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Championship: Dmitrii Shub – 10th Place ($9,560)

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 419

Dmitrii Shub

Dmitrii Shub was all in for about 1,500,000 from the big blind and Yan Jiang had him at risk from the button.

Jiang: AhKh
Shub: QhQc

A huge flip nearing the final table and Shub needed his queens to hold. The Tc6c5d flop was safe for him but Jiang paired her ace on the Ac turn. Shub could be saved with a club or a queen but missed the Kd river to go out in tenth place.

Yan Jiang – 6,100,000 (122 bb)
Dmitrii Shub – Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,560)

Championship: Yan Jiang Doubles into the Lead; Ken O’Donnell Eliminated

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 419

Yan Jiang

We have a new chip leader in the Championship with 12 players remaining.

Jiang got her stack in with ace-queen versus the tens of Ken O’Donnell and caught a queen to double into the lead.

O’Donnell was left very short and eliminated shortly after.

Yan Jiang – 3,450,000 (115 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – Eliminated in 12th Place ($9,560)

Ken O’Donnell

Championship: Bradley Robertson Versus Ken O’Donnell

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 419

Bradley Robertson

Ken O’Donnell opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and picked up calls from Bradley Robertson on the button and Yan Jiang in the big blind.

The flop was Tc7d5c and Jiang checked. O’Donnell continued for 85,000 and Robertson and Jiang called. The turn was Kh, Jiang checked, O’Donnell bet 175,000 and Robertson raised to 400,000.

Jiang folded, O’Donnell called, and the river was 8h. Both players checked and Robertson showed TdTs for a set of tens to get a fast much from O’Donnell.

Bradley Robertson – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – 1,800,000 (60 bb)

Championship: Counts on Break

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 419

Table 13
Seat 1: Robert Capote – 1,815,000 (61 bb)
Seat 2: Mo Alhalwani – 1,480,000 (49 bb)
Seat 3: Brandon Padula – 535,000 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Hollander – 590,000 (20 bb)
Seat 6: Justin Fawcett – 1,735,000 (58 bb)
Seat 7: Rafael Reis – 350,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: John Pointer – 365,000 (12 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Kyle Sturgis – 1,275,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Dombrowski – 225,000 (8 bb)
Seat 3: Yan Jiang – 2,035,000 (68 bb)
Seat 4: Robert LeBeau – 1,660,000 (55 bb)
Seat 5: Dmitrii Shub – 1,215,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Ken O ‘Donnell – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Seat 9: Bradley Robertson – 1,150,000 (38 bb)

1st: $133,430 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $82,440
3rd: $59,470
4th: $43,580
5th: $32,460
6th: $24,570
7th: $18,910
8th: $14,810
9th: $11,790
10th-12th: $9,560
13th-14th: $7,880

Championship: Drew Dodge ($6,620) and John Two-Bears ($6,620) Eliminated by Justin Fawcett

$1,700 WPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $628,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 419

Drew Dodge

We didn’t see the betting but we saw the outcome.

Drew Dodge was all in with AhQs and John Two-Bears was all in with AcAd. Justin Fawcett had both covered but he was way behind with QhQc.

The board ran out 8h6s4dJsQd and Fawcett hit a one-out river to send Dodge and Two-Bears out.

Justin Fawcett – 2,200,000 (88 bb)
Drew Dodge – Eliminated in 17th Place ($6,620)
John Two-Bears – Eliminated in 18th Place ($6,620)

John Two-Bears