Event 6: Colbert Silva Eliminated by Zach Gruneberg

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 446

Zach Gruneberg raised from the hijack, Colbert Silva three-bet all in for about 250,000 from the small blind and Gruneberg called with 5s5c, leading Silva’s 4c4h.

The board came down 5d4s9d10dKd, giving both players a set. Silva’s was second best, however, ending his run in 11th place.

Zach Gruneberg – 2,100,000 (84 bb)
Colbert SIlva – Eliminated in 11th Place ($7,475)

Event 6: Zach Gruneberg Doubles Thru Illia Shtondenko

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 446

Zach Gruneberg

Illia Shtondenko raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, Zach Gruneberg (pictured) three-bet to 150,000 from the button, Shtondenko four-bet jammed with a covering stack and Grunberg called all in for 710,000.

Shtondenko: 10h10d
Gruneberg: JcJd

The board ran out Js3cAc4s7c, giving Gruneberg a set of jacks to double up.

Zach Gruneberg – 1,470,000 (74 bb)
Illia Shtondenko – 95,000 (5 bb)

Recent Eliminations
12th: David Brookshire – $7,475

Event 6: Jeff Rodriguez Eliminated by Illia Shtondenko

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 446

Illia Shtondenko raised to 45,000 from the hijack, Jeff Rodriguez three-bet all in from the button for 220,000 and Shtondenko called after a few moments with 9c9h, leading Rodriguez’s 8d8s.

The board ran out 10d7dQdKhAh, no help to Rodriguez after a flopped flush draw, ending his tournament in 13th place.

Illia Shtondenko – 900,000 (45 bb)
Jeff Rodriguez – Eliminated in 13th Place ($5,555)

Recent Eliminations
14th: Aaron Massey – $5,555
15th: James Sebastiano – $4,525

Event 6: Final Two Tables

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 446

Table 17
Seat 1:
Seat 2: Ryan Hogan – 555,000 (28 bb)
Seat 3: Perry Ernest – 785,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: James Sebastiano – 610,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Kevin Garosshen – 2,175,000 (109 bb)
Seat 6: Greg Fishbeg – 475,000 (24 bb)
Seat 7: David Brookshire – 555,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Aaron Massey – 130,000 (7 bb)

Table 18
Seat 1: Illia Shtondenko – 680,000 (34 bb)
Seat 2: Zach Gruneberg – 705,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3: David Trivino – 275,000 (14 bb)
Seat 4: Jeff Rodriguez – 280,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5: Edgardo Rosario – 695,000 (35 bb)
Seat 6: Jahzeel Esquivel – 295,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: Colbert Silva – 470,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Daniel Kloepper – 380,000 (19 bb)

Recent Eliminations
16th: Jeremy Parker – $4,525
17th: Terence Reid – $3,735
18th: Ryan Van Bruggen – $3,735
19th: Stephen Nussrallah – $3,735
20th:  Kevin Kernan – $3,735
21st: Steve Buckner – $3,115
22nd: Billy Taylor – $3,115
23rd: Jason Young – $3,115
24th: Marcus El Huaick – $3,115

Event 6: Three Tables Remain

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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 446

With the elimination of Adam Demersseman in 25th place, tournament staff paused the clock and players redrew seats for the last three tables. Blinds are 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is 372,000 (31 bb).

25th: Adam Demersseman – $2,630
26th: Roy Rubin – $2,630
27th: Trent Hatch – $2,630
28th: Tommy Tran – $2,630
29th: Titus Schrock – $2,630
30th: Jacob Ristich – $2,630
31st: Zachary Eichenbaum – $2,630
32nd: Phillip Hernz – $2,630
33rd: Michael McFadden – $2,250

Remaining payouts:

1st: $86,490 + Trophy
2nd: $57,640
3rd: $42,565
4th: $31,770
5th: $23,960
6th: $18,270
7th: $14,080
8th-9th: $9,810
10th-12th: $7,475
13th-14th: $5,555
15th-16th: $4,525
17th-20th: $3,735
21st-24th: $3,115

Event 6: First Break

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 446

Event 6 players took their first break of the day with 33 players remaining and no hurry to mix it up with the 40-minute levels. The blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is 270,000 (27 bb).

Recent results:

34th: Patrick Quinn – $2,250
35th: Eran Shaham – $2,250
37th: Andriy Kovalchuk – $2,250
39th: Quiontus Griffin – $2,250
40th: William Rogers – $2,250
41st: David Nowling – $1,945
42nd: Hoan Nguyen – $1,945
43rd: Joshua Johnson – $1,945
44th: Walter Bacarreza Hurtado – $1,945

Event 6: Quick Results

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 446

With the quick work on the bubble, the pace never slowed down and Event 6 is down to six tables. We had 12 players hit the payout desk over the next level and stacks are getting deep.

45th: Igor De Oliveira Pinheiro – $1,945
46th: Michael Chiapetta – $1,945
47th: Aaron Kupin – $1,945
48th: Vencent Welch – $1,945
49th: Naftali Rosenberg – $1,705
50th: Mateusz Sikorski – $1,705
51st: Luis Galcia – $1,705
52nd: Ezequiel Lebed – $1,705
53rd: Ronny Beda – $1,705
54th: Brett Roland – $1,705
55th: Zhi Wu – $1,705
56th: Christian Barrett – $1,705

Event 6: No Trouble Bubble

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Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 446

Jeff Rodriguez

There was less drama getting into the money than expected for a big buy-in tournament. With 58 players remaining and hand-for-hand coming up, Jeff Rodriguez took care of business and sent two players out at his table to put the field into the money 15 minutes after the restart.

Everyone is now guaranteed at least $1,705 with $86,490 awaiting the winner.

1st: $86,490 + Trophy
2nd: $57,640
3rd: $42,565
4th: $31,770
5th: $23,960
6th: $18,270
7th: $14,080
8th-9th: $9,810
10th-12th: $7,475
13th-14th: $5,555
15th-16th: $4,525
17th-20th: $3,735
21st-24th: $3,115
25th-32nd: $2,630
33rd-40th: $2,250
41st-48th: $1,945
49th-56th: $1,705

Event 6: Colbert Silva Leads Restart

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Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 59 of 446

Event 6 continued the fantastic turnout this series with 446 entries putting up the $1,100 buy-in for this two-day tournament. After 15 levels of play, we have 59 returning for Day 2 this afternoon going for the $86,490 top prize.

There’s still a little work to get done at the start. Only 56 of those 59 will make the money so we will have some bubble play early in the day.

Colbert Silva leads the way with a lot of talent trying to chase him down including Edgardo Rosario, TK Miles, Aaron Massey, WPTDeepStacks Hollywood champ Jason Young, and Event 4 winner Greg Fishberg.

Cards go back in the air at 3 pm and we will track them on their path to the title.

Top ten returning stacks:

  1. Colbert Silva – 495,000 (99 bb)
  2. Edgardo Rosario – 476,000 (95 bb)
  3. Stephen Nussrallah – 362,000 (72 bb)
  4. Jeff Rodriguez – 342,000 (68 bb)
  5. Zachary Eichenbaum – 303,000 (61 bb)
  6. Trent Hatch – 289,000 (58 bb)
  7. Jeremy Parker – 288,000 (58 bb)
  8. Kevin Garosshen – 264,000 (53 bb)
  9. James Sebastiano – 255,000 (51 bb)
  10. Kevin Kernan – 253,000 (51 bb)

Day 2 Chips | Day 2 Seats | Payouts