Kai Yang Eliminated in 5th Place ($8,563)

Level 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 307
Players Remaining: 4

Kai Yang was all in for roughly 1,500,000 in the small blind and at risk against Andrew Rodgers in the big blind.

Yang: A♣Q♥
Rodgers: Q♦Q♣

Yang ran into the ladies, and the board ran out 10♥10♠3♠6♣9♣ to eliminate him in fifth place for $8,563.

Andrew Rodgers – 4,700,000
Kai Yang – 0

Jaime Sanchez Eliminated in 6th Place ($6,502)

Level 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 307
Players Remaining: 5

Sandeep Koralla limped in from the hijack and Jaime Sanchez jammed for about 675,000 from the button. Kai Yang rejammed for about 825,000 from the big blind and Koralla folded.

Sanchez: A♥6♦
Yang: 9♦9♣

The board ran out 5♦3♣5♠9♥A♠ and Yang turned a boat to lock up the pot and eliminate Sanchez in sixth place for $6,502.

Kai Yang – 1,650,000
Jaime Sanchez – 0

Andy Lu Eliminated in 7th Place ($5,031)

Level 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000/50,000
Total Entrants: 307
Players Remaining: 6

On the turn of a A♦7♣4♣8♥ board, Andy Lu was all in on the button against Andrew Rodgers in the small blind.

Both players had an ace, but Rodgers had A♣Q♦ for a superior kicker, and the J♦ river confirmed the result to eliminate Lu in seventh place for $5,031.

Andrew Rodgers – 3,000,000
Andy Lu – 0

Alexander Sabatini Eliminated in 9th Place ($3,194)

Level 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000/40,000
Total Entrants: 307
Players Remaining: 8

Sandeep Koralla raised from the cutoff, Alexander Sabatini jammed for roughly 375,000 from the small blind, and Koralla called.

Sabatini: A♣7♣
Koralla: A♠Q♥

The board ran out 6♠2♦5♥4♠10♥ and Sabatini was eliminated in ninth place for $3,194.

Sandeep Koralla – 3,175,000
Alexander Sabatini – 0

Final Table

The final table has been reached in the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza Event #44 $600 NLH $150K GTD.

1st place: $30,924
9th place: $3,194

Seat 1: Sandeep Koralla – 2,500,000
Seat 2: Ben Hamnett – 1,900,000
Seat 3: Alexander Sabatini – 535,000
Seat 4: Jaime Sanchez – 910,000
Seat 5: Anthony Danna – 1,500,000
Seat 6: Cheang Kit Yoo – 825,000
Seat 7: Kai Yang – 1,100,000
Seat 8: Andy Lu – 740,000
Seat 9: Andrew Rodgers – 2,230,000

Yurii Kornilin Eliminated in 2nd Place ($11,885)

Level 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 241
Players Remaining: 1

Yurii Kornilin was all in for roughly 2,350,000 on the button against Daniel Lacourse in the big blind.

Kornilin: K♥K♣
Lacourse: A♠Q♥

Lacourse called for an ace while Kornilin swiveled his chair around as he couldn’t bear to watch the runout. This prevented him from seeing the ace in the window on the 10♦2♥A♣ flop. The J♦ turn and 4♥ river changed nothing and Kornilin was eliminated in second place for $11,885, while Lacourse takes home $17,059 and the trophy for his victory.

Yong Wang Eliminated in 3rd Place ($8,453)

Level 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 241
Players Remaining: 2

With about 700,000 in the middle on a 2♣5♣2♥ flop, Yong Wang was all in for roughly 2,400,000 against Daniel Lacourse.

Wang: A♦6♦
Lacourse: A♣K♣

The K♦ and 5♠ completed the board and Wang was eliminated in third place for $8,453.

Daniel Lacourse – 7,200,000
Yurii Kornilin – 2,450,000
Yong Wang – 0