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