Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
The floor have just announced the final prize pool and payout structure.
A total of 1,300 entrants ponied up the $2,500 buy-in, generating a final prize pool of $2,890,275. There will be 195 players that get paid, with a minimum payout of $5,010, but all remaining players will be eyeing up the top place prize of a cool $449,245 and the coveted WSOP Gold Bracelet.
Full payout structure as follows:
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $449,245 | 18-26 | $15,720 |
| 2 | $298,690 | 27-35 | $13,090 |
| 3 | $213,800 | 36-44 | $11,060 |
| 4 | $155,010 | 45-53 | $9,490 |
| 5 | $113,860 | 54-62 | $8,260 |
| 6 | $84,730 | 63-71 | $7,310 |
| 7 | $63,910 | 72-80 | $6,570 |
| 8 | $48,860 | 81-89 | $6,000 |
| 9 | $37,860 | 90-98 | $5,580 |
| 10-11 | $29,750 | 99-125 | $5,270 |
| 12-13 | $23,710 | 126-195 | $5,010 |
| 14-17 | $19,170 |
The action was picked up preflop when Nick Schulman went all in with his remaining stack of 19,000. Guilherme De Castro decided to call from the cutoff.
Nick Schulman: 9♦7♣
Guilherme De Castro: 10♥10♣
The dealer revealed the board 9♣A♥2♠8♣10♠. De Castro was already ahead, but the river sealed the win with a set of tens, sending Schulman to the rails.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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240,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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290,000
27,000
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27,000 |
|
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135,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
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102,000
52,000
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52,000 |
|
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90,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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89,000
51,000
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51,000 |
|
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85,000
85,000
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85,000 |
|
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75,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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57,000
57,000
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57,000 |
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55,000 | |
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29,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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Busted | |
The action was picked up on a completed board 3♦7♦3♣3♥4♣. Tomoki Terashima check-folded the bet of 7,000 from Danny Wong, while Olivier Arnault decided to make the call.
As soon as Wong flipped his cards A♥K♦, Arnault tossed his cards away. The entire pot moved towards Wong.
A few hands later Terashima got eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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53,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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Busted | |
Yuya Kita raised from early position to 8,000 only for Blas Torres to three-bet all in for 31,000 from middle position. Jesse Rockowitz also in middle position, flat called, and Kita got out of the way.
Blas Torres: A♦K♥
Jesse Rockowitz: Q♦Q♠
A safe runout for Rockowitz of 9♥7♣4♥2♠2♥ and his queens held to send Torres packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
195,000
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195,000 |
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82,000
82,000
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82,000 |
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Busted | |
Tyler Hirschfeld opened from middle position to 8,000. He got called by Leo Soma on the button and Ryan Dodd in the big blind. The flop showed 6♥3♦10♠.
Dodd decided to check-fold Hirschfield's bet of 12,000, and Soma also gave up. Hirschfield took all the chips from the middle of the table.
A few hands later, Dodd got eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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385,000
385,000
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385,000 |
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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Busted | |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Vitor Dzivielevski raised from early position to 8,000, and Romain Locquet made the call in the big blind. The flop was Q♠7♥7♠, and both players checked.
On the turn 3♣, Locquet bet out 18,000 and Dzivielevski called.
The river 4♠ had Locquet lead again for 24,000 after a long think tank, and Dzivielevski snapped in a call.
Locquet showed the 5♥4♣ for two pair, and Dzivielevski showed A♦Q♦ for the better two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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455,000
182,000
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182,000 |
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67,000
67,000
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67,000 |
With the pot at over 50,000, the flop read 4♦9♠5♥. Jeremy Dan had bet out for 12,000 only to face an all in raise from Alex Keating to 116,000. This sent Dan deep into the tank for 2-3 minutes before he decided to make the call.
Alex Keating: 9♣8♣
Jeremy Dan: K♣4♣
No help for Dan on the 6♥ turn nor the Q♠ river, and Keating was pushed the pot for a full double-up and some.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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282,000
282,000
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282,000 |
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43,000
43,000
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43,000 |