$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 119

Moe Affaneh open/shoved from the cutoff for 99,500 and Bryce McVay quickly called in the big blind to put him at risk.

McVay:
Affaneh:

Affaneh was dominated and fell further behind on the flop. He was drawing thin, then drawing dead after the turn to exit Event 9 in eighth place.

Bryce McVay – 365,000 (37 bb)
Moe Affaneh – Eliminated in 8th place ($700)

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 119

Norbert Kara made a move at the final table for all his chips and ran into a monster in Hank Zheng’s hand.

Kara:
Zheng:

A tough cooler and he couldn’t catch as the board ran to send him out in ninth place while pushing Zheng into the lead.

Hank Zheng – 500,000 (63 bb)
Norbert Kara – Eliminated in 9th place ($525)

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 119

LaVann Williams open-shoved 64,000 from early position and it folded all the way around to Ari Prostak in the small blind. He called putting Williams at risk.

Williams:
Prostak:

Runout:

Prostak spiked a better pair on the turn busting Williams in 10th place.

Ari Prostak – 395,000
LaVann Williams – Eliminated in 10th place ($467)

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 119

The field is down to 10 players and consolidated to one table. The average stack sits at about 39 big blinds leaving plenty of play with the tournament’s $7,004 prize up top.

Here’s how they stack up.

Seat 1: Bryce McVay – 280,000
Seat 2: Hank Zheng – 253,000
Seat 3: LaVann Williams – 74,000
Seat 4: Michael Cairo – 69,000
Seat 5: John Holley – 73,500
Seat 6: Kirstin Olieberg – 320,000
Seat 7: Moe Affaneh – 160,000
Seat 8: Claudemir Osorio – 292,000
Seat 9: Norbert Kara – 345,500
Seat 10: Ari Prostak – 506,000

1st – $7,004 + Championship seat
2nd – $3,851
3rd – $2,217
4th – $1,867
5th – $1,400
6th – $1,167
7th – $934
8th – $700
9th – $525
10th – $467

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 119

Jay Ballentine just ran his jacks into Ari Prostak’s aces to bust 11th. He was preceded on the rail by Robbie Godbey who busted 12th.

The field is now down to 10 players and consolidating to one table.

Updated results:

11th: Jay Ballentine – $467
12th: Robbie Godbey – $467
13th: Frank Muir – $408
14th: Ian Pearson – $408
15th: Ben Van Klink – $408
16th: Greg White – $350
17th: Joe Buonodono – $350
18th: Ted Wild – $350

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 119

Short stack Frank Muir shoved and Mohammed Affaneh called.

Affaneh:
Muir:

Muir was in a world of hurt and the runout didnt help any. He was eliminated while Affaneh scooped a nice one.

Mohammed Affaneh – 163,000
Frank Muir – Eliminated in 13th place ($408)

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 119

Ian Pearson opened for his last roughly 80,000 and was called by Norbert Kara. Pearson was at risk racing for his tournament life.

Kara:
Pearson:

A flop prompted Pearson to gather his things. Kara had a set and the turn nor the river didn’t give Pearson the lead he needed. After finishing fifth in last night’s turbo, Pearson carded another deep run busting 14th good for $408.

Kara raked a pot that grew his stack to roughly 330,000.

Ian Pearson – Eliminated in 14th place ($408)

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 119

Ben Van Klink was the most recent elimination as he got his all-in versus Hank Zheng’s . Van Klink hit the jack he wanted on the flop, but it was accompanied by a queen. The runout ended up being and Van Klink was eliminated in 14th place.

Here are the tournament’s updated results to this point:

15th: Ben Van Klink – $408
16th: Greg White – $350
17th: Joe Buonodono – $350
18th: Ted Wild – $350

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 119

Only 17 players remain in Event 9 and they are on another 15-minute breather away from the tables.

Table 31
Seat 1: Claudemir Osorio
Seat 2: Joe Buonodono
Seat 3: John Holley
Seat 4: Robbie Godbey
Seat 5: Michael Cairo
Seat 6: Lavann Williams
Seat 7: Hank Zheng
Seat 8: Ben Van Klink
Seat 9: Bryce McVay

Table 32
Seat 1: Jay Ballentine
Seat 2: Ari Prostak
Seat 3: Kirsten Olieberg
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Frank Muir
Seat 6: Greg White
Seat 7: Ian Pearson
Seat 8: Mohammed Affaneh
Seat 9: Norbert Kara

$250 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 119

On the third round of hand-for-hand play, an unknown player shoved about 10 big blinds and Claudemir Osorio called. Osorio, who won the opening event of the WPTDeepStacks-Tampa series, was ahead in the race claiming against the all-in players’ .

Runout:

Osorio’s hand held and he burst the bubble. The final 18 players are now in the money each having locked up at least $350.

1st – $7,004 + Championship seat
2nd – $3,851
3rd – $2,217
4th – $1,867
5th – $1,400
6th – $1,167
7th – $934
8th – $700
9th – $525
10th-12th – $467
13th-15th – $408
16th-18th – $350