Event 17: Stanley Wang Leads as the Final Table Begins

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 288

After the elimination of Brian Hastings in eighth place, the final seven players redraw for random seats at the final table.

Stanley Wang leads the final table with 1,045,000 (70 big blinds), and here are the updated chip counts and seating assignments as the final table begins:

Seat 1.  Stanley Wang  –  1,045,000  (70 bb)
Seat 2.  Nelson Resendiz  –  515,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  495,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4.  Jeff Madsen  –  580,000  (39 bb)
Seat 5.  John Richards  –  475,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6.  Marco Townsend  –  700,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  Victor Figueroa  –  515,000  (34 bb)

And the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $57,340 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $39,440
3rd:  $27,605
4th:  $19,670
5th:  $14,275
6th:  $10,560
7th:  $7,960

Event 17: Money Finishers, 8th-48th

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 288

Here is a list of all the players who finished in the money leading up to this final table:

8th:  Brian Hastings  –  $7,960
9th:  Derek Bowers  –  $6,115
10th:  Jessica Dawley  –  $6,115
11th:  Nick Yunis  –  $4,795
12th:  Mike Sowers  –  $4,795
13th:  Andrey Kotelnikov  –  $3,835
14th:  Gregory Back  –  $3,835
15th:  Howard Mash  –  $3,130
16th:  Marius Gierse  –  $3,130
17th:  Daniel Buzgon  –  $2,610
18th:  Maria Ho  –  $2,610

19th:  Daniel Chalifour  –  $2,225
20th:  Michael Garcia  –  $2,225
21st:  Justin Steinbrenner  –  $2,225
22nd:  Ronit Chamani  –  $2,225
23rd:  Ralph Wong  –  $2,225
24th:  Adil Khan  –  $2,225

25th:  Leo Worthington-Leese  –  $1,935
26th:  Ronny Beda  –  $1,935
27th:  Hassan Tahsildar  –  $1,935
28th:  James Carroll  –  $1,935
29th:  Faraz Jaka  –  $1,935
30th:  Nicholas Zautra  –  $1,935

31st:  Jackduyph Duong  –  $1,725
32nd:  Uri Kadosh  –  $1,725
33rd:  Ari Gutman  –  $1,725
34th:  Sean Iannucci  –  $1,725
35th:  Michael Del Vecchio  –  $1,725
36th:  Richard Alati  –  $1,725

37th:  Jorge Martinez  –  $1,575
38th:  A.J. Gambino  –  $1,575
39th:  Michael Vela  –  $1,575
40th:  Jordan Cristos  –  $1,575
41st:  Roberto Bendeck  –  $1,575
42nd:  Darryll Fish  –  $1,575

43rd:  Scott Zakheim  –  $1,470
44th:  Javier Zarco  –  $1,470
45th:  Aiden Hynes  –  $1,470
46th:  Andrei Shatilov  –  $1,470
47th:  Jon Gogola  –  $1,470
48th:  Ory Hen  –  $1,470

Super High Roller: Final Table Lineup

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 41

Seat 1: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 630,000 (42 bb)
Seat 2: Albert Daher – 590,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Mercier – 800,000 (53 bb)
Seat 4: Steven Veneziano – 150,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5: Sam Sweilem – 290,000 (19 bb)
Seat 6: Dan Shak – 955,000 (64 bb)
Seat 7: Tom Boivin – 745,000 (50 bb)
Seat 8: Franklin Fok – 380,000 (25 bb)
Seat 9: Manig Loeser – 585,000 (39 bb)

1st: $715,860
2nd: $457,355
3rd: $288,330
4th: $198,850
5th: $139,195
6th: $109,370
7th: $79,540

Super High Roller: Ali Imsirovic Eliminated by Jason Mercier

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 41

Ali Imsirovic
Ali Imsirovic

Ali Imsirovic raised all in for 105,000 from under the gun and Jason Mercier called from the small blind.

Imsirovic: KcJc
Mercier: Ac10c

The board ran out 10s6d3c9sAh, no help to Imsirovic, locking up the pot for Mercier.

