Brandon Chenault Eliminated in 8th Place ($17,978)

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 577
Players Remaining: 7

Brandon Chenault moved all in for 965,000 from the hijack and Luis Yepez rejammed on the button.

Chenault: 1010
Yepez: AK

The board ran out AAJ54 and Yepez flopped trips to eliminate Chenault in eighth place for $17,978.

Luis Yepez – 7,500,000
Brandon Chenault – 0

Hicham Mahmouki Eliminated in 9th Place ($14,223)

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 577
Players Remaining: 8

Luis Yepez raised to 200,000 from the hijack and Hicham Mahmouki defended the big blind.

The dealer spread the 6AQ flop and Mahmouki checked. Yepez bet 350,000 and Mahmouki called.

The A landed on the turn and Mahmouki led out for 375,000. Yepez raised to 750,000 and Mahmouki called.

The 4 fell on the river and Mahmouki bet 1,250,000. Yepez jammed and Mahmouki called all in with the shorter stack.

Mahmouki showed K8 for a flush, but it was no good as Yepez tabled AQ for a full house to eliminate Mahmouki in ninth place for $14,223.

Luis Yepez – 6,300,000
Hicham Mahmouki – 0

Event #26 Final Table

The final table is set at the Venetian DeepStack Championship Event #26 $1,600 NLH UltimateStack $750,000 guarantee.

1st place: $138,440
9th place: $14,223

Seat 1: Valeriy Pak – 2,810,000
Seat 2: Eric Ahn – 3,890,000
Seat 3: Hicham Mahmouki – 2,335,000
Seat 4: Florian Duta – 2,530,000
Seat 5: Nathanial Simmerman – 2,515,000
Seat 6: Brandon Chenault – 1,300,000
Seat 7: Lam Nguyen – 1,100,000
Seat 8: Luis Yepez – 3,745,000
Seat 9: Alex Papazian – 2,980,000