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Level 36:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,371

With the blinds still at 150,000-300,000 (300,000 ante), Chastity Fowler-Lee and Serge Dergham saw a flop of with about 1.5 million already in the pot.

Fowler-Lee bet 1,500,000 from the big blind, Dergham moved all in under the gun for 2,275,000, and Fowler-Lee called with for ace high. Dergham turned over for ace high with a king kicker, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Dergham won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

Serge Dergham  –  6,000,000  (20 bb)
Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  5,200,000  (17 bb)

Shortly after the blinds increased to 200,000-400,000 (400,000 ante), chipleader Kevin Ho raised from the button to 1,000,000, Robert Cheung moved all in from the small blind for 4,300,000, and Ho asked for an exact count before he called.

Cheung said, “I have a pair. I hope you don’t have a pair.”

Cheung showed , and Ho turned over . Cheung needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket sixes held up for Ho to win the pot and eliminate Cheung in fifth place.

Kevin Ho  –  19,900,000  (50 bb)
Robert Cheung  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($18,367)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 10,275,000 (26 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $24,227.

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Level 34:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,371

Chastity Fowler-Lee raised from the button to 600,000, Serge Dergham moved all in from the big blind for 2,975,000, and Fowler-Lee called with . Dergham turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Dergham won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Serge Dergham  –  6,325,000  (25 bb)
Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  2,800,000  (11 bb)

Abdelouahed Bouanani moved all in from the button for 5,375,000, and Alon Eldar called from the big blind with . Bouanani turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Bouanani to win the pot and double up in chips.

Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  11,125,000  (45 bb)
Alon Eldar  –  1,925,000  (8 bb)

Robert Cheung raised under the gun to 550,000, Chastity Fowler-Lee called from the cutoff, and Alon Eldar moved all in from the button for 1,800,000. Cheung tanked for a while before he moved all in over the top for about 4.5 million.

Fowler-Lee folded, and Eldar showed . Cheung turned over , and Eldar needed his pocket fives to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Cheung flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned a pair of jacks to win the pot and eliminate Eldar in sixth place.

Robert Cheung  –  7,000,000  (28 bb)
Alon Eldar  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($14,086)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 8,225,000 (33 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $18,367.

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Level 34:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,371

Kevin Ho raised from the hijack to 500,000, Chastity Fowler-Lee moved all in from the small blind for 2,775,000, and Ho thought for a while before he called with .

Fowler-Lee turned over , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Fowler-Lee paired her nine on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

When the dealer reminded Ho of the size of Fowler-Lee’s all-in bet, Ho said, “I wish you had more.”

Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  5,950,000  (30 bb)
Kevin Ho  –  5,600,000  (28 bb)

Kevin Ho went on to have a pretty good level after that, and he won a big pot heading into the break to reach 11 million.

Here are the official chip counts from the break with the blinds increasing to 125,000-250,000 (250,000 ante):

Seat 1.  Robert Cheung  –  6,050,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2.  Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  8,225,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3.  Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  4,375,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4.  Alon Eldar  –  8,800,000  (35 bb)
Seat 5.  Serge Dergham  –  2,600,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Ho  –  11,100,000  (44 bb)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6,855,000 (27 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $18,367.

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Level 32:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,371

Abdelouahed Bouanani raised from the cutoff to 350,000, Ryan Jones moved all in from the small blind for 375,000, and Bouanani called with .

Jones turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Bouanani turned an open-ended straight draw and paired his nine on the river to win the pot and eliminate Jones in seventh place.

Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  8,375,000  (56 bb)
Ryan Jones  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($10,929)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6,850,000 (46 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $14,086.

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Level 32:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,371

Abdelouahed Bouanani got it all in from the hijack for 3,525,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Giedrius Bagdonas, who was UTG+1.

The board came — Bagdonas turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Bouanani wins the pot with a set of kings to double up in chips.

Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  7,425,000  (50 bb)
Giedrius Bagdonas  –  750,000  (5 bb)

A short while later, Serge Dergham raised from middle position to 375,000, Giedrius Bagdonas moved all in hijack for 600,000, and Dergham called with . Bagdonas turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Dergham won the pot with a higher two pair, kings and jacks, to eliminate Bagdonas in eighth place.

Serge Dergham  –  5,750,000  (38 bb)
Giedrius Bagdonas  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($8,581)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5,875,000 (39 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $10,929.

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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.

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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 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 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.

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Level 31:  50,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,371

The final 12 players are on a 45-minute dinner break, with action scheduled to resume at 7:45 pm EST. The average chip stack is about 3,425,000 (27 big blinds), and these players are all guaranteed to earn at least $5,483 each.

Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Giedrius Bagdonas  –  4,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2.  Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  2,100,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Cheung  –  3,750,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Ho  –  3,775,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Serge Dergham  –  6,125,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.  Mark Dube  –  3,075,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Joe Mole  –  2,225,000  (18 bb)
Seat 2.  Ryan Jones  –  2,875,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Joseph Hebert  –  1,925,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  3,375,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Carlos Guerrero  –  1,600,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Alon Eldar  –  5,925,000  (47 bb)