$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 274

The player on the button moves alli n for 23,000 and Hector Caldero calls out of the big blind.

It’s a flip with Caldero showing and the button tabling . The board runs out and the button is eliminated. Caldero drags the pot and bursts the bubble.

The final 35 players are all in the money, while the player on the button took home nothing.

Hector Caldero – 151,000

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 274

Team SHRP member Stewart Newman moves all in for 15,000 from under the gun and Evan Teitelbaum calls from the big blind.

Teitelbaum shows and needs a lot of help against Newman’s .

The flop is , giving Teitelbaum some hope with a straight draw, but the comes on the turn and the comes on the river. Newman doubles up with kings full and the bubble continues.

Stewart Newman – 34,500
Evan Teitelbaum – 39,000

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 274

The bubble has been no fun at all for SHRP Team member Stewart Newman. He had somewhere around 40,000 chips when hand-for-hand play began more than an hour ago, but he slowly watched his stack whittled down to crumbs as several other short stacks doubled up around him.

Newman was down to his last 8,000 chips just a moment ago, with half of those committed to the big blind. Hyon Kim set him all in from the small blind, and fortunately for Newman, he woke up with a big hand with his tournament life on the line. He put the other half of his chips into the middle to put himself at risk.

Kim:
Newman:

Kim managed to flop a wheel draw, but that’s as close as he’d come to bursting the bubble. The board ultimately ran out clean for Newman, and he doubled up at a most opportune time.

“All right, I’m going to the bathroom,” Newman said as he walked out of the room. “I’m not putting another chip in.”

Stewart Newman – 19,000 (5 bb)
Hyon Kim – 120,000 (30 bb)

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 274

Jordan Meltzer raises to 35,000 from middle position, leaving himself with just 5,500 behind. The player in the cutoff moves all in for about 65,000 and action folds back to Meltzer, who calls.

They have to wait for the action at all of the other tables to finish before the hands can be turned up, but they verbally let each other know that they both have the same hand.

When the cards are turned up, Meltzer shows and his opponent shows .

The flop is , which gives Meltzer the freeroll with a flush draw. The turn is the , changing nothing, but the river is the and Meltzer doubles up with the nut flush. Hand-for-hand play continues.

Jordan Meltzer – 88,500

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 274

Just before the end of level 14, the field got down to its final six tables and they went hand-for-hand. After just two hands, the level ended and the players are taking a 15-minute break.

Oleg Vasylchenko continues to pace the field and heads to the break with 380,000 in chips.

When they return, blinds will be 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante. After one more elimination, the final 35 players will be in the money.

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 274

Action folded around to the blinds where James Salmon raised to 5,000 in the small and Evan Teitelbaum three-bet to 15,000 in the big. Salmon called the remainder, and off they went.

The flop was . Salmon checked, and Teitelbaum moved all in for 30,500 effective. Salmon instantly called all in for that amount, putting himself at risk.

Salmon: (set of aces)
Teitelbaum: (straight draw)

The turn and river completed the board with blanks, and Salmon doubled up with aces full.

James Salmon – 92,800 (46 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 15,000 (8 bb)

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 274

Ronit Chamani opened the pot with a raise, and Brian England three-bet to 11,300 next to act. Chamani four-bet shoved for 54,900 total, and England called to put her at risk.

Chamani:
England:

Chamami won the flip as the board ran out , and she doubled up with a pair of aces.

Ronit Chamani – 114,600 (57 bb)
Brian England – 45,000 (23 bb)

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 Ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 274

Level 12 concluded, and the field was sent on their scheduled dinner break, set to return to action just before 7:15 p.m.

Oleg Vasylchenko and Elilton Gouveia have opened up a big lead over the chase pack with 48 players remaining. Vasylchenko is a Ukrainian pro with a WPT title under his belt and close to $250,000 in career tournament earnings. He and Gouveia, who was mentioned earlier, are the only two players who’ve crested the 200,000-chip mark so far.

Here are a few of the counts from around the tables:

Oleg Vasylchenko – 275,000
Elilton Gouveia – 237,000
Isam Sayegh – 118,000
Israel Delacerda – 113,000
Brandon Shields – 112,800
Gregory Back – 105,000
Brian England – 100,700
Jordan Meltzer – 82,300
Will Givens – 76,800
James Salmon – 75,600
Michael Laake – 46,100
Stewart Newman – 19,800