$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 87

Marcus Stein gets his last 96,000 into the middle preflop from the small blind against Dylan Drazen in the hijack.

Drazen shows and is on the wrong side of yet another cooler this level against Stein’s .

The board runs out and the whole table groans and verbalizes their disbelief at how many aces vs. kings showdowns there have been in this level.

Marcus Stein – 206,000 (34 bb)
Dylan Drazen – 138,000 (23 bb)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 87

Anthony Barbera raises to 15,000 from early position and action folds to Jay Klitzner in the big blind, who calls and is all in for 14,000.

Barbera shows and is in good shape to give everybody a pay jump against Klitzner’s .

The board runs out and Klitzner hits the rail in ninth place, earning $783 for his efforts.

Anthony Barbera – 212,000 (35 bb)
Jay Klitzner – Eliminated 

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 87

Dylan Drazen raises to 15,000 from the hijack and action folds around to Michell Mantin in the big blind. Mantin tosses his last orange 1,000 denomination chip into the middle and is all in for 7,000.

Mantin shows and needs help against Drazen’s .

The flop is , putting Mantin in the lead with top pair. The turn is the and Drazen regains the lead with a pair of aces.

Mantin needs to hit an eight or a deuce on the river to stay alive, but the comes on the river and Mantin is eliminated on the bubble. Drazen takes the pot and secures the final nine players a payday.

Dylan Drazen – 265,000
Mithcell Mantin – Eliminated 

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,239

Action slowed at the seven-handed table and the players decided to look at numbers to divide up the remaining prize pool. They could not come to a consensus and cards are moving again.

Seat 1: Andrew Thompson – 1,740,000 (17 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Jordan Meltzer – 1,625,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: Frankie Flowers – 1,990,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Nicholas Mahabee – 1,030,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7: Voitto Rintala – 1,900,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Bill Fanman – 2,455,000 (25 bb)
Seat 9: Homero Molina – 1,700,000 (17 bb)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 87

Mithcell Mantin is under the gun and gets into a preflop battle against Dylan Drazen from the cutoff. Drazen is the all in player for 121,000 and the cards are tabled.

It’s another cold deck with Mantin showing and Drazen showing .

The board runs out and Drazen’s aces hold up to double up. Mantin is left with just over a big blind and is going to be in the big blind the very next hand.

Dylan Drazen – 255,000
Mithcell Mantin – 7,000

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 87

Nancy Thomas raises from under the gun and Anthony Barbera moves all in for 61,000 from the hijack. Action folds back around to Thomas, who calls.

Thomas shows and is in trouble against Barbera’s .

The board runs out and Barbera’s aces hold up to double up on the bubble.

Anthony Barbera – 141,000
Nancy Thomas – 93,000

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 87

With the elimination of Allan Bieler, the final 10 players have redrawn for seats at the unofficial final table.

Along with being the final table bubble, this is also the money bubble as well. With one more elimination, the final nine players will be in the money and guaranteed a cash of at least $783.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final 10 players:

Seat 1: Anthony Barbera – 63,500
Seat 2: Claudemir Osorio – 140,000
Seat 3: Carlos Loving – 185,000
Seat 4: Marc Sacheli – 265,000
Seat 5: Dylan Drazen – 122,500
Seat 6: Nancy Thomas – 155,000
Seat 7: Federico Dornelas Camara – 70,500
Seat 8: Jay Klitzner – 37,5000
Seat 9: Mitchell Mantin – 120,000
Seat 10: Marcus Stein – 140,000

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 87

Allan Bieler got all of his chips into the middle preflop with pocket tens against Nancy Thomas’ pocket queens.

Thomas’ queens held up to win the pot and eliminate Bieler. There is a short break in the action, while they redraw for seats at the unofficial final table. With one more elimination, the final nine players will be in the money.

Nancy Thomas – 155,000
Allan Bieler – Eliminated 

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 1,239

Andrew Thompson open/shoved from early position, Nicholas Mahabee called on the button, and Mark Nahama called in the big blind for ~275,000.

Thompson:
Mahabee:
Nahama:

Namaha caught part of the flop but Thompson’s aces held after the turn and to send Nahama out while piling up better than a double.

Andrew Thompson – 1,450,000 (18 bb)
Nicholas Mahabee – 1,800,000 (23 bb)
Mark Nahama – Eliminated in 8th place ($2,947)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 3/58
Average Stack: 193,000 (16 BB)

The final three players agreed to an even chop of the remaining payouts. Here were the chip counts at the time, and the subsequent payouts.

1. Omar Recuero (pictured above) – 244,000 (20 BB) – $3,303

2. Sandy Sanchez (pictured above) – 174,000 (14 BB) – $3,303

3. David Shmuel (pictured above) – 162,000 (13 BB) – $3,303

Omar Recuero gets the official victory as the chip leader. A recap of the event will be published later tonight.