Event 22: Two Double Ups Kick off the Day

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Casey Yontz was all in on the big blind with 10s8c in the hole, and David Diaz has him covered holding Qs9s on the small blind. The board was dealt 9d7h2s5cJh and Yontz doubled up to survive with 455,000. Diaz was down to 430,000 after the hand.

A few hands later Fabrizio Gonzales raised to 80,000 UTG and Xuan Liu called on the hijack. Seth Davies reraised all-in on the big blind and Gonzales folded. Xuan called and they flipped over their cards. Xuan held 9c9d and Davies flipped over AhJh. The board ran out 10s6d5d6cAd and Davies doubled up to survive.

Event 22: Final Table Set with Xuan Liu as the Chip Leader

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Xuan Liu
Xuan Liu

After a very long final table bubble that lasted over three hours, things are finally set for the final table in Event 22 ($2,650 NLHE) at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Xuan Liu will be the headliner when cards get into the air tomorrow, and she holds the chip lead with 3.15 million. The final table will be live streamed on a 30-minute delay as part of the Big 4 final tables that will take place next door at the Hard Rock Live concert venue.

Here is a look at the final table seating chart with chip counts for the start of play on Tuesday at 2 p.m. ET.

Seat 1: Seth Davies – 355,000 (8 bb)
Seat 2: Fabrizio Gonzales – 1,740,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3: Chris Hunichen – 1,220,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4: Jon Borenstein – 930,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Darryl Ronconi -925,000 (23 bb)
Seat 6: Xuan Liu – 3,150,000 (78 bb)
Seat 7: David Diaz – 665,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8: Casey Yontz – 220,000 (5 bb)
Seat 9: Daniel Fuhs – 920,000 (23 bb)

Here is the remaining prize pool up for grabs.

1st: $236,400
2nd: $141,800
3rd: $84,800
4th: $70,900
5th: $59,100
6th: $47,300
7th: $35,500
8th: $29,500
9th: $23,150

Event 22: Ping Lin Eliminated in 10th Place – Final Table Set

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Ping Lin
Ping Lin

David Diaz raised all in preflop UTG+1 and Ping Lin called all in on the big blind. The two players then flipped over their hands.

Diaz: KcKs
Lin: Ac7s

Board: Jc8d8c6d5c

Diaz won the hand and Lin was eliminated in 10th place, good for $20,100 in prize money.

Play came to a close after the hand with 36:56 remaining in Level 26. The final nine players will return at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday over in Hard Rock Live as part of the Big 4 Live Stream.

Event 22: Fabrizio Gonzales Doubles Thru Xuan Liu

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Fabrizio Gonzalez
Fabrizio Gonzalez

When we arrived at the table, the board read Ac7c5h2h and Xuan Liu had bet 200,000. Fabrizio Gonzales called. The river delivered the 6s and Gonzales bet 135,000. Xuan quickly raised all in and Gonzales called all in for his final 290,000. Xuan flipped over AsJs but Gonzales had rivered a straight thanks to his hole cards – 9c8s. Gonzales was up to 1.5 million after the hand and Xuan dropped to 2.2 million.

Event 22: Final Table Chip Count Update

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Seat 1: Seth Davies – 365,000
Seat 2: Fabrizio Gonzales – 700,000
Seat 3: Chris Hunichen – 620,000
Seat 4: Jon Borenstein – 460,000
Seat 5: Darryl Ronconi -1,740,000
Seat 6: Ping Lin – 300,000
Seat 7: Xuan Liu – 3,080,000
Seat 8: David Diaz – 675,000
Seat 9: Casey Yontz – 350,000
Seat 10: Daniel Fuhs – 1,500,000

Event 22: Xuan Liu vs. David Diaz

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

Xuan Liu
Xuan Liu

Xuan Liu three-bet to 130,000 on the small blind preflop, and David Diaz four-bet to 260,000 on the cutoff. Xuan called and the flop was dealt 9h7h6s. Both players checked.

The 8h fell on the turn and the two players contributed 400,000 to the pot. The 3s was delivered on the river and Xuan moved all in. Diaz pondered the all-in call for many minutes, but eventully folded his hand. Diaz was down to 421,000 after the hand and Xuan grew her chip lead to 3.2 million.