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: 10♦10♣
Yepez: A♠K♣

The board ran out A♦A♥J♠5♠4♣ 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 6♣A♣Q♦ 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 K♣8♣ for a flush, but it was no good as Yepez tabled A♠Q♣ 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