Event 78: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $100,000 Guarantee 

Event: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 531
Total Prize Pool: $275,058
Places Paid: 54
1st Place: $59,134

Level 24
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 w/4,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 1,295,000

Vi Do

The three remaining players in Event 76 are currently on a 30-minute dinner break and right before they set out to fill up, Vi Do exited with Clement Richez doing him in. Do peaked in Level 23 but lost a few small pots to put him back to a shoving stack.

Do moved all-in for 330,000 in the small blind with 10♠5♠ and Richez woke up with J♦J♥ in the big blind. Do was drawing dead by the turn and he is out shy of the tournament podium.

Below is a look at the updated counts on the dinner break along with the remaining payouts. Play resumes at 6:20 pm.

1. Clementz Richez – 1,500,000
2. Matthew Leecy – 1,875,000
3. Kyle Steinfelt – 625,000

1. $43,152
2. $26,682
3. $19,197

Level 24
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 w/4,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 971,000

It is still the Matthew Leecy Show at the Event 76 final table as the full-time chip leader continues to drive the action. He recently lost a few back to Clement Richez, but Leecy is still in the driver’s seat.

Leecy opened to 50,000 under the gun and Richez shoved for 479,000 in the big blind. Leecy thought for two minutes and called with A♥9♠ to put the 8♣8♠ of Richez at risk. The K♠K♥4♦K♦10♦ board held up for Richez and he doubled. Players will be on dinner break at the end of this level but before they are, below is a look at the four-handed counts.

1. Clement Richez – 1,010,000
2. Matthew Leecy – 1,650,000
3. Kyle Steinfelt – 610,000
4. Vi Do – 465,000

Level 23
Blinds: 10,000-20,000 w/3,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 971,000

Matthew Leecy and Clement Richez have tangled numerous times during today’s final table with the two sides trading blows. It wasn’t quite a knockout punch, but Leecy conected on a strong uppercut to leave Richez dazed.

Vi Do opened to 50,000 on the button and Richez three-bet to 160,000 in the small blind. Leecy called out of the big blind and Do mucked. Richez and Leecy checked the A♠8♥5♣ flop and then Richez bet 250,000 on the 5♦ turn.

Leecy thought for a minute and committed the calling chips. Richez fired a 350,000-chip chamber on the 9♦ river and Leecy called after 30 seconds of pondering. Richez showed A♣Q♠ but he had been rivered by Leecy’s A♦9♠.

Richez sprang out of his chair in understandable frustration and watched his stack fall to 480,000. Leecy is playing 1,950,000 and holds over half of the chips in play.

Level 23
Blinds: 10,000-20,000 w/3,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 4
Average Stack: 971,000

Andrei Boghean

The next player out from the Event 76 final table is Andrei Boghean whose luck went from bad to worse after losing the rest of his chips to Vi Do.

Do opened to 50,000 in the small blind and Boghean shoved in the big blind for 200,000 total. Do called with 6♦6♥ and was ahead of the A♣4♥. The A♦9♠7♥ flop put Boghean ahead but Do won the pot by hitting the 6♠ on the turn.

Do is playing 1,175,000 with the bustout and Boghean earns over $10,000.

Level 23
Blinds: 10,000-20,000 w/3,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack: 777,000

Peter Dykes

The start of Level 23 has already provided more 4th of July fireworks than the level that preceded it as Peter Dykes hit the rail and Clement Richez spiked the river to double.

Dykes opened in early position and Matthew Leecy called in the cutoff. Vi Do shoved for 310,000 in the small blind and Dykes called off for slightly less. Leecy folded and it was Do’s 7♣7♦ against the K♥K♠ of Dykes. The 7♠4♥2♣ flop was all Do as he flopped a set. No third king came for Dykes and he is out in sixth, taking home $8,102. Do is peaking at the final table with 640,000.

Down to under 400,000 after doubling up Kyle Steinfelt, Richez hit against Andrei Boghean to leave Boghean on the short stack. Boghean opened with A♣10♦ on the button to 43,000 and Richez shoved with A♦9♦ in the small blind. Boghean thought hard about his decision and called to put Richez at risk.

The 8♦4♥2♦ flop gave Richez a flush draw and after bricking the turn, he hit the 9♠ on the river to double up. Boghean is now down to 230,000. Richez is back to 850,000.

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 22
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 w/2,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 648,000

Clement Richez stares down Kyle Steinfelt as the latter tanked for his tournament life. 

The first all-in of Level 22 didn’t occur in a preflop confrontation but in a three-street affair where Clement Richez put Kyle Steinfelt to the test.

