Level: 26

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

Players Remaining: 1 out of 2,100

Players Eliminated:

3rd: Chris DeMaci – $149,281
2nd: Denis Gnidash – $214,760

Live Updates:

Chris DeMaci Eliminated in Third Place ($149,281)

Chris DeMaci raised all in and Szecsi called. The two players then revealed their hands. Szecsi held KK and DeMaci would need help with A10 in the hole. The board changed nothing and DeMaci was eliminated in third place. Szecsi held the chip lead with 3.8 million at the start of heads-up play with Denis Gnidash (2.5 million).

Norbert Szecsi Wins Event No. 42 ($345,037) — Denis Gnidash Eliminated in Second Place ($214,760)

Norbert Szecsi raised to 80,000 preflop and Denis Gnidash reraised to 205,000. Szecsi called and the flop fell A109. Gnidash bet 225,000 and Szecsi called. The 3 followed on the turn.

Gnidash checked and Szecsi bet 340,000. Gnidash called and the 6 was delivered on the river. Gnidash checked, Szecsi moved all in, and Gnidash called off the last of his stack with AQ. Szecsi held A10 and won the pot and the tournament with two pair, aces and tens.

Gnidash was eliminated in second place and took home $214,760 in prize money. Szecsi was the champion and in addition to the gold bracelet he captured the top prize worth $345,037.

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Level: 24

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

Players Remaining: 6 out of 2,100

Average Chip Count: 1,050,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Denis Gnidash – 1,150,000
Seat 2: Rory Mathews – 960,000
Seat 3: Kirby Martin – 2,060,000
Seat 5: Chris DeMaci – 400,000
Seat 7: Bryce Landier – 1,300,000
Seat 8: Norbert Szecsi – 525,000

Players Eliminated:

7th: Ariel Celestino – $43,564

Live Updates:

Ariel Celestino Eliminated in Seventh Place ($43,564)

Ariel Celestino raised all in on the cutoff for 234,000 and Bryce Landier called on the button. The two players then tabled their hands.

Landier: KK
Celestino: 33

Board: Q10585

Celestino was eliminated in seventh place and Landier won the hand to grow his stack to 1.3 million.

A Pair of Doubles

There were two double ups to end the level. First Denis Gnidash got all in with pocket tens against Norbert Szecsi, who held AJ. The board ran out K10584 and Gnidash doubled up to 880,000 thanks to a set.

Szecsi was down to 264,000 and he got those chips into the middle preflop a few hands later holding KQ. Rory Mathews held pocket sixes and the board hit 1088K10. Szecsi was above 500,000 after the hand and Mathews was just under a million.

The final table of Event No. 42 ($1,000 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 Daniel Neilson in tenth place ($19,939), 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: Denis Gnidash – 675,000
Seat 2: Rory Mathews – 808,000
Seat 3: Kirby Martin – 760,000
Seat 4: Jonathan Bennett – 464,000
Seat 5: Chris DeMaci – 612,000
Seat 6: Ariel Celestino – 1,102,000
Seat 7: Bryce Landier – 495,000
Seat 8: Norbert Szecsi – 510,000
Seat 9: Dana Buck – 869,000

While only 9 remain, this event attracted a field of 2,100 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,890,000, and the top 216 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

1st Place: $345,037
2nd Place: $214,760
3rd Place: $149,281
4th Place: $107,512
5th Place: $78,576
6th Place: $58,126
7th Place: $43,564
8th Place: $33,065
9th Place: $25,392

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