$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 151

Matthew Waxman raised under the gun to 30,000, Nohad Teliani reraised from the button to 80,000, and Waxman thought for a while before he moved all in for about 480,000.

Teliani called rather quickly with , and Waxman turned over . Waxman needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Teliani to win the pot and eliminate Waxman in fifth place.

Nohad Teliani  –  1,125,000  (75 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,455)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 565,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,165 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 151

Matthew Waxman min-raised from the button to 30,000, and Nohad Teliani called from the big blind.

The flop came , Teliani bet 40,000, and Waxman called.

The turn card was the , and Teliani moved all in for 205,000. Waxman tanked for a long time before he called with for a pair of jacks.

But Teliani turned over for a pair of queens, and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Teliani won the pot with her pair of queens to double up in chips.

Nohad Teliani  –  570,000  (38 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  390,000  (26 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 455,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,455 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 151

Michael Jagroo got it all in from the small blind for about 205,000 with , but he was dominated and facing elimination against the of Kevin Johnson in the big blind.

The board came , and Johnson won the pot with a pair of kings and his queen kicker to eliminate Jagroo in sixth place.

Kevin Johnson  –  475,000  (32 bb)
Michael Jagroo  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,025)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 455,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,455 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 151

The players returned from break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 5,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Matthew Waxman  –  820,000  (55 bb)
Seat 2.  Nicholas Carballo  –  425,000  (28 bb)
Seat 3.  Nohad Teliani  –  290,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Jagroo  –  170,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Kevin Johnson  –  300,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  265,000  (18 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $13,725 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $8,750
3rd:  $5,210
4th:  $3,165
5th:  $2,455
6th:  $2,025

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 380,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,025 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 151

Michael Cavanaugh raised from the button to 25,000, Matthew Waxman reraised from the small blind to 80,000, and Cavanaugh tanked for a long time before he four-bet all in for about 150,000.

Waxman called with , and Cavanaugh turned over . Cavanaugh needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Cavanaugh flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Waxman won the pot with his pocket fours to eliminate Cavanaugh in seventh place.

Matthew Waxman  –  790,000  (79 bb)
Michael Cavanaugh  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,670)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 378,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,025 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 151

After the elimination of Athanasios Polychronopoulos in eighth place, the final seven players drew for random seats at the final table. Here is the updated lineup, with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Michael Cavanaugh  –  170,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Matthew Waxman  –  615,000  (77 bb)
Seat 3.  Nicholas Carballo  –  440,000  (55 bb)
Seat 4.  Nohad Teliani  –  380,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Jagroo  –  125,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Johnson  –  150,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  420,000  (53 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 324,000 (41 big blinds).

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by the players who have finished in the money so far:

1st:  $13,725 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $8,750
3rd:  $5,210
4th:  $3,165
5th:  $2,455
6th:  $2,025
7th:  $1,670

8th:  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  $1,670
9th:  Brett Streicher  –  $1,400
10th:  Jairo Velasquez  –  $1,400
11th:  Richard Katz  –  $1,215
12th:  Dolphus Powers  –  $1,215
13th:  Tarun Gulati  –  $1,055
14th:  Yisroel Pruss  –  $1,055
15th:  James Salmon  –  $960
16th:  Daphne Diaz  –  $960
17th:  Raminder Singh  –  $885
18th:  Steve Karp  –  $885
19th:  Duff Charette  –  $885

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 151

Nicholas Carballo raised from the cutoff to 20,000, Athanasios Polychronopoulos moved all in from the small blind for 201,000, and Carballo asked for an exact count and carefully counted out the exact amount of a call from his own stack before he called with .

Polychronopoulos turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

There was an eight in the window as the flop came , giving Polychronopoulos a huge lead with a set of eights.

But the turn card was the , giving Carballo additional outs to a club flush draw.

The river card was — the .

Carballo rivered a club flush to win the pot and eliminate Polychronopoulos on the final table bubble in eighth place.

Nicholas Carballo  –  440,000  (55 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,670)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 324,000 (41 big blinds). They have drawn for random seats at the final table, which will be posted soon.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 151

Brett Streicher got it all in from the cutoff for 130,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Nohad Teliani in the big blind.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Teliani to win the pot and eliminate Streicher in ninth place.

Nohad Teliani  –  390,000  (49 bb)
Brett Streicher  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,400)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 283,000 (35 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,670 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 151

Jairo Velasquez got it all in under the gun for about 25,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Nicholas Carballo in the cutoff.

The board came , and Carballo won the pot with two pair, aces and threes, to eliminate Velasquez in 10th place.

Nicholas Carballo  –  310,000  (39 bb)
Jairo Velasquez  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($1,400)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 252,000 (32 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,400 each.

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 151

Jairo Velasquez moved all in from the cutoff for 12,000, and Michael Jagroo reraised from the small blind to 33,000 with . Velasquez turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Velasquez paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jairo Velasquez  –  36,000  (6 bb)
Michael Jagroo  –  145,000  (24 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 227,000 (38 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,400 each.