| Buy-In: | $2,500 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $3,134,950 |
| Entrants: | 1378 |
Anton Ionel Eliminated in 2nd Place ($428,140)
Anton Ionel began heads-up play with the chip lead, but Oleksii Kovalchuk quickly stole stole it after raising Ionel out of a 2 million pot. Kovalchuk then won another huge pot for 3 million after rivering a full house, taking a near 2:1 chip lead over Ionel at that point with 6.8 million to 3.5 million.
Kovalcheck then began to really put the pressure on and whittled Ionel down to just 1.5 million before he took his last stand with A
6
.
Kovalchuk button-raised to 150,000 Ionel moved all in for about 1,500,000 from the big blind and Kovalchuk called with 7
7.
The board came 9 7
5 10 10, giving Kovalchuk middle set on the flop and a full house on the river. Anton Ionel was eliminated in 2nd place ($428,140) while Oleksii Kovalchuk won Event #26, the the gold bracelet and the $689,739 grand prize.
Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 out of 1,378
Average Chip Count: 5,167,500
Chip Counts:
1. Anton Ionel – 6,425,000
2. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 3,875,000
Eliminations:
3rd. Chris Moorman – $271,800
Chris Moorman Eliminated in 3rd Place ($271,800)
With Dan O’Brien eliminated in 4th place, Chris Moorman entered the level as the short stack and quickly got it all in before the flop with K J against Oleksii Kovalchuk’s K 9,
The board came Q 10 5 7 J, giving Kovalchuk a straight on the river. Chris Mooorman was eliminated in 3rd place ($271,800) while Oleksii Kovalchuk took the chip lead going into heads-up play.
NOTE: With the elimination of Chris Moorman in 3rd place, Oleksii Kovalchuk took the chip lead going into heads-up play with 8 million to Anton Ionel’s 2.3 million.
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Ionel Doubles Up, Takes Chip Lead
Anton Ionel doubled up early heads-up play after getting it all in pre-flop with pocket eights against Oleksii Kovalchuk’s K – J. Kovalchuck bricked and Ionel ended up making a four card flush to double up to over 5.6 million, taking the chip lead for the first time this match.
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Blinds: 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 out of 1,378
Average Chip Count: 3,445,000
Chip Counts:
1. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 6,800,000
2. Anton Ionel – 2,400,000
3. Chris Moorman – 1,100,000
Eliminations:
4th. Dan O’Brien – $179,162
Dan O’Brien Eliminated in 4th Place ($179,162)
Dan O’Brien began the level as the short and couldn’t really get much going. In his final pot of evening, O’Brien raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Oleksii Kovalchuk called from the big blind.
The flop came K 5 5, Kovalchuk checked, O’Brien bet 70,000, Kovalchuk check-raised to 140,000, O’Brien three-bet to 250,000, Kovalchuk shoved and O’Brien called all in.
O’Brien turned over K Q for top pair against Kovalchuk’s 8 6 flush draw.
The turn and river were the 3 and the 9, giving Kovalchuk a flush on the turn. Dan O’Brien was eliminated in 4th place ($179,162).
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Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 out of 1,378
Average Chip Count: 2,578,100
Chip Counts:
1. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 3,750,000
2. Anton Ionel – 3,000,000
3. Chris Moorman – 1,700,000
4. Dan O’Brien – 1,115,000
Eliminations:
5th. Mazin Khoury – $121,416
6th. Anthony Ruberto – $84,549
Anthony Ruberto Eliminated in 6th Place ($84,549)
Anthony Ruberto came to the final table as the short stack and after a shaky start he was the first to go in 6th place. Anton Ionel opened the pot for 57,000, Anthony Ruberto reraised to 187,000 and Anton called.
The flop came 9 8 2, Anton checked, Ruberto bet 247,000, Ionel check-raised all in and Ruberto called all in.
Ruberto turned over K K for an overpair but Ionel showed 2 2 for bottom set.
The turn and river were the 9 and the 2, giving Ionel quads on the river. Anthony Ruberto was eliminated in 6th place ($84,549) while Ionel Anton moved up to 3.3 million in chips.
Mazin Khoury Eliminated in 5th Place ($121,416)
Anton Ionel raised to 57,000 before the flop, Mazin Khoury reraised all in and Ionel called.
Khoury turned over A Q and was behind Anton’s A A.
The board came K Q 7 10 10, no help to Mazin Khoury who was eliminated in 6th place ($121,416).
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NOTE: Play ended last night with 22 players and resumed today at 2:30pm. With the elimination of Will Failla in 7th place ($60,473), the official six-handed final table is now underway.
Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 out of 1,378
Average Chip Count: 1,722,500
Chip Counts:
1. Oleksii Kovalchuk – 4,700,000
2. Anton Ionel – 2,500,000
3. Dan O’Brien – 1,700,000
4. Chris Moorman – 1,150,000
5. Mazin Khoury – 520,000
6. Anthony Ruberto – 518,000
Payouts:
1st. $689,739
2nd. $428,140
3rd. $271,800
4th. $179,162
5th. $121,416
6th. $84,549
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Just 22 players remain in the $2,500 six-handed no-limit hold’em event. Leading the way is Anthony Ruberto, who is stacked with 1,550,000. His closest competitor is online superstar Chris Moorman, who has 1,210,000. Other notables still in contention include Anthony Lellouche, Timothy Finne, Dan O’Brien, Will Failla and Davidi Kitai.
All of the remaining players are now guaranteed $20,377, but everyone is gunning for the $689,739 first-place prize.
Here’s a look at the chip counts going into the final day:
| Rank | Player Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Anthony Ruberto | 1,550,000 |
| 2 | Chris Moorman | 1,210,000 |
| 3 | Anthony Lellouche | 844,000 |
| 4 | Christian Stricker Kohl | 530,000 |
| 5 | Michael Finstein | 524,000 |
| 6 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 509,000 |
| 7 | Timothy Finne | 458,000 |
| 8 | Dan O’Brien | 452,000 |
| 9 | Tyler Cornell | 443,000 |
| 10 | Jesse Cohen | 372,000 |
| 11 | Jesse James | 372,000 |
| 12 | Daniel Morgan | 352,000 |
| 13 | Will Failla | 345,000 |
| 14 | Rupert Elder | 342,000 |
| 15 | Samuel Grafton | 342,000 |
| 16 | Eric Hettinga | 328,000 |
| 17 | Christian Jeppsson | 315,000 |
| 18 | Peter Gilmore | 295,000 |
| 19 | Mazin Khoury | 256,000 |
| 20 | Davidi Kitai | 230,000 |
| 21 | Anton Ionel | 211,000 |
| 22 | Benjamin Pollak | 125,000 |
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