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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 115

Romain Follet raised from the button to 16,000, Brandon Eisen moved all in from the small blind for 83,000, and Follet called with .

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

The board came , and Eisen won the pot with two pair, aces and nines, to double up in chips.

Brandon Eisen  –  178,000  (30 bb)
Romain Follet  –  144,000  (24 bb)

A short while later, with the final board showing and about 47,000 already in the pot, Manny Tarich checked from the hijack, and Corey Burbick moved all in from the button for 32,000.

Tarich asked for a count before he called with for a pair of fours, but Burbick turned over to win the pot with a pair of kings and double up in chips.

Corey Burbick  –  111,000  (19 bb)
Manny Tarich  –  512,000  (85 bb)

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 115

With the board showing on the turn and about 200K already in the pot, Philip Wojtuniecki moved all in under the gun for about 290,000, covering Nick Yunis, who was UTG+1 with about 100K in his stack.

Yunis tanked for a long time before he eventually called with for ace high. But Wojtuniecki turned over for a pair of fours. Yunis would need a king on the river to stay alive.

The river card paired the board with the , and Wojtuniecki won the pot with two pair, sixes and fours, to eliminate Yunis in ninth place.

Philip Wojtuniecki  –  590,000  (98 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($3,393)

This was the second top-10 finish of the day for Yunis, who was finished 10th in the Main Event this afternoon to earn $19,380.

The final eight players have an average chip stack around 288,000 (48 big blinds).

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 115

With two players eliminated almost simultaneously, the final nine players combine to the final table. Here are their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Brandon Eisen  –  95,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  404,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3.  Nick Yunis  –  212,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Jaime Wiegrefe  –  224,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Manny Tarich  –  620,000  (103 bb)
Seat 6.  Brad Coultas  –  248,000  (41 bb)
Seat 7.  Corey Burbick  –  60,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeff Hakim  –  190,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9.  Romain Follet  –  230,000  (38 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $33,922 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $20,988
3rd:  $12,535
4th:  $8,050
5th:  $6,095
6th:  $5,060
7th:  $4,370
8th:  $3,853
9th:  $3,393

They will continue playing until the end of this level, and then stop for the night.

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 115

Chad Trentacosta and Adam Adler were eliminated in 13th and 14th places, respectively.

Chad Trentacosta  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($2,588)
Adam Adler  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($2,588)

Kenneth Frey limped under the gun for 5,000, Anthony Zinno moved all in from UTG+1 for 57,000, and Frey tanked for a while before he called with . Zinno turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Zinno won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.

Anthony Zinno  –  127,000  (25 bb)
Kenneth Frey  –  75,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, Frey was all in from the cutoff for 62,000 with , but he was dominated by the of Jaime Wiegrefe in the small blind.

The board came , and Wiegrefe won the pot with a rivered ace-high straight to eliminate Frey in 12th place.

Jaime Wiegrefe  –  245,000  (49 bb)
Kenneth Frey  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($2,990)

A short while later, after the blinds increased to 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 ante, Anthony Zinno was eliminated in 11th place.

Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($2,990)

When Zinno was eliminated, there was already a hand in progress at the other table between Nick Yunis and Danny Monosson.

Monosson was all in for 98K with , and he was a favorite to double up against the of Yunis, who barely had him covered with 101K.

But the board came , and Yunis flopped a set of eights and rivered quads to win the pot and eliminate Monosson in 10th place.

Nick Yunis  –  212,000  (35 bb)
Danny Monosson  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($2,990)

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Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 115

Shortly after the Money Bubble burst, Tony Ruberto was knocked out in 15th place.

Tony Ruberto  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($2,588)

There was a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table 15, with Anthony Zinno in the cutoff with 90K, Jaime Wiegrefe on the button with 46K, and Brandon Eisen in the big blind with 105K.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Anthony Zinno:  
Brandon Eisen:  
Jaime Weigrefe:  

The board came — Eisen flopped a set of tens, but Weigrefe caught a runner-runner ace-high straight to win the main pot and triple up to 146K.

Eisen won a smaller side pot against Zinno to finish the hand with 118K, a gain of 13K for him in the hand.

