WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

With tournament staff, film crews and reporters surrounding the Tournament of Champions final table, there’s no shortage of action on the floor. That, however, stops with the staff. Level 17 came and went with only the double ups of Farid Yachou and Andy Frankenberger headlining the hand history.

Level 18 is underway now with blinds of 5,000/10,000 and a 1,000 ante. The average stack of 356,000 is good for 35 big blinds and that’s expected to help the action pick up.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

Noah Schwartz opened to 20,000 from late position and Andy Frankenberger jammed the big blind for 67,000. Schwartz double-checked his hole holds and plopped calling chips in the pot.

Frankenberger:
Schwartz:

The flop smacked Frankenberger falling improving him to nines full. Frankenberg clammed in celebration.

The turn was the and the river was the . Schwartz shipped the double the way of Frankenberger.

Andy Frankenberger – 150,000 (18 bb)
Noah Schwartz – 575,000 (71 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

Farid Yachou raised to 20,000 from middle position and Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 50,000 on the button. Action folded back around to Yachou, who moved all in for 127,000 and Mizrachi quickly called.

It was a flip for Yachou’s tournament life with his up against Mizrachi’s . The board ran out clean for Yachou as it came and Yachou’s pair won the flip to double up.

Farid Yachou – 275,000 (34 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 250,000 (31 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

Cards are back in the air following the 75-minute dinner break with Jonathan Jaffe out in front of the final nine players.

WPT Tournament of Champions
Heading to Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

Players are in the midst of a 75-minute dinner break. Cards go back in the air at roughly 7:50 p.m. and play continues on the money bubble with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and a 1,000 ante. Jonathan Jaffee is the current chip leader with 811,000 good for 101 big blinds.

Seat 1: Darren Elias – 598,000 (74 bb)
Seat 2: Farid Yachou – 129,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Andy Frankenberger – 73,000 (9 bb)
Seat 4: Ravi Raghavan – 135,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5: Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 373,000 (46 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Mizrachi – 353,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7: Vlad Darie – 146,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8: Noah Schwartz – 583,000 (72 bb)
Seat 9: Jonathan Jaffe – 811,000 (101 bb)

1st: $381,600 + 2016 Chevrolet Corvette
2nd: $224,190
3rd: $140,450
4th: $95,400
5th: $74,200
6th: $58,300
7th: $47,400
8th: $38,160

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

Jonathan Jaffe raised to 15,000 from early position and Andy Frankenberger moved all in for 25,000. Michael Mizrachi called from the small blind and Jaffe called as well.

Mizrachi and Jaffe checked the hand down as the board ran out .

“I like the river,” said Frankenberger, tabling .

Mizrachi showed , Jaffe showed and Frankenberger tripled up.

“I might be the only one in the room that liked the river,” said Frankenberger. “But I liked that river.”

Andy Frankenberger – 87,000 (14 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 380,000 (63 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe – 640,000 (106 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

The final nine players have consolidated to one table and are officially on the money bubble.

Seat 1: Darren Elias
Seat 2: Farid Yachou
Seat 3: Andy Frankenberger
Seat 4: Ravi Raghavan
Seat 5: Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Seat 6: Michael Mizrachi
Seat 7: Vlad Darie
Seat 8: Noah Schwartz
Seat 9: Jonathan Jaffe

1st: $381,600 + 2016 Chevrolet Corvette
2nd: $224,190
3rd: $140,450
4th: $95,400
5th: $74,200
6th: $58,300
7th: $47,400
8th: $38,160

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 64

Noah Schwartz was on the button and got into a preflop battle with Justin Young in the small blind. After a couple raises, Young moved all in for about 160,000 and Schwartz quickly called.

Schwartz showed and had Young’s dominated. The board ran out and Young hit the rail in 10th place.

There was a slight pause in the action as they re-draw for seats at the final table.

Noah Schwartz – 690,000 (138 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 64

After a series of raises, Michael Mizrachi got his last 102,500 into the middle preflop from the cutoff against Ravi Raghavan on the button.

Mizrachi showed and had Raghavan’s dominated. The board ran out and Mizrachi’s big slick held up to double up.

Michael Mizrachi – 215,000 (43 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 120,000 (24 bb)

WPT Tournament of Champions
Level 15: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 64

Keven Stammen moved all in for 54,500 from under-the-gun and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the cutoff.

Stammen tabled and needed to improve against Timoshenko’s . The board ran out and Timoshenko’s hand held up to eliminate Stammen.

Timoshenko dragged the pot and is quickly climbing up the chip counts.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 410,000 (82 bb)
Keven Stammen – Eliminated