Richez opened to 35,000 in the cutoff and Steinfelt three-bet to 87,000 from the small blind. Richez called and the flop came out J♣J♥8♣. Steinfelt checked and Richez bet 65,000. Steinfelt came along to the 9♠ turn and both players checked.

Steinfelt bet 70,000 on the 6♠ river and Richez shoved, putting Steinfelt all-in for 283,000 total. Steinfelt wiped down his palms as he agonized over the decision. After two minutes of thinking, he called with Q♦Q♥ and had the 6♦5♦ of Richez beat.

Steinfelt is second in chips with 900,000 and Richez drops to 385,000.

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 22
Blinds: 8,000-16,000 w/2,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 648,000

Six-max poker and an average stack of 40 big blinds tend to lead to some interesting postflop pots and that is indeed the case in Level 22. Andrei Boghean and Peter Dykes both took down a considerable pot and are climbing at the final table.

Boghean opened to 32,000 under the gun and was three-bet by Kyle Steinfelt to 81,000 in the small blind. Boghean called and Steinfelt continued for 65,000 on the A♥4♣3♦ flop. Boghean matched the bet and Steinfelt slowed down on the 5♦ turn. Boghean bet 70,000 and that won him the pot. Boghean is up to 600,000 with Steinfelt now down to 52,000.

Dykes raised to 32,000 in the small blind and Clement Richez called from the big blind. Dykes checked the J♣8♦6♣ flop and Richez bet 40,000. Dykes then got frisky with a raise to 142,000 and Richez let it go. Dykes is playing 425,000 and Richez is still second in chips with 745,000.

Before the blinds go up further, we should more interesting pots like these two develop.

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 21
Blinds: 6,000-12,000 w/2,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 648,000

Aaron Olshan

The large pots played out in Level 21 culminated with two eliminations to bring the field down to six.

Aaron Olshan doubled up twice at the Event 76 final table but the best hand finally fell against Matthew Leecy. Olshan was all-in for 180,000 over the top of an open to 25,000 from Leecy. Leecy called with A♠6♠ to put Olshan’s A♥10♠ at risk. A six hit the flop and Olshan could not catch up. Olshan takes home $4,931.

Roman Rogouskyi

Next to go was Roman Rogouskyi, who fell to Clement Richez. Rogouskyi was all-in for 176,000 with A♦9♥ against the K♣K♦ of Richez. The 8♣7♣3♦5♥Q♥ board was no help and Richez claimed the bounty. Rogouskyi earns $6,164 for his two days of play.

Additionally, Andrei Boghean doubled through Leecy for 240,000 when his 9♣9♥ held against Leecy’s 6♦2♦ on a 10♦6♠3♦ flop.

As the new level gets started, counts for the final six is below.

1. Peter Dykes – 360,000
2. Clement Richez – 850,000
3. Matthew Leecy – 1,190,000
4. Kyle Steinfelt – 620,000
5. Vi Do – 440,000
6. Andrei Boghean – 460,000

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 21
Blinds: 6,000-12,000 w/2,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 486,000

Clement Richez (L) avoids the gaze of Matthew Leecy (R) as Leecy stares down his familiar opponent.

Matthew Leecy’s chip lead still dominates the Event 76 final table but in the last level, he has managed to give some back to the field with Clement Richez being the primary recipient.

First, Leecy doubled up Aaron Olshan for 100,000 when his K♣8♣ fell to Olshan’s K♦Q♣. Then, Leecy tangled with Peter Dykes. Dykes raised on the button to 25,000 and Leecy called from the big blind. Leecy checked the J♥10♦8♣ flop and Dykes bet 20,000. Leecy check-raised to 45,000 and Dykes hung around to the 3♠ turn. Leecy checked and Dykes went all-in for 200,000. Leecy flicked his hand in and Dykes took the pot.

After those two encounters, Leecy and Richez squared off with Richez getting the better of Leecy both times. Richez opened the button to 25,000 and Leecy three-bet to what looked like 66,000. Richez put in a four-bet to 140,000, leaving himself with about 300,000 behind. Leecy dove into the tank for three minutes and repeatedly cut out chips to potentially get a read on Richez. Leecy eventually folded and Richez stacked his new chips.

The next hand, Richez opened the cutoff to 25,000 and Leecy three-bet to 64,000. Richez called and bet 52,000 on the 7♦6♦5♦ flop. Leecy folded and Richez stacked up to 600,000.

Leecy (1,150,000) is involved in almost every hand and is likely to continue that trend as long as he has his current stack in front of him.