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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 398

With the board out to the turn and reading , Shawn Mohamed put his 495,000-chip stack in the middle and Stuart Greenbaum called with a bigger stack.

Greenbaum:
Mohamed:

Mohamed had an over pair to the board but Greenbaum’s flopped open-ender got there on the turn. The river finished the board and Greenbaum’s straight sent Mohamed out in 27th place.

Stuart Greenbaum – 1,710,000 (114 bb)
Shawn Mohamed – Eliminated in 27th Place ($3,920)

Recent results:

27th: Shawn Mohamed – $3,920
28th: Scott Jordan – $3,920

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 398

Cards are back in the air after dinner break with James Carroll still way out in front, holding 15.8% of the chips in play 28-handed.. Richard Zipes sits in second holding 1,860,000 followed by Dien Le, Dmitry Savelyev, and Stuart Greenbaum.

Blinds went up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack 710,000 (47 bb).

James Carroll – 3,145,000 (210 bb)
Richard Zipes – 1,860,000 (124 bb)
Dien Le – 1,395,000 (93 bb)
Dmitry Savelyev – 1,110,000 (74 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum – 1,100,000 (73 bb)

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 398

Level 20 came to an end and tournament staff sent the 28 remaining players on a 40-minute dinner break. The next milestone will be when they reach 24 players which will trigger a full three-table redraw.

Action gets back under around 7:10 pm.

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 398

There was a quick run to the payout desk over the last part of Level 20 to get the field down to the last four tables (plus some).

A lot of talent left the tournament including WSOP Millionaire Maker John Gorsuch, November Niner Neil Blumenfield, Brazilian pro Luiz Duarte, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner/five-time WSOP Circuit champ Loni Hui.

29th: Hayden Toole – $3,920
30th: John Gorsuch – $3,920
31st: Scott Baumstein – $3,920
32nd: Andrew Kaplan – $3,920
33rd: Loni Hui – $3,410
34th: Neal David – $3,410
35th: Joshua Multack – $3,410
36th: Neil Blumenfield – $3,410
37th: Erik Nomberg – $3,410
38th: Timothy Smith – $3,410
39th: Luiz Duarte – $3,410
40th: Trent Smith – $3,410

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 398

James Carroll is on a roll. The next boost to his chip castle came against Eric Nomberg. Nomberg was all in preflop against Carroll and looking to double.

Nomberg:
Carroll:

Nomberg needed to catch to double, hit for two pair on the flop but Carroll hit for the better aces up. The turn filled Nomberg’s house, jacks full of aces, but he jumped out of his chair when Carroll spiked the for the bigger full house, kings full of aces.

James Carroll – 2,535,000 (169 bb)
Eric Nomberg – Eliminated in 37th Place ($3,410)

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 398

Level 19 came to an end and the field leveled up to leave them one hour away from their 40-minute dinner break.

Blinds are now 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is 510,000 (34 bb).

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 398

With the board out and reading , Richard Zipes checked and Carlos Guerrero moved all in for 185,000. Zipes thought of a few minutes before tossing in a chip to call.

Zipes:
Guerrero:

Guerrero paired his five on the turn but Zipes flopped top pair and river queens up. He pulled the pot and sent Guerrero out in 42nd place.

Richard Zipes – 985,000 (99 bb)
Carlos Guerrero – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($3,110)

Borja Iglesias Jate was eliminated at the same time on the other side of the room to drop the field down to the last five tables of the tournament.

Recent results:

41st: Borja Iglesias Jato – $3,110
42nd: Carlos Guerrero – $3,110
43rd: Denys Shafikov – $3,110
44th: Daniel Orgil – $3,110

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 398

Players were sent on a break shortly after the bubble burst as the 1K chips were colored off and the 100K chips were introduced. Blinds increased to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 and the average stack around 450,000 (45 bb).

Defending champ Paul Domb and former WSOP Ladies Champ Marsha Wolak were among the first group of players walking to the payout desk.

45th: Richard Rice – $3,110
46th: Ronnie Sewell – $3,110
47th: Marsha Wolak – $3,110
48th: Vlad Victor Darie – $3,110
49th: Nitin Khosla – $3,110
50th: Paul Domb – $3,110

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  50 of 398

The bubble could have lasted a long time with the deep stacks but instead, it only took one hand to settle the matter.

Matthew Zarcadoolas opened to 16,000 from under the gun, an opponent moved all in for 37,000 from the big blind, and Zarcadoolas called. Then they had to wait for the action to finish on the rest of the tables.

Zarcadoolas:
Big Blind:

The short stacked player was ahead for the double but needed to fade the two live cards of Zarcadoolas. The flop was safe but Zarcadoolas paired his jack on the turn to take the lead. The river finished with to give Zarcadoolas the hand and put the field in the money.

Matthew Zarcadoolas – 430,000 (54 bb)

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 398

With the clock ticking down towards the second break, they lost a player to leave 51 in the field with 50 getting paid.

Tournament staff paused the clock to begin playing hand-for-hand until one player was eliminated. Two minutes come off the clock for each hand and they will take the break if bubble play gets that far.