Showdown

Event 7: Luis Santoni Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,176)

$250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Luis Santoni $1,176
Luis Santoni
$1,176

After a 9c5h4h flop, Cory Blum checks from the small blind and Luis Santoni checks from the big blind. Daniel Martinez Paz bets 72,000 from the button, Blum gets out of the way, and Santoni check-raises all in for about 245,000. Martinez Paz calls.

Santoni: Qs7d6s4s
Martinez Paz: QcJh8s6h

Both players have drawing hands and Martinez Paz gets the best of it when the Ts turn and 8c river give him a queen-high straight to eliminate Santoni in fifth place.

Event 7: Daniel Martinez Paz Doubles Through Mohammad Arani To Take The Chip Lead

$250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds: 6,000/12,000

The flop reads Kh5c2s and Luis Santoni checks from the small blind. Mohammed Arani bets 35,000 from the big blind and after a few moments, Daniel Martinez Paz raises the pot from the cutoff. Cory Blum folds the button, sending Arani into the tank for a bit before he reraises the pot. Martinez Paz calls all in for 322,000.

Arani: 5h5sQs8d
Martinez Paz: Ks5dJs7d

Arani’s set of fives leads Martinez Paz’s top two pair, but the Kd lands on the turn to give Martinez Paz kings full of fives to clinch the hand and take the chip lead. Arani drops to about 200,000.

Event 7: Alex Vargas Eliminated in 7th Place ($840)

$250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 19: Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Alex Vargas $872
Alex Vargas
$840

After a 7s6d5c flop, Alex Vargas is all in for about 80,000 from the small blind. Cory Blum is all in for 65,000 from UTG+1 and Luis Santoni has them both covered from the hijack.

Vargas: 7c7h6s3d – set of sevens
Blum: Th9d8d4d – nine-high straight
Santoni: AsJh4s3c – seven-high straight

Vargas needs the board to pair to survive, but the Ad turn and 2c river are no help, giving Blum the triple up while Santoni eliminates Vargas in the side pot.

Event 5: Complete Day 1H Chip Counts

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Of the 288 Day 1H entries, only 35 players survived.

Yuan YangShen217,400
CarlosLoving211,600
JohnBinns209,600
AndrewTouchette186,000
SeanMartin164,200
JermainePhang155,400
JosephLevitt147,000
MarshaWolak117,200
FreddieKirkland100,200
GilbertSilva95,800
GregoryRudolph94,200
SeanKraper93,400
ChristianRojas91,200
CaseyKaplan82,900
ZarahWhimper78,300
HaroldLam67,000
JosephLachkovich59,900
ChristopherBell57,800
DustinCausey57,700
RogerBrooks54,700
MarkBernstein53,500
JonBrody51,000
OsvaldoAmor50,300
FrankMenendez42,800
ArielWilliams37,300
DaniyarKuntayev36,000
DebbieHiorns35,000
BobbyBresner33,600
OscarRamirez32,300
LarryRheinschmidt29,900
SamuelBaez28,900
RenierGonzalez27,700
FredAllenspach25,900
ThomasMurphy23,000
BrandonAgeloff19,200

Event 7: Max Jones Eliminated in 8th Place ($672)

$250 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 18: Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Max Jones $672
Max Jones
$672

Picking up the action after a 7d4s2c flop, Jerome Bradpiece checks from the big blind and Max Jones bets 34,000 from the cutoff. Mohammad Arani raises from the button, leading to a fold from Bradpiece. Jones tanks for about 60 seconds before he calls all in for roughly 100,000.

Jones: QhQd8d7h
Arani: 9h9s2h2d

Arani leads with a set of deuces and holds up through the 3c turn and Ts river to eliminate Jones in eighth place. For Jones, it’s his second final table in as many days after finishing fifth in Event 6 yesterday.