$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 300

After sending a few good-sized pots to Thien Nguyen, Hassan El Hakim was down to 2,850,000 and moved all in from his button. Cheri Ivan folded her small blind but Nguyen quickly called from the big.

Nguyen:
El Hakim:

El Hakim was dominated by the big ace-queen and could not find a miracle on the board to exit in third place.

Thien Nguyen – 10,200,000 (102 bb)
Hassan El Hakim  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($44,700)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 300

Seat 3: Thien Nguyen – 5,800,000 (58 bb)
Seat 5: Hassan El Hakim – 4,850,000 (49 bb)
Seat 7: Cheri Ivan – 1,350,000 (14 bb)

1st: $100,900 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $62,360
3rd: $44,700

4th: Fred Paradis – $32,620
5th: Wayne Leonard – $24,250
6th: Nathaniel Palombo – $18,360
7th: William Criego – $14,170
8th: Mike Ahmad – $11,150
9th: Daniel Zucker – $8,950

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 300

Action folded to Fred Paradis in the small blind, he moved all in for 870,000 and Thien Nguyen called after a quick check of his cards.

Nguyen:
Paradis:

Paradis was dominated by the big ace and could not find a save on the board to exit in fourth place.

Thien Nguyen – 5,800,000 (73 bb)
Fred Paradis  –  Eliminated in 4th Place ($32,620)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 300

Cheri Ivan was down to two blinds, found two quick doubles to get a workable stack, then open-shipped again for 860,000 from under the gun. Hassan El Hakim called from the big blind to put her at risk again.

Ivan:
El Hakim:

Ivan was ahead for the double and needed to fade the two live cards on El Hakim to double up. The board ran out and she doubled once again.

Cheri Ivan – 1,800,000 (23 bb)
Hassan El Hakim – 4,300,000 (54 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 300

Thien Nguyen opened to 160,000 from under the gun and Cheri Ivan moved all in from the small blind. Fred Paradis called at risk for 785,000 in the big blind and Nguyen folded.

Ivan:
Paradis:

Ivan ran into a monster and nothing on the help. Paradis doubled and Ivan was left with two big blinds.

She stayed alive after, though, finding two quick doubles to stay in the game.

Fred Paradis – 1,810,000 (23 bb)
Cheri Ivan – 725,000 (9 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 300

Thien Nguyen opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Cheri Ivan moved all in for 560,000 from the small blind. Fred Paradis folded his big and Nguyen called top put her at risk.

Ivan: []qh]
Nguyen:

Ivan was behind but had two live cards to double, then paired her queen on the flop. The turn and river were safe and she doubled up.

Cheri Ivan – 1,280,000 (21 bb)
Thien Nguyen – 4,100,000 (68 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 300

Hassan El Hakim opened to 125,00 and Wayne Leonard called on the button. The flop was , El Hakim checked, Leonard bet 130,000 and El Hakim called.

The turn was , El Hakim checked, Leonard bet 240,000 and El Hakim called.

The board finished with the river, El Hakim moved all in, and Leonard called for his last 650,000.

El Hakim:
Leonard:

Leonard flopped a set of fours but El Hakim made a club flush on the river to send him out in fifth place.

Hassan El Hakim – 5,200,000 (87 bb)
Wayne Leonard  –  Eliminated in 5th Place ($24,250)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 300

Seat 1: Wayne Leonard – 1,915,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 865,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Thien Nguyen – 4,530,000 (76 bb)
Seat 5: Hassan El Hakim – 3,725,000 (62 bb)
Seat 7: Cheri Ivan – 930,000 (16 bb)

1st: $100,900 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $62,360
3rd: $44,700
4th: $32,620
5th: $24,250

6th: Nathaniel Palombo – $18,360
7th: William Criego – $14,170
8th: Mike Ahmad – $11,150
9th: Daniel Zucker – $8,950

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 300

Nathaniel Palombo opened for his entire stack of 435,000 and Hassan El Hakim called to put him at risk.

Palombo:
El Hakim:

It was a race but it ended quickly when the showed up in the window of the flop. Neither the turn nor the river could save Palombo’s Championship run.

Hassan El Hakim – 3,800,000 (76 bb)
Nathaniel Palombo  –  Eliminated in 6th Place ($18,360)

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 300

Thien Nguyen opened to 100,000 from the button and William Criego came along in the big blind.

The flop was , Criego checked, and Nguyen bet 75,000. Criego thought for a minute, moved all in for 980,000 and Nguyen quickly called.

Nguyen:
Criego:

Criego flopped a pair of eights but was far behind the aces of our chip leader. The turn and river finished the board to send Criego out in seventh place.

Thien Nguyen – 5,100,000 (102 bb)
William Criego  –  Eliminated in 7th Place ($14,170)