Event 1: Robert Barto – 9th Place ($31,225)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 4,535

Robert Barto
Robert Barto

Robert Barto moved all in under the gun for 2,300,000, Scott Woodring called from the button, and Juan Maceiras moved all in over the top from the small blind. Woodring folded.

Barto turned over QhJh, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the AdAc of Maceiras.

The board came Ks4c3c6h5s, and the aces held up for Maceiras to win the pot and eliminate Barto in ninth place.

Juan Maceiras  –  15,100,000  (50 bb)
Robert Barto  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($31,225)

With eight players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 11,300,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $43,800 each.

Event 1: Scott Woodring Triples Up to 8.7 Million

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,535

Scott Woodring
Scott Woodring

Robert Barto raised UTG+1 to 800,000, and Arlon Berdos moved all in from the cutoff for 13,400,000. Scott Woodring called all in from the small blind for 2,700,000, and Barto called all in for 5,000,000.

These were their hands in descending order of chip counts:

Arlon Berdos:  AhKs
Robert Barto:  AdKd
Scott Woodring:  QhQd

The board came 8h8d6s6h7h, and Woodring’s pocket queens held up for him to win the main pot and triple up in chips. (Berdos and Barto chopped the side pot.)

Scott Woodring  –  8,700,000  (29 bb)
Arlon Berdos  –  10,700,000  (36 bb)
Robert Barto  –  2,300,000  (8 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 10,075,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,225 each.

Event 1: Jake Schwartz Doubles Thru Scott Woodring

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,535

Jake Schwartz
Jake Schwartz

Jake Schwartz raised from the cutoff to 600,000, Scott Woodring called from the button, and Christie Yau called from the big blind.

The flop came Jh9d6d, and it checked to Woodring, who bet 1,400,000. Yau folded, and Schwartz check-raised all in for 4,500,000.

Woodring tanked for a while before he called with 4s4c, and Schwartz turned over Qc10s for an open-ended straight draw. Schwartz needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the 8h, the river card was the Jd, and Schwartz turned a queen-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jake Schwartz  –  11,300,000  (38 bb)
Scott Woodring  –  2,300,000  (8 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 10,075,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,225 each.

Event 1: Christie Yau Three-Bet Shoves the Flop Against Juan Maceiras to Take the Chip Lead

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,535

Christie Yau
Chipleader Christie Yau

Juan Maceiras min-raised under the gun to 600,000, Christie Yau reraised UTG+1 to 1,600,000, and Maceiras called.

The flop came AcKd2c, Maceiras checked, Yau bet 1,400,000, and Maceiras check-raised to 3,500,000.

Yau three-bet all in for roughly 12 million, and Maceiras folded. Yau showed one card (the Ad), as she took the pot — and the chip lead.

Christie Yau  –  20,000,000  (67 bb)
Juan Maceiras  –  13,100,000  (44 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 10,075,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,225 each.

Event 1: Juan Maceiras Leads the Field at the Break with 19.1 Million

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,535

Juan Maceiras
Chipleader Juan Maceiras

The players have returned from break to begin Level 33, with increased blinds of 200,000-300,000 with a 300,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Christie Yau  –  13,400,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2.  Robert Barto  –  5,800,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Flores  –  5,900,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  John Stevenson  –  7,400,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  John Miller  –  12,200,000  (41 bb)
Seat 6.  Arlon Berdos  –  11,800,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Jake Schwartz  –  5,900,000  (20 bb)
Seat 8.  Scott Woodring  –  9,200,000  (31 bb)
Seat 9.  Juan Maceiras  –  19,100,000  (64 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $340,000 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $226,845
3rd:  $166,400
4th:  $129,700
5th:  $101,790
6th:  $77,550
7th:  $57,990
8th:  $43,800
9th:  $31,225

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 10,075,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,225 each.

