$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 34: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 Players Remaining: 7 of 3,064
Matt Edge limped from early position and Don Vu followed suit from his direct left. It was on Jeffrey Trudeau in the cutoff and he raised to 1,500,000. The button and blinds folded and it was back on Edge. He jammed for just over 8,000,000 having Vu well covered and Trudeau barely covered. Vu folded. Trudeau called and was at risk.
Trudeau: Edge:
Runout:
Edge spiked a set when the flopped and Trudeau was left busted. Trudeau was eliminated in eighth place earning $29,874.
Matt Edge – 17,500,000 (70 bb) Jeffrey Trudeau – Eliminated in 8th place ($29,874)
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 34: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 Players Remaining: 8 of 3,064
Matt Edge was on the button and was all in with his 3,875,000 in the middle against Don Vu in the small blind.
Edge: Vu:
Edge was in good shape with the bigger ace but Vu paired the flop. The turn left Edge with three outs to double and he hit the river to pull the big double.
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 Players Remaining: 8 of 3,064
Domenico Albano had his last 650,000 in the middle from the cutoff and Jeffrey Trudeau had him at risk from the big blind.
Trudeau: Albano:
Trudeau flopped the pairing his high card and giving him an even bigger lead in the hand. The turn and river blanked and Albano was eliminated in ninth place.
Jeffrey Trudeau – 9,400,000 (37 bb) Domenico Albano – Eliminated in 9th place ($21,448)
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 Players Remaining: 9 of 3,064
There was heads-up action on board and Noam Muallem got all-in versus start-of-day chip leader Don Vu.
Vu: for a pair of fives and a flush draw Muallem: for ace-high and an ace-high flush draw
Turn: – Vu retained the lead with trip fives
River: – Muallem spiked a fifth diamond on the river improving to an ace-high flush and besting Vu’s jack-high flush. The hand delivered a huge blow to Vu’s holdings while Muallem took the chip lead.
Noam Muallem – 13,725,000 (54 bb) Don Vu – 3,600,000 (14 bb)
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 Players Remaining: 9 of 3,064
On the very first hand of the day, Ido Ashkenazi open-shoved the button for 1,150,000. Tom Nguyen was in the small blind and snap-called. Jeffrey Trudeau folded his big blind and Ashkenazi was at risk.
Nguyen: Ashkenazi:
Runout:
Nguyen had the lead preflop and strengthened his holdings pairing his ace on the runout. Ashkenazi was eliminated in 10th place earning $13,788 and sending the field to the official, nine-handed final table.
Tom Nguyen – 3,100,000 (12 bb) Ido Ashkenazi – Eliminated in 10th place ($13,788)
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 33: 125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 Players Remaining: 10 of 3,064
Event 1 had such a great turnout, it will take an extra day to determine a champion. We had 477 players return yesterday for Day 2 and only ten of them remain. They make a trek to the Event Center this afternoon to play the final table down to a winner.
Don Vu is the big stack coming back with Noam Muallem and Jeffrey Trudeau not far behind. Domenico Albano, Ido Ashkenazi, and Tom Nguyen are the short stacks with some work to do but the hour-long levels will give them time to find their spot.
Cards go back in the air at 2pm and we will have all the coverage.
Seat 1: Don Vu – 11,525,000 Seat 2: Ido Askenazi – 1,150,000 Seat 3: Tom Nguyen – 1,450,000 Seat 4: Jeffrey Trudeau – 10,650,000 Seat 5: Noam Muallem – 11,050,000 Seat 6: John Miller – 6,850,000 Seat 7: Andre Rakusa – 5,175,000 Seat 8: Jay Romano – 6,500,000 Seat 9: Matt Edge – 4,850,000 Seat 10: Domenico Albano – 1,900,000
$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts End of Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 big blind ante Players Remaining: 10 of 3,064
With 32 levels in the books, the final 10 players in the $570 no-limit hold’em will return on Monday at 2 p.m. to play down to a winner.
Thanks to winning a sizable pot off of Jay Romano late in the night with top two pair, Don Vu takes a slight chip lead into the final day of play.
When they return on Monday, everybody will be guaranteed a cash of at least $13,788 and the eventual winner will take home $263,182.
Here is a look at the seat map and chip counts for the final 10 players:
Seat 1: Don Vu – 11,525,000 Seat 2: Ido Ashkenazi – 1,150,000 Seat 3: Tom Nguyen – 1,450,000 Seat 4: Jeffrey Trudeau – 10,650,000 Seat 5: Noam Muallem – 11,050,000 Seat 6: John Miller – 6,850,000 Seat 7: Andre Rakusa – 5,175,000 Seat 8: Jay Romano – 6,500,000 Seat 9: Matt Edge – 4,850,000 Seat 10: Domenico Albano – 1,900,000