Showdown

Event 30: Kyle Cartwright Eliminated in 13th Place by Robert Kuhn

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 475

Kyle Cartwright

Robert Kuhn raised to 50,000 from the button, Kyle Cartwright (who had just lost an all-in against Andrew Heckman) committed his remaining ~90,000 from the big blind. Kuhn called.

Kuhn:  5s4h
Cartwright:  Ac9s

The board came 2c7sQh3d4s, giving Kuhn a pair of fours on the river to eliminate Cartwright in 13th place.

Robert Kuhn  –  1,650,000  (66 bb)
Kyle Cartwright  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($5,945)

Super High Roller: Steven Veneziano Doubles Thru Vikenty Shegal

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 39

Steven Veneziano
Steven Veneziano

Steven Veneziano moved all in from the button for 75,000, and Vikenty Shegal thought for a while before he called from the big blind with 9s7s.

Veneziano turned over Ks9d, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 8h5d3h4dQc, and Veneziano won the pot with his king to double up in chips.

Steven Veneziano  –  170,000  (11 bb
Vikenty Shegal  –  400,000  (27 bb)

With 10 players remaining from 39 entries, the average chip stack is about 490,000 (33 big blinds). The final six players will finish in the money, earning at least $113,490 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

Event 30: Maxx Dansky Doubles Thru Chad Pease

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 475

Robert Kuhn opened to 50,000 from middle position, Kyle Cartwright called from the cutoff, and Chad Pease reraised all in from the small blind for about 920,000.

Maxx Dansky called all in for 335,000 from the small blind, and Kuhn went into the tank for a little while before he folded. Cartwright folded as well.

Pease:  KsQd
Dansky:  10c10d

The board came Kh9s8h10hAs, giving Dansky a set of tens to double up.

Maxx Dansky  –  835,000  (33 bb)
Chad Pease  – 585,000  (23 bb)

Event 30: Femi Fashakin Eliminated in 14th Place by Robert Kuhn, Who Doubles Thru Adam Hendrix

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 475

Femi Fashakin

Femi Fashakin raised all in from middle position for 310,000, Adam Hendrix called from the hijack, Robert Kuhn reraised all in for 600,000 from the cutoff, and Hendrix called.

Fashakin:  8d8c
Hendrix:  AhAd
Kuhn:  AsQc

The board ran out 4cJc10d6c5c, giving Kuhn a queen-high flush to eliminate Fashakin, while doubling through Hendrix into the chip lead.

Robert Kuhn  –  1,575,000  (63 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  255,000  (10 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($5,945)

Adam Hendrix

Super High Roller: Andrew Lichtenberger Shoved the River to the Song “Final Countdown” and Took a Pot From Jonathan Jaffe

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 39

Andrew Lichtenberger
Andrew Lichtenberger

With the board showing Kd3d2h4h on the turn, Jonathan Jaffe checked from UTG+1, Andrew Lichtenberger bet 160,000 form the button, and Jaffe called.

The river card was the 10s, and as Jaffe bet 75,000, the 1986 song “Final Countdown” by the Swedish band Europe came on the sound system.

Lichtenberger tanked for a while before he moved all in for about 680,000.

Jaffe said, “Zero chance you don’t shove with that song coming on, right?”

Jaffe tanked for a long time — until the song was over — before he folded, and Lichtenberger took the pot.

After the hand, Jaffe said something along the lines of “There’s no way I was calling while that song was on.”

Andrew Lichtenberger  –  1,250,000  (125 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  495,000  (50 bb)

With 10 players remaining from 39 entries, the average chip stack is about 490,000 (49 big blinds). The final six players will finish in the money, earning at least $113,490 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

Jonathan Jaffe
Jonathan Jaffe

Event 30: Jordan Semel Eliminated in 15th Place by Chad Pease

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 475

Chad Pease raised all in for 670,000 from under the gun and Jordan Semel called all in for about 200,000 from middle position.

Pease:  Ad8d
Semel:  AcAh

The board came 10d9c2h6c7c, giving Pease a a ten-high straight to eliminate Semel in 15th place.

Chad Pease  –  935,000  (37 bb)
Jordan Semel  – Eliminated in 15th Place  ($5,945)

 

Super High Roller: Mike McDonald Eliminated in 11th Place by Kirk Steele

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 39

Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

Brock Wilson raised under the gun to 20,000, Mike McDonald moved all in from the small blind for about 210,000, and Kirk Steele tanked for a while int eh big blind before he called.

Wilson folded, and McDonald showed AdJc. Steele turned over KhQh, and McDonald needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Js9d5c2d10d — McDonald paired his jack on the flop, but Steele rivered a king-high straight to win the pot and eliminate McDonald in 11th place.

Kirk Steele  –  770,000  (77 bb)
Mike McDonald  –  Eliminated in 11th Place

With 10 players remaining from 39 entries, the average chip stack is about 490,000 (49 big blinds). The final six players will finish in the money, earning at least $113,490 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

Event 30: 15 Players Remain

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 475

Table 1
Seat 1:  Duff Charette  –  620,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Zaracadoolas  –  515,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Chance Kornuth  –  1,185,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5:  Arian Stolt –  600,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6:  Kristen Bicknell  –  1,125,000  (45 bb)
Seat 7:  Julius Threadgill  –  725,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Valerie Novak  –  585,000  (23 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1:  Maxx Dansky  –  380,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Jordan Semel  –  150,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3:  Femi Fashakin  –  120,000  (5 bb)
Seat 4:  Adam Hendrix  –  850,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5:  Robert Kuhn  –  780,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6:  Andrew Heckman  –  475,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7:  Kyle Cartwright  –  725,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Chad Pease  –  685,000  (27 bb)

1st: $91,835 + Showdown trophy
2nd: $61,585
3rd: $41,055
4th: $28,175
5th: $21,630
6th: $18,030
7th: $15,055
8th: $12,085
9th-10th: $9,125
11th-12th: $7,525
13th-15th: $5,945

Recent Eliminations
16th:  Dan Bekavac  –  $5,025
17th:  Spencer Alexander  –  $5,025
18th:  Sridhar Sangannagari  –  $5,025

Super High Roller: Andrew Lichtenberger Leads the Final 11 Players at the Break with 895,000

$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 39

Andrew Lichtenberger
Chipleader Andrew Lichtenberger

The players returned from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante.

Here are the updated chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Andjelko Andrejevic  –  345,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Andrew Lichtenberger  –  895,000  (90 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Steven Veneziano  –  260,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Alex Foxen  –  535,000  (54 bb)
Seat 6.  Vikenty Shegal  –  495,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  850,000  (85 bb)
Seat 8.  

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Brock Wilson  –  255,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Mercier  –  280,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Byron Kaverman  –  290,000  (29 bb)
Seat 6.  Mike McDonald  –  300,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Kirk Steele  –  395,000  (40 bb)

With 11 players remaining from 39 entries, the average chip stack is about 445,000 (45 big blinds). The final six players will finish in the money, earning at least $113,490 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow’s final table.

Event 30: 19th – 27th Place Finishers

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 475

19th:  Vinny Pahuja  –  $4,240
20th:  Michael Nye  –  $4,240
21st:  Landon Tice  –  $4,240
22nd:  Martinho Camara  –  $3,550
23rd:  David Espindle  –  $3,550
24th:  Rich Alati  –  $3,550
25th:  Tarun Gulati  –  $3,065
26th:  James Calderaro  –  $3,065
27th:  Carey Pickus  –  $3,065