Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000

Leo Wolpert raises to 20,000 in middle position. The players in the cutoff and the small blind call, Chino Rheem calls from the big blind, and the flop falls . The player in the small blind checks to Rheem who bets 42,000. Only Wolpert calls to see the turn. Rheem moves all in for about 180,000 and Wolpert snap-calls with . Rheem is live with , but finds no help from the river.

Leo Wolpert – 835,000 (83 bb)
Chino Rheem – Eliminated in about 185th Place ($11,635)

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000

Picking up the action after the river of a board with a healthy amount in the middle, Gary Friendlander is in the tank after Jesse Rockowitz moved all in for effectively 142,000. After about two minutes in the tank, Friedlander calls with .

Rockowitz, though, tables for sixes full of sevens to win the pot and vault above the 1.7 million mark to increase his chip lead.

Jesse Rockowitz – 1,710,000 (213 bb)
Gary Friedlander – Eliminated

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000

Picking up the action after a flop of , a series of bets and raises between Matt Giannetti in the hijack and his opponent in the cutoff leads to Giannetti all in for 328,000 with . His opponent tables and stays safe through the turn. However, the river falls to pair Giannetti and gives him the pot.

Matt Giannetti – 710,000 (88 bb)

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000

Picking up the action after a flop with about 70,000 in the pot, Chino Rheem checks from the hijack. David “Doc” Sands bets 27,000 from the cutoff, Rheem calls, and the falls on the turn. Both check to see the river which Rheem checks. After a few moments, Sands shoves for 138,000. Rheem mulls it over for about 60 seconds before he tosses in calling chips.

Sands tables for trips, Rheem mucks, and Sands doubles up.

David Sands – 421,000 (52 bb)
Chino Rheem – 280,000 (35 bb)

Level 19 comes to an end, and the players take their 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 8:00 pm.

There are 249 players remaining, and the blinds will be increasing to 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante. The average chip stack is about 287,000 (35 big blinds).

Here are the current chip leaders:

Aaron Schaaf  –  1,096,000  (137 bb)
Cong Pham  –  1,001,000  (125 bb)
Neri Sanchez  –  957,000  (119 bb)

Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500

Danny Hannawa opens to 14,500 from under the gun and Chino Rheem calls from UTG+2. Both players check the flop, landing the on the turn. Hannawa checks, Rheem bets 23,000, and Hannawa calls to see the river. A check from Hannawa leads to an all-in shove from Rheem for about 160,000 effective. Hannawa went deep into the tank, about three minutes worth, before Rheem pushes his hand forward and speaks up.

“You’ve only put in 40,000, you’re not calling,” says Rheem.

After about another minute, Hannawa calls. Rheem motions that Hannawa’s call is good, leading to Hannawa showing . Rheem mucks, giving Hannawa the pot.

Danny Hannawa – 400,000 (66 bb)
Chino Rheem – 410,000 (68 bb)

Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500

Picking up the action after the turn of a board, a player in middle position was all in for 79,500. Philipp Gruissem, in the big blind, gave it some thought before calling with . His opponent was drawing to a chop with and found no help from the river.

Philipp Gruissem – 595,000 (119 bb)

Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500

Picking up the action after the turn of a board, Neri Sanchez (in the cutoff) check-calls 48,000 from Jamie Armstrong (button) to see the river where Sanchez check-calls another 114,000 from Armstrong.

Armstrong mucked immediately, while Sanchez turned over for a pair of queens to collect the pot.

Neri Sanchez – 610,000 (152 bb)
Jamie Armstrong – 120,000 (30 bb)