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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 151

Richard Katz raised from the cutoff to 6,000, Kevin Johnson called from the button, and Nohad Teliani reraised from the small blind to 21,000.

Katz four-bet all in for 56,000, and Johnson folded.

Teliani thought for a bit before she called with , and Katz turned over . Katz needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Katz flopped a set of deuces, but Teliani rivered a heart flush. Teliani won the pot to eliminate Katz in 11th place.

Nohad Teliani  –  240,000  (40 bb)
Richard Katz  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($1,215)

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.

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 151

Dolphus Powers moved all in from the button for 31,000, and Nicholas Carballo (who had just 33,000) called from the big blind with .

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

The board came — Powers paired his seven on the flop and his ace on the river, but Carballo turned a set of nines to win the pot and eliminate Powers in 12th place.

Nicholas Carballo  –  72,000  (14 bb)
Dolphus Powers  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($1,215)

And here are the other recent eliminations:

13th:  Tarun Gulati  –  $1,055
14th:  Yisroel Pruss  –  $1,055
15th:  James Salmon  –  $960
16th:  Daphne Diaz  –  $960

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 206,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,215 each.

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 151

The players returned from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante.

Here are the updated seating assignments and chip counts from the break:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Nohad Teliani  –  220,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2.  Jairo Velasquez  –  115,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Katz  –  155,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  Matthew Waxman  –  405,000  (81 bb)
Seat 5.  Dolphus Powers  –  43,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Tarun Gulati  –  43,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Nicholas Carballo  –  51,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Brett Streicher  –  157,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Johnson  –  55,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Cavanaugh  –  110,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6.  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  173,000  (35 bb)

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  James Salmon  –  229,000  (46 bb)
Seat 2.  Yisroel Pruss  –  29,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  192,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Michael Jagroo  –  255,000  (51 bb)
Seat 6.  Daphne Diaz  –  18,000  (4 bb)

And here are the recent eliminations:

17th:  Raminder Singh  –  $885
18th:  Steve Karp  –  $885
19th:  Duff Charette  –  $885

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 142,000 (28 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $960 each.

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 151

During Hand #3 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, there were four tables in action, and two of them had all-in situations.

Once they got it all in, they waited for action to conclude at the other two tables before revealing their hole cards.

At Table #18, Daphne Diaz was all in from the big blind for 12,000 with , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against the of Nicholas Carballo in the cutoff.

The board came , and Diaz won the pot with her jack kicker to double up in chips.

Daphne Diaz  –  30,000  (8 bb)
Nicholas Carballo  –  55,000  (14 bb)

At Table #9, after a flop of , Carlos Rojas got it all in from the cutoff for 43,000 with for a pair of jacks, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the (pair of aces) of Jairo Velasquez in the big blind.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Velasquez won the pot with his pair of aces to eliminate Rojas on the Money Bubble in 20th place.

Jairo Velasquez  –  120,000  (30 bb)
Carlos Rojas  –  Eliminated

With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 119,000 (30 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $885 each.

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 151

Joey Bloch raised from the button to 9,500, Matthew Waxman reraised from the small blind to 35,000, and Bloch moved all in for about 180,000.

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

The board came , and Waxman turned a set of eights to win the pot and eliminate Bloch two spots away from the money — and take the chip lead.

Matthew Waxman  –  388,000
Joey Bloch  –  Eliminated

With 20 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 113,000 (28 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

Hand-for-hand play is now underway until one more player is eliminated.

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Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 151

Brett Streicher raised from the cutoff to 7,000, Tarun Gulati moved all in from the big blind, and Streicher thought for a while before he called all in for 66,000 with . Gulati turned over , and Streicher needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Streicher won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

Brett Streicher  –  136,500  (46 bb)
Tarun Gulati  –  55,000  (18 bb)

A couple minutes later, Jairo Velasquez got it all in from the cutoff for 30,500 with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Steve Karp, who was under the gun.

The board came — Karp turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. Velasquez won the pot with his pocket jacks to double up in chips.

Jairo Velasquez  –  68,500  (23 bb)
Steve Karp  –  25,000  (8 bb)

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 108,000 (36 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

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Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 151

Brett Streicher moved all in from the small blind for 22,000, and Steve Zhang thought for a while before he called from the big blind with a slightly larger stack with . Streicher turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Streicher won the pot with a pair of aces to double up in chips.

Brett Streicher  –  47,000  (16 bb)
Steve Zhang  –  7,500  (3 bb)

The next hand, Zhang moved all in from the small blind for 7,500, and Michael Cavanaugh called from the big blind with . Zhang turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Zhang flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Cavanaugh won the pot with a pair of fives to eliminate Zhang a few spots away from the money.

Michael Cavanaugh  –  160,000  (53 bb)
Steve Zhang  –  Eliminated

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 108,000 (36 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

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Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 151

The players have returned from dinner, and lost two more players to get the field down to the final four tables.

Here is the updated lineup, along with approximate chip counts:

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Nohad Teliani  –  120,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Jairo Velasquez  –  25,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Joey Bloch  –  185,000  (74 bb)
Seat 4.  Matthew Waxman  –  220,000  (88 bb)
Seat 5.  Carlos Rojas  –  135,000  (54 bb)
Seat 6.  Steve Karp  –  55,000  (22 bb)

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Tarun Gulati  –  125,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2.  Duff Charette  –  80,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Brett Streicher  –  28,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4.  Steve Zhang  –  33,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Cavanaugh  –  120,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6.  Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  125,000  (50 bb)

TABLE 17
Seat 1.  James Salmon  –  255,000  (102 bb)
Seat 2.  Louis Raton  –  45,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  100,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4.  Raminder Singh  –  140,000  (56 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Jagroo  –  75,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Josh Cranfill  –  50,000  (20 bb)

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Dolphus Powers  –  40,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Richard Katz  –  140,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3.  Daphne Diaz  –  65,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Johnson  –  45,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Nicholas Carballo  –  60,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Yisroel Pruss  –  55,000  (22 bb)

With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 94,500 (38 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

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Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 151

Level 12 came to an end, and the final 26 players took their 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:10 pm EDT.

The chipleader is James Salmon, who has a nice stack of 250,000 (100 big blinds).

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 87,000 (35 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.

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Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 151

Long Nguyen moved all in under the gun for 20,000, and Michael Jagroo called with .

Nguyen turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jagroo paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Nguyen from the tournament.

Michael Jagroo  –  57,000  (29 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  Eliminated

With 27 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 84,000 (42 big blinds). The final 19 players will finish in the money, earning at least $885 each.