$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.

$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)

Stud

Omar Recuero: [X][X]//[X]
Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss: [X][X]//[X]

All in on seventh street, Omar Recuero tabled for a king-high flush. Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss showed  for a defeated pair of sevens ending his tournament in fourth place.

Omar Recuero – 240,000 (20 BB)
Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,479)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,239

Matthew Yorra open/shoved from under the gun for 195,000 and Jordan Meltzer three-bet to 450,000 from the small blind. Frankie Flowers folded his big blind and the hands were tabled.

Meltzer:
Yorra:

Yorra hit a piece of the flop but couldn’t catch the rest of the way on the turn or river to exit the final table in tenth place.

Jordan Meltzer – 2,100,000 (35 bb)
Matthew Yorra – Eliminated in 10th place ($1,487)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 17: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 87

Jay Klitzner moves all in from the small blind for 49,500 and Carlos Loving calls from the big blind.

Loving shows and needs help against Klitzner’s . The board runs out favorably for Klitzner as it comes .

Klitzner dodges a paint card on the river to double up and stay alive. After one more elimination, there will be a redraw for seats at the unofficial final table and the money bubble will be upon the remaining 10 players.

Jay Klitzner – 101,500
Carlos Loving – 77,000

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 4/58
Average Stack: 145,000 (122 BB)

Stud

Tom Gity was all in on fifth street with /, leading Sandy Sanchez’s /.

Sanchez caught the on sixth street to make trip eights and Gity was unable to recover, busting in fifth place.

Sandy Sanchez – 150,000 (12 bb)
Tom Gity – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,183)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 5/58
Average Stack: 116,000 (9 BB)

Stud

Ben Yogel (pictured) got his short stack into the middle against chip leader David Shmuel. Yogel was only able to to make a pair of fives, falling to Shmuel’s pair of eights to bust in sixth place.

David Shmuel – 160,000 (13 BB)
Ben Yogel – Eliminated in 6th Place ($887)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 1,239

Event 9 dropped down to the final table ten with a few seconds before the next break. They redraw for seats and are about to get cards back in the air.

Seat 1: Andrew Thompson – 670,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Marcello Bellizzi – 930,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Jordan Meltzer – 1,740,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Frankie Flowers – 1,585,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Matthew Yorra – 245,000 (5 bb)
Seat 6: Nicholas Mahabee – 2,470,000 (49 bb)
Seat 7: Voitto Rintala – 1,380,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Mark Nahamn – 175,000 (4 bb)
Seat 9: Bill Fanman – 1,775,000 (36 bb)
Seat 10: Homero Molina – 1,390,000 (28 bb)

1st: $37,565
2nd: $21,782
3rd: $14,273
4th: $9,590
5th: $6,691
6th: $5,204
7th: $4,014
8th: $2,974
9th: $2,082
10th: $1,487

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 87

The player under the gun moves all in for 21,000 and Dylan Drazen moves all in on the button for over 200,000, covering both of the blinds. Both the blinds fold, leaving Drazen heads-up with his opponent.

Drazen shows and has his opponent’s dominated. The board runs out and Drazen wins the pot with a pair of kings to eliminate a player as the money bubble rapidly approaches.

Drazen chips up and has a massive chip lead over the rest of the field.

Dylan Drazen – 235,000