Erik Lemarquand came to this final table as the chip leader, but two quick losses to table-opponent Andrej Markovinovic left him as one of the short stacks. He stayed patient for a few orbits before finally taking advantage of an unopened pot to move his 10 big blind stack in. He was called by Frederick Mowatt.

Erik:

Frederick:

Erik picked up a flush draw on the flop, but running brick-brick sent him home, as the board showed .

8th place: Erik Lemarquand – $3,270

Erik Lemarquand

Sergio Iannetti opened with a raise to 60,000 from utg+1, and Andrej Markovinovic followed up with a 3bet to 140,000 from the hi-jack position. Play folded around back to Sergio, who moved his remaining 360,000 stack into the middle, an action quickly called by Andrej.

Sergio:
Andrej:

Board:

Andrej’s pair of queens held on for the win, as he extended his chip lead on this final table, climbing over 1.6 million in chips.

9th place: Sergio Iannetti – $2,450

Sergio Iannetti

We’ve lost a few more players in Event 7, brining this field down to 2 final tables. Here are the seating assignments of the remaining 18 players:

A few quick eliminations occurred shortly after the money bubble was burst, and the field was down to 20 players when they were sent on break.

Here are the top stacks as play restarts in level 20:

Daniel Andelman is on fire in Event 7. He was already the overwhelming chip-leader when play fell down to 26 players, 2 spots away from the money, when he picked up a premium and knocked two more players out, bringing Event 7 into the money.

Adeel Aman Bangash was under-the-gun with 55,000 when he pulled the trigger for all of his chips. Action folded around to Daniel on the button, who announced all-in. The small blind folded, and Roger Lamia made the call with a short stack from the big blind.

Daniel:
Adeel:
Roger:

The board stayed clean for Daniel, who added another ~15 big blinds to his name. His stack is up to 765,000, which is more than 4 times the chip average at the moment.

The rest of the field is now in the money! Congratulations!

Event 7 is down to 27 players, spread across 3 tables of 9 players. The tournament structure pays the top 24 players, meaning that the money bubble is just around the corner!

Here are the new seating assignments, as the tournament just went through a redraw:

Players have just returned from a short break in Event 7, during which we brought an update on the leaderboard. A few players are into 6-figures, with Spencer leading the way. Here is a look at the current chip leaders, entering level 13: