Event 7: Reinaldo Vicentini Aldrey Eliminated in 51st Place by Chipleader Leon Zhivelev

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  50 of 1,462

Leon Zhivelev
Chipleader Leon Zhivelev

After a flop of 8c7c4s, Reinaldo Vicentini Aldrey bet 85,000 from under the gun, and Leon Zhivelev called from the hijack.

The turn card paired the board with the 7h, Aldrey moved all in for 270,000, and Zhivelev asked for an exact count and tanked for a while before he called with Kc4c for two pair, sevens and fours, with a club flush draw.

Aldrey turned over JsJd for a higher two pair, jacks and sevens, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the Ac, and Zhivelev completed his flush on the river to win the pot and eliminate Aldrey in 51st place.

Leon Zhivelev  –  1,950,000  (130 bb)
Reinaldo Vicentini Aldrey  –  Eliminated in 51st Place  ($740)

With 50 players remaining, the average stack is around 440,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $740 each.

Event 7: More Results

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 1,462

Catching up with results as the pace is slowing with the deepening stacks and growing payouts.

Blinds are 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 406,000 (27 bb) with 54 players remaining.

73rd: Benjamin Boston – $575
74th: Joseph Hernon – $575
75th: Adam Wiatrowski – $575
76th: Joshua Gerzog – $575
77th: Orlando Maldonado Jr – $575
78th: Henry Miller – $575
79th: Eric Piderit – $575
80th: Mark Gaudino – $575
81st: Lester Rainey – $575

82nd: Haralambos Sideris Sansiviero – $535
83rd: Ethan Blauner – $535
84th: Edward Grinko – $535
85th: Garrick Young – $535
86th: Rainulfo Ricardo Perez – $535
87th: Jared Kranz – $535
88th: Archibald Barrant – $535
89th: Billie Bowman – $535
90th: Jeffrey Keiser – $535

Event 7: Results 91st Thru 117th

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,462

Catching up on results, here’s who went deep but could not take home the Event 7 trophy. Former SHRP champ Steven McKoy and 2015 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event champ Lawrence Whyte were among those picking up a payout slip.

91st: Jon Peterson – $500
92nd: Frank Martin – $500
93rd: Peter Shapiro – $500
94th: Jason Nieves – $500
95th: Lawrence Whyte – $500
96th: Christian Fleagle – $500
97th: Steven McKoy – $500
98th: Alan Katsnelson – $500
99th: Jeffrey Morrison – $500

100th: Phong Nguyen – $465
101st: Elisa Greenwood – $465
102nd: Mignaelalexand Stratos – $465
103rd: Carlos Garcia – $465
104th: Brett Streicher – $465
105th: Henry Fermin – $465
106th: Igor Evseev – $465
107th: John Valevich – $465
108th: Kanj Chehade – $465

109th: Andrew Jones – $430
110th: Barrington Bowen – $430
111th: Steve Zhang – $430
112th: Wongduan Nannong – $430
113th: Kevin Naim – $430
114th: Joseph Duchman – $430
115th: Nicholas Velentzas – $430
116th: Douglas Miranda – $430
117th: Mark Hurst – $430

Event 7: Leon Zhivelev and James Tomblin Lead

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,462

Leon Zhivelev

The first break came to an end and players returned to their seats. They quickly lost another handful to drop the field to eight tables.

Leon Zhivelev is the new chip leader with 790,000 but James Tomblin is only a single 5K chip behind with 785,000. Lance Foster is also having a good day to sit in third with 730,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 305,000 (30 bb).

James Tomblin

Event 7: Results 118th Thru 135th

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  95 of 1,462

Fred DaBus

Another round of results was processed and we are still catching up after the fast pace. Fred DaBus was unable to bounce back from his early big hand and went out in 133rd while Kyle Rignola cashed in his first event of the series.

Blinds increased to 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 231,000 (29 bb) with 95 players remaining.

