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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 843

With about 15 minutes left in Day 2, Femi Fashakin got it all in preflop for 473,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Justin Harvell’s in the big blind.

There was a nine in the window as the board came , and Fashakin flopped a set and turned a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Femi Fashakin  –  964,000  (80 bb)
Justin Harvell  –  28,000  (2 bb)

The next hand, Billy Pilossoph raised under the gun to 27,000, and Harvell used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he moved all in from the small blind for 98,000. Timothy Banks called from the big blind, and Pilossoph called the additional 1K.

Banks and Pilossoph checked all the way down on a board of , and everyone showed their cards.

Timothy Banks:    (pair of sevens)
Billy Pilossoph:    (ace high)
Justin Harvell:    (two pair)

Harvell won the pot with his two pair to triple up in chips.

Justin Harvell  –  96,000  (8 bb)
Timothy Banks  –  1,170,000  (98 bb)
Billy Pilossoph  –  890,000  (74 bb)

The next hand, James Calderaro raised under the gun to 31,000, Justin Harvell moved all in from the button for 96,000, and Calderaro called with . Harvell turned over , and he was a dominant favorite to double up.

The board came , and Harvell won the pot with trip kings to double up in chips.

Justin Harvell  –  222,000  (19 bb)
James Calderaro  –  1,440,000  (120 bb)

With 54 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 624,000 (52 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, in just a few minutes.

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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 843

Here is a list of the players who have recently been eliminated, along with their payouts:

55th:  Alex Rocha  –  $9,374
56th:  Madhusudhan Munagala  –  $9,374

57th:  Nissim Gozlan  –  $8,340
58th:  Mike Sowers  –  $8,340
59th:  Jared Jaffee  –  $8,340
60th:  Riley Fuller  –  $8,340
61st:  Scott Zakheim  –  $8,340
62nd:  Joshua Gibson  –  $8,340
63rd:  Sergio Giha  –  $8,340
64th:  Daniel Shiff  –  $8,340

65th:  Robert Dixon  –  $7,517
66th:  Craig Varnell  –  $7,517
67th:  James Salmon III  –  $7,517
68th:  Michael Scoma  –  $7,517
69th:  Jerry Wong  –  $7,517
70th:  Allan Bieler  –  $7,517
71st:  Peter Maizy  –  $7,517
72nd:  Corey Burbick  –  $7,517

73rd:  Lumni Zhuta  –  $6,865
74th:  Austin Peck  –  $6,865
75th:  Richard Gress  –  $6,865
76th:  Marco Guibert  –  $6,865
77th:  Ivan Saul  –  $6,865
78th:  Barbaro Diaz  –  $6,865
79th:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  $6,865
80th:  Johnathon Edward Gilliam  –  $6,865

81st:  Chris Da Silva Oduntan  –  $6,353

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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 843

Femi Fashakin raised under the gun, Fred Goldberg called from middle position, and James Calderaro called from the big blind.

The flop came , Calderaro checked, and Fashakin bet 33,000. Goldberg raised to 80,000, and Calderaro check-reraised to 220,000.

Fashakin used multiple Time Chips to tank for a long time before he folded, and then Goldberg folded face up. Somebody asked Calderaro to show his cards, but he mucked them as he took the pot.

James Calderaro  –  940,000  (78 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  740,000  (62 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  430,000  (36 bb)

When people asked what he had, Calderaro pointed to Fashakin and said, “I wish he was the one who had ace-king.

With 55 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 613,000 (51 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of this level, shortly after 12:30 am.

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 171

The final nine players have drawn for random seats at the final table, and they will play down to a winner tonight. Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the payouts:

Seat 1.  David A. Howard  –  525,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  Solange Lucas  –  95,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3.  Antonio De La Cruz  –  750,000  (50 bb)
Seat 4.  Stephen Vecchio  –  170,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Christopher Wilson  –  580,000  (39 bb)
Seat 6.  Jason Nablo  –  730,000  (49 bb)
Seat 7.  Oleksandr Vikhtiuk  –  235,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8.  Michael Hoch  –  50,000  (3 bb)
Seat 9.  Yulia Lisichkina  –  465,000  (31 bb)

1st:  $10,788 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $7,137
3rd:  $4,209
4th:  $2,561
5th:  $1,976
6th:  $1,637
7th:  $1,416
8th:  $1,239
9th:  $1,079

10th:  Mark Cannon  –  $919
11th:  Jaime Campos  –  $919
12th:  Bret Bowman  –  $919
13th:  Christopher Funari  –  $778
14th:  Howard Schrager  –  $778
15th:  Larry Dean  –  $778
16th:  Michael Rosenberg  –  $646
17th:  Eric Halpern  –  $646
18th:  Michael Lerner  –  $646
19th:  Richard Chouinard  –  $523
20th:  Eddie Turner  –  $523
21st:  Gentry Hover  –  $523
22nd:  Franklin Lacava  –  $400

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 843

Peter Maizy was just eliminated when Brian Altman’s flopped a set and rivered a full house on a board of .

