$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 79 of 1,404
Michael Tait made another deep run but fell short of the major money in this one
The tournament is quickly down to the last nine tables and it will come close to cutting that number in half by the time they take their dinner break after Level 24. Here are the recent round of results:
80th: John Pendl – $2,962 81st: Denis Schneider – $2,962
82nd: Kyle Kitagawa – $2,799 83rd: Loc Nguyen – $2,799 84th: Gaurav Krishan – $2,799 85th: Jacquelyn Scott – $2,799 86th: Rafay Asrar – $2,799 87th: Mark Amaral – $2,799 88th: Christopher Perry – $2,799 89th: Bruno Fortin – $2,799 90th: Jack Shea – $2,799
91st: Scott Harwood – $2,650 92nd: Illia Shtondenko – $2,650 93rd: Michael Scoma – $2,650 94th: Michael Tait – $2,650 95th: Ian O’Hara – $2,650 96th: Raymond McDonough – $2,650 97th: Kathy Liebert – $2,650 98th: Kharlin Sued – $2,650 99th: Roy Rubin – $2,650
100th: Thiago Palmieri – $2,500 101st: Anatoly Zharnitsky – $2,500 102nd: Marla Crumpler – $2,500 103rd: Alexander Salcedo – $2,500 104th: Jerry Brown – $2,500 105th: Marco Rodriguez – $2,500 106th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $2,500 107th: Ryan Mickler – $2,500 108th: Steven Walters – $2,500
109th: Zachary Guerin – $2,364 110th: Ronald Campillo – $2,364 111th: Scott Fitzhugh – $2,364 112th: Ian Gillespie – $2,364 113th: Hans Winzeler – $2,364 114th: Riley Fuller – $2,364 115th: Pasquale Caiazza – $2,364 116th: Peter Nigh – $2,364 117th: Thomas Knepp – $2,364
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 87 of 1,404
Zoltan Czinkota
The remaining WPTDeepStacks players were sent on their second break of the day with 87 players remaining. David Farber continues to lead the field with 1,220,000 but Zoltan Czinkota is not far behind with 1,150,000.
With 87 players remaining, the average stack is 485,000 (32 bb) with the blinds at 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 big blind ante.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 118 of 1,404
SHRP favorite Nancy Birnbaum made it to the WPTDeepStacks Hollywood money
Once the money bubble burst, the action kicked up and the field quickly dropped near double digit territory. Nancy Birnbaum, Sam Panzica, Fabian Foster, David Poces, Paul Balzano, John Gorsuch, Robert Mizrachi, and former WPTDeepStacks champ Vitor Coelho were among those to cash but fall short of a win.
119th: Carlos Bolanos – $2,229 120th: Stanley Lee – $2,229 121st: Sam Panzica – $2,229 122nd: Vadims Ivanovs – $2,229 123rd: Ricardo Velasco – $2,229 124th: Vitor Coelho – $2,229 125th: Luboslar Bafia – $2,229 126th: Aaron Olshan – $2,229
127th: Fabian Foster – $2,106 128th: David Poces – $2,106 129th: Warren Irvine – $2,106 130th: DNR – $2,106 131st: David Levi – $2,106 132nd: Paul Balzano – $2,106 133rd: Joseph Montervino – $2,106 134th: Selim Hamadache – $2,106 135th: Michael Amato – $2,106
136th: Raffaello Locatelli – $1,984 137th: Carlos Garcia – $1,984 138th: Joseph Mole – $1,984 139th: John Gorsuch – $1,984 140th: Benjamin Sriqui – $1,984 141st: Andres Sol Sanudo – $1,984 142nd: Walter Bravo – $1,984 143rd: Michael Wadlow – $1,984 144th: Brent Granda – $1,984
154th: Christopher Hughes – $1,739 155th: Scott Swatcheno – $1,739 156th: Stuart Paterson – $1,739 157th: Casey Carroll – $1,739 158th: Lakishia Jefferson – $1,739 159th: Joseph Chalbaud – $1,739 160th: Bassam Mourad – $1,739 161st: Daniel Wayson – $1,739 162nd: Brandon Caputo – $1,739
163rd: Robert Mizrachi – $1,617 164th: Joshua Palmer – $1,617 165th: Adam Kempler – $1,617 166th: David Inselberg – $1,617 167th: Stephen Leahy – $1,617 168th: Louis Leo IV – $1,617 169th: Cero Zuccarello – $1,617 170th: Barry Brown – $1,617 171st: Francis Anderson – $1,617
The second new tournament on today’s LHPO schedule is the popular Purple Chip Bounty event. It has a $1,700 buy-in with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool, $500 bounties, and a two-day structure.
They will start with 20,000 stacks and the first eight levels will last 30 minutes each. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm with a single re-entry option. Once registration closes, levels will increase to 40 minutes for the duration. This is a two-day tournament and those with chips after Level 17 will bag up and return tomorrow for Day 2.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9+ last 40 minutes
Late registration/SINGLE re-entry available until start of Level 9
Day 1 will end after Level 17 or Tournament Director discretion
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 175 of 1,404
Nissim Vaknin (left) and Stanley Lee (right)
It took a little while to get to the money bubble but not very long to get through it. On the very first hand on the bubble, there were three all-ins called and tournament staff ran them out one at a time.
On Table 37, Nissim Vaknin was down to 27,000 and moved all in from the hijack. Stanley Lee called in the cutoff and the button and blinds folded.
Lee: Vaknin:
Vaknin was in trouble and it only got worse on the flop. The board finished turn and river to send him out.
Jaspal Brar
On Table 7 with the flop reading , Jaspal Brar moved all in for 50,000 and Leo Ojeda called to put him at risk.
Ojeda: Brar:
Brar was ahead with his paired four but needed to dodge Ojeda’s overs and diamond draw. The turn changed nothing but Ojeda made a bigger pair on the river to send Brar out as well.
John Gorsuch (left) and Louise Francoeur (right)
On Table 20, John Gorsuch opened the action, Louise Francouer three-bet shipped for 91,000 and Gorsuch called.
Francouer: Gorsuch:
Francouer was in great shape to double on the bubble and she had no problems on the board.
With Brar and Vaknin both eliminated on the same hand at separate tables, they split 176th place money.
Louise Francoeur – 197,000 (33 bb) Stanley Lee – 175,000 (29 bb) Leo Ojeda – 438,000 (73 bb) John Gorsuch – 200,000 (33 bb) Jaspal Brar – Eliminated in 176th Place ($748) Nissim Vaknin – Eliminated in 177th Place ($747)
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 177 of 1,404
With four minutes remaining before the break, the tournament dropped down to 177 to put it on the money bubble. The clock was paused and they will play one hand at a time until one player is eliminated with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 198 of 1,404
David Farber
The money bubble is nearing with a steady stream of players falling short. David Farber is not in that category.
He began the day with 392,000 for one of the big stacks but now he’s the biggest with a seven-digit stack. Farber is up to 1,070,000 after an hour of play and sitting in great shape for a deep run.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 234 of 1,404
Riley Fuller
Scott Swatscheno opened to 9,000 from under the gun and Riley Fuller moved all in for 47,000 from middle position. The rest of the players folded and Swatscheno called.
Fuller: Swatscheno:
It was another race and Swatscheno took the lead when he paired his queen on the flop. It was short-lived because Fuller made a set on the turn. The board finished with the river and Swatscheno sent some of his newly stacked chips sent next door.
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