Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 1 out of 1,629

Players Eliminated:

4th: Sergey Rybachenko – $81,720
3rd: Yueqi Zhu – $113,358
2nd: Benjamin Reason – $172,252

Live Updates:

Sergey Rybachenko Eliminated in Fourth Place ($81,720)

Sergey Rybachenko raised to 80,000 under the gun and Michael Gathy raised to 175,000. Rybachenko reraised all in for 700,000 and Gathy called. The two players then revealed their cards.

Gathy: AJ
Rybachenko: Q10

Board: K9468

Rybachenko was eliminated in fourth place and Gathy increased his chip lead to 3.2 million.

Yueqi Zhu Eliminated in Third Place ($113,358)

Michael Gathy raised to 85,000 and Yueqi Zhu called. The flop was dealt K96 and Gathy bet 90,000. Zhu raised all in and Gathy called. The two players then flipped over their hands.

Gathy: K5
Zhu: 109

Turn and River: 32

Zhu was eliminated in third place and Gathy won the hand to take a lead of 3.9 million into a heads-up final against Benjamin Reason (1,000,000).

Michael Gathy Wins Event No. 34 ($278,613) — Benjamin Reason Eliminated in Second Place ($172,252)

Benjamin Reason raised to 80,000 preflop on the button and Michael Gathy reraised to 180,000. Reason four-bet all-in for 905,000 and Gathy called. The two final players then flipped over their cards one last time.

Gathy: A9
Reason: KJ

Board: 9839A

Gathy won the pot and the tournament with trip nines. Reason was eliminated in second place and took home $172,252. Gathy won a gold bracelet and was awarded the top prize worth $278,613.

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Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 1,629

Average Chip Count: 977,400

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Michael Gathy – 2,500,000
Seat 3: Yueqi Zhu – 728,000
Seat 6: Benjamin Reason – 524,000
Seat 7: Daniel Bishop – 805,000
Seat 8: Sergey Rybachenko – 800,000

Players Eliminated:

7th: Jake Cody – $33,456
6th: Jason Duval – $44,422

Live Updates:

Jake Cody Eliminated in Seventh Place ($33,456)

Jason Duval raised to 50,000 preflop and Jake Cody reraised all in for 417,000. Michael Gathy reraised all in over the top of Cody. Duval folded and Cody called. The two remaining players then tabled their hands.

Gathy: 1010
Cody: AJ

Board: 964QQ

Gathy won the hand with his pocket tens and grew his stack over a million. Cody was eliminated in seventh place.

Jason Duval Eliminated in Sixth Place ($44,422)

In a battle of the blinds, Jason Duval moved all in preflop and Benjamin Reason called right behind him. The two players then revealed their hands.

Reason: QQ
Duval: Q8

Board: KJ7610

Reason won the hand with pocket queens and he grew his stack to 760,000. Duval was eliminated in sixth place.

The final table of Event No. 34 ($1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

With the elimination of Victor Figueroa in tenth place ($15,525), the nine-handed final table is now set. Play will begins in Level 22 with blinds of 8,000-16,000 with a 2,000 ante, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up:

Seat 1: Michael Gathy – 522,000
Seat 2: Noah Vaillancourt – 175,000
Seat 3: Yueqi Zhu – 455,000
Seat 4: Jason Duval – 630,000
Seat 5: Russell Crane – 308,000
Seat 6: Benjamin Reason – 412,000
Seat 7: Daniel Bishop – 1,200,000
Seat 8: Sergey Rybachenko – 365,000
Seat 9: Jake Cody – 580,000

While only 9 remain, this event attracted a field of 1,629 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,466,100, and the top 171 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

1st Place: $278,613
2nd Place: $172,252
3rd Place: $113,358
4th Place: $81,720
5th Place: $59,816
6th Place: $44,422
7th Place: $33,456
8th Place: $25,539
9th Place: $19,748

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.