Landon Brown Eliminated in 4th Place ($8,950)

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 370
Players Remaining: 3

Matthias De Clercq raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Landon Brown jammed for 1,410,000 on the button. J.B. Wells rejammed from the big blind, and De Clercq folded.

Brown: 1010
Wells: KQ

The board ran out 67A93 and Wells rivered a flush to eliminate Brown in fourth place for $8,950.

Shohei Abe – 6,025,000
Matthias De Clercq – 4,950,000
J.B. Wells – 3,825,000
Landon Brown – 0

Josias Santos Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,693)

Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 370
Players Remaining: 4

J.B. Wells raised to 120,000 from under the gun, Shohei Abe flatted the small blind, and Josias Santos moved all in for 670,000 in the big blind. Wells and Abe both called.

The 1039K4 board was checked down and Abe tabled 98. That was good for the pot as Wells’ A7 and Santos’ A4 went into the muck, and Santos was eliminated in fifth place for $6,693.

Shohei Abe – 8,470,000
J.B. Wells – 2,350,000
Josias Santos – 0

Anne Liu Eliminated in 7th Place ($3,897)

Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 370
Players Remaining: 6

Shohei Abe raised to 125,000 from the cutoff, Anne Liu jammed for 530,000 in the small blind, and Abe called.

Liu: QQ
Abe: A5

Liu was in good shape with the ladies, but the board ran out 771096 and Abe made a flush to eliminate Liu in seventh place for $3,897.

Shohei Abe – 4,050,000
Anne Liu – 0

Nick Merchant Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,396); Chun Jun Beum Eliminated in 8th Place ($3,034)

Level 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000/50,000
Total Entrants: 370
Players Remaining: 7

Nick Merchant was all-in for 695,000 in early position, Chun Jun Beum was all-in for roughly 1,225,000 in the cutoff, and both players were at risk against J.B. Wells under the gun.

Merchant: JJ
Beum: JJ
Wells: AA

It was a fortunate setup for Wells who just needed to fade a miracle, and the board ran out 86A5Q to confirm the result, eliminating Merchant in ninth place for $2,396 and Beum in eighth place for $3,034.

J.B. Wells – 3,500,000
Chun Jun Beum – 0
Nick Merchant – 0

Final Table

The final table is set at the Venetian DeepStack Showdown Event #16 $400 NLH UltimateStack $100K GTD.

1st place: $23,133
9th place: $2,396

Seat 1: Shohei Abe – 3,260,000
Seat 2: Chun Jun Beum – 960,000
Seat 3: Josias Santos – 880,000
Seat 4: Anne Liu – 815,000
Seat 5: Ariel Krupnik – 2,200,000
Seat 6: J.B. Wells – 1,600,000
Seat 7: Matthias De Clercq – 2,100,000
Seat 8: Nick Merchant – 695,000
Seat 9: Landon Brown – 2,380,000

Johnny Tan Eliminated in 2nd Place ($13,217)

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 405
Players Remaining: 1

On a 45Q flop, Johnny Tan was all-in for his remaining shorter stack against David Gelley.

Tan: 62
Gelley: AA

The 9 and 9 completed the board and Tan was eliminated in second place for $13,217, while Gelley takes home the trophy and $18,527 for his victory.

Diana Hong Eliminated in 3rd Place ($9,569)

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 405
Players Remaining: 2

Diana Hong was all-in for roughly 5,000,000 and at risk against David Gelley.

Hong: JJ
Gelley: QQ

It was a cooler, and the board ran out Q7966 to eliminate Hong in third place for $9,569.

David Gelley – 10,550,000
Johnny Tan – 1,600,000
Diana Hong – 0