matt Lambrecht got all in for 350,000 with Ah6h in the hole. Javier Zarco called to cover him holding 9d5d, and the turn and river hit the table 10cKh.

Lambrecht doubled up to survive with 790,000 after collecting the pot thanks to a flush on the river, and Zarco was down to less than 300,000.

Matt Lambrecht – 790,000 (26 bb)
Javier Zarco – 280,000 (9 bb)

Event 30: Guarantee Gone

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  111

Maria Ho

The $1,100 Deep Stack, one of the last preliminaries before the Championship, has 111 entries with more than an hour remaining in registration and the $100,000 guarantee has been surpassed.

Friends in the crowd include Maria Ho, Filipp Khavin, Dion Jagroo, Vanessa Kade, Eric Afriat, Jon Borenstein, Michael Chiappetta, Loni Hui, Stephen Karp, Solange Lucas, and Aaron Thivyanathan.

Filipp Khavin
Dion Jagroo

Event 25: Brian Hastings – 6th Place ($13,025)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 5 of 163

Brian Hastings

Brian Hastings fell from contention when his Qs10s held on the button couldn’t catch up to the AhQd that Alex Yen possessed on the big blind.

Hasting takes home a cash worth $13,025, and Yen stacked up 1,165,000 after collecting the pot.

Alex Yen – 1,165,000 (38 bb)
Brian Hasting – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($13,025)

High Roller: Good Start

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  22

Alex Foxen

The $25K High Roller got off to a good start with 22 entries before the first break, a prize pool over $500,000 and registration open until 8 pm.

Early members include Alex Foxen Kristen Foxen , Jason Mercier, Jonathan Jaffe, Dylan Linde, Connor Rash, and former WPT Poker Showdown champ Brek Schutten.

Event 25: Nitis Udornpum – 7th Place ($11,280)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 6 of 163

Nitis Udornpim

There was well over 50,000 in the pot, and the flop read Kc8d5c when David Oshry got all in preflop. Nitis Udornpim called one seat to his left, so the two players flipped over their cards.

Oshry: 8s7h
Udornpim: Qc6c

Turn and River: 4h8h

Udornpim was out in seventh place for a payday of $11,280, and Oshry was up to 450,000 after collecting the pot thanks to trip eights.

David Oshry – 450,000 (15 bb)
Nitis Udornpim – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($11,280)

Event 25: Fikret Kovac – 8th Place ($9,950)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Remaining Players: 7 of 163

Fikret Kovac

Right after Jared Kingery was the first player to fall today and that hand was getting written up, it was Fikret Kovac who hit the rail next in eighth place. He took home $9,950 in prize money for the deep run in the tournament.

Fikret Kovac – Eliminated in Eighth Place ($9,950)