Event 46: Brent Hart – 9th Place ($4,470)

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 170

Brent Hart

Brent Hart raised all in from under the gun for 235,000 and Dapo Ajayi called from the big blind.

Hart:  AsJs
Ajayo:  6h6s

The board came 9dQh4cQs8c, no help to Hart, locking up the pot for Ajayi.

Dapo Ajayi  –  835,000  (42 bb)
Brent Hart  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($4,470)

High Roller: David McGowan Eliminated in 23rd Place by Brian Altman

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 132

Brian Altman
Brian Altman

David McGowan raised under the gun to 35,000, Brian Altman moved all in from the small blind for 775,000, and McGowan called all in for about 575,000 with QsQc.

Altman turned over AsKc, and McGowan needed his queens to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10s7c4c5sKd, and Altman paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate McGowan in 23rd place.

Brian Altman  –  1,300,000  (87 bb)
David McGowan  –  Eliminated

With 22 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 600,000 (40 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $57,055.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm EDT.

High Roller: Barry Hutter Knocks Out a Player

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 132

Barry Hutter raised from the hijack to 30,000, the player in the cutoff reraised to 75,000, and Hutter called.

The flop came 7h4s3s, Hutter checked, the cutoff bet 100,000, and Hutter thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the Jd, Hutter checked, the cutoff moved all in for about 280,000, and Hutter called with 3h3c for a set of threes.

The cutoff turned over QsQc, and needed to catch a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the 5s, and Hutter won the pot with his set of threes to eliminate his opponent in 24th place.

Barry Hutter  –  1,025,000  (68 bb)

With 23 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 575,000 (38 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $57,055.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm EDT.

Event 46: Final Table Lineup

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 170

2022 Showdown Event 46 Final Table

Seat 1:  Veerab Zakarian  –  310,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2:  Shankar Pillai  –  300,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3:  Nicholas Rigby  –  1,100,000  (55 bb)
Seat 4:  Rob Brown  –  400,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5:  Roland Israelashvili  –  160,000  (8 bb)
Seat 6:  Dapo Ajayi  –  625,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7:  Brent Hart  – 235,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Larry Hirschfield  –  170,000  (8 bb)
Seat 9:  Jason Hickey  –  240,000  (12 bb)

1st:  $44,355 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $28,595
3rd:  $17,400
4th:  $10,600
5th:  $8,190
6th:  $6,785
7th:  $5,865
8th:  $5,135
9th:  $4,470

Event 46: Ari Engel Eliminated by Nicholas Rigby

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 170

Ari Engel raised to 110,000-ish from the under the gun, Nicholas Rigby reraised all in from the cutoff with a covering stack, and Engel called all in for another 15,000 after a few moments.

Engel:  Ad10s
Rigby:  AsKd

The board ran out 3h7dJd9d7h, no help to Engel, giving Rigby the pot.

Nicholas Rigby  –  1,100,000  (55 bb)
Ari Engel  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($4,470)

Recent Eliminations
10th:  James Mackey  –  $4,470
12th:  Natasha Mercier  –  $3,810
13th:  Michael Bagdasarov –  $3,225
14th:  Taylor Black –  $3,225
15th:  Jon Hoellein  –  $3,225
16th:  Michael Gonzalez  –  $2,680
17th:  Ryan Marin  –  $2,680
18th:  John Valevich  –  $2,680

High Roller: Kyle Arora Eliminated in 25th Place by Stephen Song

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 132

Stephen Song
Stephen Song

Kyle Arora got it all in from the big blind with Kh9s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AcJc of Stephen Song in the hijack.

The board came Kd9d6cJsAh — Arora flopped two pair (kings and nines), but Song paired his jack on the turn and his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Arora in 25th place.

The remaining players are now redrawing for random seats at the final three tables.

Stephen Song  –  430,000  (29 bb)
Kyle Arora  –  Eliminated

With 24 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 550,000 (37 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $57,055.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm EDT.

Event 46: Final Two Tables

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 170

Table 25
Seat 1:  Michael Gonzalez  –  150,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2:  Ryan Marin  –  100,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3:  Jason Hickey  –  200,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4:  Shankar Pillai  –  120,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5:  Veerab Zakarian  –  230,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  Jon Hoellein  –  50,000  (3 bb)
Seat 7:  Roland Israelashvili  –  160,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Bagdasarov  –  90,000  (6 bb)
Seat 9:  Dapo Ajayi  –  420,000  (28 bb)

Table 33
Seat 1:  Natasha Mercier  –  125,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Brent Hart  –  360,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3:  John Valevich  –  40,000  (4 bb)
Seat 4:  Ari Engel  –  120,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5:  James Mackey  –  60,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6:  Taylor Black  –  120,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  Nicholas Rigby  –  500,000  (50 bb)
Seat 8:  Rob Brown  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9:  Larry Hirschfield  –  260,000  (26 bb)

1st:  $44,355 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $28,595
3rd:  $17,400
4th:  $10,600
5th:  $8,190
6th:  $6,785
7th:  $5,865
8th:  $5,135
9th-10th:  $4,470
11th-12th:  $3,810
13th-15th:  $3,225
16th-18th:  $2,680

Recent Eliminations
19th:  Victoria Livschitz  –  $2,200
20th:  Viktor Korachev  –  $2,200
21st:  Blair Hinkle  –  $2,200
22nd:  Philip Shing  –  $2,200

High Roller: Joe McKeehen Doubles Thru Jeremy Ausmus

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 132

Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

Joe McKeehen got it all in from the button for 85,000 with Js10s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the Qd9d of Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind.

The board came Jd6c3h4c3d, and McKeehen paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Joe McKeehen  –  195,000  (13 bb)
Jeremy Ausmus  –  890,000  (59 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 510,000 (34 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $57,055.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm EDT.

High Roller: Stephen Song Doubles Thru Raul Martinez Gallego

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 132

Stephen Song
Stephen Song

Stephen Song got it all in under the gun for 45,000 with 10d6s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the KcJd of Raul Martinez Gallego on the button.

The board came Js9s9hKhQs — Gallego paired his jack on the flop and his king on the turn, but Song rivered a king-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Stephen Song  –  130,000  (9 bb)
Raul Martinez Gallego  –  250,000  (17 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 510,000 (34 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $57,055.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table, which is scheduled to start at 2:00 pm EDT.

Event 46: Veerab Zakarian Sends the Field into the Money

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo Championship (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 170

The player in the small bind was all in for 21,000 with Qd10s, facing Veerab Zakarian in the big blind holding 6c6s.

The board came Ac4s7c4h2s, safe for Zakarian to score the elimination and send the remaining 22 players into the money.

Veerab Zakarian  –  235,000  (19 bb)