Event 16 (Day 2)
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 83
Average Stack: 186,000
Alex Rocha
Alex Rocha opens from the cutoff and Anthony Maio shoves for 68,000 from the button. It’s a race as Rocha turns over pocket eights against Maio’s 
.
The flop came 
and Maio took the lead. The turn 
gave Maio more of a shot to win. The river however was an eight and Rocha got lucky to hit a set and score the knockout.
Someone at the table said they folded an eight, so it was allegedly the case eight.
Alex Rocha – 380,000
Anthony Maio – Eliminated
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 84
Average Stack: 183,500
Ben Bianco (left) versus Matt Iles (right)
On a flop of 
, Ben Bianco bets 25,000 from late position. The hijack calls and Matt Iles shoves for 100,500 from the cutoff. Bianco calls and the hijack goes into the tank before eventually folding.
They table their hands and Isle’s 
set of threes is out in front against Bianco’s 
.
The turn 
, and river 
make it official as Iles scores the double up.
Matt Iles – 340,000
Ben Bianco – 300,000
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 84
Average Stack: 183,500
Alex Swawik
It checks to Kenny Huynh on a flop of 
, who bets 6,500. He gets one caller, then Alex Swawik raises to 20,000. Both of his opponents call.
The turn brings the , Swawik moves all in for 83,500 and Huynh calls. Swawik turns over 
and needs to get lucky against Huynh’s 
two pair.
The river 
, pairs the board and Swawik does indeed get lucky to avoid elimination.
Alex Swawik – 240,000
Kenny Huynh – 530,000
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 86
Average Stack: 179,000
Ryan McKnight
A player moves all in for 15,500 with 
and Ryan McKnight calls with 
.
The window card is the 
followed by 
and McKnight winds up with two-pair to eliminate his opponent.
Ryan McKnight – 220,000
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 92
Average Stack: 168,000
John Allan Hinds
A player limps from early position, John Allan Hinds raises to 6,000 and Denis Gnidash shoves for 21,000. The limper folds and Hinds calls.
It’s a coin flip as Gnidash tables 
against Hinds’s 
.
The flop comes 
, and Hinds takes the lead with his flush. Gnidash is looking for another seven or the board to pair.
The turn 
and river 
are bricks for Gnidash and he is eliminated.
John Allan Hinds – 220,000
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 94
Average Stack: 168,000
Farid Jattin
Farid Jattin opens to 5,500 and Tom Gottlieb calls. The flop comes 
, Jattin bets 6,500 and Gottlieb calls.
The turn brings the , Jattin bets 12,500 and Gottlieb calls again. The river is the 
, Jattin shoves and Gottlieb snap calls.
Jattin tables 
for a flush but ran into a monster of Gottlieb’s 
quad fives.
Tom Gottlieb – 100,000
Farid Jattin – Eliminated
Tom Gottlieb
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 97
Average Stack: 159,000
Maxwell Young
Max Young was all in for his last 32,000 with Ace Jack versus Alex Rocha’s Ace King. Young couldn’t catch up and was sent to the rail.
Alex Rocha – 180,000
Max Young – Eliminated
Rocha mentioned Young seemed “wolfy”
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 107
Average Stack: 144,000
Kenny Huynh
On a board reading 
a player in the cutoff is all for 127,000 with about 100,000 in the pot. Action is on chip leader Kenny Huynh who thinks about it before electing to put in the calling chips.
The cutoff tables 
and needs to get lucky against Huynh’s two pair.
The river is the 
and Huynh’s two pair holds to score the elimination and extend his lead.
Kenny Huynh – 540,000
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 108
Average Stack: 143,000
Players are back from their break and they’ve got two levels to play before dinner break.
It appears that Shuntak Yeung has never relinquished the chip lead today. He’s up to 450,000 as of the break.
Arian Stolt
Other big stacks:
Arian Stolt – 355,000
Anonymous – 350,000
Kenny Huynh – 345,000
Greg Weber – 340,000
Ben Bianco – 335,000
Chris O’Hara – 330,000
Michael Smith – 315,000
Greg Fishberg – 300,000
Michael Stashin – 290,000
Jon Borenstein – 280,000
Derek Sudell – 270,000
$2,500+$200 Championship NLH
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 12: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 514
Players Remaining: 113
Average Stack: 136,500
Approaching the end of Level 12 and the next break, it has gotten a little quieter on the tournament floor.
Just some of the players who have been dispatched in the last couple of levels.
Defending Champion Greg Nerenberg
Andrew Dudley – 6th Place, 2019 Spring Poker Open Championship
Maggie Morris