Jaime Weigrefe  –  146,000  (29 bb)
Brandon Eisen  –  118,000  (24 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  31,000  (6 bb)

With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 165,000 (33 big blinds).

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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 115

During hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble with 16 players remaining, Anthony Zinno raised from the cutoff to 10,000, Tony Utnage moved all in from the small blind for 59,000, and Zinno called with .

Utnage turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Zinno to win the pot and eliminate Utnage on the Money Bubble.

Anthony Zinno  –  133,000  (33 bb)
Tony Utnage  –  Eliminated

The remaining 15 players are all guaranteed at least $2,588 each.

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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 115

The field in the Purple Chip Bounty event is on the Money Bubble, and they just returned from break to continue playing hand-for-hand. The final 15 players are guaranteed at least $2,588 each.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  Anthony Zinno  –  56,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Jaime Wiegrefe  –  69,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4.  Tony Utnage  –  67,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeff Hakim  –  83,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Brandon Eisen  –  127,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  Adam Adler  –  84,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8.  Brad Coultas  –  114,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9.  Kenneth Frey  –  157,000  (39 bb)

TABLE 22
Seat 1.  Romain Follet  –  109,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Danny Monosson  –  84,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Tony Ruberto  –  103,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Manny Tarich  –  187,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.  Nick Yunis  –  235,000  (59 bb)
Seat 7.  Corey Burbick  –  112,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Chad Trentacosta  –  172,000  (43 bb)
Seat 9.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  549,000  (137 bb)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 144,000 (36 big blinds).

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Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 115

The final 18 players have just redrawn for seats at the final two tables, but only 15 of them will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $2,588 each.

Here are some notable chip counts:

Philip Wojtuniecki  –  513,000  (171 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  210,000  (70 bb)
Chad Trentacosta  –  185,000  (62 bb)
Adam Adler  –  145,000  (48 bb)
Jeff Hakim  –  115,000  (38 bb)
Tony Ruberto  –  105,000  (35 bb)
Corey Burbick  –  67,000  (22 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  60,000  (20 bb)
Tony Utnage  –  52,000  (17 bb)

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 128,000 (43 big blinds). The field will play tonight until the end of Level 17, around 2:00 am.

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Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 115

There was some confusion at Table 16, with some raises and reraises leading Ronit Chamani to think it was an all-in situation, so she called and flipped over her . Thinking Chamani was all in, Chad Trentacosta turned over his hand as well, showing .

When they realized that nobody was actually all in (the last raise was to 31,600, and Chamani still had 16,000 behind), a floorperson was called over for a ruling.

It was ruled that neither player was all in, so for revealing her cards with action pending, Chamani would receive a one-round penalty after the hand. But she would still keep the 16,000 in her stack to see the flop. Trentacosta declared that he was all in dark before the flop.

The flop came , giving both players a gutshot straight draw, and Chamani a backdoor flush draw. But Chamani quickly folded, forfeiting the pot to Trentacosta, adding to his chipleading stack.

Chamani finished the hand with 16,000 in chips and a one-round penalty.

Chad Trentacosta  –  270,000  (169 bb)
Ronit Chamani  –  16,000  (10 bb)

At another table, with the board showing , a player in middle position gets it all in with (pair of kings) against Phil Hui’s (set of threes) in the big blind.

The short-stacked player is drawing dead, and the meaningless river card pairs the board with the . Hui wins the pot with a full house, threes full of kings, to eliminate his opponent and collect another bounty.

Phil Hui  –  183,000  (114 bb) + $500 Bounty

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 88,500 (55 big blinds).

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Level 9: 500/1,000
Players Remaining: 43 of 115

After a flop of , Scott Efron was all in with (pair of eights, gutshot straight draw), but he needed to improve to stay alive against Ronit Chamani’s .

The turn card was the , the river was the , and the pocket kings held up for Chamani to win the pot and eliminate Efron from the tournament, claiming the $500 bounty.

Ronit Chamani  –  145,000  (145 bb) + $500 Bounty
Scott Efron  –  Eliminated