Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 37
Blinds: 250,000-500,000 w/50,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 20,960,000

Oddie Dardon is close to victory against Yaniv Peretz in the Event 99 Heads Up Battle. 

Oddie Dardon started his heads up match with Yaniv Peretz with the chip lead and has increased to over 4:1.

Peretz limped in and Dardon raised to 1,000,000. Peretz called and the flop came out 10♣9♥3♥. They both checked and Dardon checked the 10♦ turn. Peretz bet 1,700,000 and Dardon stuck around to the J♦ river. Dardon bet 4,000,000 which got a quick fold from Peretz.

Dardon is up to 35,000,000 with Peretz needing to mount a comeback with less than 20 big blinds.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 36
Blinds: 200,000-400,000 w/50,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 20,960,000

Chris Tryba

Chris Tryba fought a good fight to make it to three-handed play but once there, lost most pots he was in to Oddie Dardon and Yaniv Peretz. Dardon managed to claim the last of Tryba’s chips to bring the tournament down to heads up play.

Dardon raised the button to 1,000,000 and Peretz called in the small blind. Tryba shoved for 4,200,000 total and Dardon went over the top. Peretz folded and Tryba had to catch with A♥8♠ against the 10♥10♠ of Dardon.

The 8♠4♥2♠ flop gave Tryba some life but the 10♥ turn followed by the 5♣ river put him on the rail. Dardon enters heads up play with 28,675,000 to the 13,250,000 of Peretz.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 36
Blinds: 200,000-400,000 w/50,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 13,975,000

Oddie Dardon has been losing chips to his Yaniv Peretz for most of three-handed play but just won them all back and then some by calling off for his tournament life.

Dardon raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Peretz shoved from the small blind. Chris Tryba folded his big blind and Dardon thought out-loud about what to do. After counting his stack (11,275,000) and contemplating further, he called with 8♣8♦. Peretz had to hit with A♣10♥ but the K♥7♥4♣6♠K♣ board was not enough to bust Dardon.

Peretz drops to 10,600,000 and Dardon is back in the chip lead with 24,000,000.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 35
Blinds: 150,000-300,000 w/50,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 13,975,000

Yaniv Pertez is dominating three-handed play and is now playing over half of the chips in the tournament after using aggression to take down a pot against Chris Tryba and Oddie Dardon.

Peretz limped the button and Tryba raised to 1,350,000 out of the small blind. Dardon called from the big blind as did Peretz. Tryba continued for 1,300,000 on the Q♥7♣3♥ flop and Dardon called. Peretz put in a raise to 4,125,000 and both of his opponents quickly got out of the way.

With the blinds set to go up, the updated counts are below with Peretz far out in front.

1. Chris Tryba – 5,600,000
2. Oddie Dardon – 10,200,000
3. Yaniv Peretz – 26,125,000

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 35
Blinds: 150,000-300,000 w/50,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 13,975,000

Yaniv Peretz

Yaniv Peretz has driven the action during three-handed play and as a result of taking multiple pots off of Oddie Dardon is now the chip leader.

Peretz opened the button and Dardon came along from the big blind. Dardon checked the A♠2♣2♠ flop and Peretz bet 325,000. Dardon called and bet 2,000,000 on the 5♠ turn. Peretz hung with him and the 9♥ fell on the river. Dardon checked and Peretz bet 3,500,000. Dardon’s cards went in the muck and Dardon took the pot.

A few hands later, Peretz raised to 700,000 on the button and Dardon defended. They both checked the A♠2♣2♥ flop and Dardon bet 1,000,000 on the 5♥ turn. Peretz called and Dardon slowed down on the Q♣ river. Peretz bet 2,200,000 and Dardon called right away. Peretz showed A♥5♠ and Dardon flashed the A♣ before mucking.

Peretz is the chip leader with 18,500,000 with Dardon and Chris Tryba both near 10,000,000.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 13,975,000

Athanasios Polychronopoulos

Athanasios Polychronopoulos got what was effectively a double up by eliminating Chance Kornuth but most of those chips shifted over to Oddie Dardon. Chris Tryba got the rest of Polychronopoulos’s stack and the final table is now three-handed.

Tryba raised to 500,000 under the gun and Polychronopoulos shoved for 3,300,000 in the big blind. Tryba called with A♦7♦ and was flipping against the 4♣4♠ of Polychronopoulos. The K♥8♦7♠ flop put Tryba in the lead and he had a flush by the river to complete the knockout.
The three-handed chip counts are below. The players briefly paused the clock to look at the numbers but decided to play on.

1. Chris Tryba – 14,385,000
2. Oddie Dardon – 18,085,000
3. Yaniv Peretz – 9,455,000

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 10,480,000

Mitch Schock

Yaniv Peretz has been quiet for most of the Event 99 final table but is now almost to 10,000,000 with his elimination of Mitch Schock.

Peretz opened under the gun to 480,000 and Schock shoved for about 3,500,000 from the big blind. Peretz called right away with K♥K♠ and the 7♦7♥ of Schock was in deep trouble. The 8♦6♥2♣6♦5♥ board wasn’t quite enough for Schock and he is out.

Peretz chips up to 9,890,000, putting him right behind Chris Tyrba for second in chips.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 8,385,000

Chance Kornuth

Chance Kornuth blinded down in the latter part of the Event 99 final table and was never above 15 big blinds in the new level. Kornuth shoved and almost got through Athanasios Polychronopoulos, but a thought-out call by Polychronopoulos proved to be correct.

Kornuth jammed for 2,900,000 in the hijack and Polychronopoulos tanked for two minutes before calling for most of his stack in the cutoff. Kornuth showed up with Q♠10♥ and Polychronopoulos had him out-kicked with A♣Q♦. The A♥K♣Q♣ flop gave both players a little something and the A♦ turn gave Polychronopoulos the hand.

Polychronopoulos is playing 6,500,000 and Kornuth earns over $65,000 for his final table run.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 6,985,000

Oddie Dardon has chipped up progressively at the Event 99 final table and is now playing 13,200,000 thanks to two pots he took down.

Chris Tryba limped the small blind and Dardon raised to 640,000. Tryba called and the two players checked the J♠8♥2♣ flop. Tryba checked the 4♣ turn and Dardon bet 600,000. Tryba called and they both checked the 9♣ river. Tryba announced “fives” but Dardon’s K♦J♦ took the pot. Tryba is playing 10,200,000.

Athanasios Polychronopoulos opened to 500,000 under the gun and Dardon three-bet to 1,600,000 in the cutoff. Polychronopoulos thought about it but released to maintain his stack of 3,500,000.

As it currently stands, Dardon is playing almost one-third of the chips in play.

Event 99: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $1,500,000 Guarantee 

Level 33
Blinds: 100,000-200,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 2,096
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 6,985,000

Tono Seunsom

While other players were getting pots around him, Tono Seunsom blinded down throughout the course of the final table. Seunsom attempted to chip up by shoving but Oddie Dardon flipped better to send out Seunsom.

Seunsom moved all-in for 2,325,000 with 5♠5♦ and Dardon called with A♥Q♠ right next to him. The K♠9♠2♠ flop put a flush draw in play for Dardon and he picked up more outs on the J♣ turn. The Q♥ river paired him up and Seunsom left for the payout desk.

Dardon is playing 12,200,000, putting him about 1,000,000 ahead of Chris Tryba for the chip lead. Chance Kornuth is the new short stack with 2,400,000.