Event 10 (Day 3)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 39: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000/2,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 3
Raj Desai
The massive 3,508 entry Almighty Stack field was down to the final three players. They began to discuss an adjusted payout agreement.
The stacks were counted down and it didn’t take long for the players to shake hands and agree on a deal.
(L to R) Thomas Larson, Chris Tryba, Raj Desai (Seated)
Raj Desai who was holding the chip lead at the time of the deal will take first earning $175,429 along with his very first Borgata Winter Poker Open trophy.
Thomas Larson is our Almighty Stack runner-up earning $163,101 for his second place finish and Chris Tryba will take home $145,822 for his third place finish.
Below is a look at the chip counts at the time of the deal along with the adjusted tournament payouts and full final table results.
1. Raj Desai- 170,100,000 ($175,429+BWPO Trophy)
2. Thomas Larson- 121,000,000 ($163,101)
3. Chris Tryba- 60,300,000 ($145,822)
4. Maor Cohen ($83,766)
5. Shuntak Yeung ($68,055)
6. Tony Najjar ($52,403)
7. Keith Molinaro ($37,430)
8. Ryan Hohner ($25,861)
9. Joe Gay ($17,014)
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 39: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000/2,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 3
Maor Cohen
Chris Tryba moved all in from the button and Maor Cohen put his last 24,000,000 in from the small blind.
Chris Tryba: 
Maor Cohen: 
The dealer fanned the 
flop and Cohen maintained the lead. The 
hit the turn and Tryba paired his queen to take control of the hand.
The river 
was no help to Cohen and he was sent to the rail in 4th place earning $83,776 for his efforts.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 39: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000/2,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 4
Shuntak Yeung
Shuntak Yeung and Thomas Larson went heads up to the 
and Larson led out with a bet. Yeung moved all in for about 24,000,000 and Larson snap called putting Yeung at risk.
Larson showed 
for two pair and Yeung would need to improve holding an open ended straight draw with 
.
The turn 
and river 
were no help to Yeung and he was eliminated in 5th place earning $68,055 for his efforts.
Thomas Larson- 120,000,000
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 39: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000/2,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 5
Tony Najjar
Tony Najjar moved all in for about 20,000,000 from the cutoff and Chris Tryba re-shoved for about 25,000,000 from the button. The blinds quickly folded and the cards were shown.
Chris Tryba: 
Tony Najjar: 
The board ran out 
and Tryba improved to a full house to score the knockout. Najjar is our 6th place Almighty Stack finisher and will take home $52,403 for his efforts.
Chris Tryba- 50,000,000
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 39: Blinds 1,000,000/2,000,000/2,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 6
Keith Molinaro
Thomas Larson raised to 5,000,000 and Tony Najjar called from the small blind. Keith Molinaro moved all in from the big blind for 12,100,000 and Larson re-shoved all in for about 70,000,000.
Najjar quickly folded and the hands were shown.
Thomas Larson: 
Keith Molinaro: 
The board ran out clean for Larson 
and Molinaro was eliminated in 7th place earning $37,430 for his efforts.
Thomas Larson- 92,000,000
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000/1,600,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 50,100,000
Ryan Hohner
The action folded to Ryan Hohner in the cutoff and he moved all in for 11,000,000. Tony Najjar re-shoved for about 20,000,000 and the rest of table folded.
Hohner showed 
but he was dominated by Najjar’s 
. The board ran out 
and Najjar paired his king to score the knockout.
Hohner will take home $25,861 for his 8th place Almighty Stack Finish.
Tony Najjar- 35,000,000
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 38: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000/1,600,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 43,900,000
Raj Desai
The Almighty Stack players have returned from dinner and Raj Desai picked up right where he left off. Desai is now up to 138,000,000 and he is playing more than half the chips in play with eight players left in the hunt.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Returning to Level 38: Blinds 800,000/1,600,000/1,600,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 43.9 million
The final 8 players are off on a one hour dinner break. Play will resume at 7:40pm.
Here are the chip counts by seat:
| SEAT | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | CHIPS | Bbs |
| 1 | THOMAS | LARSON | 85,300,000 | 53 |
| 2 | SHUNTAK | YEUNG | 44,700,000 | 28 |
| 3 | RYAN | HOHNER | 10,900,000 | 7 |
| 4 | TONY | NAJJAR | 18,300,000 | 11 |
| 5 | KEITH | MOLINARO | 25,100,000 | 16 |
| 6 | CHRIS | TRYBA | 33,500,000 | 21 |
| 7 | MAOR | COHEN | 16,300,000 | 10 |
| 8 | RAJESH | DESAI | 115,000,000 | 72 |
and here they are sorted by chip counts:
| SEAT | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | CHIPS | Bbs |
| 8 | RAJESH | DESAI | 115,000,000 | 72 |
| 1 | THOMAS | LARSON | 85,300,000 | 53 |
| 2 | SHUNTAK | YEUNG | 44,700,000 | 28 |
| 6 | CHRIS | TRYBA | 33,500,000 | 21 |
| 5 | KEITH | MOLINARO | 25,100,000 | 16 |
| 4 | TONY | NAJJAR | 18,300,000 | 11 |
| 7 | MAOR | COHEN | 16,300,000 | 10 |
| 3 | RYAN | HOHNER | 10,900,000 | 7 |
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 37: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000/1,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 43.9 million
Joe Gay
Joe Gay jammed his last 7 million (7 big blinds) with JT only to run into Shuntak Yeung’s pocket Aces. The Aces held and Shuntak took the pot, chipping up to ~41,200.
Joe busted out in 9th place, earning $17,014.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 37: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000/1,000,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 3,508
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 39 million
Anonymous
The Anonymous player busted out in 10th place earning $10,889.
The final nine are settling in for some serious poker now.