$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 1,404
Bradley Coultas moved all in from the small blind for 1,275,000, and Michael Garcia called from the big blind with . Coultas turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and the pocket fives held up for Garcia to win the pot and eliminate Coultas in 12th place.
Michael Garcia – 4,000,000 (32 bb) Bradley Coultas – Eliminated in 12th Place ($17,081)
With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,825,000 (31 big blinds).
Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 1,404
Claudio Kalili moved all in from the button for about 1.85 million, and Howard Mash called from the small blind with . Kalili turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — Kalili paired his ace on the flop and his queen on the turn, but Mash rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Kalili in 14th place.
Howard Mash – 5,550,000 (44 bb) Claudio Kalili – Eliminated in 14th Place ($13,235)
There was a cooler situation between Peter Fellows and Greg Levine, as they got it all in preflop with for Fellows and for Levine, and both players had a little more than 2.5 million.
The board came — Levine turned a gutshot straight-flush draw, but improved no further. The pocket aces held up for Fellows to win the pot and double up to about 5.2 million, leaving Levine with less than a big blind.
A few hands later, Levine was forced all in preflop from the big blind in a three-way pot involving Alcides Gomez (UTG+1) and Justin Bianco (small blind).
The flop came , Bianco checked, Gomez bet, and Bianco folded.
Levine turned over for ace high, but he needed to catch something runner-runner to stay alive against Gomez’s (trip nines).
The turn card was the , giving Levine two outs to stay alive, but the river card was the . Gomez won the pot with his trip nines to eliminate Levin in 13th place.
Alcides Gomez – 3,250,000 (26 bb) Greg Levine – Eliminated in 13th Place ($13,235)
With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,500,000 (28 big blinds).
Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 1,404
Jacob Naumann moved all in under the gun for 1,025,000, and Peter Fellows called from the small blind with . Naumann turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Fellows flopped trip aces to win the pot and eliminate Naumann in 16th place.
Peter Fellows – 2,775,000 (22 bb) Jacob Naumann – Eliminated in 16th Place ($10,626)
A few minutes later, Al Gomez moved all in under the gun for 425,000, and Brian Metter called from the big blind with . Gomez turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.
The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Metter to win the pot and eliminate Gomez in 15th place.
Brian Metter – 2,750,000 (22 bb) Al Gomez – Eliminated in 15th Place ($13,235)
With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,000,000 (24 big blinds).
Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 1,404
The players return from break to begin Level 31, with increased blinds of 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante. With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,625,000 (21 big blinds).
Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 1,404
David DiBernardi was the first player knocked out from the final tables, finishing in 18th place.
David DiBernardi – Eliminated in 18th Place ($10,626)
A short while later, Michael Garcia raised under the gun to 210,000, Steve Karp reraised from the cutoff to about 800,000 (leaving himself only about 40K behind), and Howard Mash moved all in from the button for about 2.0 million.
Garcia quickly folded, and Karp quickly called all in for about 840,000 with . Mash turned over , and Karp needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — Karp paired his queen on the flop, but improved no further. The pocket kings held up for Mash to win the pot and eliminate Karp in 17th place.
Howard Mash – 3,350,000 (34 bb) Steve Karp – Eliminated in 17th Place ($10,626)
With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,625,000 (26 bb).
Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 22 of 1,404
Vadim Rozin got it all in preflop with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jason Block.
The board came , and Block spiked a queen on the river to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Rozin in 25th place.
Jason Block – 3,100,000 (52 bb) Vadim Rozin – Eliminated in 25th Place ($6,074)
Sheddy Siddiqui doubled up to 900K thru Jake Schwartz with his pocket sevens holding up against ace-nine, and Schwartz was knocked all the way down to 50,000 — less than a big blind.
Shortly after that, Schwartz got it all in with against Nick Palma’s .
The board came , and Palma paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Schwartz in 24th place.
Nick Palma – 3,150,000 (53 bb) Jake Schwartz – Eliminated in 24th Place ($7,161)
Mauricio Ameller moved all in from the hijack for 620,000, and John Keraghan called from the cutoff with . Ameller turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.
The board came , and Ameller paired his queen on the flop and won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.
Shortly after that, Rafael Rodriguez was eliminated in 23rd place by Trung Pham, and Pham took a big lead with more than 5.1 million in chips.
Trung Pham – 5,150,000 (86 bb) Rafael Rodriguez – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($7,161)
With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,915,000 (32 bb). Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 25 of 1,404
The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 ante.
With 25 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,685,000 (28 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $6,074 each, and action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed WPTDeepStacks Hollywood final table, which begins at 2:00 pm.
28th: Raminder Singh – $5,218 29th: Lowell Kim – $5,218 30th: Zoltan Czinkota – $5,218 31st: Jordan Semel – $5,218 32nd: Jason Atherley – $5,218 33rd: Lazaro Rojas – $5,218 34th: Louise Francoeur – $5,218 35th: Brandon Lalloo – $5,218 36th: Larry Hirschfield – $5,218
37th: Zhen Cai – $4,389 38th: Jason Young – $4,389 39th: David Moses – $4,389 40th: Yue Wang – $4,389 41st: Paul Grigsby – $4,389 42nd: Sharman Olsham – $4,389 43rd: Nick Yunis – $4,389 44th: Joseph Hernon – $4,389 45th: Peter Vitantonio – $4,389
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 28 of 1,404
Aaron Rosenthal min-raised UTG+1 to 80,000, Howard Mash moved all in from the big blind for 560,000, and Rosenthal waited for an exact count before he called with .
Mash turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Mash won the pot with a flopped set of jacks to double up in chips.
With 28 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,505,000 (38 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.