Brian Altman  –  1,610,000  (161 bb)
Peter Maizy  –  Eliminated in 71st Place  ($7,517)

Allan Bieler got it all in UTG+1 for 143,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Maxx Coleman in the small blind.

The board came , and Coleman paired his king on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Maxx Coleman  –  608,000  (61 bb)
Allan Bieler  –  Eliminated in 70th Place  ($7,517)

With 70 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 482,000 (48 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, shortly after 12:15 am.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 843

The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 900K in chips (plus one who is close), creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Brian Altman  –  1,515,000  (189 bb)
2.  Scott Drobes  –  1,148,000  (144 bb)
3.  Victor Figueroa  –  1,011,000  (126 bb)
4.  Matt Affleck  –  983,000  (123 bb)
5.  Sam Soverel  –  928,000  (116 bb)
6.  Darren Elias  –  905,000  (113 bb)
7.  Davian Santana  –  882,000  (110 bb)

With 81 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 416,000 (52 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, shortly after 12:15 am.

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  82 of 843

Here is a list of all the players who have been eliminated inside the money so far, along with their payouts:

82nd:  Stanley Lee  –  $6,353
83rd:  Vladislav Mezheritsky  –  $6,353
84th:  Dennis Stevermer  –  $6,353
85th:  Brian Batt  –  $6,353
86th:  Bradley Mercer  –  $6,353
87th:  Frank Naranjo Bedaya  –  $6,353
88th:  David Levy  –  $6,353
89th:  Kristine Zakaite  –  $6,353

90th:  Dantonio Brown  –  $5,959
91st:  Rodrigo De Barros Semeghini  –  $5,959
92nd:  James Collopy  –  $5,959
93rd:  Scott Wright  –  $5,959
94th:  Scott Baumstein  –  $5,959
95th:  Brock Wilson  –  $5,959
96th:  David Shmuel  –  $5,959
97th:  George Pappas  –  $5,959
98th:  Geoffrey Hum  –  $5,959

99th:  Panagiotis Nifakos  –  $5,666
100th:  Aidan Hynes  –  $5,666
101st:  Michael Misikoff  –  $5,666
102nd:  Edward McNamara  –  $5,666
103rd:  Jason Brin  –  $5,666
104th:  Ian O’Hara  –  $5,666
105th:  Anthony Hu  –  $5,666
106th:  Richard Rice  –  $5,666

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 843

Action folded to Mike Vela in the small blind, and he moved all in for 75,000 without looking at his cards.

Craig Varnell called from the big blind with , and Vela turned over — .

The board came , and Vela turned two pair, kings and sevens, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Other players at the table were encouraging Vela to shove all in dark on the next hand as well, but Vela didn’t bite.

Mike Vela  –  75,000  (9 bb)
Craig Varnell  –  228,000  (29 bb)

With 83 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 406,000 (51 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  94 of 843

Aaron Massey raised from middle position to 18,000, Brock Wilson reraised from the hijack to 56,000, and Massey moved all in.

Wilson called all in for about 175,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Massey’s .

The board came , and Massey flopped a set of tens to win the pot and eliminate Wilson in 95th place.

Aaron Massey  –  855,000  (107 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated in 95th Place  ($5,959)

With 94 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 358,000 (45 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 843

In Hand #5 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Farhad Jamasi completed the small blind to 6,000, and Mukul Pahuja raised from the big blind to 26,000.

Both players had big stacks, but Jamasi had Pahuja covered by a little more than 100K. Jamasi said, “I’m not going to be the Bubble Boy,” and he called.

The flop came , Jamasi checked, Pahuja bet 18,000, and Jamasi called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Jamasi bet 50,000, and Pahuja used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he called.

Jamasi showed to win the pot with two pair, aces and nines, and Pahuja mucked.

Farhad Jamasi  –  980,000  (163 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  660,000  (110 bb)

The final 106 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,666 each, while the next player to bust will receive nothing. (Perhaps gratitude from the rest of the field.)