The Final Day of Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em.
The final day is set to begin today at 12 p.m. local time in the Amazon room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. There are eight remaining players and they will play until there is one person standing with each player is guaranteed a payout of $28,782. They will be battling for the first-place prize of $313,403 and the highly desired World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
On Day 1, there was a total of 1,450 entries and featured huge names in the poker world such as Ryan Riess, Jeff Gross, Kitty Kuo, Adrian Mateos, Jason Somerville, Vanessa Kade, and Kevin Martin. There were 218 players to cash but only 96 of them bagged chips for Day 2.
On Day 2 they started with 96 players and 12 hours later only eight remained. Jeremy Malod had the chip lead at the end of the night when he eliminated two players back-to-back.
Day 3 is guaranteed to be an exciting one, Malod (7,570,000) leads the remaining players with 76 big blinds and Jon Baylor (2,130,000) is the short stack with 21 big blinds. All eight players have plenty of room to play and it is anyone’s game as they say. There will be an unofficial final table redraw at seven players, after just one elimination. Based on the solid play seen yesterday, today is anticipated to go for several hours until a winner is crowned.
They will play 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. The dinner break is to be determined. They are starting at level 28 at 50,000/100,000 blinds and 100,000 big blind ante.
Join us for what should be an epic conclusion to this tournament as the PokerNews team will be on hand to bring you all the action.
Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed NLHE Final Day Seat Draw & Chip Counts
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 1 | 2 | Ryan Andrada | United States | 4,495,000 | 45 |
| Amazon | 1 | 3 | Ryan Pedigo | United States | 4,270,000 | 43 |
| Amazon | 1 | 4 | Jeremy Malod | France | 7,570,000 | 76 |
| Amazon | 1 | 6 | Jesse Yaginuma | United States | 5,415,000 | 54 |
| Amazon | 2 | 1 | Jon Baylor | United States | 2,130,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 2 | 3 | Bradley Jansen | United States | 6,075,000 | 61 |
| Amazon | 2 | 5 | Sean Hegarty | United States | 3,450,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 2 | 6 | Mark Liedtke | United States | 2,950,000 | 30 |
on the board, Jon Baylor checked from the big blind. Bradley Jansen bet 100,000 from the next seat over and Baylor called. 
and Baylor checked again. Jansen shoved with Baylor covered. Baylor called and Jansen showed 
for kings and eights.
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river did not matter and Baylor was eliminated in eighth place.
. Malod made a continuation bet of 225,000. Yaginuma called, Jansen folded and Pedigo then jammed for 1,090,000. Malod tanked for a minute but let his hand go. Yaginuma asked for a count and shuffled his chips. He eventually made the call.
on the turn and the 
on the river. Pedigo got the double with trip eights.
on the board, Sean Hegarty checked from the under-the-gun position. Jesse Yaginuma bet 275,000 from the button and Hegarty called. 
and both players checked. The river was the 
for sixes full of eights and Hegarty's sent the losing hand into the muck.
. Pedigo checked to Jansen who dropped a big bet of 325,000 into the pot. It didn't take long for Pedigo to jam all-in for 1,900,000. 
. Jansen could not get there and Pedigo doubled again.
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