The Final 18

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Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Matt Vaughan shipped it in huge with big slick over a Saad Ghanem three-bet. Ghaneem called with two kings, held and he vaulted into the chip lead with just 18 remaining.

Below are the updated counts for the final 18.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saad Ghanem	1,100,000 1,027,500	1,027,500
DJ Buckley	900,000 150,000	150,000
Kirby Rogers	900,000 500,000	500,000
Jeremy Dresch	700,000 -10,000	-10,000
Rich Alsup	700,000 30,000	30,000

Dennis Stevermer	670,000 430,000	430,000
Vladimir Revniaga	630,000 70,000	70,000
Sami Saad El-Dein	490,000 438,500	438,500
John Hayes	470,000 170,000	170,000
Carl Carodenuto	450,000 -350,000	-350,000
Brian Berthiaume	420,000 -80,000	-80,000
Bob Cassioppi	300,000 19,000	19,000
Cameron Leibfried	300,000 119,500	119,500
Willie Olson	275,000 195,000	195,000
Justin Thurlow	230,000 -40,000	-40,000
Ryan Tyler	140,000 25,000	25,000
Josh Skrogstad	130,000 -396,000	-396,000
Dan Favreau	125,000 31,500	31,500