Event 1: Final Table Lineup

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 4,756
Average Stack: 6,600,000 (44 bb)

Seat 1: Jose De La Cruz – 5,350,000 (36 bb)
Seat 2: Victor Figueroa – 13,600,000 (91 bb)
Seat 3: Steven McKoy – 5,825,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Jerry Wong – 4,800,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Gal Erlichman – 4,625,000 (31 bb)
Seat 6: Nancy Thomas – 5,575,000 (37 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Laake – 10,525,000 (70 bb)
Seat 8: Fabio Pereira – 4,875,000 (33 bb)
Seat 9: Marcus Stein – 1,450,000 (10 bb)
Seat 10: Christopher Arcidiacono – 9,300,000 (62 bb)

Event 1: Haim-Or Krief – 11th Place ($8,910)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 4,756
Average Stack: 6,600,000 (44 bb)

Haim-Or Krief raised to 325,000 from under the gun, Christopher Arcidiacono called from the hijack, Jerry Wong called from the cutoff, and Steven McKoy called from the big blind.

The flop fell Jh8h6h and action checked to Arcidiacono who bet 725,000. Wong and McKoy foled, Krief check-raised all in for about 4,000,000, and Arcidiacono called all in for about 3,900,000.

Krief: AhKc
Arcidiacono: JdJc

Arcidiacono led with top set and held up through the 7d turn and 3c river to leave Krief with just 100,000, who busted the following hand.

Christopher Arcidiacono – 9,300,000 (62 bb)
Haim-Or Krief – Eliminated in 11th Place ($8,910)

Event 1: Juan Ferrer – 12th Place ($8,910)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 4,756
Average Stack: 5,500,000 (37 bb)

Juan Ferrer

Victor Figueroa opened to 300,000 from the button and Juan Ferrer moved all in for 1,300,000. Figueroa quickly called and he had another monster.

Figueroa: AcAs
Ferrer: 8s8h

A tough hand for Ferrer and he couldn’t make a come back as the dealer spread Qh7h6cJc4h to send Ferrer to the payout desk.

Victor Figueroa – 13,300,000 (89 bb)
Juan Ferrer – Eliminated in 12th place ($8,910)

Event 1: Jake Schwartz – 13th Place ($7,290)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 4,756
Average Stack: 5,500,000 (37 bb)

Jake Schwartz

Michael Laake opened to 300,000 from the button and Jake Schwartz three-bet shoved for ~2,900,000 from the small blind. Laake called and they were racing.

Laake: AxKx
Schwartz: 8x8x

By the time the board was complete, Laake made a wheel to beat the pair and send Schwartz out in 13th place. That hand also moved Laake into a virtual dead heat atop the chip counts with Victor Figueroa.

Michael Laaake – 11,200,000 (75 bb)
Jake Scwhartz – Eliminated in 13th place ($7,290)

Event 1: Arcidiacono Doubles Through McKoy; Wong Doubles Through Stein

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 4,756
Average Stack: 5,075,000 (33 bb)

Steven McKoy raised to 325,000 from the button, Christopher Arcidiacono reraised all in from the big blind for 2,350,000, and McKoy called.

McKoy: AhKc
Arcidiacono: Ac7d

The board ran out As10c6d5s7c, giving Arcidiacono aces and sevens on the river to double through McKoy.

Christopher Arcidiacono – 4,950,000 (33 bb)
Steven McKoy – 5,350,000 (35 bb)

Shortly afterward, Jerry Wong was all in with As7s against Marcus Stein’s AxKx. Wong proceeded to flop a flush and double through Stein.

Jerry Wong – 3,500,000 (23 bb)
Marcus Stein – 2,100,000 (14 bb)

Event 1: Jimmy Cortes – 14th Place ($7,290)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 4,756
Average Stack: 5,075,000 (33 bb)

Jimmy Cortes

As relayed to us, the flop read 8x4x3x and Jimmy Cortes was all in for about 1,500,000 with 6x5x. Victor Figueroa had him covered and was ahead with 10x10x.

Cortes found no help from the turn and river, ending his tournament in 14th place.

Victor Figueroa – 11,400,000 (76 bb)
Jimmy Cortes – Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,290)

Event 1: Laake Doubles Through Wong

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 4,756
Average Stack: 4,710,000 (31 bb)

Michael Laake (right) tables the winning hand against Jerry Wong (left)

Jerry Wong and Michael Laake were heads up with the board complete and reading 9h5d2sTh9d. Wong announced all in and Laake took his time to work it out, he would be knocked out if he called and was wrong.

After a short think, Laake announced call and Wong told him it was good. Wong tabled the busted draw Qh8h and Laake’s top pair Tc5h was good for the big double up.

Jerry Wong – 2,000,000 (13 bb)
Michael Laaake – 6,500,000 (43 bb)

Event 1: Chip Counts from the Break

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 4,756
Average Stack: 4,710,000 (31 bb)

Table 7
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Jimmy Cortes -2,100,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Jose De La Cruz – 6,750,000 (45 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Fabio Pereira – 3,725,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Nancy Thomas – 4,675,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Victor Figueroa – 10,000,000 (66 bb)
Seat 8: Juan Ferrer – 2,675,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Gal Erlichman – 4,075,000 (27 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:– Empty —
Seat 2: Haim-Or Krief – 6,025,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Christopher Arcidiacono – 2,500,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: Jerry Wong – 5,750,000 (38 bb)
Seat 5: Marcus Stein – 4,375,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Laake – 3,275,000 (21 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Jake Schwartz -3,475,000 (23 bb)
Seat 9: Steven McKoy -6,500,000 (43 bb)

 

Event 1: Jordan Meltzer – 15th Place ($7,290)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 4,756
Average Stack: 4,710,000 (39 bb)

Jordan Meltzer

Jordan Meltzer’s stack was getting short and he took a shot with an open/shove from the cutoff for ~1,500,000. Haim-Or Kreif looked him up from the button and the blinds released.

Krief: AcJd
Meltzer: Ad8d

Meltzer needed a lot of help to stay alive, missed the KcJh2d flop, but picked up a flush draw on the 9d turn. The 6c river was a blank and the SHRP regular was knocked out in 15th place.

Haim-Or Krief – 4,600,000 (38 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – Eliminated in 15th place ($7,290)

Event 1: Jeffrey Silverstein – 16th Place ($5,670)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 4,756
Average Stack: 4,400,000 (37 bb)

Jeffrey Silverstein

Jeffrey Silverstein said he was card dead all day and took a shot with an early position shove for ~1,600,000 and Jose De La Cruz called from the hijack to put him at risk.

De La Cruz: TcTs
Silverstein: AsQd

It was a flip but Silverstein couldn’t catch one of his over cards on the Jh3c2s8c7h board to exit in 16th place.

Jose De La Cruz – 6,400,000 (53 bb)
Jeffrey Silverstein – Eliminated in 16th place ($5,670)