Rafael Maronyan - 1st place

On the turn with the board showing 6 3 7 Q , Wayne moved all in for 209K. Rafael went into the tank for a while. He had Wayne covered. After agonizing over the decision, he finally called. Wayne showed K 5 for the flush draw and gushot. Rafael was ahead with Q 9 for top pair. Wayne needed a club, 4, or King (15 outs, about 32%) but the river was the J and Rafael WINS!

	Wayne Chang - 2nd place

Rafael Maronyan finished in 1st place, earning $23,899.
Wayne Chang finished in 2nd place, earning $11,795.

	Robert Ozeran - 3rd place

Robert got all in with A3 against Wayne's J4. A Jack hit the board to give Wayne the lead and Robert couldn't catch up.

Robert Ozeran finished in 3rd place, earning $5,735.

Level 17: Blinds 6k/12k, with 2k antes. Play has resumed.

End of level 16 and they are coloring up the yellow 500 chips, then taking a break. Current chip counts:

Robert was all in for 81K against Wayne. Robert's KQ was ahead of Wayne's Q8. Board came Q 7 2 A T and Robert's King kicker played, doubling him up.

	Keith Helgevold - 4th place

Rafael got all in with pocket 8s against Vaughan's K7. Vaughan got no help on the board and was busted.

Vaughan Clarke finished in 5th place, earning $2,865.

Keith got all in with AT offsuit and was called by Robert who had pocket 3s. The board came K 6 7 Q Q and the treys held up, sending Keith home.

Keith Helgevold finished in 4th place, earning $3,825.

	Genefredo 'Freddy' Legaspi - 6th place

Freddy moved all in and was called by Wayne in the small blind. Freddy's A T was dominated by Wayne's A K . Board was 9 Q 4 7 7 and Wayne's AK took the pot.

Genefredo 'Freddy' Legaspi finished in 6th place, earning $2,230.

	Newton DeLeon - 7th place

Level 16: Blinds 4k/8k with 1,500 antes. Play continues.

Wayne moved in and Newton called from the button. Wayne's A T was ahead of Newton's A 9 . Board came J K J 8 2 and Wayne made the flush to send Newton packing.

Newton DeLeon finished in 7th place, earning $1,595.

	Van Tran - 8th place

Keith moved all in under-the-gun and it was folded all the way around to Wayne in the big blind, who called all in for 34,500, showing pocket Kings. Keith held AQ and was trailing. Board came 6 3 6 2 3 and Wayne doubled up.

On the next hand, Van moved all in from the button and was called by Wayne in the small blind. Van's pocket 7s were ahead of Wayne's AJ, but it was off to the races. Wayne smoked him in the race when not one, but two Aces hit the board and Wayne took the pot with trip Aces, sending Van home.

Van Tran finished in 8th place, earning $1,275.

Robert moved all in for 28K and Keith called from the button. Robert's pocket Jacks were ahead of Keith's pocket 4s, but he had to sweat the board as the cards came 7 2 3 5 7. The Jacks held up and Robert doubled up.

Level 15: Blinds 3k/6k with 1k antes. Play continues.

	Wenlong Jin - 9th place

Keith moved all in from the button and Oren called all-in from the small blind. Keith held AJ offusit and was ahead of Oren's Q J . Board came 6 K 6 4 A and Keith took the pot with Aces-up.

Oren Alkalay finished in 10th place, earning $795.

On the next hand, Wenlong moved all in from the cutoff and Keith called. Wenlong's J T was trailing Keith's K Q . Board came 2 J Q 2 6 and just like that, Keith had felted another player.

Wenlong Jin finished in 9th place, earning $955.

Final table chip counts:

Play has resumed.

Freddy raised to 10K preflop was was called by Kirk. On the flop of K 9 5 , Kirk moved all-in for 31,500. Freddy spent a couple of minutes thinking, then called. Kirk held K J for top pair. Freddy held Q J for the flush-draw and gutshot. It was over in an instant as the turn was the 4 giving Freddy the flush and leaving Kirk drawing dead. (River was 7 .)

Kirk Acevedo finished in 11th place, earning $795.

