$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,404

Mauricio Ameller limped under the gun for 80,000, Michael Garcia raised UTG+1 to 250,000, and Ameller moved all in for about 1.1 million.

Garcia quickly called with , and Ameller turned over . Ameller needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Garcia to win the pot and eliminate Ameller in 19th place.

Michael Garcia  –  3,425,000  (43 bb)
Mauricio Ameller  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($8,588)

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,340,000 (29 bb). Here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

19th:  Mauricio Ameller  –  $8,588
20th:  Debra Hedgpeth  –  $8,588
21st:  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  $8,588
22nd:  John Keraghan  –  $7,161

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.