$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’emLevel 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante 48455p
Oneil McCalla was down to 110,000 as he got it all in preflop with against the
of Benjamin Zamani. The board came
, and the pocket queens held up for Zamani to win the pot and eliminate McCalla in 27th place.
Benjamin Zamani – 2,100,000 (26 bb)
Oneil McCalla – Eliminated in 27th Place ($5,443)
There was a complete redraw for the final three tables; here are their new seats along with their approximate chip counts as the blinds increased to 40K-80K:
TABLE 8
Seat 1. Mike Beasley – 1,350,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2. Michael “Zombie” Tufaru – 1,950,000 (24 bb)
Seat 3. Zo Karim – 1,665,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4. Manfred Rosenow – 875,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5. Rafael Reis – 2,860,000 (35 bb)
Seat 6. Erik Christensen – 1,415,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7. George Dolofan – 1,300,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8. Robert Georato – 700,000 (8 bb)
Seat 9. Michael “Turtle” Dunn – 1,975,000 (24 bb)
TABLE 15
Seat 1. Steven Constantino – 1,100,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2. Leonard Benitez – 1,375,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3. Richard Zipes – 1,875,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4. Steven Cohen – 1,300,000 (16 bb)
Seat 5. David Hass – 1,000,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6. Steven McKoy – 2,175,000 (27 bb)
Seat 7. Matt Lessor – 550,000 (6 bb)
Seat 8. Gil Barrett – 1,240,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9. Sam Mallard – 1,075,000 (13 bb)
TABLE 16
Seat 1.
Seat 2. Moe Maghraoui – 650,000 (8 bb)
Seat 3. Adil Khan – 3,000,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4. Cory Zeidman – 1,850,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5. Stewart Newman – 2,025,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6. Kyle Sorel – 6,400,000 (80 bb)
Seat 7. Bradley Hinson – 2,900,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8. Sam Panzica – 5,300,000 (66 bb)
Seat 9. Benjamin Zamani – 2,100,000 (26 bb)
If you look closely, you’ll notice that only one player on Tables 8 and 15 has more than 2 million in chips (Rafael Reis), while Table 16 has six — chipleader Kyle Sorel (6.4M), Sam Panzica (5.3M), Adil Khan (3.0M), Bradley Hinson (2.9M), Benjamin Zamani (2.1M), and Stewart Newman (2.0M).
Just another reminder that “random” doesn’t mean “balanced.”