$580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,612

With the board reading , Cameron Glendenning was all in for his final ~525,000 and Nagui Yassa had him at risk with his big stack from the big blind.

Yassa:
Glendenning:

Glendenning was in trouble against Yassa’s trips and couldn’t find a save on the turn or river to exit in 17th place.

On one of the first hands after the redraw, Julio Ruiz dropped in 18th place.

Nagui Yassa – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
Cameron Glendenning – Eliminated in 17th place ($7,637)

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Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,612

Tournament staff restarted the clock and we have two fresh tables with new tablemates.

Table 72
Seat 1: Scott Sanders
Seat 2: Nagui Yassa
Seat 3: Niovel Chirino
Seat 4: Julio Ruiz
Seat 5: Matyas Csiszar
Seat 6: Vytautas Semaska
Seat 7: Jack Shea
Seat 8: Cameron Glendenning
Seat 9: Rafael Oropesa

Table 79
Seat 1: Andres Morales
Seat 2: John Magnetta
Seat 3: Ruslan Dykshteyn
Seat 4: Jordan Meltzer
Seat 5: Anonymous
Seat 6: John Miller
Seat 7: Hobart Roberts
Seat 8: Ethiel Garcia
Seat 9: Manuel Rivera

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Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,612

There was an early open to 60,000 and Nagui Yassa called from the button. Derek Bowers shoved from the small blind to get one fold then a call from Yassa.

Bowers:
Yassa:

Bowers was ahead but it was Yassa hitting the flop. The turn was a blank and the river sent the pot to Yassa. After counting down Yassa’s stack, his 495,000 was only 30,000 more than Bowers.

He found a quickly double up but was gone a few hands later in 19th place.

Nagui Yassa – 1,100,000 (37 bb)
Derek Bowers – Eliminated in 19th place ($6,142)

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 1,612

Event 1 players are on another break with 19 players remaining and the 1K chips coming out of play. One more elimination and they will redraw the last two tables of the tournament.

Scott Sanders continues to hold a huge lead with 4,545,000 with Andres Morales in second with 2,300,000.

Recent eliminations:
20th: David Plotkin – $6,142
21st: Scott Zakheim – $6,142
22nd: Song O – $5,175
23rd: Chad Freedman – $5,175
24th: Russell Sullivan – $5,175
25th: Bruce Kahn – $4,401

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,612

The pace slowed a bit as the stacks deepened but then we had a spurt of activity.

The biggest hand saw WSOP Circuit ring winner Russell Sullivan call a 150,000 three-bet from Andres Morales to see the flop. Morales continued for another 125,000 from the small blind, Sullivan called, and the turn came .

Morales slowed down, checked, and Sullivan moved all in for ~600,000. Morales quickly called with a similar stack and big hand.

Morales:
Sullivan:

Morales was ahead with the rockets and needed to dodge the diamonds to send Sullivan out. The river changed nothing and Sullivan was eliminate in 25th place.

Andres Morales – 1,650,000 (69 bb)
Russell Sullivan – Eliminated in 25th place ($5,175)

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,612

The action continues to fly and we are quickly down to 25 players remaining as Level 24 comes to an end. Recently eliminations include former SHRP champions Daren Stabinski, Bruce Snell, and Steven McKoy.

26th: Daren Stabinski – $4,401
27th: Robert Tannenbaum – $4,401
28th: Wesley Lasher – $3,788
29th: Steven McKoy – $3,788
30th: Teddy Connor – $3,788
31st: Lucus Braga – $3,288
32nd: Alexander Gambino – $3,288
33rd: Bruce Snell – $3,288
34th: Chris Brown – $2,885
35th: Luiz De Farias Guimaraes – $2,885
36th: Ricard Eyzaguirre – $2,885
37th: Michael Mehallis – $2,555
38th: Perry McGinnis – $2,555
39th: Tony Roberto – $2,555
40th: Daryl Cahuasqui-Vega – $2,555
41st: Stuart Krasney – $2,555
42nd: Abbey Daniels – $2,555
43rd: Shaundra Seay – $2,555
44th: Eduardo Christ – $2,555
45th: Michael Goldfarb – $2,555
46th: Robert Transue – $2,289

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,612

We caught the end of the action that seemed to be mellow until Wesley Lasher had all his chips in the middle. The dealer was handing over his final 250,000 to Scott Sanders with the board reading .

Sanders turned the nut flush with to best the flopped bottom pair of Lasher with .

Lasher’s elimination dropped the field down to the last three tables, pushed Sanders further into the lead, and commenced a 27 players redraw.

Scott Sanders – 3,200,000 (160 bb)
Wesley Lasher – Eliminated in 28th place ($3,788)

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 1,612

Lucas Braga lost most of his stack before dinner but stuck around to ladder up a few places. He made a few moves but wasn’t looked up until Ruslan Dykshteyn went for another knockout. Braga was all in for 160,000 with two live cards and a chance.

Braga:
Dykshteyn:

Dykshteyn hit the flop, Braga missed the turn as well, and was eliminated after the river. Dykshteyn continued to make himself felt after the dinner break and he is now among the leaders as they close on the last three tables.

Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,500,000 (75 bb)
Lucas Braga – Eliminated in 31st place ($3,288)

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Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 1,612

They wasted no time dropping four players soon after the dinner break to get Event 1 down to four tables. Not long after that, Ricardo Eyzaguirre was all in for his final 108,000 and former SHRPO Big 4 champ Ruslan Dykshteyn called to put him at risk with a dominant hand.

Dykshteyn:
Eyzaguirre:

Eyzaguirre caught a needed ten on the flop but Dykshteyn flopped the big flush. Eyzaguirre needed running cards to stay in the game but hit the payout desk after the turn had him drawing dead to 36th place.

Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,300,000 (81 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – Eliminated in 36th place ($2,885)

$580 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 1,612

The 40 remaining players are back in their seats after filling their bellies and clearing their heads.

The return to blinds at 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante and the average stack at 484,000 (40 big blinds).