$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 34: 200,000/400,000/50,000 Ante

When the players returned from their break, they decided to use the official chip counts that were taken to run the numbers on a potential chip chop.

The average chip stack had about 15 big blinds, and there were two short stacks, three middle stacks, and three big stacks — but nobody was running away with it. When they saw the chip-chopped prizepool as determined by a computer, everyone quickly agreed to the chop.

Leonard Benitez was the chipleader, with 275,000 more than Richard Zipes, so Benitez won the trophy. Congratulations, Leonard!

Here are the modified payouts for the final table of Event 5:

1st:  Leonard Benitez  –  $113,357
2nd:  Richard Zipes  –  $112,080
3rd:  Sam Panzica  –  $109,326
4th:  Kyle Sorel  –  $91,266
5th:  Michael Tufaro  –  $87,765
6th:  Rafael Reis  –  $87,421
7th:  Manfred Rosenow  –  $59,805
8th:  Bradley Hinson  –  $51,499
9th:  Benjamin Zamani  –  $21,648

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Leonard Benitez raised from middle position to 900,000, Rafael Reis reraised from the hijack to 2,500,000, and Benitez moved all in for about 9 million. Reis tanked for a while before he folded, and Benitez showed as he took the pot.

Leonard Benitez  –  11,600,000  (38 bb)
Rafael Reis  –  5,600,000  (18 bb)

The next hand, Benitez raised UTG+1 to 900,000, and Benjamin Zamani moved all in from the button for 2,750,000. Benitez tanked for a bit before he folded, and Zamani took the pot.

Benjamin Zamani  –  4,550,000  (15 bb)
Leonard Benitez  –  10,550,000  (35 bb)

The next hand, Benjamin Zamani moved all in from the cutoff for 4,500,000, and Richard Zipes called all in from the button with an identical stack — 4,500,000.

It was a race situation, with Zamani’s vs. the of Zipes.

The board came  , and Zipes paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Zamani in ninth place.

Richard Zipes  –  9,900,000  (33 bb)
Benjamin Zamani  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($21,648)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Sam Mallard moved all in under the gun for 525,000, Kyle Sorel reraised from the cutoff to 900,000, and everyone else folded. Mallard turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Sorel’s .

The board came — Mallard paired his deuce on the flop to take the lead, but Sorel spiked an ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Mallard in 10th place.

Kyle Sorel  –  8,200,000  (27 bb)
Sam Mallard  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($14,226)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Richard Zipes moved all in from middle position for 1,150,000, and Leonard Benitez called from the cutoff with . Zipes turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fours hold up for Zipes to win the pot and double up in chips.

Richard Zipes  –  2,850,000  (9 bb)
Leonard Benitez  –  2,500,000  (8 bb)

After that hand, the blinds increased to 150,000-300,000 and a 50,000 ante.

Benjamin Zamani moved all in UTG+1 for 1,625,000, and it folded around to Bradley Hinson, who tanked for more than two minutes in the big blind before somebody called for a clock. Hinson eventually called with , and Zamani turned over .

The board came , and Zamani won the pot with his king to double up in chips.

Benjamin Zamani  –  3,900,000  (13 bb)
Bradley Hinson  –  2,950,000  (9 bb)

Leonard Benitez moved all in UTG+1 for 1,200,000, and Kyle Sorel called from the big blind with . Benitez turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Sorel paired his six on the flop, but Benitez paired his king on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Leonard Benitez  –  3,050,000  (10 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  7,700,000  (25 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 32: 100,000/200,000/25,000 Ante

Richard Zipes moved all in from the cutoff for about 5.1 million, and Sam Panzica called all in from the small blind for 3,975,000 with . Zipes surprised the entire table by turning over .

The board came — Zipes flopped a heart flush draw, but improved no further. The pocket queens held up for Panzica to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sam Panzica  –  8,400,000  (42 bb)
Richard Zipes  –  1,150,000  (5 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 32: 100,000/200,000/25,000 Ante

With 10 players remaining, Leonard Benitez moved all in from the cutoff for 875,000, and Sam Mallard called form the small blind with . Benitez turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Benitez to win the pot and double up in chips.

Leonard Benitez  –  2,225,000  (14 bb)
Sam Mallard  –  450,000  (3 bb)

The next hand, chipleader Kyle Sorel raised from middle position to 325,000, Sam Mallard moved all in from the button for 425,000, and Sorel called with . Mallard turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Mallard got up to leave before he realized that he had turned a ten-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sam Mallard  –  1,225,000  (8 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  12,300,000  (82 bb)

After that hand, the blinds increased to 100,000-200,000 with a 25,000 ante, and there was a third straight all-in situation.

Kyle Sorel min-raised from middle position to 400,000, and Leonard Benitez moved all in from middle position for 2,100,000. Sorel called with , and Benitez turned over .

The board came , and Benitez paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Leonard Benitez  –  4,750,000  (23 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  10,200,000  (51 bb)

In the span of just those three back-to-back-to-back hands, Benitez went from 900,000 to 4.75 million in chips.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 32: 75,000/150,000/25,000 Ante

When Zo Karim was eliminated in 11th place, there was a bit pot brewing at the other table between start-of-day chipleaders Kyle Sorel and Rafael Reis.

The board showed on the turn, and Sorel bet 1,050,000. Reis raised to 2,500,000, and then Sorel moved all in. Reis tanked for a little bit before he folded, and Sorel took the pot.

Kyle Sorel  –  12,200,000  (81 bb)
Rafael Reis  –  5,400,000  (36 bb)

As soon as that hand ended, the final 10 players drew for random seats at the final table. Here were there approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Kyle Sorel  –  12,200,000  (81 bb)
Seat 2.  Sam Panzica  –  3,900,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3.  Leonard Benitez  –  1,200,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael “Zombie” Tufaro  –  4,850,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5.  Sam Mallard  –  1,600,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Rafael Reis  –  5,400,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Bradley Hinson  –  4,950,000  (33 bb)
Seat 8.  Manfred Rosenow  –  5,800,000  (38 bb)
Seat 9.  Benjamin Zamani  –  2,300,000  (15 bb)
Seat 10.  Richard Zipes  –  6,500,000  (43 bb)

And the remaining prizepool they’re playing for:

1st:  $215,244
2nd:  $139,781
3rd:  $91,538
4th:  $77,931
5th:  $64,943
6th:  $52,573
7th:  $40,821
8th:  $29,688
9th:  $21,648
10th:  $14,226

11th:  Zo Karim  –  $14,226
12th:  George Dolofan  –  $14,226
13th:  Mike Beasley  –  $9,278
14th:  Steven Cohen  –  $9,278

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 32: 75,000/150,000/25,000 Ante

Zo Karim was all in from the cutoff for about 1,000,000 with , but he was dominated by Manfred Rosenow’s on the button.

The board came , and Rosenow won the pot with a full house, tens full of kings, to eliminate Karim in 11th place.

Manfred Rosenow  –  5,800,000  (38 bb)
Zo Karim  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($14,226)