$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  190 of 417

James Calderaro was flying high before the dinner break, but ran into a rough stretch here after dinner.

With the final board showing on the river and roughly 20K already in the pot, Joshua Poe moved all in from the big blind for 16,900, and Calderaro went into the tank for a while on the button.

While he was tanking, Calderaro said he could only beat a bluff, but he thought Poe might have been on a diamond draw. Eventually, another player called for a clock on Calderaro.

Shortly after that, Calderaro called, and Poe turned over to win the pot with a full house, fives full of kings.

Calderaro said, “I couldn’t beat eight-five.”

Joshua Poe  –  53,000  (44 bb)
James Calderaro  –  83,000  (69 bb)

The next hand, the player in the hijack raised to 2,500, Calderaro called from the cutoff, Poe called from the small blind, and Yaroslav Nakonechnyy moved all in from the big blind for 24,200.

Everyone folded except for Calderaro, who called with . Nakonechnyy turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.

But the board came — Nakonechnyy flopped a flush and turned a king-high straight-flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  54,600  (46 bb)
James Calderaro  –  59,000  (49 bb)

With about 190 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 65,800 (55 big blinds).