$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 14 of 828 players remaining

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 15 of 828 players remaining

Action folded to Chris Drake on the button and he moved all in for what looked to be 275,000. Marsha Wolak, the last woman in the field, called from the big blind and the cards were turned on their backs.

Wolak:
Drake:

Wolak was ahead and improved her position when the flop delivered her a pair of aces. The turn left Drake drawing dead, and he was sent out the door in 16th place after the was run out on the river.

Marsha Wolak – 900,000
Chris Drake – Eliminated in 16th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 16 of 828 players remaining

After Marc Duquette fell in 18th place, Kyle Keranen followed him out the door in 18th place.

It happened when Keranen moved all in for 300,000 from middle position and Daniel Buzgon three-bet jammed over the top from the button, which prompted both blinds to fold.

Keranen:
Buzgon:

Buzgon’s kicker was best and he was pushed the pot after the board ran out .

Daniel Buzgon – 1.5 million
Kyle Keranen – Eliminated in 17th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players: 18 of 828 players remaining

Table 1
1 – George Boyadjian
2 – Marsha Wolak
3 – Ruslan Dykshleyn
4 – Kyle Keranen
5 – Jordan Joeckel
6 – Devon Shalmi
7 – Daniel Buzgon
8 – Cangir Elcin
9 – Chris Drake

Table 2
1 – Guy Smith
2 – Carlo Rodriguez
3 – Phillip Hui
4 – Marc Duquette
5 – Will Givens
6 – Adam Krach
7 – Aaron Massey
8 – Jonathan Pilger
9 – Steve McKoy

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players: 18 of 828 players remaining

Andy Spears moved all in for 342,000 from the hijack only to have Ruslan Dykshteyn three-bet jam all in over the top from the cutoff for 641,000. The button and blinds all folded and the cards were turned up.

Dykshteyn:
Spears:

The flop gave Dykshteyn a set, and that meant Spears needed to go runner-runner to stay alive. The turn took away any chance of that happening, and Spears was officially eliminated from the tournament after the was put out on the river.

Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1 million
Andy Spears – Eliminated in 19th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players: 19 of 828 players remaining

Kyle Keranen raised to 48,000 under the gun and Jeremy Menard responded by moving all in for 195,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Keranen and he made the call.

Keranen:
Menard:

It was a flip, and Menard was just looking to hold. He did so on both the flop and turn, but the river was a dagger through his heart as Keranen made a winning pair of kings.

Kyle Keranen – 800,000
Jeremy Menard – Eliminated in 20th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players: 22 of 828 players remaining

Not long ago, Phillip Hui got lucky to double through Allen Kessler to . Now, Hui has finished off his opponent.

It happened when Hui moved all in for around 175,000 from the hijack and Kessler, who barely had less than that, opted to call off from the button.

“You can have the rest of my chips,” Kessler said as the blinds both folded.

Kessler:
Hui:

“It’s not looking good, Allen,” someone at the table said when it was revealed Hui was drawing to two live cards.

“I’ve never beat this guy in my lifetime,” Kessler deadpanned.

The flop kept Kessler in the lead, but it didn’t change his mood.

“Ten,” he said, pointing out Hui would make a straight with that card. Sure enough, the dealer burned and turned the . The was run out on the river and a frustrated Kessler took his leave from the tournament in 23rd place.

Phillip Hui – 390,000
Allen Kessler – Eliminated in 23rd Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players: 26 of 828 players remaining

Asher Conniff got his stack of approximately 150,000 all in preflop and was in great shape to double against Carlo Rodriguez.

Conniff:
Rodriguez:

Conniff was primed to double as long as he could dodge a deuce and other such nonsense, but that proved easier said than done as the flop hit Rodriguez.

He then took his leave from the tournament after the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.

“Good luck,” Conniff offered before heading to the payout desk.

Carlo Rodriguez – 450,000
Asher Conniff – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players: 26 of 828 players remaining

We missed the elimination of 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event third-place finisher Neil Blumenfield, but we learned some details after the fact.

Apparently Blumenfield moved all in under the gun holding and Adam Krach called from the button holding . The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Blumenfield, who was sent out the door in 27th place.

Adam Krach – 565,000
Neil Blumenfield – Eliminated in 28th Place

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players: 26 of 828 players remaining

Aaron Massey opened for 35,000 and called when a short-stacked Cate Hall three-bet all in for 70,000.

Hall:
Massey:

Hall had a kicker problem and it didn’t get resolved as the board ran out clean.

Aaron Massey – 1.1 million
Cate Hall – Eliminated in 28th Place