$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 78

Faraz Jaka raised from the cutoff to 11,000, Hiro Harada moved all in from the small blind for 75,000, and Mark Guariglia moved all in over the top from the big blind for nearly 150K, and Jaka folded.

Harada turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Guariglia’s .

The board came , and Guariglia won the pot with his king to eliminate Harada in 13th place.

It was an unfortunate stretch for Harada, who had been chipleader with 13 players left, only to bust in 13th place.

Mark Guariglia  –  245,000  (49 bb)
Hiro Harada  –  Eliminated

Daniel Monosson moved all in from the hijack for 41,000, and Faraz Jaka called from the small blind with .

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

The board came , and Monosson paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Daniel Monosson  –  92,000  (18 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  167,000  (33 bb)

A short while later, Level 17 began with increased blinds of 3K-6K with a 6K ante. Here are their updated chip counts:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Jonathan Bussieres  –  130,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Ray Qartomy  –  255,000  (43 bb)
Seat 3.  Gregory Back  –  135,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Joe McKeehen  –  80,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Gregory Baird  –  80,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Paul Domb  –  105,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Jim Collopy  –  85,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Mark Guariglia  –  230,000  (38 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Monosson  –  67,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6.  James Calderaro  –  115,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Craig Varnell  –  97,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8.  Faraz Jaka  –  215,000  (36 bb)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 130,000 (22 big blinds). The final 10 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $11,355 each.