Event 3: Wayne Wadulak Takes 1st in 3-way Chop

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 29:  Blinds 100k/200k/40k ante

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  3

Wayne Wadulak - 1st Place
Wayne Wadulak – 1st Place

The final three players agreed to chop up the remaining prize pool and call it a day.

Wayne Wadulak had the most chips, so he gets 1st place.  Josh Rose finishes 2nd and Tony March takes 3rd.

This is Tony’s second cash of the day.  He made Day 2 of Event 1 and finished that event in 32nd place ($980).

1st Place – Wayne Wadulak $3,346
2nd Place – Josh Rose $2,896
3rd Place – Tony March $2,896

 

Event 1: 8th Place – Thomas Mavor

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 28:  Blinds 50k/100k/10k ante

Thomas Mavor - 8th Place
Thomas Mavor – 8th Place

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  7
Average Stack: ~2.4 million (24 big blinds)

Pocket 7s were not good to Thomas Mavor.

Edwin Torres jammed on the button for 1.3 million and Thomas called from the small blind with pocket 7s.

Edwin had AK and flopped an Ace to double up to ~2.7 million.  Thomas was left with about 960k.

He got pocket 7s again and got his chips in the middle, running into Brad Patton’s pocket Tens.

Thomas Mavro finished in 8th place, earning $5,500.

Event 3: 4th Place – Bruno Gigante

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Level 29:  Blinds 100k/200k/40k ante

Bruno Gigante - 4th Place
Bruno Gigante – 4th Place

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  3
Average Stack:  1.1 million (6 big blinds)

Wayne Wadulak raised to 500k utg and got Bruno Gigante to fold his big blind, surrendering 200k and leaving himself with less than that.

Then Bruno was all-in from the small blind against Josh Rose, who had JT.  Josh made trip tens to bust Bruno in 4th place ($1,306).

Event 3: Break Time Chip Counts

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Level 29:  Blinds 100k/200k/40k ante

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  4
Average Stack:  850,000 (4 big blinds)

The final four have just returned from a break.  Here are the approximate chip counts:

Wayne Wadulak -1.5 million
Tony March – 1.13 million
Josh Rose – 470k
Bruno Gigante – 380k

Event 3: 5th Place – Eric Buel

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Level 28:  Blinds 80k/160k/30k ante

Eric Buel - 5th Place
Eric Buel – 5th Place

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  4
Average Stack:  850,000 (5 big blinds)

Eric Buel shoved utg and Wayne Wadulak called the extra from the big blind.  Eric’s pocket 2s were ahead of Wayne’s T2 suited, but the board came T 7 3 3 4.  Wayne took the pot with Tens-up.

Eric Buel busted in 5th place, earning $979.

Event 1: 9th Place – Victor Wasik

$350 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 27:  Blinds 40k/80k/10k ante

Victor Wasik - 9th Place
Victor Wasik – 9th Place

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  8
Average Stack: ~2 million (26 big blinds)

Rajesh Kumar raised, Victor Wasik shoved, and Rajesh called, showing pocket 7s.  Victor was racing with AQ, but came up short.

Rajesh took the pot and Victor took $3,800 for 9th place.

Event 3: 6th Place – On Kim

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 27:  Blinds 60k/120k/20k ante

On Kim - 6th Place
On Kim – 6th Place

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  5
Average Stack:  680,000 (6 big blinds)

On Kim got his short stack in the middle holding QT offsuit, but ran into AK.  Kim earned $816 for 6th place.

Event 1: Break Time Chip Counts

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End of Level 26:  Blinds 30k/60k/5k ante

Total Entries:  664
Players Remaining:  9
Average Stack: ~1.8 million (33 big blinds)

On the last hand before the break, Edwin Torres was all-in with pocket Queens against pocket 5s and doubled up.

Here are the approximate chip counts (in millions) as of the break:

  1. Hector Vazquez – 4.0
  2. Rajesh Kumar – 1.1
  3. Filipp Khavin – 1.9
  4. Brad Patton – 1.4
  5. Victor Wasik – 0.6
  6. Rick Sigurdson – 0.8
  7. James Salmon – 3.4
  8. Edwin Torres – 0.615
  9. Thomas Mavor – 2.6

Event 3: 7th Place – Wally Maddah

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 26:  Blinds 50k/100k/10k ante

Wally Maddah - 7th Place
Wally Maddah – 7th Place

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  6
Average Stack:  486,000 (6 big blinds)

Wally Maddah got his last chips in holding A7, but ran into Tny March’s pocket Tens.  The pair held up and Wally hit the rail in 7th place, earning $653.

This is Wally’s second cash of the day.  He made Day 2 of Event 1, finishing 63rd for $580.

Event 3: 8th Place – Richard Thai

$150 Deep Stack Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 26:  Blinds 50k/100k/10k ante

Richard Thai - 8th Place
Richard Thai – 8th Place

Total Entries:  136
Players Remaining:  7
Average Stack:  486,000 (5 big blinds)

On Kim shoved, Tony March called, then Richard Thai called off the rest of his short-stack, already having most of it in for the 100k big blind.

When the hands were tabled, both Tony and On had pocket 5s.  Richard had K9 suited and was drawing live, but the board came A T 6 4 J and brought him no help.

Richard Thai finished in 8th place, earning $490.