Event 1: Final Table Begins with Juan Maceiras in the Lead with 19.5 Million

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,535

After the elimination of Paul Snead in 10th place, there was a redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup:

Seat 1.  Christie Yau  –  10,800,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Robert Barto  –  6,200,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Flores  –  7,000,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4.  John Stevenson  –  11,800,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  John Miller  –  8,500,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6.  Arlon Berdos  –  11,800,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  Jake Schwartz  –  5,950,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8.  Scott Woodring  –  8,800,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9.  Juan Maceiras  –  19,500,000  (78 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $340,000 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $226,845
3rd:  $166,400
4th:  $129,700
5th:  $101,790
6th:  $77,550
7th:  $57,990
8th:  $43,800
9th:  $31,225

And here are the most recent eliminations:

10th:  Paul Snead  –  $31,225
11th:  Thomas Boyden  –  $20,600
12th:  Michael Kilker  –  $20,600
13th:  Adam Pritchett  –  $14,150
14th:  Dennis Rodriguez  –  $14,150
15th:  Dmitry Savelyev  –  $14,150
16th:  Jose Navarrete  –  $10,900
17th:  Manish Chaddha  –  $10,900

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 10,075,000 (40 big blinds).

Event 1: Paul Snead Eliminated in 10th Place by Aaron Flores; Christie Yau Three-Bets the Flop

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,535

Paul Snead
Paul Snead

Aaron Flores raised under the gun to 500,000, Paul Snead moved all in from the big blind for about 1,950,000, and Flores called with Qs10s.

Snead turned over 8d8c, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came As7s2s3c5d, and Flores flopped a spade flush to win the pot and eliminate Snead in 10th place.

Aaron Flores  –  7,000,000  (28 bb)
Paul Snead  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($31,225)

Meanwhile, there was a hand in progress at the other table that needed to finish before they could combine to a final table.

After a flop of 9s9d3d, Christie Yau bet 500,000 from the big blind, Scott Woodring raised from the cutoff to 1,500,000, and Yau three-bet it to 3,500,000.

Woodring tanked for a long time before he folded, and Yau showed Qs9c for trip nines as she took the pot.

Christie Yau  –  10,800,000  (43 bb)
Scott Woodring  –  8,800,000  (35 bb)

With all action complete, there was a redraw for random seats at the final table. Stay tuned for an updated seat map.

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 10,075,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,225 each.

Christie Yau
Christie Yau

Event 1: Thomas Boyden Eliminated in 11th Place by Scott Woodring

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 4,535

Thomas Boyden
Thomas Boyden

Thomas Boyden got his short stack all in from the button with KxQx, and needed it to hold to stay alive against the Kh7d of Scott Woodring in the big blind.

The board came 7h4c5h9d9c, and Woodring paired his seven on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Boyden in 11th place.

Scott Woodring  –  10,300,000  (41 bb)
Thomas Boyden  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($20,600)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 9,075,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $31,225 each.

Event 1: Adam Pritchett Out in 13th; Michael Kilker Out in 12th

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 4,535

Michael Kilker
Michael Kilker

Shortly after Dennis Rodriguez’s elimination in 14th place, we lost two more players, and we are now two bustouts away from the final table:

12th:  Michael Kilker  –  $20,600
13th:  Adam Pritchett  –  $14,150

With 11 players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 8,250,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $20,600 each.

Adam Pritchett

Event 1: Dennis Rodriguez Eliminated in 14th Place by Christie Yau

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,535

Dennis Rodriguez
Dennis Rodriguez

Dennis Rodriguez moved all in from the hijack for 2,250,000, and Christie Yau tanked for a while before she called from the cutoff with Ac9c.

Rodriguez turned over Jh8h, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Jc7s2d8d10s, and Rodriguez paired his jack on the flop and his eight on the turn, but Yau rivered a jack-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Rodriguez in 14th place.

Christie Yau  –  7,500,000  (30 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($14,150)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 6,975,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,150 each.

Christie Yau
Christie Yau