$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 5/495
David Albertson raised from late position and Andrew Lanoue shoved the big blind. Albertson called and Lanoue was at risk.
Albertson: Lanoue:
The flop smacked Albertson coming . The turn and river didn’t improve either player with the or . Lanoue was eliminated in 6th place good for a score of $7,002. Albertson, meanwhile, took the chip lead of 2,250,000
David Albertson – 2,250,000 Andrew Lanoue – Eliminated 6th ($7,002)
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 6/495
Josias Santos open shoved from the small blind and Roberto Melo snap called from the big blind. Melo was the at-risk player, but he had an edge in the hand.
Melo: Santos:
The flop hit both players falling , b the turn brought the improving Santos to trips. Melo promptly held out his hand, shook Santos’ and started toward the rail before the had even hit the river.
Melo busted 7th and earned $5,601 for the deep run.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante Players Remaining: 8/495
Gary Elvis Britt raised from early position and it folded all the way around to David Albertson in the big blind. He shoved and Britt promptly called off his stack of about 10 big blinds.
Albertson: [t] Britt:
The board fell and, with that, Britt left the building. He busted 9th for $2,948.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 9/495
The final nine players have put a lot of effort into negotiating a chop, but no dice to this point. The proposed deal saw an even chop — $12,398 — with chip leader Josias Santos earning the seat as well as a $398 payout from each of the eight players. Santos declined explaining he’ll talk further when they’re six-handed.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 26: 20,000/50,000/5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 9/495
Allen Knighton was in the cutoff and eventually got the last of his stack in the middle versus Hank Zheng in the big blind.
Zheng: Knighton:
The board came no help to Knighton. The dealer counted down the stacks and it was revealed Zheng had Knighton covered. Knighton e busted 10th for $1,916.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 10/495
Paul DeRosa went bust holding pocket queens versus the of Josias Santos. Santos spiked an ace and DeRose was eliminated 11th for $1,916. With his bustout, the field is down to the final 10 and freshly redrawn to the unofficial final table.
Gary “Elvis” Britt holds the chip lead with just under 1,600,000. All remaining players have locked up $1,916 with the tournament’s winner earning $37,657 as well as a $1,100 seat in tomorrow’s Main Event.
Seating assignments with chip counts followed by the remaining payouts and updated results:
Seat 1: Mike Alcalde – 835,000 Seat 2: David Albertson – 1,000,000 Seat 3: Allen Knighton – 730,000 Seat 4: Karl Manouchakian – 950,000 Seat 5: Gary “Elvis” Britt – 1,575,000 Seat 6: Hank Zheng – 690,000 Seat 7: Andrew Lanoue – 925,000 Seat 8: Josias Santos – 1,515,000 Seat 9: Roberto Melo – 1,230,000 Seat 10: Ryan Ketterer – 350,000
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 11/495
Roberto Melo open shoved from late position and Marvin Karlins peeked down at from the big blind. He called and Melo turned over . Melo claimed a stack of 455,000 which had Karlins covered just slightly.
A dry runout didn’t improve Karlins and the dealer broke down their stacks. Karlins’ 12th-place elimination was verified. He earned $1,916.
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante Players Remaining: 12/495
After a rough stretch that was capped off by being crippled via David Albertson’s flush, a shortstacked Dominick Minaya got at risk preflop holding versus the of Andrew Lanoue.
The flop improved Minaya leaps and bounds falling and giving him two pair. The turn didn’t change a thing. However, the river gave Lanoue Broadway and he busted Minaya 13th sending him home with a $1,474 score.
Minaya was preceded on the rail by 15th-place finisher Leonard Deboer.
Andrew Lanoue – 575,000 Dominick Minaya – Eliminated 13th ($1,474) Leonard Deboer – Eliminated 14th ($1,474)