Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Benjamin Moschel Doubles Thru Jean Gaspard

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 504

Benjamin Moschel

Jean Gaspard raised all in with a covering stack from the small blind and Benjamin Moschel called all in for 745,000 in the big blind.

Gaspard:  6h6s
Moschel:  AhKs

The board ran out As4d2d3d2s, giving Moschel aces and deuces to double through Gaspard.

Benjamin Moschel  –  1,570,000  (20 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  5,100,000  (64 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 2,520,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $25,000.

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Jason Hickey – 5th Place ($25,000)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 504

Jason Hickey

On the turn of a Tc5s4cQs board with roughly 1,030,000 in the pot, Jason Hickey checked from the big blind and Jean Gaspard went all in with a covering stack from the button.

Hickey tanked for a little while before he called all in for about 970,000 with Td8d for a pair of tens, but Gaspard had him outkicked with AdTh.

The river was the 5c, no help to Hickey, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Jean Gaspard  –  5,900,000  (98 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  1,920,000  (32 bb)
Benjamin Moschel  –  1,310,000  (22 bb)
Cameron Storto  –  950,000  (16 bb)
Jason Hickey  –  Elimated in 5th Place  ($25,000)

1st:  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $60,000
3rd:  $44,500
4th:  $33,000

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Shannon Shorr Doubles Thru Jean Gaspard

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 504

Shannon Shorr

On a flop of Qs9h4s, Jean Gaspard shoved from the button and Shannon Shorr called all in for about 920,000 from UTG/hijack with AhQh, leading Gaspard’s QdJh.

The 4d turn and 5c river completed the board, safe for Shorr to double up.

Shannon Shorr  –  2,300,000  (38 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  4,500,000  (75 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 2,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $25,000.

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Adam Levy – 6th Place ($19,100)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 504

Adam Levy

Adam Levy raised to 120,000 from the cutoff and Jean Gaspard called on the button.

The flop was AsQc3c and Levy ended up all in for his roughly 600,000 with Ad8s against Gaspard’s Ah3d.

The 9h turn and 2h river completed the board, no help to Levy, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Jean Gaspard  –  5,350,000  (89 bb)
Adam Levy  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($19,100)

With five players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 2,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $25,000.

EVENT 53 ($1K NLHE): Aaron Massey – 7th Place ($14,700)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 504

Aaron Massey

Aaron Massey moved all in preflop under the gun for about 425,000 with AhKs in the hole, and Shannon Shorr called to cover him from the big blind holding 5h5s.

The board ran out QdJh7d3d8h, and Massey was eliminated in seventh place for a payout worth $14,700. Shorr stacked up 1.02 million after collecting the pot.

Shannon Shorr –  1,020,000 (17 bb)
Aaron Massey: Eliminated in 7th Place ($14,700)

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Caleb Powell – 8th Place ($11,400)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 504

Caleb Powell

Cameron Storto raised all in for 575,000 from under the gun and Caleb Powell called in the big blind with TsTc. Storto showed AdQc.

The board ran out 9d6d2dQdTd, giving Storto an ace-high flush to double through Powell.

A few hands later, Powell raised all in for 330,000 in the hijack and Jean Gaspard called in the big blind.

Powell:  AhTd
Gaspard:  As9s

The board ran out Js8h7h3hTc, giving Gaspard a jack-high straight to eliminate Powell in eighth place.

Jean Gaspard  –  4,650,000  (78 bb)
Cameron Storto  –  1,240,000  (21 bb)
Caleb Powell  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($11,400)

With seven players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 1,440,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $14,700.

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): John Conkright – 9th Place ($9,000)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 504

John Conkright

Caleb Powell raised to 100,000 in middle position, Jean Gaspard called on the button, John Conkright three-bet to 525,000 in the small blind, Powell folded, and Gaspard called.

