Thomas Kuess and his short-stacked opponent got their chips in preflop.
Opponent: A♠Q♣
Thomas Kuess: A♦K♥
The short stack was hoping for a chop when the board rolled A♥4♦5♠2♣ but it was no luck for them when the 4♣ fell off the deck, leaving Kuess's pair of aces just one pip better than his opponent's.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Middle position raised to 16,000 and Zackary Fogle shoved from the hijack for around 60,000. The button called, and all other players folded, leaving the players to go heads-up to the flop.
Zackary Fogle: 10♦10♣
Button: A♣J♣
Fogle was ahead, but the button had some outs when the flop came Q♣9♦3♥.
The 9♠ turn killed the chance of the Button's flush, and the button also missed on the 2♣ river, securing the double for Fogle.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
This event attracted a massive field of 5,263 players to generate a prize pool of $2,684,130 with 790 paid.
The min-cash for this event will be $1,200 and the eventual winner will take home $289,323.
| Place | Payout | Place | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $289,323 | 45-53 | $6,354 |
| 2 | $192,809 | 54-62 | $5,308 |
| 3 | $143,258 | 63-71 | $4,474 |
| 4 | $107,289 | 72-80 | $3,805 |
| 5 | $80,996 | 81-89 | $3,266 |
| 6 | $61,642 | 90-98 | $2,829 |
| 7 | $47,295 | 99-152 | $2,473 |
| 8 | $36,586 | 153-206 | $2,183 |
| 9 | $28,536 | 207-260 | $1,944 |
| 10-11 | $22,444 | 261-314 | $1,749 |
| 12-13 | $17,801 | 315-368 | $1,588 |
| 14-17 | $14,239 | 369-422 | $1,456 |
| 18-26 | $11,487 | 423-476 | $1,348 |
| 27-35 | $9,348 | 477-530 | $1,260 |
| 36-44 | $7,673 | 531-790 | $1,200 |
Just before the blinds increased, middle position raised to 16,000 and the cutoff re-raised to 50,000. Nolan Kido was on the button and moved all in for around 59,000. Both the blinds folded, middle position and the cuoff called, taking the players three-ways to the flop.
The board came 8♦10♥7♣ and middle position checked. The cutoff moved all in and middle position folded, leaving Kido and the cutoff to show their cards.
Nolan Kido: A♥A♣
Cutoff: J♥J♣
The cutoff was looking for a jack or the straight to come in but the 2♦ and 4♣ runout didn't bring anything in for them.
Kido secured the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 |
Dan Zogman raised to 25,000 from under the gun and the player in the big blind defended.
The flop came 7♥8♣3♦ and the big blind checked, who had roughly 50,000 behind.
Zogman bet enough to put the big blind all in, and after a moment of thought the big blind folded A♠K♦ face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 |
John Myung went all in for less than 80,000 in chips and, according to him, he hadn't won a flip in the last week and a half. James Rann on his left also went all in, covering but not by much.
John Myung: J♣J♦
James Rann: A♦K♣
The board was no help to Rann as it ran out 4♥3♦2♠7♦2♦ and Rann was left with a paltry stack as the bubble quickly approached.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | |
|
45,000 |
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Clint Wolcyn raised to 20,000 from under the gun and the Cutoff re-raised all but one chip, to around 50,000. As the bubble was approaching, Wolcyn tanked and eventually the clock was called.
Wolcyn made the call and the players flipped their cards.
Cutoff: A♠Q♣
Clint Wolcyn: 8♥8♠
The flop came 5♥2♦5♦ and the cutoff was still behind.
The 8♦ turn secured Wolcyn the pot and the opponent stood from the table as the J♣ was placed on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
218,000 |
Players went hand for hand during Level 18 and the clock was paused with 14-minutes left in the level.
The bubble burst and play resumed with 790 players securing themselves at least a $1,200 payout.
