Event #75: $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) - $1 Million Guarantee | 2018 World Series of Poker

2018-07-15 19:25 UTC-7

Benjamin Zamani Eliminated in 22nd Place ($20,336)

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Richard Ali raised from the hijack and Ben Zamani called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Zamani checked, Ali jammed for about 800,000 effective, and Zamani called all in with , leading Ali's .

The turn and river completed the board, giving Ali kings and eights to eliminate Zamani.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Richard Ali	4,280,000	1,330,000
Benjamin Zamani	Eliminado

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2018-07-15 19:20 UTC-7

Jeff Siegal Eliminated in 23rd Place ($20,336)

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Jeff Siegal shoved from the hijack for just over a million and Richard Ali called from the big blind with a covering stack.

Jeff Siegal:
Richard Ali:

Ali had the preflop advantage and Siegal needed help from the deck to survive. The board ran out and Ali's queens held up for him to win the pot and end Siegal's run in this event.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Richard Ali	2,950,000	890,000
Jeff Siegal	Eliminado

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2018-07-15 19:10 UTC-7

[Removed:462] Eliminated in 24th Place ($20,336)

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

[Removed:462] ran ace-four into Benjamin Zamani's pocket kings and his stack suffered a devastating hit. Echinard shoved his last 150,000 shortly afterwards when he was in the hijack. Tristan Wade reshoved on the button and both players in the blinds released their hands.

Echinard showed and was up against . The board didn't rescue him and he left the tournament in 24th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tristan Wade	1,580,000	480,000
Benjamin Zamani	1,100,000	480,000
[Removed:462]	Eliminado

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2018-07-15 19:08 UTC-7

Will Givens Eliminated in 25th Place ($20,336)

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Will Givens raised all in from early position for about 650,000 and Tobias Peters isolated from the hijack with , leading Givens' .

The board ran out , no help to Givens, ending his tournament in 25th place for $20,336.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tobias Peters	1,470,000	620,000
Will Givens	Eliminado

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2018-07-15 19:04 UTC-7

Joshua Abady Eliminated in 26th Place ($20,336)

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Joshua Abady raised all in for about 1,100,000 from under the gun and Jimmy Poper isolated from the button with , leading Abady's .

The board ran out , no help to Abady, ending his tournament in 26th place for $20,336.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jimmy Poper	2,940,000	640,000
Joshua Abady	Eliminado

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2018-07-15 19:01 UTC-7

Redraw with 26 Players Left

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Seat	Table 421	Table 422	Table 423
1	Brayden Gazlay	Nishant Sharma	Joe Cada
2	Mark Babekov	-- empty --	Richard Cox
3	Leif Force	[Removed:462]	Paawan Bansal
4	Will Givens	Joshua Abady	Jeff Siegal
5	Martin Finger	Benjamin Zamani	Avery Bass
6	Joshua Turner	Tristan Wade	Chris Conrad
7	Tobias Peters	Jeffrey Tanouye	Thi Nguyen
8	Eric Afriat	Richard Ali	Jonas Lauck
9	Sam Simmons	Jimmy Poper	Andrew Hedley

2018-07-15 18:54 UTC-7

Eliminated in 28th-36th Place ($16,392)

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Nível 31 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jonathan Tamayo	Eliminado
Scott Horvath	Eliminado
Andrew Brokos	Eliminado
Jerry Robinson	Eliminado
Jared Hamby	Eliminado
Haixia Zhang	Eliminado
Martin Jacobson	Eliminado
Erik Lemarquand	Eliminado
Allen Kessler	Eliminado

Nível: 31

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 15,000

2018-07-15 18:45 UTC-7

15-Minute Break

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Nível 30 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Players have been sent on a 15-minute break. When they come back, they will immediately redraw for the last three tables.

2018-07-15 18:44 UTC-7

Afriat Eliminates Shao Before Break

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Nível 30 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Eric Afriat made it 175,000 in the cutoff and button Bob Shao three-bet for about three-quarters of his stack. Afriat moved all in and Shao stalled for a bit to secure a pay jump. Jonathan Tamayo busted in the meantime and Shao then made the call.

Afriat:
Shao:

The board of shipped the big pot to Afriat while Shao walked away in 27th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Eric Afriat	4,260,000	2,930,000
Bob Shao	Eliminado

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