The final 10 are drawing seats and moving to the final table.

Jacob moved all in with AQ and ran smack into pocket Aces. Board was 3 9 3 7 5 and Jacob was busted.

11 players remain. The average is approaching 60,000.

Seat 6 got all in with QJ suited and was called by June, who held KT. The flop was a monster: A K T, giving June two pair, but giving seat 6 a straight. The last two cards changed nothing and June was busted.

June Terajima finished in 13th place, earning $635.

On table 12, Kirk Acevedo called an all-in, (23k) showing AQ offsuit. The short-stack held pocket Kings. Board came 3 6 2 6 T and the short-stack doubled up.

Level 14: Blinds 2k/4k with 500 antes. Play continues.

13 players remain. Average stack is about 50,500.

In a battle of the blinds, Vaughan Clarke (small) got all in against seat 2 (big). Vaughan's pocket Aces were a big favorite of the QT suited, but the flop brought bad news: both a Queen and a Ten, giving seat 2 two pair and the double-up. After that pot, Vaughan was down to about 95K and seat 2 was up to about 50K.

After a short-stack moved all-in, Carig called, showing K9. The short-stack held pocket Queens and when the board came J J 5 5 9, the short-stack doubled through Craig, leaving him the short stack.

Then Craig moved in his last 13,000 chips and was called by the big blind, who said "I've got your hand", showing K9. Craig held T 9 . The board came 2 J A J 5 and the King-high held up, sending Craig home.

	Kirk Acevedo

Level 13: Blinds 1,500/3,000 with 500 antes. Play has resumed. Here's the current leader-board:

End of level 12 and they are coloring up the black 100 chips, then taking ten. Here are the latest departures:

William Litchfield moved his last 10,900 in and Vaughan Clarke raised behind him to shut out the field. Heads-up, William showed A9 offsuit; Vaughan was ahead with pocket Jacks. The board came T Q 6 4 8 and the Jacks held up, sending William to the rail.

The final 18 players have moved to two tables.

Level 12: Blinds 1k/2k with 300 antes. Play continues.

23 players remain. Average stack is about 28,600.

Bedo Danayan moved all in under-the-gun and got called by the small blind, who held pocket Tens. Bedo's AQ needed help, but the board came 5 5 4 6 3 and the small blind took the pot.

Bedo Danayan finished in 24th place, earning $415.

Haytham Shamaoun finished in 23rd place, earning $415.

Robert Sinclair got his last chips in with pocket Queens and was called by the player on his left who held K9 offsuit. A King landed on the flop and that was all it took.

Robert Sinclair finished in 25th place, earning $415.

	Vaughan Clarke

Level 11: Blinds 800/1,600 with 200 antes. Play has resumed. Here's the leader-board as of the break:

The big story here is Vaughan Clarke, who was all-in for 4,900 chips and for his tournament life back in level 8, holding pocket Queens as a 4-to-1 dog to pocket Aces.  He caught a Queen on the turn to triple up and has never looked back.  Now he's the massive chip leader, with almost twice as many chips as the second place player. 

End of level 12 and players are on break.

On the last hand before the break. Alexi 'Speedy' Dimitrov got his last chips in with Q8 and was called by seat 1 who held A6. The board came 9 9 8 J J and although Alexi make a pair of 8s on the flop, his hand was counterfeited and his opponent's Ace-kicker played.

After Wenlong Jin raised, Kyle Gass moved his last chips in from the big blind, showing KJ. The Wenlong held T6 offsuit. Board came A Q 6 2 Q and the button made a pair of 6s to take the pot.

Kyle Gass is the official bubble-boy today, but walked away with 28th place and $415 thanks to the largess of the field.

The remaining players are drawing seats and moving to the final three tables.

The field has agreed to take $415 off 1st place to pay 28th place so that they don't have to play hand-for-hand, so back to regular play and all are in the money!

One more gone, so it is bubble-time, 28 players remain, and they are playing hand-for-hand.

Already down to 29 players, so it is double-bubble time.  Patrich Wachs is among those who have departed.

Level 10: Blinds 600/1,200 with 200 antes. Play continues.

