Event 15: Recent Eliminations, 37th-45th Places

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 4,529

Seneca Easley
40th-Place Finisher Seneca Easley

With 36 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 2,515,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $7,040 each, and the next pay jump is $7,840 for 27th place.

Here is a list of the players who have recently been eliminated, along with their payouts:

37th:  Gonzalo Garcia  –  $6,340
38th:  Patryk Slusarek  –  $6,340
39th:  Jameel Harris  –  $6,340
40th:  Seneca Easley  –  $6,340
41st:  Richard Alarie, Jr.  –  $6,340
42nd:  Steven Rivero  –  $6,340
43rd:  Nigel Murray  –  $6,340
44th:  Steven Mejia  –  $6,340
45th:  Edgar Varas  –  $6,340

Event 15: Bruce Warren Doubles Thru Aaron Massey

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 4,529

Bruce Warren
Bruce Warren

Aaron Massey raised from the hijack, Bruce Warren moved all in from the small blind for 830,000, and Massey called with 9h9d.

Warren turned over 10s10c, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10d9s2dQd5c, and Warren flopped the higher set to win the pot and double up in chips.

Bruce Warren  –  1,820,000  (23 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  1,190,000  (15 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 2,265,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $6,340 each, and the next pay jump is $7,040 for 36th place.

Event 15: Richard Alarie Eliminated in 41st Place by Daniyal Gheba

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 4,529

Daniyal Gheba
Daniyal Gheba

Following a flop of 3s4h4d, Richard Alarie was all in for about 800,000 from under the gun against Daniyal Gheba in the hijack.

Alarie: KhKd
Gheba: 7s7d

The 6h turn and 5h river completed the board, giving Gheba a seven-high straight to eliminate Alarie in 41st place.

Daniyal Gheba – 5,300,000 (66 bb)
Richard Alarie – Eliminated in 41st Place ($6,340)

Event 15: Recent Eliminations, 46th-63rd Places

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 4,529

Richard Menjura
63rd-place finisher Richard Menjura won Event 6 last week.

With 45 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 2,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $6,340 each, and the next pay jump is $7,040 for 36th place.

Here is a list of the players who have recently been eliminated, along with their payouts:

46th:  Joseph Rossi  –  $5,690
47th:  David Poces  –  $5,690
48th:  Niovel Chirino Alvarez  –  $5,690
49th:  Michael Slobasky  –  $5,690
50th:  Kirby Conserve  –  $5,690
51st:  Jaime Campos  –  $5,690
52nd:  Anton Jancaj  –  $5,690
53rd:  Robert Colucci  –  $5,690
54th:  Ariel Salvador  –  $5,690

55th:  Fabian Foster  –  $5,090
56th:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $5,090
57th:  William Givens IV  –  $5,090
58th:  Lawrence Rubenstein  –  $5,090
59th:  Steve Karp  –  $5,090
60th:  Rolando Rodriguez Vazquez  –  $5,090
61st:  Robert Petronio  –  $5,090
62nd:  Jonathan Brody  –  $5,090
63rd:  Richard Menjura Macias  –  $5,090

Event 15: Joseph Rossi Eliminated in 46th Place by Aaron Massey

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 4,529

Joseph Rossi
Joseph Rossi

Event 1 champion Joseph Rossi was all in for 1,300,000 from the small blind against Aaron Massey in the big blind.

Rossi:  Ac10c
Massey:  AdQd

The board ran out As3cQs8dJc, giving Massey aces and queens to eliminate Rossi.

Aaron Massey  –  3,015,000  (50 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  Eliminated in 46th Place  ($5,690)

Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey

Event 15: Michael Slobasky Eliminated in 49th Place by Roland Wakim

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 4,529

Roland Wakim
Roland Wakim

Michael Slobasky was all in from the hijack for about 130,000 with 6s6h, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the QcJc of Roland Wakim on the button.

The board came AcJsJd4d3s, and Wakim flopped trip jacks to win the pot and eliminate Slobasky in 49th place.

Roland Wakim  –  2,220,000  (37 bb)
Michael Slobasky  –  Eliminated in 49th Place  ($5,690)

With 48 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 1,885,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,690 each, and the next pay jump is $6,340 for 45th place.

Event 15: Robert Colocci Eliminated in 53rd Place by Uri Kadosh

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 4,529

Uri Kadosh
Uri Kadosh

Uri Kadosh raised from early position, Robert Colucci three-bet all in for about 700,000 from the button and Kadosh called with AcAd, leading Colucci’s KcKs.

The board ran out 3d2d2s8s4h, no help to Colucci, locking up the pot for Kadosh.

Uri Kadosh – 1,650,000 (28 bb)
Robert Colucci – Eliminated in 53rd Place ($5,690)

Event 15: Jeff Trudeau Leads the Field at the Break with 6.16 Million

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 4,529

Jeff Trudeau
Chipleader Jeff Trudeau

The players return from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 with a big blind ante of 60,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least three million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jeff Trudeau  –  6,160,000  (103 bb)
2.  Sergio Ghia  –  4,265,000  (71 bb)
3.  David Levy  –  3,730,000  (62 bb)
4.  Richard Newton  –  3,530,000  (59 bb)
5.  Steven McKoy  –  3,405,000  (57 bb)
6.  Lunique Petiote  –  3,340,000  (56 bb)
7.  Daniyal Gheba  –  3,230,000  (54 bb)
8.  Jordan Flaschner  –  3,100,000  (52 bb)

With 53 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 1,710,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,690 each, and the next pay jump is $6,340 for 45th place.

Event 15: Ariel Amendola Eliminated in 54th Place by Jeff Trudeau

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 4,529

Ariel Amendola was all in from the button for about 840,000 against Jeff Trudeau in the big blind.

Amendola: 8h8s
Trudeau: JhJc

The board ran out 3s4h6c2s10s, safe for Trudeau to score the elimination.

Jeff Trudeau – 6,160,000 (124 bb)
Ariel Amendola – Eliminated in 54th Place ($5,690)

Event 15: Nancy Birnbaum Eliminated in 56th Place by Sergio Giha

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 4,529

Sergio Giha and Nancy Birnbaum
Nancy Birnbaum (standing, right) waits with her dog, Buddy (poking his fluffy white head out, center) for her payout slip after being eliminated by Sergio Giha (left).

Nancy Birnbaum moved all in under the gun for 345,000, and Sergio Giha called from the big blind with Ad4s.

Birnbaum turned over Kh10s, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 6h3d2d6c2s, and Giha won the pot with his ace to eliminate Birnbaum in 56th place.

Sergio Giha  –  3,765,000  (75 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  Eliminated in 56th Place  ($5,090)

With 55 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 1,645,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,090 each, and the next pay jump is $5,690 for 54th place.