$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 7/58

Stud-8

Darin Kaplan (pictured) was all in on seventh street against Ben Yogel.

Kaplan tabled a jack-high diamond flush, but Yogel tabled for quad eights to eliminate Kaplan in eighth place.

Ben Yogel – 96,000 (12 BB)
Darin Kaplan – Eliminated in 8th Place ($592)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 8/58

Razz

Ben Yogel: [X][X]/
Aaron Hemphill: [X][X]/
Bill Munley: [X][X]/
David Shmuel: [X][X]/

Ben Yogel completes with a showing, Aaron Hemphill calls, Bill Munley calls all in for his remaining 2,500, and David Shmuel calls.

On fourth street, Yogel and Hemphill checked to Shumuel who bet, forcing folds from Yogel and Hemphill.

Bill Munley: /
David Shmuel: /

Munley was behind, and found little help from his runout, giving him a 10-9-7-6-A.

Shmuel’s runout was , giving him a slightly better 10 with a to win the pot and eliminate Munley on the money bubble.

David Shmuel – 140,000 (17 bb)

Payouts
1st: $4,584
2nd: $3,254
3rd: $2,071
4th: $1,479
5th: $1,183
6th: $887
7th: $740
8th: $592

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,239

The dinner break must have woken some players up because they mixed it up in a hurry. Event 9 dropped four players in ten minutes to get them down to 18.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw the last two tables.

19th: Matthew Gallen – $877
20th: Washington Gavilanes – $877
21st: Michael Marks – $877
22nd: Bradley Young – $877

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 87

Anthony Barbera raises from the hijack and the player in the big blind moves all in for about 7,000. Barbera calls.

Barbera shows and has the big blind’s dominated. The board runs out and Barbera drags the pot.

Barbera has slightly above average stack and the field is only a two eliminations away from the final two tables.

Anthony Barbera – 70,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 1,239

The 22 remaining Event 9 players are now in The Poker Room and set to play down to the final table then they’ll find the next LHPO champion.

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 87

The player in the hijack moves all in for about 29,000. Solomon Ponte moves all in from the cutoff for 27,800 and everybody else gets out of the way.

It is a race for Ponte’s tournament life with his up against the hijack’s .

The board runs out and Ponte’s pair holds up to score a double up after dinner break.

Solomon Ponte – 59,600

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 1,239

The 22 remaining players in Event 9 are now on a 60-minute dinner break to unwind. While they are gone, their seats will be relocated to The Poker Room to play out the rest of the tournament.

23rd: Kevin Blewitt – $877
24th: Jonathan Booker – $877
25th: Michael Spiegel – $877
26th: Juan Rodriguez – $877
27th: Antony Vidmer – $877
28th: Louis Leo IV – $743
29th: Andrew Lanoue – $743
30th: Cornelius Rogers – $743
31st: Aldring Gomez Torres – $743
32nd: Jean Bissereth – $743

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 87

Marcus Stein raises to 2,400 from under the gun and the player in the big blind calls.

The flop is and the big blind checks. Stein bets 3,000 and the big blind calls. The turn is the and the big blind checks again.

Stein bets 9,000 and the big blind quickly folds. Stein mucks his hand and chips up to about an average stack as the level passes its halfway point.

There will be a 40-minute dinner break at the end of the level. Cards will be back in the air around 7:10 p.m.

Marcus Stein – 36,000

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 87

A player in middle position raises to 2,000 and Evan Teitelbaum three-bets to 6,000 from the cutoff. Carlos Loving four-bets out of the small blind to 18,000 and the original raiser quickly folds.

Teitelbaum calls and they are heads-up to a flop of 6d]. Loving moves all in for effectively Teitelbaum’s approximately 22,000 remaining.

Teitelbaum quickly folds, Loving mucks his hand, and drags the pot.

Carlos Loving – 76,000
Evan Teitelbaum – 22,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 1,239

Event 9 is down under 36 players leaving the last four tables in the ballroom. They’ll play here until the dinner break at 6:30pm and everyone remaining will be relocated to The Poker Room for the duration.

33rd: Luis Arguello – $743
34th: Ed Medoff – $743
35th: Luke Poljak – $743
36th: Deborah Dana – $743
37th: Arif Amirali – $624
38th: Vincent Spadavecchia – $624
39th: Eli Levy – $624
40th: Gustavo Vazquez – $624
41st: Alicia Goldstein – $624
42nd: Gudmundur Sigurjonsson – $624
43rd: Jake Dollinger – $624
44th: Jeff Rodriguez – $624
45th: Robert Womack – $624
46th: James Jones – $550
47th: Scott McInnis – $550
48th: Veronica Rivera – $550
49th: Diana Dinser – $550