$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 232
Haim Toorgeman raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, Kelly Minkin reraised all in for 227,000 from the button, and Toorgeman tanked for nearly two minutes before he called.
Toorgeman: 
Minkin: 
The board came down 
, no help to Minkin, ending her tournament in sixth place for $8,979.
Haim Toorgeman – 545,000 (34 bb)
Kelly Minkin – Eliminated
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Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 25
Day 1 was supposed to end after Level 14, but the six finalists were not interested in returning tomorrow on the bubble. Level 15 came and went without much action until the very last hand of the level.
With Ben Tollerene down to just a few big blinds, the decision was made to play another two orbits to see if he would either run it up or succumb. He succumbed, as it turned out.
On the first hand of Level 16, Tollerene moved all in for 34,000 in the cutoff, Adrian Mateos called in the small blind, and Nick Petrangelo defended his big blind.
The two live players checked it down as the board ran out 
.
Tollerene: 
Mateos:
Petrangelo: 
Mateos and Petrangelo had the same hand, sixes full of sevens. They split the pot, chopping up Tollerene’s chips to send him out on the bubble.
The five remaining players crossed into the money with that knockout, and they bagged up their chips for the night.
A recap of the day’s action will be published shortly.
Ben Tollerene – Eliminated
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 232
Ari Engel raised to 37,000 from middle position, Michael Pearson called from the cutoff, and Paul Balzano called from the big blind.
They checked to the turn of a 
board where Balzano shoved for 125,000. Engel folded, and Pearson thought about it for about 45 seconds before he called.
Balzano: 
Pearson: 
Pearson was ahead against Balzano’s flush draw.
The river was the , no help to Balzano, ending his tournament in seventh place for $7,651.
Michael Pearson – 705,000 (44 bb)
Paul Balzano – Eliminated
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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 25
David Peters opened the cutoff to 22,000, and Ben Tollerene called on the button. From the big blind, Adrian Mateos squeezed in a three-bet to 95,000. Peters folded, but Tollerene called to proceed heads-up.
The flop was 
. Mateos continued for 54,000, Tollerene raised all in for 210,000 effective, and Mateos called to put himself at risk.
Tollerene: 
Mateos: 
Mateos’ overpair had him in good position to double up, and he did just that. The turn and river completed the board with blanks, giving Mateos a double-up.
Tollerene was on fumes as Level 15 concluded.
Adrian Mateos – 643,000 (64 bb)
Ben Tollerene – 36,000 (4 bb)
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 232
Seat 1: Michael Pearson – 501,000 (31 bb)
Seat 3: Haim Toorgeman – 345,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Kelly Minkin – 276,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Paul Balzano – 171,000 (11 bb)
Seat 7: Loni Harwood – 334,000 (21 bb)
Seat 8: Ari Engel – 785,000 (49 bb)
Seat 9: John Richards – 376,000 (24 bb)
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 232
John Richards raised from the hijack, Maria Ho reraised all in from the cutoff for roughly 70,000, and Richards called with 
, leading Ho’s 
.
The board came down 
, no help to Ho, ending her tournament in eighth place for $6,526.
John Richards – 340,000 (28 bb)
Maria Ho – Eliminated
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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 25
Most of the pots in this level have been small and lightly contested, but that was not the case for this one.
It began with Ben Tollerene opening to 20,000 in middle position, and Justin Bonomo three-bet to 53,000 in the cutoff. Tollerene called.
The flop was . Tollerene checked, Bonomo continued for 65,000, and Tollerene called. That betting process repeated on the 
turn, though the amount is unknown. Both players checked through the river.
Tollerene showed 
for a pair of kings but Bonomo had that beat. He turned over 
to win the substantial pot with aces up. He appears to have moved into the chip lead with that pot.
Justin Bonomo – 675,000 (68 bb)
Ben Tollerene – 435,000 (44 bb)
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 232
Ari Engel raised to 25,000 from middle position, Haim Toorgeman reraised all in for 115,000 from the button, and Engel mulled it over briefly before he called.
Engel: 
Toorgeman: 
The board ran out 
, giving Toorgeman queens full of tens to double through Engel.
Haim Toorgeman – 254,000 (25 bb)
Ari Engel – 830,000 (83 bb)
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Level 15: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 25
Fourteen levels wasn’t enough to reach the money, so the final six players have elected to play one more level tonight to try to get over the hump. Six players remain, and only five will finish in the money.
Level 15 is under way, and play will be halted at the end of this level or when one player is eliminated, whichever comes first.
