$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,404

David DiBernardi was the first player knocked out from the final tables, finishing in 18th place.

David DiBernardi  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($10,626)

A short while later, Michael Garcia raised under the gun to 210,000, Steve Karp reraised from the cutoff to about 800,000 (leaving himself only about 40K behind), and Howard Mash moved all in from the button for about 2.0 million.

Garcia quickly folded, and Karp quickly called all in for about 840,000 with . Mash turned over , and Karp needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Karp paired his queen on the flop, but improved no further. The pocket kings held up for Mash to win the pot and eliminate Karp in 17th place.

Howard Mash  –  3,350,000  (34 bb)
Steve Karp  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($10,626)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,625,000 (26 bb).

Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.