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Buy-In: $1,100
Prize Pool: $663,000
Entrants: 527

$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em

  • Oct 11, '14 - Oct 15, '14
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Updates on Final Day (Oct 15, 14)

 
 

Chip Counts After Hale's Elimiantion

Rank Player Chip Count/Payout($)
1 Shan Jing 7,150,000
2 Amit Makhija 5,500,000
3 Adam Volen 4,750,000
4 Zaher Samaan 4,400,000
5 Josh Hale $32,765
6 Doug Suyemoto $25,535
7 Cody Shedd $19,900
8 John Apikian $15,455
9 Tim Cramer $11,610
 

Josh Hale Eliminated in 5th Place ($32,765)

Josh Hale

Josh Hale moved all-in for 1.5 million from the button and Zaher Samaan tanked from the big blind. A while later, Samaan counted out the chips for a call. Then, after a few more minutes of thought, Samaan called.

Hale turned over AHeart Suit5Diamond Suit and Samaan had him dominated with AClub Suit10Club Suit.

The board ran 6Spade SuitKDiamond Suit6Diamond Suit6Club SuitKSpade Suit and players chopped the pot.

The following hand, Hale moved all-in again for 1.6 million. This time Shan Jing called instantly from the big blind.

Hale had JSpade Suit10Spade Suit and Jing showed ADiamond SuitKDiamond Suit.

The 2Club Suit10Heart Suit3Diamond Suit flop put Hale in the lead but then an AClub Suit came on the turn to give Jing a pair of aces.

A 7Diamond Suit completed the board and the final table shrank for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half hours.

Hale was eliminated in 5th place and won $32,765.

Player Tags: Zaher Samaan,   Shan Jing
 

Blinds Up!

Blinds have increased to 75,000 – 150,000 with an ante of 25,000.

 

Hale Rockets to a Double

Josh Hale

Adam Volen raised to 255,000 and Josh Hale moved all-in for 1.1 million. Volen called with 8Diamond Suit8Heart Suit but Hale was in the lead with had AClub SuitADiamond Suit.

Hale was in the lead and improved to a set when the board ran ASpade Suit7Club Suit4Diamond Suit3Heart Suit6Heart Suit.

Hale doubled to about 2.3 million and his chances at the title stayed alive.

Player Tags: Adam Volen
 

Adam Has Aces

Adam Volen

Adam Volen picked up the ADiamond SuitAClub Suit and raised to 275,000.

He got called by Shan Jing with the 10Spade Suit9Spade Suit and Josh Hale with the 9Heart Suit8Heart Suit.

The flop brought the 7Spade Suit7Club Suit7Diamond Suit and all players checked.

The turn brought the 9Club Suit giving both Jing and Hale a lower full house than Volen.

Volen checked to Jing, who also checked. Hale bet 325,000 and both opponents called.

The river brought the KDiamond Suit and Volen bet 1,000,000. Jing went into the tank for quite a while before eventually folding. Hale made the call only to get the bad news. With that Volen secured a huge pot, taking the chip lead.

Player Tags: Adam Volen
 

Chip Counts At The Second Break

Rank Player Chip Count
1 Amit Makhija 5,800,000
2 Adam Volen 5,510,000
3 Zaher Samaan 4,060,000
4 Shan Jing 3,460,000
5 Josh Hale 2,660,000
6 Doug Suyemoto $25,535
7 Cody Shedd $19,900
8 John Apikian $15,455
9 Tim Cramer $11,610
 

Zaher Samaan Doubles Through Shan Jing

Zaher Samaar

Josh Hale raised to 200,000 under-the-gun before Zaher Samaan moved all in for 1.3 million from the button. Shan Jing was next to act in the small blind and went into the tank. After a few moments in the tank, Jing re-shoved all in for 5.8 million. Hale quickly mucked his hand and the cards were turned up.

Samaan tabled ASpade Suit10Club Suit and needed to find an ace against Samaan’s KClub SuitKDiamond Suit. The flop was ADiamond Suit6Club Suit5Heart Suit and Samaan vaulted into the lead. The turn was the JClub Suit and the river was the 8Club Suit to give Samaan a double up.

Samaan doubles up to 2.9 million while Jing slid to 4.5 million.

Player Tags: Zaher Samaan,   Shan Jing
 

Raise The Stakes!

The blinds have been raised to 50,000 – 100,000 with an ante of 10,000.

 

Shan Jing Doubles Up

Shan Jing

Shan Jing raised to 200,000 with the ASpade SuitAClub Suit and Josh Hale reraised to 410,000 with the KSpade Suit9Diamond Suit. Jing then clicked it back to Hale, making it 620,000.

After a flop of KDiamond SuitQDiamond Suit3Spade Suit Hale checked and Jing then all-in for 1.5 million and Hale called.

The turn brought the 10Club Suit and the river the 10Diamond Suit to secure a big double up for Jing, who increased his stack to 4.4 million. Hale fell to 3.9 million after the hand.

Player Tags: Shan Jing
 

Douglas Suyemoto Eliminated in 6th Place ($25,535)

Douglas Suyemoto

Douglas Suyemoto moved all in for 300,000 and is called by Adam Volen from the big blind. Suyemoto tabled JHeart Suit5Diamond Suit and is ahead of Volen’s 8Diamond Suit3Club Suit.

The flop was JSpade Suit10Diamond Suit7Diamond Suit and while Suyemoto paired his jack, Volen picked up a straight draw. The 9Heart Suit fell on the turn which left Suyemoto drawing dead as Volen hit his straight. The river was an irrelevant KSpade Suit and Suyemoto was eliminated in sixth place as Volen chipped up to 5.2 million.

Player Tags: Adam Volen,   Douglas Suyemoto
 
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