Level 24 (Blinds 12,000/24,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 248
Players Remaining: 4
5th Place – Nate Bjerno
We are down to 4 here in Event 16 as we say goodbye to Nate Bjerno in 5th place. Bjerno came into the table as a short stack and managed to double up and make a pay jump, as he takes home $18,042. In the final hand John Holley opened from under the gun with a raise to 55,000 and was immediately three-bet by Brandon Setzer. Nate Bjerno announced all in on the button for his last 600,000 and change and it would fold back to Setzer who would make the call.
Setzer: {Qh}{Qs}
Bjerno: {Ad}{Ks}
The board would run out {8h}{3s}{3h}{6s}{9h} and Bjerno would hit the rail in 5th as Setzer regains the chip lead.
Level 24 (Blinds 12,000/24,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 248
Players Remaining: 5
Jaffee gaining support from BCP.
Brandon Setzer opened from under the gun with a raise to 55,000 and action would fold through to Jared Jaffee in the small blind. Jaffee elected to three-bet to 120,000 and John Holley would quickly fold out of the big blind.
Setzer asked Jaffee how much he started the hand with before going into the tank, eventually announcing all in. Jaffee almost beat him into the middle with his chips and tabled {Ah}{Ac}.
Setzer just shrugged and flipped over {3c}{3s}.
The board would run out {4s}{7h}{9c}{8h}{9h} and Jaffee would double to 1,400,000 while Setzer falls back to 1,300,000.
Level 23 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 248
Players Remaining: 5
Players are now on their 15 minute break. In the last level we saw a lot of the chips moving around the table, most of them leaving Jared Jaffee’s stack and ending up in the hands of Sam Taylor and Brandon Setzer. Here is a look at the players chip counts on break.
Nate Bjerno – 655,000
Sam Taylor – 1,180,000
Jared Jaffee – 700,000
John Holley – 530,000
Brandon Setzer – 1,760,000
Level 23 (Blinds 10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 248
Players Remaining: 5
6th Place – Alex Condon
Moments after doubling up John Holley when his {8x}{8x} couldn’t improve against the {Qx}{Qx} of Holley, Alex Condon was left with only 30,000 in chips. He found the last of them in the middle and his {8x}{6x} couldn’t improve against his opponents {Ax}{7x}.
Condon will take home $13,231 for his deep run here in Event 17, which will put him over $700,000 lifetime.
Level 22 (Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000)
Total Entries: 248
Players Remaining: 6
Sam Taylor four-bets to 220,000
Action folded around to Sam Taylor in the cut-off who opened the action with a raise to 39,000 and Jared Jaffee called on the button. The two saw the dealer spread the flop of {9h}{2c}{10s} and Taylor would fire a continuation bet of 35,000. Jaffee grabbed some of the mint green t25,000 chips and put in a raise to 110,000. Taylor wasted very little time in pulling his bet back and putting in a four bet to 220,000. Jaffee would think about the decision for a few minutes before releasing his hand into the muck.
Taylor now sits with around 700,000 while Jaffee drops back to 1,300,000.
Level 22 (Blinds 8,000/16,000/2,000)
Total Entries: 248
Players Remaining: 6
We are down to our final 6 players here in Event 16. Here is a look at how they stack up:
1. Alex Condon – 300,000
2. Nate Bjerno – 330,000
3. Sam Taylor – 650,000
4. Jarred Jaffee – 1,600,000
5. John Holley – 350,000
6. Brandon Setzer – 1,600,000
Here is a look at what they are playing for:
- $63,747
- $37,888
- $28,867
- $22,853
- $18,042
- $13,321
Today’s $400 Deep Stack drew a field of 591 players, generating a prize pool of $200,645. The top 54 players will finish in the money, with the top prize being $49,956.
Here is a look at the payout structure.
1. $49,956
2. $28,090
3. $18,058
4. $14,346
5. $11,236
6. $9,230
7. $7,324
8. $5,718
9. $4,013
10-12. $2,608
13-15. $2,006
16-18. $1,505
19-27. $1,104
28-36. $1,003
37-45. $903
46-54. $803
Pocket Aces look for a double up.
Kelly announcing the action for the fans on the rail here at the $1,000,000 GTD Event 15 Final Table.
Michael Antimisiaris
Travell Thomas
Event 17 & 18 are now on their 1 hour dinner break. Play will resume for Event 17 at 8:16 and 18 will continue at 8:26.
Event 16 will be heading out on their dinner break at 7:50, with play resuming an hour later.
Level 14 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/300)
Total Entries: 591
Players Remaining: 206
James Woods and Roland Israelashvili
Having a bad table draw can make for a long day and nobody currently knows that better than James Woods. Woods came up to us while a hand was going on at his table to talk about how tough it has been having Roland Israelashvili 2 seats on his left. Israelashvili has over $2,300,000 in earnings and is a very active player at the table, making it tough on anyone that has the displeasure of sitting on his right. While there haven’t been any fireworks between the two yet, it definitely is a dynamic we will keep an eye on over the next couple of hours.
Woods is currently sitting on a stack of a little more than 55,000 while Israelashvili is nursing a shorter stack of around 25,000.