$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,200/2,400
Players Remaining: 13 of 93

On a flop of , the big blind and the player under the gun checked. Gabriel Ramos checked from the hijack and Andrew Blum potted it on the button for 20,000.

After two folds, Ramos check-raised all in for effectively Blum’s remaining 20,000. Blum quickly called.

Ramos showed , good for kings full of fives, while Blum needed to improve with his .

The turn was the , giving Blum a bigger full house, but the river was the and Ramos made the nuts on the river to eliminate Blum.

There was a simultaneous elimination at the other table and with 11 minutes remaining in the level, the players are going hand-for-hand until one more player is eliminated.

Gabriel Ramos – 126,000
Andrew Blum – Eliminated 

$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Prizepool
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 97

Manny Tarich moved all in under the gun for about 115,000, and Raj Vohra called all in from middle position for about 85,000 with .

Tarich turned over , and Vohra needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Tarich paired his jack on the flop, turned a gutshot straight draw, and rivered two pair to win the pot and eliminate Vohra in ninth place.

Manny Tarich  –  230,000  (19 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,425)

The remaining eight players are all guaranteed at least $3,056 each.

$570 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 231

After doubling through Michael Mizrachi a few hands earlier Jason Young opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Mizrachi moved all in from the blinds.

Its a coin flip as Mizrachi tables against Young’s .

The board came counterfeiting Mizrachi’s pocket fours.

The dealer counts down their stacks and Mizrachi has Young covered by 6,000. A few hands later Mizrachi is eliminated

Jason Young – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – Eliminated in 5th place ($6,055)

$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Prizepool
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 97

The final table is set in the Eight-Handed Turbo, and WPT champion James Romero leads the final nine players with 480K.

Here are their seating assignments and chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

Seat 1.  Jake Bazeley  –  205,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Manny Tarich  –  110,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Marcus Stein  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Raj Vohra  –  80,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Brandon Eisen  –  304,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Raman Afanasenka  –  180,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Brett Apter  –  253,000  (25 bb)
Seat 8.  Dustin Lee  –  135,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9.  James Romero  –  480,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $26,373
2nd:  $15,520
3rd:  $11,543
4th:  $8,148
5th:  $6,160
6th:  $4,705
7th:  $3,783
8th:  $3,056
9th:  $2,425

$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Prizepool
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 97

Here are the players who have been eliminated in the money so far, leading up to the final table:

10th:  Nashaat Antonious  –  $2,425
11th:  Michael Benko  –  $2,425
12th:  Aaron Mermelstein  –  $2,425
13th:  Tomas Soderstrom  –  $2,003
14th:  Jean Gaspard  –  $2,003
15th:  Michael Wang  –  $2,003
16th:  Stephen Song  –  $2,003

$360 Big O
Structure | Payouts
Level 13: 1,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 16 of 93

There was significant action preflop with Gary Kosakowski getting all in out of the big blind for 11,800 and getting action from Pete Walsworth from under the gun and Matt Edge from middle position.

The flop was and Walsworth potted it. Edge quickly folded, leaving Kosakowski heads-up for his tournament life against Walsworth.

Walsworth showed and was up against Kosakowski’s .

The turn was the , giving Walsworth a straight and the lead. The river was the , which further improved Walsworth to a full house. Kosakowski busted and now there are 16 players remaining.

They broke a table and are down to the final two tables just four eliminations shy of the money.

Pete Walsworth – 107,000
Gary Kosakowski – Eliminated 

$1,100 Eight-Handed Turbo NLH (Freeze-Out)
Prizepool
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 97

Jake Bazeley moved all in button for 45,000, and the player in the small blind moved all in over the top for nearly 70,000 with . Bazeley turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Bazeley caught running diamonds to win the pot with a king-high straight to double up in chips.

Jake Bazeley  –  102,000  (17 bb)

A short while later, Manny Tarich raised from the cutoff to 14,000, Tomas Soderstrom moved all in from the button for 30,000, and Tarich called with . Soderstrom turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Tarich flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Soderstrom won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.

Tomas Soderstrom  –  75,000  (13 bb)
Manny Tarich  –  169,000  (28 bb)

Then, in the sixth hand of hand-for-hand play after the break, the player in the hijack moved all in for 23,000, Stephen Song moved all in over the top from the button for 52,000, and Raman Afanasenka called from the small blind, covering both of them.

Raman Afanasenka:  
Stephen Song:  
Hijack:  

The board came , and Afanasenka won the pot with ace-queen high to eliminate both players from the tournament.

If the two eliminations had come at different tables, they would have chopped 16th place, but since they were at the same table, the player with the lower chip stack (the hijack) bubbles while the higher chip stack (Song) claims 16th place.

Raman Afanasenka  –  280,000  (47 bb)
Stephen Song  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($2,003)

The remaining 15 players are all guaranteed at least $2,003 each.

$570 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 231

On a final board reading with around 150,000 in the pot, Jason Young moved all in from the big blind and action was on Mark Dube in the small blind.

Young had Dube covered, Dube thought shortly then called all in for 258,000 with . His pair of queens was good against Young’s ace high.

Mark Dube – 680,000 (68 bb)
Jason Young – 355,000 (36 bb)

$570 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 231

Jason Young opened to 23,000 from the cutoff and Dewey Raines raised to 78,000 from the button. Young called.

The flop came , Young checked, and Raines bet 50,000 winning himself the pot

Dewey Raines – 1,000,000 (100 bb)
Jason Young – 690,000 (69 bb)

$570 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 231

Manuel Suarez was eliminated in sixth place when his failed to improve against Jason Young’s pocket nines.

Jason Young – 700,000 (88 bb)
Manuel Suarez – Eliminated in 6th Place ($4,465)