$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 171

Ari Engel opened to 4,700 under the gun, and Je Wook Oh three-bet shoved from the big blind. Engel called all in for just over 40,000 total, putting himself at risk.

Engel:
Oh:

The board ran out , and Engel’s kings held to earn him a double-up.

Ari Engel – 85,000 (43 bb)
Je Wook Oh – 15,000 (8 bb)

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 171

Francis Margaglione was all in for his last 2,900 against chipleader Arthur Rodriguez.

Margaglione:
Rodriguez:

The board ran out , and Rodriguez turned two pair to win the knockout pot. Margaglione was eliminated in 20th place, reducing the field to 19 players and putting them squarely on the money bubble.

Action is now being dealt hand-for-hand until the next elimination.

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 171

Four players saw a flop, and action checked through. The turn was the , and Jon Brody moved all in for about 35,000 total. David Jackson called, and the other two players folded out of the way. Brody was at risk, and he needed to catch up to stay alive.

Brody: (pair of queens, flush draw)
Jackson: (pair of kings)

The river was the blank , and Jackson won the pot with his pair of kings. Brody was eliminated in 22nd place, just four spots shy of another in-the-money finish.

David Jackson – 85,000 (53 bb)
Jon Brody – Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 1,841

The final 30 players are on a 40-minute dinner break. Play will resume just after 7:10 p.m.

Anthony Perrota surged into the overall chip lead over the course of the last few levels, and he’ll be the pace setter when play resumes. Perrota is one of five players who’ve crossed the million-chip mark.

Here’s the top of the current leaderboard:

Anthony Perrota – 1,600,000
Matthew Wilkins – 1,315,000
Jay Moron – 1,300,000
Michael Jagroo – 1,050,000
Unknown – 1,050,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 1,841

Action folded around to the button where John Tobias moved all in for about 150,000. Jahson Spence squeezed a premium hand in the big blind, quickly calling to put Tobias at risk.

Tobias:
Spence:

The board ran out , and Spence won the pot with kings up. Tobias was eliminated.

Jahson Spence – 760,000 (38 bb)
John Tobias – Eliminated

$360 Pot-Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400
Entries: 100

Level 6 has just begun, and the number on the board just rolled over into triple digits. There are 100 entries in this field so far, with registration and re-entry available until about 7:30 this evening.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 1,841

First in from late position, Shaundra Seay moved all in for 71,000. Xuan Dang called from the big blind, having Seay dominated and slightly covered.

Seay:
Dang:

The flop was a miss for Seay, but the on the turn gave her a big lead with a set of fours. The river was the blank , and Seay doubled up.

Shaundra Seay – 166,000 (10 bb)
Xuan Dang – 22,000 (1 bb)

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 59 of 171

Evan Teitelbaum raised to 1,800 from the small blind, and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Team member Matt Affleck three-bet shoved for 11,000 in the big blind. Teitelbaum called, and he was flipping for the knockout.

Teitelbaum:
Affleck:

The board ran out , and Teitelbaum won the pot with aces up. Affleck was eliminated.

Evan Teitelbaum – 32,500 (54 bb)
Matt Affleck – Eliminated

$360 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Total Entries: 171

Registration is closed for Event 8, and the staff has finalized the numbers.

This $360-buy-in event officially drew a field of 171 entries, generating a prizepool worth $51,300. That money will be shared by the final 18 players thusly:

1st: $12,577 + trophy
2nd: $8,516
3rd: $5,566
4th: $4,448
5th: $3,340
6th: $2,570
7th-9th: $1,924
10th-12th: $1,277
13th-15th: $893
16th-18th: $667

There are less than 60 players remaining.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 1,841

Jaeli “Jay” Moron’s table was just broken, and it took him several minutes to rack up his 970,000 chips and make the move to his new seat. Once he arrived, he wasted no time resuming his chip-accummulating ways.

In one of the first hands there, a player in middle position moved all in for about 45,000, and Moron called from the big blind to put him at risk.

Moron:
Opponent:

The board ran out , and Moron won the pot with his pair of threes. That knockout moved him just across the million-chip mark, the first player in this field to reach that milestone.

Jay Moron – 1,025,000 (103 bb)