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Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:06 PM Local Time
Level 22 started
Level: 22
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 0
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 3:03 PM Local Time
Greenstein Doubles Up
Barry Greenstein raised from the hijack. Juha Helppi, on the button, three-bet. Greenstein called.
The flop was . Greenstein checked. Helppi bet. Greenstein raised. Helppi called.
The turn came the . Greenstein bet. His opponent raised. Greenstein called putting at risk his last chips.
Barry Greenstein:
Juha Helppi:
The river filled up the board and Greenstein took down the pot.
| Juha Helppi | 360,000 | -60,000  |
| Barry Greenstein | 300,000 | 29,000  |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 2:48 PM Local Time
Schneider Takes From Helppi
Mike Schneider raised under the gun. Juha Helppi, on the cutoff three-bet. Action folded back to Schneider who made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of . Schneider checked. Helppi bet. Schneider check-called. The turn was the . Schneider checked. Helppi threw in another bet. Schneider called. The river filled up the board and was checked around. Schneider showed to win the pot. His opponent mucked.
| Mike Schneider (MN) | 510,000 | 90,000 |
| Juha Helppi | 420,000 | -80,000 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 2:39 PM Local Time
Al-Keliddar Moves Ahead
Already going into the unofficial final table as chip leader, Yaser Al-Keliddar has put some serious distance between himself and everyone else at the table. He just won a significant hand against second chip leader Juha Helppi with . The pot takes his stack into seven figures and he has approximately a third of the chips in play.
| Yaser Al-Keliddar | 1,070,000 | 143,000 |
| Juha Helppi | 500,000 | -427,000 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 2:19 PM Local Time
Unofficial Final Table Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Counts | |
|---|
| Brazilia | 60 | 1 | Andrew Yip | Canada | 305,000 | |
| Brazilia | 60 | 2 | Won Lee | United States | 225,000 | |
| Brazilia | 60 | 3 | Barry Greenstein | United States | 220,000 | |
| Brazilia | 60 | 4 | Mike Schneider (MN) | United States | 315,000 | |
| Brazilia | 60 | 5 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | United States | 950,000 | |
| Brazilia | 60 | 6 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 830,000 | |
| Brazilia | 60 | 7 | Justin Thurlow | United States | 310,000 | |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 2:13 PM Local Time
Joao Vieira Eliminated in 8th place ($14,871)
Joao Vieira raised from the small blind. Mike Schneider, in the big blind, called.
A flop reading was dealt. Vieira bet. Schneifer called. The turn brought the . Vieira threw in another bet. Schneider raised. Vieira called with his last 1,000, and the cards were tabled:
Mike Schneider:
Joao Vieira:
The river completed the board and that was it for Vieira eliminated in 8th place for $14,871.
| Mike Schneider (MN) | 420,000 | 104,000 |
| Joao Vieira | 0 | -149,000 |
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 11:54 AM Local Time
A Winner Will Be Crowned Today in Event #70: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Welcome to the final day of Even #70: #3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. Eight players will return to the field today to play down to a winner and battle it out for the first place of $154,338 and the stunning WSOP gold bracelet.
Juha Helppi and Yaser Al-Keliddar are both leading the way with an exact same stack of 927,000. Helppi is no stranger at the WSOP as he has has $971,620 in total earnings but it is his first cash of the summer, and it might be a big one.
Three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein is still in contention as well. Greenstein is having great summer with 13 cashes in the bag already. He will be looking to add a fourth bracelet to his collection.
Play resumes at 2 p.m. in Brasilia and the official final table will start once two more players are eliminated.
Final Day Seat Draw:
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Big Blinds |
|---|
| Brasilia | 45 | 1 | Andrew Yip | Canada | 8 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 2 | Barry Greenstein | United States | 9 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 3 | Justin Thurlow | United States | 10 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 4 | Open | | |
| Brasilia | 45 | 5 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 31 |
| Brasilia | 45 | 6 | Open | | |
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| Brasilia | 60 | 1 | Open | | |
| Brasilia | 60 | 2 | Yaser Al-Keliddar | United States | 31 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 3 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 5 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 4 | Mike Schneider (MN) | United States | 11 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 5 | Won Lee | United States | 6 |
| Brasilia | 60 | 6 | Open | | |
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be bringing you all the updates from start to finish.