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Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Jarod Ludemann and Nick Yunis got to the river where Nick fired 25k. The board read 
and Jarod shoved for another 33k on top.
Nick tanked for a couple of minutes, and then just as someone called for the clock, he called the all-in. Jarod tabled 
for the nuts and the double up. Nick tossed his 
into the muck.
Stuck at 77 players with an average stack of 234k.
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Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Andy Andrejevic and Noah Schwartz got to the river with a board of 
. Andy jammed, having Noah covered.
Noah gave it some thought, then eventually called, showing AQ for top/top. Andy had him beat with pocket Kings to take the pot.
Noah took he walk in 79th place, missing the money by 16 spots.
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Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante
Players are back in their seats with 79 still alive with a shot at the title. Next stop is the money bubble with the last 63 getting a piece of the $2,000,000 prize pool.
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 5: Blinds 100/200/25 ante
Players are back from their break and registration has closed. The unofficial player count is 109 making the prize pool $104,095.
Big stacks as of the break:
Mike Assit – 85,550
Ryan Van Sanford – 68,500
Bradley Young – 56,350
Matthew Elsby – 56,350
Josias Santos – 55,975
Hagai Stein – 42,525
$200 Big Stack Turbo No Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000 ante
Today’s turbo tournament has been cruising along and the brisk pace continues as Jorge Gomez just fell on the first hand of Level 26.
Gomez had hit top pair on the flop but Nick Pupillo rivered a flush to send Gomez to the rail. Gomez exits in 4th place for $2,077.
Three players remain – Nick Pupillo, Brian Morgan and Brady Churches. Pupillo and Morgan hold the big stack with Churches trying to chase them down for the Event 17 title.
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End of Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante
Chance Kornuth leads the Championship at the dinner break but the top ten is full of big names looking to chase him down.
Top ten counts:
Chance Kornuth – 765,500
Ilan Doron – 632,500
Faraz Jaka – 627,000
Matt Glantz – 609,500
Mohammed Jaafer – 548,500
Mike Dentale – 495,500
David Francois – 446,000
Jonathan Borenstein – 432,000
Chris Bolek – 393,000
Anthony Zinno – 389,000
Other notables:
Nick Yunis – 367,500
Eli Elezra – 342,000
Elliott Zaydman – 296,500
Jeff Chang – 260,000
Barry Hutter – 226,500
Cornel Cimpan – 204,500
Noah Schwartz – 203,500
Marshall White – 190,000
Matthew Elsarelli – 175,000
Jacob Bazeley – 173,000
Jared Jaffee – 168,500
Nancy Birnbaum – 156,500
Hans Winzeler – 141,500
Tristan Wade – 141,000
David Inselberg – 139,500
Mukul Pahuja – 117,500
Mike Beasley – 105,000
Angel Vu – 96,000
Keven Stammen – 38,500
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End of Level 16: Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante
End of level and players are off on a 90-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 8pm.
Just before the break, David Diaz had his last chips in holding AJ against Daniel Dyke’s A4. When the board ran out, Daniel had made a wheel to send the WSOP bracelet winner packing.
Chance Kornuth is the chip leader with about 770k.
Only 79 players remain with an average stack of 228k.
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Level 3: Blinds 75/150
The player count in this event is up to about 85 and lots of them are familiar faces:
Cord Garcia
Brett Bader
Scott Zakheim
Ryan Van Sanford
Moe Maghraoui
Ray Prieto
Mike Linster
Aaron Massey
Ross Fischer
Raminder Singh
Carlos Loving
Joe McKeehen
Marsha Wolak
Jeff Trudeau
Corey Burbick
Dani Dayan
John Dolan
Bradley Young
Ian Davis
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Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante
Matt Glantz was looking at a 100,000 bet from Jeff Chang with the board reading 
. After the flop, Glantz opened for 37,000 from early position, found one caller in middle position, before Chang raised it up.
Glantz thought it through before moving all-in for 267,000 total to get a fold from one opponent. Chang quickly called with 
while Glantz tabled 
for top pair with the nut flush draw. He hit it right on the turn and dodged a river boat to move over 550,000 while Chang is no longer among the leaders.
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Level 21: Blinds 5k/10k/1k
They’re down to 15 players in this event, which means they’re in the money. Average stack is 149k.
Nick Pupillo is the chip leader with about 470k. Brian Morgan is second with ~310k, and it appears that Mark Burnstein is third with 280k.