Jason Mercier – 800,000 (53 bb)
Ali Imsirovic – Eliminated

Event 19: Dan Ross Leads the Final Seven

$400 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 1,500/3,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 87

The final seven players redraw for random seats at the final table, with an average chip stack around 149,000 (50 big blinds):

Seat 1.  Mike Dolle  –  85,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Dan Ross  –  335,000  (112 bb)
Seat 3.  Carlo Rodriguez  –  212,000  (71 bb)
Seat 4.  Lawrence Cowsar  –  119,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Pearlman  –  57,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Igor Tretyakov  –  215,500  (72 bb)
Seat 7.  John Cernuto  –  22,000  (7 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $8,460 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,440
3rd:  $3,615
4th:  $2,485
5th:  $1,765
6th:  $1,300
7th:  $995

Super High Roller: Chris Hunichen Gets Unlucky; Busts Soon After

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 41

Chris Hunichen
Chris Hunichen

Tom Boivin raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, Chris Hunichen three-bet to 90,000 from the button, Boivin four-bet shoved for 425,000 and Hunichen called.

Boivin: As7s
Hunichen: JsJc

The board ran out AcAd6d6c9h, giving Boivin aces full to double up.

Down to just 5,000, Hunichen picked up KdKh and As10h the following two hands and won both of them.

He shoved the next hand for 75,000 from the small blind and Albert Daher called from the big blind with Jd10h, trailing Hunichen’s AhJs.

However, the board came down AdKs5d8dQd to give Daher a flush to eliminate Hunichen.

Thomas Boivin – 885,000 (59 bb)
Albert Daher – 600,000 (40 bb)

Event 17: Mike Sowers Out in 12th; Jessica Dawley Doubles Thru Brian Hastings

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 288

Jessica Dawley
Jessica Dawley

Mike Sowers moved all in from the hijack for 140,000, and John Richards called from the big blind with AhJs. Sowers turned over Qs10d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came AsKh7h2s7d — Sowers flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Richards won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Sowers in 12th place.

John Richards  –  580,000  (58 bb)
Mike Sowers  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($4,795)

Stanley Wang raised from the hijack to 20,000, Brian Hastings reraised from the cutoff to 55,000, and Jessica Dawley moved all in from the button for 195,000.

Wang folded, and Hastings asked for an exact count before he called with Kd8d. Dawley turned over QsQc, and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10c9d2s6d9h — Hastings turned a flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Dawley won the pot with her pocket queens to double up in chips.

Jessica Dawley  –  435,000  (44 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  335,000  (34 bb)

Event 17: Andrey Katelnikov Out in 13th Place; Jeff Madsen Doubles Thru John Richards

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 288

Jeff Madsen
Jeff Madsen

Andrey Katelnikov was all in from the small blind for 120,000 with 9h7h, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the As6c of Stanley Wang in the big blind.

The board came Ah9d6sQs3h, and Wang won the pot with a flopped two pair, aces and sixes, to eliminate Katelnikov in 13th place.

Stanley Wang  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Andrey Katelnikov  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($3,835)

Jeff Madsen was all in from the small blind for 315,000 with 4s4d, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the AdKc of chipleader John Richards.

The board came 10s7c3d5d10c, and the pocket fours held up for Madsen to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jeff Madsen  –  650,000  (65 bb)
John Richards  –  425,000  (43 bb)

Event 17: John Richards Leads the Final 13 at the Break with 750,000

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 288

John Richards
Chipleader John Richards

The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a big blind ante of 10,000. With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 265,000 (27 big blinds).

The field is in the money, guaranteed at least $3,835 each, and as soon as one player is eliminated, the final 12 will be guaranteed at least $4,795 each.

Here are the updated chip counts for the final 13 players:

1.  John Richards  –  750,000  (75 bb)
2.  Marco Townsend  –  675,000  (68 bb)
3.  Brian Hastings  –  550,000  (55 bb)
4.  Jeff Madsen  –  375,000  (38 bb)
5.  Victor Figueroa  –  370,000  (37 bb)
6.  Nelson Resendiz  –  325,000  (33 bb)
7.  Jessica Dawley  –  270,000  (27 bb)
8.  Stanley Wang  –  265,000  (27 bb)
9.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  250,000  (25 bb)
10.  Mike Sowers  –  145,000  (15 bb)
11.  Nick Yunis  –  130,000  (13 bb)
12.  Andrey Katelnikov  –  120,000  (12 bb)
13.  Derek Bowers  –  105,000  (11 bb)

Marco Townsend
Marco Townsend

Super High Roller: Jeremy Ausmus Eliminated by Dan Shak

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 41

Jeremy Ausmus
Jeremy Ausmus

Dan Shak raised to 30,000 from the hijack, Jeremy Ausmus reraised all in for about 125,000 from the cutoff and Shak called.

Shak: AdAh
Ausmus: JcJh

The board came down Kh5h3d2d7s, no help to Ausmus, locking up the pot for Shak.

Dan Shak – 850,000 (85 bb)
Jeremy Ausmus – Eliminated