118th: Eduardo Christ – $400
119th: Edward Corlett – $400
120th: Kyle Rignola – $400
121st: John Nguyen – $400
122nd: Philip Toister – $400
123rd: Earl Gallegos – $400
124th: Pierre Armster Jr – $400
125th: Brian Goodman – $400
126th: Christopher Thompson – $400

127th: Farell Lapi – $380
128th: Rickey Welch – $380
129th: Robert Brown – $380
130th: John Malvasio – $380
131st: Antonio Colon – $380
132nd: Tyler Mitchell – $380
133rd: Fred DaBus – $380
134th: Alex Santoni – $380
135th: Conner Benson – $380

Kyle Rignola

Event 7: Results 136th Through 149th

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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  135 of 1,462

Raminder Singh finished Event 7 in 136th place

The first round of results is in with many more to come over the long Day 2 stretch. Seven-time SHRP Hollywood champ  Raminder Singh (tied for most all-time) fell short of another but added to his long list to tournament cashes.

136th: Raminder Singh – $360
137th: Gregory Hopkins – $360
138th: Erik De Souza – $360
139th: John McDonald – $360
140th: Salvador Ramos – $360
141st: Stella Davila – $360
142nd: Austin Zahn – $360
143rd: Jeram Capinpin – $360
144th: Alik Sitnyakorsky – $360
145th: Vladimir Florent – $360
146th: Michael Cavanaugh – $360
147th: Phillip Stuttman – $360
148th: Tania Arana – $360
149th: Andrew Badal – $360

Event 7: Srinath Vadluri Shows Up and Triples Up

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  136 of 1,462

Srinath Vadluri

Srinath Vadluri was a little late getting to the Event 7 restart but got here just at the right time. Not long after unbagging his chips, he moved all in for 67,000 from the cutoff after Jason Nieves opened under the gun.

Fred DaBus reshipped for 132,000 from the button and Nieves called at risk for 123,000 total for the big three-way pot.

DaBus: AdQc
Nieves: AhKc
Vadluri: TdTs

Vadluri was ahead for the triple and DaBus needed help for the double knockout. The board ran out Js6c2cJc2s to send Vadluri the big pot while Nieves and DaBus chopped after paying him off with two pair jacks and deuces with an ace kicker.

Srinath Vadluri – 214,000 (43 bb)
Fred DaBus – 61,000 (12 bb)
Jason Nieves – 56,000 (11 bb)

Event 7: Cards in the Air for Day 2

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  149 of 1,462

Sean Shah unloads his big bag

Cards are back in the air for Day 2 of Showdown Event 7 with 149 players remaining and we should have a lot of action right out of the gates with everyone in the money.

Blinds are 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante with the average stack about 147,000 (37 bb).

Event 7: Day 2 Ready to Go

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  149 of 1,462

Sean Shah
Sean Shah

The mid-series mid-stakes Showdown tournament drew 1,462 entries over six starting flights and 149 players return for Day 2. Event 7 started with a $150,000 guarantee but locked up a prize pool worth $233,920.

Sean Shah bagged the biggest stack with 485,000 with German Zaga, Kelly Alonso, Vinny Monteiro, and Leonid Zhivelev rounding out the top five.

All Day 2 players return in the money and are guaranteed at least $360 but they have $38,695 set aside for the Event 7 champion. Play will begin with 8:16 remaining on Level 15 and blinds at 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

Top 10 returning stacks:

  1. Sean Shah – 485,000 (121 bb)
  2. German Zaga – 481,000 (120 bb)
  3. Kelly Alonso – 452,000 (113 bb)
  4. Vinny Monteiro – 377,000 (94 bb)
  5. Leonid Zhivelev – 374,000 (94 bb)
  6. Jared Kranz – 371,000 (93 bb)
  7. James Tomblin – 351,000 (88 bb)
  8. Dylan Malcomson – 336,000 (84 bb)
  9. Eric Phan – 328,000 (82 bb)
  10. Reinaldo Vincenti Aldrey – 324,000 (81 bb)

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