Following a four-way chop, Mike Beasley takes home $56,146 for a fourth-place finish.
Author: venetiantd
Mehrdad Yousefzadeh Eliminated in 5th Place ($24,775)
Level 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/200,000
Total Entrants: 583
Players Remaining: 4
Mehrdad Yousefzadeh jammed all-in from the cutoff for approximately 2,300,000 chips and Michael Debs called from the small blind.
Yousefzadeh: 4♠4♣
Debs: 8♠8♥
The board ran out 5♥J♠9♣J♣2♣ favoring Debs’ pocket eights and eliminating Yousefzadeh in fifth place.
Michael Debs – 7,000,000
Mehrdad Yousefzadeh – 0
Wooyang Lin Eliminated in 6th Place ($18,495)
Level 29
Blinds: 75,000/150,000/150,000
Total Entrants: 583
Players Remaining: 5
Wooyang Lin was all in for his tournament life for roughly 1,300,000 from the big blind and was at risk against Harlan Karnofsky from under the gun.
Lin: 8♥8♣
Karnofsky: A♠7♥
The board ran out A♦7♣J♠Q♥2♣ giving Karnofsky two pair and eliminating Lin in sixth place for $18,495.
Harlan Karnofsky – 9,500,000
Wooyan Lin – 0
Mike Beasley Doubles Through Harlan Karnofsky
Level 29
Blinds: 75,000/150,000/150,000
Total Entrants: 583
Players Remaining: 6
Mike Beasley went all in for his tournament life from the cutoff for approximately 750,000 and Harlan Karnofsky called from the big blind covering Beasley.
Beasley: A♦6♥
Karnofsky: Q♦J♠
The board spread 4♥7♥10♠2♦9♣, doubling Beasley’s stack with ace high.
William Minger Eliminated in 8th Place ($10,850)
Level 28
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 583
Players Remaining: 7
William Minger limped in the small blind, Robert Lebeau jammed from the big blind with a covering stack and Minger called the all-in.
Minger: K♥3♥
Leabeau: A♣3♣
The flop of 6♠4♣7♠ gave Minger a gut-shot draw to a chop, but the turn and river 8♦ and A♠ were bricks giving Lebeau top-pair, eliminating Minger in eighth place for $10,850.
Robert Lebeau – 5,150,000
William Minger – 0
Raymond Xu Eliminated in 9th Place ($8,532)
Level 27
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 583
Players Remaining: 8
Raymond Xu went all in for his tournament life for 1,015,000 in the big blind after a raise from Robert Lebeau in the cutoff, which was called off by Robert.
Xu: 2♥2♠
Lebeau: 10♠10♣
Lebeau’s higher pocket pair held as the board ran out 7♦5♥3♦J♠J♣ . Xu could not find a deuce in the deck and was eliminated in ninth place for $8,523.
Robert Lebeau: 4,030,000
Raymond Xu: 0
Malik Wiggins Eliminated in 5th Place ($58,094)
Level 35
Blinds: 300,000/600,000/600,000
Total Entrants: 1,502
Players Remaining: 4
Malik Wiggins was all in for his tournament life in the big blind for about 3,000,000 against Eric Bunch on the button.
Wiggins: 8♠8♦
Bunch: K♣7♥
The board ran out Q♥4♥2♣K♥2♥ giving Bunch a pair eliminating Wiggins in fifth place for $58,094.
Eric Bunch – 37,200,000
Malik Wiggins – 0
Chip Counts on Break
Level 34
Blinds: 250,000/500,000/500,000
Total Entrants: 1,502
Players Remaining: 5
Arthur Demmerley – 14,700,000
Joshua Remitio – 14,350,000
Eric Bunch – 14,300,000
Min-Sung Lee – 12,000,000
Malik Wiggins – 4,275,000
Arthur Demmerley Doubles Through Malik Wiggins
Level 33
Blinds: 200,000/400,000/400,000
Total Entrants: 1,502
Players Remaining: 5
Arthur Demmerley was all-in in the big blind for 7,450,000 and at risk against Malik Wiggins on the button.
Wiggins: 9♥9♠
Demmerley: 7♥7♠
Wiggins dominated Demmerley’s pocket pair, but Demmerley spiked a seven on the turn as the board ran out 8♠10♥K♥7♦4♠, doubling Demmerley’s stack.
Arthur Demmerley – 16,500,000
Malik Wiggins – 4,500,000
Rick Mechammil Eliminated in 6th Place ($44,521)
Level 33
Blinds: 200,000/400,000/400,000
Total Entrants: 1,502
Players Remaining: 5
Rick Mechammil was seen getting up from his seat in the small blind after a hand with Min-Sung Lee in middle position.
The completed board showed 7♦9♦2♦J♦A♥ and Lee held A♦10♦ for the nut-flush. Mechammil’s hand went into the muck as he was eliminated in sixth place for $44,521.
Min-Sung Lee – 18,200,000
Rick Mechammil – 0