Down to 36 players now - just 9 away from the money. Average stack is 18,250.

On a board of J T Q A 2 , Vaughan Clarke moved all in and was called by seat 2, who had the King for the straight, but Vaughan showed 7 6 for the runner-runner flush to take the pot. He said "you let me get there" because they had checked around on the turn. Vaughan doubled up, leaving seat 2 with just 200 chips.

On the next hand, seat 2 was all in for 100 (after anteing), then seat 7 moved all in for 4,700.  Patrick Wachs got the clock called on him and decided to call before his time ran out.  It turned out he was in the lead with K Q ; seat 7 held T 9  and seat 2 had K J .  Board came 7 5 A 3 3  and the KQ-high held up unimproved to take the pot and send two players packing.

Level 9: Blinds 400/800 with 100 antes. Play continues.

Table 13 is certainly hopping tonight! June Terajima busted an all-in player when he flopped a set of 8s to crack the short-stack's pocket 9s. Then in 3-way action, there were pocket Aces, pocket Queens, and AJ offsuit. The board came 9 3 7 Q 4 and Vaughan Clarke caught a set of Queens to triple up (to about 16K). The pocket Aces took the side pot and no one was busted on that hand. Tempers were flaring, however, and the floor had to issue a warning to the table.

On a flop of 6 A 7 Patrick Wachs moved all in for 13,500. After some thought, Wenlong Jin said "call". Patrick said "good call", but both players seemed reluctant to table their hands. As it turned out, it wasn't a good call. Neither player held a heart; Wenlong held 7 6 for bottom two pair; Patrick held A 6 for top and bottom pairs and the lead. Last two cards were K T and Patrick doubled through Wenlong (who is stil the chip leader, but down to about 40K).

Interesting to note that all three current and former chip leaders, June Terajima, Patrick Wachs, and Wenlong Jin have landed at table 13, which is the 'final' table.

Level 8: Blinds 300/600 with 100 antes. Play has resumed.

Wenlong Jin is still the chip leader and he has grown his stack to over 52,000 chips. The next largest stack I can find is in the 30K range.

End of level 7 and they are coloring up the green 25 chips and taking a break.

	Wenlong Jin

And just like that, Patrick Wachs is no longer the chip leader. He got into an all-in confrontation with Wenlong Jin, who held pocket Queens. Patrick's pocket Jacks were in trouble. Board came T 9 6 T A and Wenlong doubled up to over 40.000 chips to become the new chip leader.

	Patrick Wachs

Level 7: Blinds 200/400 with 75 antes. Play continues.

Patrick Wachs has exploded into the lead with about 43,000 chips.

Today's tournament seems to be more tense than the previous events. There have been a lot more floor calls requiring rulings and more calls for the clock. I don't know why this crowd is more tightly wound, but could it be because this is event # 13??

There was a big three-way over on table 8. Two players held AQ offsuit and the third was ahead with pocket 4s. Board came 7 5 3 J 4 and the 4s were good for the main pot. The two AQ's had to split the side pot.

Level 6: Blinds 150/300 with 50 antes. Play continues.

Down to 110 players now. Average stack is almost 6,000.

Jim Harrington and 'Taxi' Molina have motored on out of here, along with Chris 'Armenian Express' Grigorian.

Level 5: Blinds 100/200 with 25 antes. Play continues.

	June Terajima

Looks like June Terajima is the current chip leader with about 16,000 chips. 151 players remain. Average stack is about 4350.

Some other familiar faces in the crowd: Chris 'Armenian Express' Grigorian, who finished 3rd in event #3, Jim Harrington, who finished 2nd in Event #9, and Eulises 'Taxi' Molina, who has cashed four times already during this tournament series.

Level 4: Blinds 100/200. Play has resumed.

End of level 3 and players are taking 10.

Level 3: Blinds 50/100. Play continues. Final player count is 219, creating a prize pool of $63,729. The final 27 players will get paid as follows:

Level 2: Blinds 25/50. Play continues. 218 players have registered so far.

Level 1: Blinds 25/25. Cards are in the air.

Players start with 3,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long.

Kaelaine Minton Reporting

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