Harold Roth Eliminated in 8th Place ($4,650)

Harold Roth had folded down to just 500,000, which at this point is just over 3 big blinds, when he finally made his stand with [4c][4d]. Unfortuantely for him, Massoud Eskandari woke up with [Kc][Kh] behind him, and the board ran dry for Roth, coming down...

Ron West Doubles Up

It has been an action packed final table for Ron West. Twice now he has gotten the last of his chips in holding a dominating hand, and both times the dealer ran out a chopped pot. On the hand after the second chop, however, he got his full double up. West got his last...

Roy Peters Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,625)

Players occasionally make simple mistakes like misreading the board or their hand. Most of the time, it comes back to haunt them, but for Massoud Eskandari, it turned out to be a huge plus, as he has just taken down a huge pot, eliminating Roy Peters in cruel fashion...

Perry Chou Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,900)

Bagdasar Akopyan raised it up to 500,000 in late position, and Perry Chou moved all in from the big blind for 1.3 million total. It folded back around to Akopyan, who made the call after about 90 seconds of tanking. Chou: [As][Ks] Akopyan: [9d][9s] It was a coin flip...

Unofficial Final Table Chip Counts and Photos

As the title says, here are the chip counts and pictures of eight of the members of our unoffical final table. Two players requested that we not publish their names or take their photos. Here’s how the breakdown looks.   Massoud Eskandari- 5.2 Million (Chip...

Payouts 11th-18th for Event #2 $200,000 Guaranteed

We are now in the part of the tournament where there is a payjump on every three eliminations. Safiya Umerova was eliminated in 11th place and Joeph Ruzick in 12th to give us our unofficial final table. Both of them earned $1,900 for their efforts. The following three...