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Level 32:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,371

Joseph Hebert got it all in from the big blind with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Robert Cheung on the button.

The board blanked out for Hebert, and the pocket tens held up for Cheung to win the pot and eliminate Hebert in ninth place.

Robert Cheung  –  5,500,000  (37 bb)
Joseph Hebert  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($6,818)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5,150,000 (34 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $8,581.

$400 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,371

Kevin Ho raised UTG+1 to 350,000, Robert Cheung moves all in from middle position for 1,325,000, and Carlos Guerrero moved all in over the top from the hijack for 2,325,000. Ho called, covering both players with about 7.5 million.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Kevin Ho:  
Carlos Guerrero:  
Robert Cheung:  

The board came , and Cheung rivered an ace-high diamond flush to win the pot and triple up in chips. Ho won the side pot with his king-high flush to eliminate Guerrero in 10th place.

Robert Cheung  –  4,200,000  (28 bb)
Kevin Ho  –  7,200,000  (48 bb)
Carlos Guerrero  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($5,483)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,575,000 (31 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $6,818.

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Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 173

Hamid Izadi open-shoved for 206,000 from the cutoff, A.J. Kelsall folded his button and Steven Veneziano in the small blind asked for a count. He called after his the count and Romeo Mendoza folded his big blind.

Veneziano:
Izadi:

Izadi was not pleased to see the bigger pair and he really didn’t like the flop.

“Right in the window!” Izadi exclaimed.

The board finished with the turn and river to send Izadi out in eighth place.

Steven Veneziano – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Hamid Izadi – Eliminated in 8th Place ($8,876)

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Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 173

Ben Diebold was the next short(ish) stack to take a shot and he found a monster. The only problem was chip leader A.J. Kelsall’s was bigger.

Kelsall:
Diebold:

Diebold was in a lot of trouble and found no help on the flop. The turn left Diebold drawing dead to the river and ninth place.

A.J. Kelsall – 1,695,000 (141 bb)
Ben Diebold – Eliminated in 9th Place ($7,138)

$400 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 31:  50,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,371

After the elimination of Joe Mole in 11th place, the remaining 10 players redraw for random seats at the final table. They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

Here are their updated chip counts, with an average stack of 4,125,000 (33 big blinds):

Seat 1.  Robert Cheung  –  1,325,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)
Seat 3.  Carlos Guerrero  –  1,875,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Joseph Hebert  –  1,375,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  4,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Alon Eldar  –  8,000,000  (64 bb)
Seat 7.  Ryan Jones  –  1,800,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8.  Serge Dergham  –  5,500,000  (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Kevin Ho  –  7,825,000  (63 bb)
Seat 10.  Giedrius Bagdonas  –  5,150,000  (41 bb)

And these are the remaining payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $70,567 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd:  $43,614
3rd:  $32,323
4th:  $24,227
5th:  $18,367
6th:  $14,086
7th:  $10,929
8th:  $8,581
9th:  $6,818
10th:  $5,483

They are playing down to a winner tonight.

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Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 173

Short-stacked Arkadiy Tsinis put his last 139,000 in the middle shortly after the start of the final table and Eric Salazar had him at risk.

Salazar:
Tsinis:

Tsinis was drawing live for a double and hit the flop to take the lead. The turn changed nothing the but river sent him out in tenth place.

This finish will pull him closer to the top of the Casino Championship leaderboard where he currently sits in second behind David Tuthill.

Eric Salazar – 540,000 (45 bb)
Arkadiy Tsinis – Eliminated in 10th Place ($5,891)

$2,200 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 173

The quick pace continued and three more players were paid out to set the final table. Brock Wilson, 2019 RRPO Hollywood High Roller runner-up, went out in 11th place. He was preceded by Brian Altman and Jake Dollinger, the first and second-place finishers in the WPT LHPO Hollywood Championship.

Seat 1: Steven Veneziano – 580,000 (48 bb)
Seat 2: Ben Diebold – 254,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Romeo Mendoza – 765,000 (64 bb)
Seat 4: Eric Salazar – 384,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Arkadiy Tsinis – 159,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6: Miguel Hernandez – 170,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: James Calderaro – 866,000 (72 bb)
Seat 8: Hamid Izadi – 206,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: A.J. Kelsall – 1,587,000 (132 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $88,717 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $54,831
3rd: $38,190
4th: $27,206
5th: $19,834
6th: $14,805
7th: $11,322
8th: $8,876
9th: $7,138
10th: $5,891

11th: Brock Wilson – $5,891
12th: Jake Dollinger – $5,891
13th: Brian Altman – $4,995

$400 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  50,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,371

Abdelouahed Bouanani moved all in from the small blind for 1,650,000, and Robert Cheung tanked for a while before he called from the big blind with . Bouanani turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Cheung flopped an open-ended straight draw to go with his overcards, but missed all of his outs. The pocket deuces held up for Bouanani to win the pot and double up in chips.

Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  3,425,000  (27 bb)
Robert Cheung  –  1,675,000  (13 bb)

A few minutes later, Serge Dergham and Giedrius Bagdonas played a big pot on a board of . On the river, Dergham bet 1,350,000, and Bagdonas called with for a rivered two pair, kings and queens.

But Dergham turned over to win the pot with a flopped set of fives, increasing his chipleading stack to more than eight million.

Serge Dergham  –  8,250,000  (66 bb)
Giedrius Bagdonas  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)

A few minutes later, Serge Dergham raised from the button to 300,000, Mark Dube reraised from the small blind to 800,000, and Giedrius Bagdonas moved all in from the big blind for 2,650,000.

Dergham folded, and Dube called all in for 1,875,000 with . Bagdonas turned over , and Dube needed his jacks to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Bagdonas paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Dube in 12th place.

Giedrius Bagdonas  –  4,950,000  (40 bb)
Mark Dube  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($5,483)

A few minutes later, Joe Mole was eliminated in 11th place, and the remaining players were ready to combine to a final table.

Joe Mole  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($5,483)

However, when Mole was eliminated, a hand was in progress at the other table. Kevin Ho got it all in from the big blind for 3,825,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of chipleader Serge Dergham.

The board came , and Ho won the pot with his queen kicker to double up in chips.

Kevin Ho  –  7,825,000  (63 bb)
Serge Dergham  –  5,500,000  (44 bb)

The final 10 players have redrawn for random seats at the final table. Updated seating and chip counts will be posted soon.

$2,200 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 173

Jake Dollinger limped in early position and Arkadiy Tsinis moved all in for 83,000 from middle position. It folded back around to Dollinger and he called with the bigger stack.

Tsinis:
Dollinger:

Tsinis was racing to stay in the game but missed the flop. He began to stand from his seat but quickly settled back when the came on the turn. The river finished the board and our Event 5 champ doubled up.

Arkadiy Tsinis – 201,000 (20 bb)
Jake Dollinger – 319,000 (32 bb)

$2,200 High Roller (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 173

They were joking it up on Table 10, even Duff Charette who had his short stack on the line against Romeo Mendoza on his right.

Charette was in a lot of trouble with against and found no love on the run out to exit in 13th place.

“I had ace four!” James Calderaro joked. “I would have busted both of you!”

Romeo Mendoza – 660,000 (66 bb)
Duff Charette – Eliminated in 14th Place ($4,995)