$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

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 1,239

There continued to be a long string off all-ins called at the last two tables but most resulted in double ups. Frankie Flowers did some heavy lifting of his own.

Yigal Hen open/shoved for 360,000 and Flowers called next to act. Song Kim moved all-in over the top for 385,000 and the big blind went into the tank. After he released, Flowers quickly called.

Flowers:
Hen:
Kim:

Flowers was dominating for the double KO and made it happen as the dealer spread the sweat-free board to get them two steps closer to the final table.

Frankie Flowers – 1,750,000 (35 bb)
Song Kim – Eliminated in 13th place ($1,189)
Yigal Hen – Eliminated in 14th place ($1,189)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 6/58
Average Stack: 96,000 (9 BB)

David Shmuel – 151,000 (15 BB)
Omar Recuero – 119,000 (11 BB)
Tom Gity – 113,000 (11 BB)
Sandy Sanchez – 90,000 (9 BB)
Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss – 67,000 (6 bb)
Ben Yogel – 40,000 (4 BB)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 6/58

Stud-8

Aaron Hemphill was all in on sixth street with / for a pair of kings, trailing Sandy Sanchez’s / for jacks and nines.

Sanchez improved further to a full house with a on seventh street, rendering Hemphill’s on seventh street moot.

Sandy Sanchez – 108,000 (10 BB)
Aaron Hemphill – Eliminated in 7th Place ($740)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Big Stack
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 87

A player in middle position raises to 7,000 and the button calls. Marc Sacheli is in the big blind and three-bets to 22,000. The original raiser folds and the button moves all in for about 50,000.

Sacheli snap-calls and shows . The button is in bad shape with .

Sacheli doesn’t have much of a sweat as the board runs out . Sacheli has his opponent drawing dead on the turn with a set of aces and he quickly becomes one of the biggest stacks remaining.

Marc Sacheli – 133,000

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 7/58

Stud-8

Darin Kaplan (pictured) was all in on seventh street against Ben Yogel.

Kaplan tabled a jack-high diamond flush, but Yogel tabled for quad eights to eliminate Kaplan in eighth place.

Ben Yogel – 96,000 (12 BB)
Darin Kaplan – Eliminated in 8th Place ($592)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 8/58

Razz

Ben Yogel: [X][X]/
Aaron Hemphill: [X][X]/
Bill Munley: [X][X]/
David Shmuel: [X][X]/

Ben Yogel completes with a showing, Aaron Hemphill calls, Bill Munley calls all in for his remaining 2,500, and David Shmuel calls.

On fourth street, Yogel and Hemphill checked to Shumuel who bet, forcing folds from Yogel and Hemphill.

Bill Munley: /
David Shmuel: /

Munley was behind, and found little help from his runout, giving him a 10-9-7-6-A.

Shmuel’s runout was , giving him a slightly better 10 with a to win the pot and eliminate Munley on the money bubble.

David Shmuel – 140,000 (17 bb)

Payouts
1st: $4,584
2nd: $3,254
3rd: $2,071
4th: $1,479
5th: $1,183
6th: $887
7th: $740
8th: $592

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,239

The dinner break must have woken some players up because they mixed it up in a hurry. Event 9 dropped four players in ten minutes to get them down to 18.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw the last two tables.

19th: Matthew Gallen – $877
20th: Washington Gavilanes – $877
21st: Michael Marks – $877
22nd: Bradley Young – $877