Level 25 Update: Chiduziem Obi Out 4th, Malissia Zapata Out 3rd
Jun 05, '13
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000-50,000
Players Remaining: 2 out of 645
Average Chip Count: 1,451,250
Chip Counts:
Seat 8: Brent Wheeler – 1,600,000
Seat 9: Mark Mierkalns – 1,325,000
Players Eliminated:
4th: Chiduziem Obi – $56,485
3rd: Malissia Zapata – $76,904
Live Updates:
Chiduziem Obi Eliminated in Fourth Place ($56,485)
Chiduziem Obi raised preflop and Mark Mierkalns reraised enough to put Obi all in with K
9 in the hole. Obi called with the Q
4
and the board was dealt K7339. Obi was eliminated on the hand in fourth place and Mierkalns was up to 1.3 million.
Malissia Zapata Doubles Twice
Malissia Zapata got the last of her chips in holding A-9 on a K-9-8 board and it was enough to top the 7-5 of Mark Meirkalns. Zapata was over 100,000 and she got the last of her chips in again a few hands later.
This time she held K-7 suited against the 10-2 suited of Mierkalns on a rainbow board that finished out A-K-2-3-6. After that hand she was up to 300,000 but was still in trouble with the big blind at 50,000.
Malissia Zapata Eliminated in Third Place ($79,604)
Malissia Zapata limped preflop and Brent Wheeler raised. Zapata called and the flop was dealt Q8
4. Zapata checked, Wheeler bet, and Zapata raised. Wheeler called and the turn fell J. Zapata bet, Wheeler raised, and Zapata called all in with Q4. Wheeler had her dominated with QJ and after the 5 fell on the river Zapata was eliminated in third place. Wheeler was up to 1.6 million to take a lead into a heads-up final against Mark Mierkalns (1,325,000).
Player Tags: Malissia Zapata, Brent Wheeler, Mark Mierkalns, Chiduziem Obi
