Event 11
$400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 34: Blinds 250,000/500,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 15
Average Stack: 19.8 million
Pascal Pflock got his chips in with pocket 9s, but ran into the pocket Queens of Ronald Kampert. The Queens held and Ronald took the pot. He’s up to about 22 million.
Pascal, who began the day as chip leader, busted out in 16th place for $5,929.
They finished up the level and took off for a 15 minute break.
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Level 34: Blinds 250,000/500,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 16
Average Stack: 18.5 million
Before they were even settled in their new seats, we lost a player at each table.
John Colwell got all-in with AQ against the pocket Kings of Jeffrey Cole. The Kings held and Jeffrey took the pot. John got 18th place and $5,929.
On a flop of , Sathwik Narayan was all-in against Aris Konstantinidis. Sathwik had
for top pair, but Aris had
and had flopped Aces-up.
The last two fell and Aris took the pot. Sathwik finished in 17th place earning $5,929.
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Level 34: Blinds 250,000/500,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 18
Average Stack: 16.5 million
Phil Neiman got his last chips in holding AJ and ran into the pocket Queens of Rickey Lee. The Ladies held for Lee and he’s stacking roughly 30 million now.
Phil finished 19th for $4,835. With his departure, the final 18 are redrawing for the final two tables.
$400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
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Level 34: Blinds 250,000/500,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 19
Average Stack: 15.6 million
Joseph Dittmar and Stephen Dellibovi got all their chips in the middle. Stephen’s was ahead of Joseph’s
. The final board read
and Stephen took the pot. He’s up to about 10 million.
Joseph was busted in 20th place, earning $4,835.
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Level 34: Blinds 250,000/500,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 20
Average Stack: 14.8 million
Sathwik Narayan opened from the hijack, then Karl Held jammed for 3.4 million from the cutoff. Sathwik called, showing AJ. Karl’s pocket Kings were ahead. The runout of 9 8 6 T 3 shipped the double to Karl. Stephen Dellibovi (button) lamented folding his pocket 6s, since he would’ve flopped a set.
Karl doubled up to ~7.5 million.
Oleksandr Vikhtiuk shoved with A3 offsuit and ran into Guo Cheng’s A8 off. The board came 8 7 6 7 5 and Guo took the pot. Oleksandr finished 21st for $4,835.
$400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
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Level 33: Blinds 200,000/400,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 21
Average Stack: 14.1 million
Thomas Carney exited the Almighty in 24th place ($4,835).
Michael Policastro got his chips in with pocket 4s, but ran into the pocket Aces of John Colwell. Michael will also collect $4,835 for 23rd place.
Kenneth Golden doubled through Pascal Pflock when his K8 outran Pascal’s AJ. The final board came 7 5 4 8 T and Kenneth was up to about 9 million. Pascal, who started the day as chip leader, saw his stack drop to about 8 million.
Kenneth then paid it forward, shipping his chips over to Joseph Dittmar. Kenneth finished 22nd for $4,835.
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Level 33: Blinds 200,000/400,000/50,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 24
Average Stack: 12.4 million
Almighty players got back to business after the break.
Lee Kirsch hit the rail in 26th place ($4,835).
Jeffrey Mahoney lost the rest of his chips, busting in 25th place, also earning $4,835.
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End of Level 32: Blinds 150,000/300,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 26
Average Stack: 11.4 million
Wayne Lewis busted out in 27th place, earning $4,835.
On the last hand of the level, a huge pot developed between Jeffrey Mahoney (cutoff) and Guo Cheng (bb). The pot was already bloated on the turn with a board of . Jeffrey bet 2 million and Guo check-raised to 4.5 million straight. After a moment, Jeffrey called.
The river was the and Guo immediately announced he was all-in. Another minute passed before Jeffrey opted to call. Guo showed
for the nuts, Broadway, and Jeffrey mucked his hand.
After that pot, Jeffrey was down to about 6.5 million. Guo is up to ~19 million.
End of level and Almighty players are taking a break.
$400+$50 Almighty Stack NLH
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Level 32: Blinds 150,000/300,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 27
Average Stack: 11 million
Earning $4,087
28 – Satish Surapaneni
29 – Kenneth Harding
30 – Benjamin Beahm
31 – Robert Hover
32 – Michael Stucchio
33 – Michael Amato
34 – John Forlenza
Satish Surapaneni jammed for ~4 million and got called by Guo Cheng. Satish had pocket Kings and was ahead of Guo’s AQ, but an Ace on the flop spelled the end for Satish. He finished 28th for $4,087. Guo chipped up to ~10 million.
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Level 31: Blinds 120,000/240,000/40,000 ante
Total Entries: 2,967
Players Remaining: 34
Average Stack: 8.7 million
Three players were lost in early action.
Semyon Savransky was first to go in 37th place ($3,454).
Right on his heels, Maurice Hawkins got all-in holding K6 against Oleksandr Vikhtiuk’s AJ. The board came A K 3 J 2 and Oleksandr took the pot. Maurice got 36th place and $4,087.
Next to go was Luis Rodriguez, who finished 35th for $4,087. In a three-way pre-flop all-in, he had against Kenneth Golden’s
and Sathwik Narayan’s
. The board came
and Sathwik took the main pot with his pair of Queens. Kenneth got the small side pot and Luis hit the rail.