Oct 5, 2016
Photos: Zachary Smiley (left) celebrates nearly tripling his stack while Benjamin Zamani (right) watches his tournament end.
Hand #84 – Zachary Smiley moves all in under the gun for 1,855,000, Benjamin Zamani calls all in from the small blind for 1,500,000, and Ryan Belz calls from the big blind, covering both players.
Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:
Ryan Belz:
Zachary Smiley:
Benjamin Zamani:
The board comes , and Smiley pairs his ace on the flop to win the entire pot and eliminate Zamani in fifth place.
Zachary Smiley – 5,285,000 (53 bb)
Ryan Belz – 7,100,000 (71 bb)
Benjamin Zamani – Eliminated in 5th Place ($85,429)
Hand #85 – Darren Elias raises from the button to 210,000, Ryan Belz reraises from the small blind to 625,000, and Elias folds. Belz takes the pot.
Level 30 comes to an end, and Level 31 begins without a break.