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 K
7
3
3
9
. 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 Q
8
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 Q
4
. Wheeler had her dominated with Q
J
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
Level 23 Update: Eric Froehlich Out 9th, Alex Queen Out 8th
Jun 05, '13
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000-30,000
Players Remaining: 7 out of 645
Average Chip Count: 414,643
Chip Counts:
Seat 2: Grayson Scoggin – 495,000
Seat 3: Williams James – 350,000
Seat 4: Brian Nichols – 270,000
Seat 5: Chiduziem Obi – 220,000
Seat 6: Malissia Zapata – 385,000
Seat 8: Brent Wheeler – 450,000
Seat 9: Mark Mierkalns – 765,000
Players Eliminated:
9th: Eric Froehlich – $14,585
8th: Alex Queen – $18,703
Live Updates:

Eric Froehlich
Eric Froehlich Eliminated in Ninth Place ($14,585)
Malissia Zapata raised on the button preflop and Eric Froehlich called all in for 11,000. Brent Wheeler called on the big blind and the two live players checked down a board that was dealt K
J
9
8
K
. The three players then tabled their hands.
Wheeler; Q
9
Zapata: A
Q
Froehlich: A
7
Wheeler won the hand with two pair to grow his stack to 450,000 and Froehlich was eliminated in ninth place.
Alex Queen Eliminated in Eighth Place ($18,703)
Brent Wheeler raised preflop and Alex Queen reraised. Wheeler reraised once more and Queen capped the preflop betting with one last raise. Wheeler called and the flop was dealt K
10
6
.
Queen moved all in and Wheeler called with K
Q
. Queen flipped over A
K
and the turn and river fell 9
Q
. Wheeler won the hand with two pair and Queen was eliminated in eighth place.
Player Tags: Eric Froehlich, Malissia Zapata, Brent Wheeler, Alexander Queen