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: 44
Debs: 88

The board ran out 5J9J2 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: 88
Karnofsky: A7

The board ran out A7JQ2 giving Karnofsky two pair and eliminating Lin in sixth place for $18,495.

Harlan Karnofsky – 9,500,000
Wooyan Lin – 0

Marios Savvides Eliminated in 7th Place ($14,043)

Level 28
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 583
Players Remaining: 6

On a 436 flop, Mike Beasley was all in for 215,000 in the big blind, Marios Savvides was all in for 415,000 on the button, and both players were covered and at risk against Mehrdad Yousefzadeh in the hijack.

Beasley: 66
Savvides: 99
Yousefzadeh: AJ

The Q and A completed the board, and Beasley took the main pot with his set of sixes, while Yousefzadeh made a pair of aces on the river to take the side pot, eliminating Savvides in seventh place for $14,043.

Mehrdad Yousefzadeh – 2,040,000
Mike Beasley – 1,625,000
Marios Savvides – 0

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: K3
Leabeau: A3

The flop of 647 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: 22
Lebeau: 1010

Lebeau’s higher pocket pair held as the board ran out 753JJ . 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