$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 114

David Jackson limped in on the button and Stephen Diamantas completed from the small blind. Jean LeBlond checked his option in the big blind and they were three-handed to a flop of .

All three players checked and the came on the turn. Diamantas bet 10,000 and LeBlond raised to 30,000. Jackson folded and Diamantas called.

The river was the and Diamantas led out for 35,000. LeBlond folded and Diamantas took the pot.

Stephen Diamantas – 183,000 (18 bb)
Jean LeBlond – 610,000 (61 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 114

David Jackson raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Michael Goldfarb called on the button. Stephen Diamantas called out of the small blind and Jean LeBlond defended his big blind and they are four-handed to a flop of .

Diamantas, LeBlond and Jackson all checked. Goldfarb bet 32,000, Diamantas folded, LeBlond called, and Jackson folded.

The turn was the and LeBlond checked again. Goldfarb moved all in for about 95,000 and LeBlond quickly called. LeBlond showed , good for trip threes, and Goldfarb was behind with his .

The river was the and Goldfarb was eliminated in fifth place, while LeBlond extended his chip lead.

Jean LeBlond – 640,000 (80 bb)
Michael Goldfarb – Eliminated

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Heading to Players Remaining: 5 of 114

After losing consecutive pots to David Jackson and Michael Goldfarb, Stephen Diamantas open-shoved for 160,000. It folded to Nissim Gozlan in the big blind who called off about 50,000.

Diamantas:
Gozlan:

Runout:

Gozlan never improved and and was eliminated in sixth place.

Stephen Diamantas – 215,000 (26 bb)
Nissim Gozlan – Eliminated in 6th place ($4,866)

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Heading to Players Remaining: 6 of 114

Per the tournament’s structure sheet, levels have jumped to 60 minutes at the final table. Level 21 marks the first of the hour-long sessions.

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Heading to Players Remaining: 6 of 114

Andrew Blake raised to 20,000 and Josh Hillock shoved the big blind for about 120,000. Blake, who owned a stack of 149,000, called and Hillock needed to improve.

Blake:
Hillock:

Flop: — Hillock paired up by Blake hit a set.

Turn: — Hillock was drawing live to Broadway.

River: — Hillock never improved and was eliminated in seventh place.

Andrew Blake – 293,000 (48 bb)
Josh Hillock – Eliminated in 7th place ($4,202)

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Heading to Players Remaining: 7 of 114

Seat 1: Michael Goldfarb – 287,000
Seat 2: Stephen Diamantas – 366,000
Seat 3: Josh Hillock – 114,000
Seat 4: John LeBlond – 339,000
Seat 5: Andrew Blake – 164,000
Seat 6: David Jackson – 90,000
Seat 7: Nissim Gozlan – 67,000

1st: – $32,621 + Freeroll seat
2nd: – $20,181
3rd: – $12,053
4th: – $7,741
5th: – $5,861
6th: – $4,866
7th: – $4,202

8th: John DePersio – $3,704
9th: Haibu Lu – $2,875
10th: Brett Bader – $2,875
11th: James Gilbert – $2,875
12th: Staffan Lind – $2,875
13th: Tom Allen – $2,488
14th: Arthur Morris – $2,488
15th: Francois Tosques – $2,488

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Heading to Players Remaining: 7 of 114

John DePersio raised the cutoff to 16,000 and Jean LeBlond three-bet the small blind to 38,000. DePersio shoved and LeBlond called off 150,000

LeBlond:
DePersio:

LeBlond flopped a set and DePersio was drawing slim. He lost the pot and was left with about 20,000. He was eliminated by LeBlond two hands later.

With the bustout, seven players remain and they’re redrawing to the final table. Updated seating assignments and chip counts will be posted shortly.

John DePersio – Eliminated in 8th place ($3,704)

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Heading to Players Remaining: 8 of 114

A shortstacked Haibi Lu opened jammed the button and Michael Goldfarb called from the big blind.

Goldfarb:
Lu:

Lu was the at-risk player.

Runout:

Lu was eliminated in ninth place.

Haibi Lu – Eliminated in 9th place ($2,785)

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Heading to Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 114

Table 31
Seat 1: Jean LeBlond – 185,000
Seat 2: — empty —
Seat 3: Haibi Lu – 103,000
Seat 4: — empty —
Seat 5: John DePersio – 42,000
Seat 6: Michael Goldfarb – 158,000

Table 32
Seat 1: David Jackson – 126,000
Seat 2: Nissim Gozlan – 90,000
Seat 3: Josh Hillock – 208,000
Seat 4: Andrew Blake – 103,000
Seat 5: Stephen Diamantas – 353,000
Seat 6: — empty —

1st: $32,621 + Freeeroll seat
2nd: $20,181
3rd: $12,053
4th: $7,741
5th: $5,861
6th: $4,866
7th: $4,202
8th: $3,704
9th: $3,262

10th: Brett Bader – $2,875
11th: James Gilbert – $2,875
12th: Staffan Lind – $2,875
13th: Tom Allen – $2,488
14th: Arthur Morris – $2,488
15th: Francois Tosques – $2,488

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 114

Brett Bader shoved from the cutoff and Michael Goldfarb called from the big blind. Bader claimed and was live against Goldfarb’s . The flop improved Bader, falling giving him a pair. The turn gave Goldfarb a worse pair and he headed to the river needing to improve to bust Bader.

River:

Fifth street gave Goldfarb aces up and Bader hit the rail in 10th place.

Michael Goldfarb – 172,000 (34 bb)
Brett Bader – Eliminated in 10th place ($2,875)