$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 1,248
Juan Endara
With the board showing on the turn, Daniel Le checked, Juan Endara bet 1,075,000, and Le tanked for a while before he moved all in.
Endara snap-called all in for 4,250,000 with for an eight-high straight, and Le turned over for a pair of fives.
Le was drawing dead, and the meaningless river card was the , giving him trips that were still not enough. Endara won the pot with his straight to double up in chips.
Juan Endara – 11,800,000 (47 bb) Daniel Le – 6,900,000 (28 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 1,248
William Jennings
William Jennings got it all in from the button for about 3.5 million with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Daniel Le in the small blind.
The board came , and Le spiked a king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Jennings in third place.
William Jennings – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($14,377)
Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Daniel Le – 12,400,000 (50 bb) Juan Endara – 6,300,000 (25 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,248
Salvatore Sollecito
Salvatore Sollecito completed the small blind to 200,000, and Daniel Le checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came , Sollecito moved all in for about 1.5 million, and Le quickly called with for trip nines.
Sollecito said, “I’m drawing dead,” and he turned over for two pair, nines and deuces. (Strictly speaking, he wasn’t drawing dead, but he needed to catch both of the last two deuces in the deck — nearly a 1,000-to-1 shot — to stay alive.)
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Le won the pot with his trip nines to eliminate Sollecito in fourth place.
Daniel Le – 5,250,000 (26 bb) Salvatore Sollecito – Eliminated in 4th Place ($9,660)
With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6,250,000 (31 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $14,377.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,248
Salvatore Sollecito
William Jennings raised UTG/hijack to 325,000, Salvatore Sollecito called from the cutoff, and Ross Lebo called from the big blind.
The flop came , and Sollecito got it all in for 1,050,000 with (flush draw with a gutshot straight draw). Lebo had for a pair of tens, and Jennings folded, saying later that he had ace-queen.
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Sollecito turned his club flush to win the pot and double up in chips.
Salvatore Sollecito – 3,300,000 (22 bb) Ross Lebo – 1,450,000 (10 bb)
Ross Lebo
Juan Endara raised from the button to 400,000, Ross Lebo moved all in for 1,125,000, and Endara checked his own chipleading stack and thought for a bit before he put in his chips and said, “I don’t want to call. I don’t like to call. But I have to call.”
Lebo showed , and Endara turned over . Lebo was in a dominant position to double up here.
The board came — Lebo flopped a heart flush draw, but Endara paired his three on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and eliminate Lebo in fifth place.
Juan Endara – 7,400,000 (49 bb) Ross Lebo – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,739)
With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,675,000 (31 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $9,660.