Alex Bilokur lost a coin flip with 
versus 
to hit the rail whereas Victor Ramdin has been building up a nice stack in the last few levels on the same table. Also out: Andrew Hulme.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,000 | 10,800 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
We noticed the 
flop and Gualter Salles as well as his opponent got their chips in through a betting war. Salles turned over 
but it was no good against the 
of his opponent. After the 
turn and the 
river, the chips were counted and the Brazilian had only 6,000 - covered by about 500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
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The tournament staff has just announced the official prize pool and payouts for Event #44. The total number of entries was 1,914, creating a prize pool $2,583,900. There will be 198 places paid with our champion earning $478,102. A min-cash will take home $2,919 and reaching the final table will have you walking away with no less than $35,063.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $478,102 |
| 2 | $295,727 |
| 3 | $204,464 |
| 4 | $147,463 |
| 5 | 107,800 |
| 6 | $79,842 |
| 7 | $59,920 |
| 8 | $45,554 |
| 9 | $35,063 |
| 10-12 | $27,337 |
| 13-15 | $21,575 |
| 16-18 | $17,234 |
| 19-27 | $13,953 |
| 28-36 | $11,420 |
| 37-45 | $9,457 |
| 46-54 | $7,932 |
| 55-63 | $6,718 |
| 64-72 | $5,762 |
| 73-81 | $5,012 |
| 82-90 | $4,392 |
| 91-99 | $3,927 |
| 100-126 | $3,514 |
| 127-162 | $3,178 |
| 163-198 | $2,919 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
45,000 | 17,500 |
|
29,000 | 8,000 |
|
20,000 | 75 |
|
19,500 | 19,500 |
|
14,000 | -3,500 |
|
10,000 | 10,000 |
|
5,800 | -3,700 |
|
5,000 | -2,400 |
There was a raise and a call before Athanasios Polychonopoulos moved all in with 
. He got called by 
and improved on the 
board and his Asian opponent joked "Oh man, can't bust a pro yet. How can an Asian lose a flip?" They both laughed, Polychonopoulos could need a few double ups still though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,900 |
We arrived at the table as Victor Ramdin had an all in chip in front of him and his stack being counted. Ramdin had 
and caught an ace on the river of a 
board. His opponent had made the call with 
and was pushing a healthy stack of chips towards Ramdin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,200 | 10,900 |
Thomas Muehloecker was sitting on the button and made a raise to 650. Erik Seidel had paid the big blind and put his tournament life at risk when he pushed his smaller stack all in. Muehloecker made a quick call.
Muhloecker: 
Seidel: 
Seidel had two overcards and a good chance of catching up to Muehloecker's pocket pair. The dealer spread out 
for the flop and then flipped over 
and 
for the turn and river. The small pair held and Seidel has met his end in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,800 | 15,800 |
|
Busted |
Ravi Raghavan raised to 700 and then four-bet shoved after an opponent three-bet to 1,800. He was at risk for approximately 6,000 chips and had a coin flip with 
versus . The board ran out 
and the opponent made a full house to send the WPT champion to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Loni Harwood is enjoying the company of quite a few chips early in level seven of approximately double the average. Until the 
river, there were already more than 5,500 in the pot and Harwood bet 3,200. Her opponent called and Harwood flipped over 
for trip 10s as winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 | 15,900 |