The flop was 7h6d2c, Conkright continued for 700,000, Gaspard raised all in for 1,735,000, and Conkright called all in for 1,695,000 with QhQs for a pair of queens. Gaspard tabled 7d7s for a set of sevens (and Powell said he folded what would have a set of deuces).

The 4h turn and 6h river completed the board, no help to Conkright, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Jean Gaspard  – 4,680,000  (94 bb)
John Conkright  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($9,000)

With eight players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 1,260,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $11,400.

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Adam Levy Doubles Thru Aaron Massey

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 504

Adam Levy

Aaron Massey raised to 625,000 (leaving a little behind) in middle position and Adam Levy called all in for about 280,000 on the button with AhKs, leading Massey’s AcQc.

The flop came AsJd6h, keeping Levy out front.

The turn was the Qs, giving Massey aces and queens to pull ahead.

The river was the Kd, giving Levy aces and kings to double through Massey.

Adam Levy  –  680,000  (14 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  425,000  (9 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 1,120,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $9,000.

Event 53 ($1K NLHE): Final Table Lineup

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 504

Seat 1:  John Conkright  –  2,180,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2:  Benjamin Moschel  –  1,250,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  Jason Hickey  –  1,335,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:  Shannon Shorr  –  820,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5:  Aaron Massey  –  655,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6:  Caleb Powell  –  730,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7:  Cameron Storto  –  500,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8:  Adam Levy  –  430,000  (9 bb)
Seat 9:  Jean Gaspard  –  2,200,000  (44 bb)

1st:  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $60,000
3rd:  $44,500
4th:  $33,000
5th:  $25,000
6th:  $19,100
7th:  $14,700
8th:  $11,400
9th:  $9,000

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
10ClaudioPiedrabuena$9,000
11PaulBalzano$7,500
12SaberSalum Penayo$7,500
13T.K.Miles$6,300
14GabrielCasals$6,300
15JoseFernandez$6,300
16RastaMansour$5,200
17MarkPukhov$5,200
18HarrisonAshdown$5,200
19EarlBernard$5,200
20JuanMubarak$4,360
21MariaLampropoulou$4,360
22PaulFisher$4,360
23DavidJackson$4,360
24CarlPipitone$3,680
25SalimSalem$3,680
26JosephChase$3,680
27WayneHarmon$3,680
28NamitPatel$3,680
29VamsiMagam$3,680
30KenroyWright$3,680
31DavidBluestein$3,680
32WasimAssaf$3,100
33CharlesBragg Jr.$3,100
34GilAboodi$3,100
35MatthewLessor$3,100
36BradleyCoultas$3,100
37FrancoisZayas$3,100
38AdamAgaev$3,100
39DavidDiBernardi$3,100
40MarkZullo$2,620
41PerlaOjeda$2,620
42DanStavila$2,620
43ShonShlomo Perez$2,620
44AlexanderZiskin$2,620
45DanielBlum$2,620
46JoseChapui$2,620
47SamuelKim$2,620
48JoeBartholdi$2,220
49IdoAboudi$2,220
50JohnShuler$2,220
51RajeskarGovindan$2,220
52WendyLu$2,220
53AlexQueen$2,220
54MarcusEl-Huaick$2,220
55ShyaneMogilski$2,220
56HarveyCastro$1,940
57EricPenner$1,940
58JoelGola$1,940
59AlejandroToledo Rincon$1,940
60AnthonyAskey$1,940
61AleksDimitrov$1,940
62JonahMiller$1,940
63JuanMontoya$1,940
64JuanRepetto$1,940
65JudyBielan$1,940

EVENT 53 ($1K NLHE): Claudio Piedrabuena Eliminated in 10th Place by Jason Hickey

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 504

Claudio Piedrabuena was all in with pocket fives, but they ran into the AdQd tabled by Jason Hickey with a final board reading Ac8s7d5c3h. Piedrabuena was eliminated in 10th place for a payday worth $9,000. Hickey was up to 1,335,000 after the hand.

Jason Hickey – 1,335,000 (88 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena – Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,000)