Event 1 (Day 3)
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Structure Sheet
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack: 9.2 million
Mikhaile Richards
In a battle of the blinds, Mikhaile Richards moved in from the small and A. Nonymous looked her up from the big. Her A2 was barely ahead of his KQ, but he caught a Queen on the board to take the last of her chips.
Mikhaile finished 7th, earning $38,011. This is only her seventh reported tournament cash and is more than triple her total reported earnings.
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Structure Sheet
Level 34: Blinds 150,000/300,000/300,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 7.8 million
Alex Rocha
Mikhaile Richards opened for 650,000, got a flat from chip leader Yan Wang, and Alex Rocha came along from the big blind.
Three players to the flop of 
and they checked around. The 
paired the board on the turn and it was checked around again.
When the 
hit the river, Alex studied Mikhaile for a bit before plopping out a bet of 1.6 million. She thought for a few seconds, then called. Yan Wang opted out.
Alex tabled 
for ducks-full and Mikhaile mucked her hand. She was left with about 1.5 million after that hand.
Alex is climbing again, close to 9 million.
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Structure Sheet
Level 33: Blinds 150,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack: 7.8 million
Michael Miller
Michael Miller moved in from the middle and Yan Wang (hijack) moved in over the top with his big stack (he doubled up through Alex Rocha a few minutes before).
Yan Wang
Everyone else got out of the pot. Michael tabled 
and Yan was behind with 
, but the board brought 
to give Yan yet another pot. He’s now playing about 18 million and in the chip lead.
Michael Miller hit the rail in 8th place, earning $27,644.
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Structure Sheet
Level 33: Blinds 150,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 6.8 million
Gary Gelman
Yan Wang opened from the button only to have Gary Gelman (bb) shove the last of his chips. Yan called with pocket 7s and was racing against Gary’s AK.
Yan flopped a set, turned a boat, and sank Gary’s big slick. Yan’s up to about 8 million.
Gary busted out in 9th place, earning $20,157.
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Structure Sheet
Level 33: Blinds 150,000/250,000/250,000 BB Ante (levels are now 60 minutes long)
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 6.1 million
Kick-Off players are back from another break and play has resumed. Here are the chip counts as of the break.
| Seat | Player | Chips | Bbs |
| 1 | Yan Wang | 5,675,000 | 23 |
| 2 | George Grabe | 5,750,000 | 23 |
| 3 | Gary Gelman | 2,225,000 | 9 |
| 4 | Dominick Sannino | 6,875,000 | 28 |
| 5 | Alex Rocha | 13,025,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Paul Vacchio | 12,325,000 | 49 |
| 7 | Mikhaile Richards | 2,225,000 | 9 |
| 8 | A. Nonymous | 5,075,000 | 20 |
| 9 | Michael Miller | 1,800,000 | 7 |
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Structure Sheet
Level 32: Blinds 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 6.1 million
Ryan Barnhard
Yan Wang opened for 400,000, Paul Vacchio flatted from the button, then Ryan Barnhard jammed for 2,875,000 from the big blind. Yan folded (pocket 9s) and Paul called, tabling pocket Kings. He was crushing Ryan’s pocket Queens.
The board came T T 7 6 6 and the Kings took it. Paul’s now up to ~12 million.
Ryan busted out in 10th place earning $13,246.
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Structure Sheet
Level 32: Blinds 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 10
Average Stack: 5.5 million
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- Mikhaile Richards
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- Alex Rocha
Mikhaile Richards (bb) and Alex Rocha (button) were on the river with a board reading 
. Mikhaile bet 1.6 million and after a bit of chip shuffling, Alex tossed in a chip to signal the call.
She tabled 
for a pair of 8s. Alex rolled over 
for the bigger pair to take the pot. He’s up to ~13 million. She was left with ~2.3 million.
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Structure Sheet
Level 32: Blinds 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 10
Average Stack: 5.5 million
Gene Shuster
Alex Rocha opened for 450,000 and Gene Shuster moved in for 1.9 million total. After giving it some thought, Alex called with T9 suited. Gene’s AK suited was ahead, but Alex flopped two 9’s for trips to take the pot. He’s up to ~8.5 million.
Gene finished in 11th place, earning $13,246.
The remaining ten players drew seats and moved to the final table.
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Structure Sheet
Level 32: Blinds 100,000/200,000/200,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 11
Average Stack: 5 million
Shaun O’Donnell
Shaun O’Donnell jammed from the button holding QJ, but ran into Paul Vacchio’s AJ in the big blind. The AJ held and Paul’s big stack got bigger — he’s up to more than 9 million.
Shaun reported to the rail in 12th place, earning $13,246.
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Structure Sheet
Level 31: Blinds 80,000/150,000/150,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 2,199
Players Remaining: 12
Average Stack: 4.6 million
Steven Sarmiento
Mikhaile Richards opened under-the-gun for 350,000, then Dominick Sannino 3-bet to 850,000 on her left.
Action folded around to Steven Sarmiento in the small blind, who jammed for 3.13 million. Mikhaile gave it some thought, then folded what she later said was pocket Queens.
Dominick got up, frustrated, muttering, “I know he’s got Aces.” He finally called, thinking he was covered, and showed his . Sure enough, Steven tabled 
and was ahead.
Then the board came a crushing 
, giving Steven a set of Aces on the flop, but giving Dominick a heart flush on the river with his .
Dominick’s stack was counted down and he had 3.15 million, covering Steven by just 20,000 chips. He doubled to nearly 7 million chips.
Steven busted out in 13th place, earning $8,639.