$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 279

Sidi Taleb opened to 70,000 from the hijack and Brent Pasquarella moved all in from the button for 235,000. The blinds folded and Taleb called.

Pasquarella:
Taleb:

Pasquarella was drawing live but found nothing on the board and kickers played to send Pasquarella out in seventh place.

Sidi Taleb – 1,800,000 (72 bb)
Brent Pasquarella – Eliminated in 7th Place ($4,706)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 279

James “Ping” Kerr opened to 45,000 from early position and Mitchell King three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Wayne Daley moved all in for 235,000 from the big blind, Kerr folded, and King called.

King:
Mitchell:

Mitchell found big ace with the short stack but ran into a monster. He picked up a gutshot on the flop but was gone after the spread.

Mitchell King – 2,450,000 (123 bb)
Wayne Daley – Eliminated in 8th Place ($4,014)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 279

With the flop reading , Sidi Taleb checked, and Mitchell King bet 40,000. Taleb check-raised to 115,000 and King announced all-in. Taleb thought for a minute and called at risk for 435,000.

Taleb:
Mitchell:

Both flopped top pair but Mitchell was outkicked. The turn and river finished the board and Taleb doubled up.

Sidi Taleb – 930,000 (47 bb)
Mitchell King – 1,540,000 (77 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 279

Zachary Hammons opened to 35,000 from under the gun and Brent Pasquarella moved all in from the button for 355,000. The blinds folded and Hammons called.

Pasquarella:
Hammons:

Pasquarella was way ahead and the board ran to send him the pot. After counting down the stacks, Hammon was left with only 25,000 and in the big blind the next hand. It was a near family pot and Hammons was eliminated despite picking up pocket sevens.

Brent Pasquarella – 750,000 (50 bb)
Zachary Hammons – Eliminated in 9th Place ($3,301)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 279

Brent Pasquarella tripled up on the first hand of the final table and we had another big hand soon after.

Mitchell King opened to 35,000 from the cutoff and Tom Nguyen called on the button. Allauddin Khan moved all in for 400,000 from the small blind, Zachary Hammons folded his big, and King announced “all-in” to get a quick fold from Nguyen.

King:
Khan:

Khan was dominated, caught a gut-shot wheel draw on the board, but couldn’t finish it on the turn or river to exit the final table.

Mitchell King – 2,200,000 (147 bb)
Allauddin Khan – Eliminated in 10th Place ($2,906)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 279

The last ten players are in the last seats they will have in Event 7. Mitchell King and Rocco DeFinal are the big stacks while Brent Pasquarella needs to make something happen.

Seat 1: Zachary Hammons – 600,000 (40 bb)
Seat 2: Wayne Daley – 355,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Rocco DeFina – 935,000 (62 bb)
Seat 4: James “Ping” Kerr – 865,000 (58 bb)
Seat 5: Sidi Taleb – 400,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Brian Arbaugh – 640,000 (43 bb)
Seat 7: Brent Pasquarella – 95,000 (6 bb)
Seat 8: Mitchell King – 1,840,000 (123 bb)
Seat 9: Tom Nguyen – 805,000 (54 bb)
Seat 10: Allauddin Khan – 450,000 (30 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $33,007 + WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $23,087
3rd: $14,186
4th: $8,629
5th: $6,664
6th: $5,522
7th: $4,706
8th: $4,014
9th: $3,301
10th: $2,906

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 279

With the board reading , Hassan El Hakim had his chips in the middle with top pair and Mitchell King had him at risk holding for a ten-high straight and El Hakim was eliminated after the river.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the final table.

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 279

After that quick spurt of action, the players were probably happy to take a short break from the tables. The 1K chips were colored off and cards are back in the air with blinds at 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante. The average stack is now 636,000 (42 bb).

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 279

In less than a level, Event 7 went from the last two tables to the final table bubble. Eights players out in a snap including Karl Manouchakian and starting Day 2 leader Scott Swatcheno.

Manouchakian went out in exceptionally brutal fashion, getting his chips in good with against Allauddin Khan’s then watched the board run out to give Khan trip kings.

12th: Scott Swatcheno – $2,906
13th: Conor O’Neil – $2,491
14th: Karl Manouchakian – $2,491
15th: Thomas Betts – $2,491
16th: Woodrow Pass – $2,076
17th: Stephen Brite – $2,076
18th: Carlos Martir – $2,076

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 279

Brian Trieglaff moved all in for 84,000 and it folded to James “Ping” Kerr in the big blind. He called and Trieglaff was the player at risk.

Trieglaff:
Kerr:

Trieglaff was in great shape but the board gave Kerr the queen-high straight. Trieglaff was sent out in 19th place, Kerr moved over 1,000,000 and tournament staff broke Event 7 down to its last two tables.

Table 12
Seat 1: Zachary Hammons
Seat 2: Conor O’Neil
Seat 3: Brian Arbaugh
Seat 4: Tom Nguyen
Seat 5: Carlos Martir
Seat 6: Woodrow Pass
Seat 7: Stephen Brite
Seat 8: Rocco Defina
Seat 9: Thomas Betts

Table 13
Seat 1: James “Ping” Kerr
Seat 2: Karl Manouchakian
Seat 3: Scott Swatcheno
Seat 4: Brent Pasquarella
Seat 5: Sidi Taleb
Seat 6: Mitchell King
Seat 7: Allauddin Khan
Seat 8: Hassan El Hakim
Seat 9: Wayne Dayley

Recent results:

19th: Brian Trieglaff – $1,661
20th: Trevor Phelps – $1,661
21st: Jeffrey Baar – $1,661
22nd: Rodney Turvin – $1,280