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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 12/465

Table 28
Seat 1:
Seat 2: Scott Efron – 420,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Sergio Braga – 700,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Nicholas Avena – 1,150,000 (58 bb)
Seat 5: John Malczan – 775,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:
Seat 8: James Hamburger – 435,000 (22 bb)
Seat 9: Jose Nigaglioni – 265,000 (13 bb)

Table 33
Seat 1: Ido Ashkenazi – 795,000 (40 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3: Raminder Singh – 840,000 (42 bb)
Seat 4: Alexander Michaels – 255,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Ory Hen – 630,000 (32 bb)
Seat 6: Richard Ptasnik – 250,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Luis Bastidas – 495,000 (25 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:

Recent Eliminations
13th: Marcin Plewinski – $977
14th: Generoso Barbieri – $977

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Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 14/465

Richard Ptasnik limped in from early position, Ofer Peleg raised to 55,000 from the cutoff, Nicholas Avena called from the small blind and Ptasnik called.

The flop came down , and action checked to Peleg who shoved for 304,000. Avena tanked for about two minutes before he called, and Ptasnik folded.

Peleg showed , trailing Avena’s .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Peleg, locking up the pot for Avena who is now the chip leader.

Nicholas Avena – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Ofer Peleg – Eliminated in 15th Place ($977) 

Recent Eliminations
16th: Martin Carnero – $771
17th: Jairo Velasquez – $771
18th: Jack Rolnitzky – $771
19th: Steven Zukowski – $605
20th: Janet Fitzgerald – $605
21st: Rene Esquivel – $605
22nd: Nadeem Hirani – $605

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 22/465

John Malczan raised to 25,000 from the hijack, Elliott Zaydman reraised all in for 88,000 from the big blind and Malczan called after a few moments.

Malczan:
Zaydman:

The board ran out , giving Malczan eights full of treys to eliminate Zaydman.

John Malczan – 390,000 (39 bb)
Elliott Zaydman – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($605)

Recent Eliminations
24th: Jordan Kasimow – $605
25th: Antonio Arencibia Monduy – $605
26th: Kenneth Kuhl – $605
27th: Pierrot Massenat – $605

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 27/465

28th: Manfred Rosenow – $537
29th: Michael Kopjanski – $537
30th: Stuart Greenbaum –  $537
31st: Mitchell Smith – $537

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 31/465

Manfred Rosenow limped in from early position, and Ofer Peleg raised to 22,000 from the next seat over. Raminder Singh called from the hijack, and Rosenow called as well.

The flop was , and action checked to Singh who bet 30,000. Only Peleg called.

The turn was the , Peleg checked, Singh shoved all in for effectively 108,000 and Peleg mulled it over for a while before he called all in.

Peleg:
Singh:

Peleg was ahead with a pair of jacks against Singh’s flush draw and held up through the river to double up.

Ofer Peleg – 362,000 (45 bb)
Raminder Singh – 440,000 (55 bb)

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Returning to Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 31/465

Ido Ashkenazi – 865,000 (108 bb)
Raminder Singh – 610,000 (76 bb)
Luis Bastidas – 595,000 (74 bb)

Recent Eliminations
32nd: Joseph Levitt – $537
33rd: Joseph Block – $537
34th: Leighton Gaynair – $537
35th: Iuri Leite – $537
36th: Scott Swatscheno – $537

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 36/465

37th: Ira Marcus – $488
38th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $488
39th: David Nathaniel Jr – $488
40th: Jussi Mattila – $488
41st: Carlos Guerrero – $488
42nd: Marcel Deschamps – $488
43rd: Gabriel Sack – $488
44th: Roni Zelichonok – $488
45th: Jorge Chavez – $488

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Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 45/465

With the board reading , Theo Lawson bet 12,000 from the cutoff. Jack Rolnitzky raised all in with a covering stack from the button and Lawson tanked for about two minutes before he called all in for about 98,000.

Lawson:
Rolnitzky:

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Lawson’s middle pair and flush draw, ending his tournament.

Jack Rolnitzky – 250,000 (50 bb)
Theo Lawson – Eliminated

At another table, Dennis Brinn was eliminated at about the same time. No hand-for-hand play was needed as the remaining 45 players are in the money.

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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 47/465

Carlos Guerrero raised to 10,000 from middle position, Ido Ashkenazi called from the cutoff and Scott Efron called from the big blind.

The flop came down , and action checked to Ashkenazi who bet 17,000. Only Guerrero called.

The turn was the , and Guerrero check-called 24,500 from Ashkenazi.

The river was the , and both players checked.

Guerrero showed , but Ashkenazi tabled for jacks and sixes to win the pot.

Ido Ashkenazi – 540,000 (135 bb)
Carlos Guerrero – 364,000 (91 bb)

Early eliminations thus far include Richard Ptasnik, Scott Sommer, Yuriy Kozinsky, Mathieu Selides and Shawn Vrenna.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry)
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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 52/465

The cards are in the air for Day 2 of the $250 Big Stack (re-entry). 52 players remain from the field of 465 entries, and only 45 will make the money.

The tournament will play until its conclusion later tonight.