WPTDS: Nick Yunis Eliminated in 43rd Place; Sharman Olshan Out 42nd

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,404

Trung Pham
Trung Pham

Nick Yunis was just eliminated when he got it all in from the hijack with AcQs, but ran into two pairs of kings — Trung Pham held KhKc, and Zoltan Czinkota had KsKd.

The board came JhJc7s4s8s, and the kings held up for Pham and Czinkota to chop the pot as they eliminated Yunis in 43rd place.

Trung Pham  –  1,480,000  (49 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota  –  460,000  (15 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  Eliminated in 43rd Place  ($4,389)

Rafael Rodriguez
Rafael Rodriguez

A few minutes later, Zoltan Czinkota limped from the hijack for 30,000, Rafael Rodriguez raised from the cutoff to 85,000, and Sharman Olsham moved all in from the small blind for 365,000.

Czinkota folded, and Rodriguez asked for an exact count and thought for a while before he called with 8s8h. Olsham turned over AcKd, and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 7s6h2c6c2d, and the pocket eights held up for Rodriguez to win the pot and eliminate Olsham in 42nd place.

Rafael Rodriguez  –  2,450,000  (82 bb)
Sharman Olsham  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($4,389)

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,025,000 (34 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until they reach the nine-handed final table.