Event 1: Cory Blum – 14th Place ($1,302)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 555,000 (35 bb)
Players Remaining: 13/481

Cory Blum raised all in for 98,000 from early position, and David Zaldivar called from the big blind.

Blum showed Jc10h, trailing Zaldivar’s Ac10s.

The board came down Qs10d2c7d5d, no help to Blum, ending his tournament in 14th place.

David Zaldivar – 455,000 (28 bb)
Cory Blum – Eliminated in 14th Place ($1,302)

Event 1: Joel Harwood Doubles Through Cory Blum To Seize the Chip Lead

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 515,000 (32 bb)
Players Remaining: 14/481

Cory Blum raised to 40,000 from early position, Jorge Gomez called from middle position, and Joel Harwood three-bet to about 275,000 from the big blind. Blum four-bet shoved for about 750,000, Gomez folded, and Harwood called all in for 640,000.

Blum: JsJh
Harwood: KdKh

The board ran out clean for Harwood, giving him the double and the chip lead.

Joel Harwood – 1,344,000 (84 bb)
Cory Blum – 110,000 (7 bb)

Event 1: Ryan Gianquitti – 15th Place ($1,302)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 515,000 (32 bb)
Players Remaining: 14/481

Ryan Gianquitti raised all in for 81,000 from the small blind, and Arthur Grigoryants called from the big blind.

Gianquitti: Qh2h
Girgoryants: Qs10h

The board came down As10s2s8c5c, giving Grigoryans a pair of tens to eliminate Gianquitti.

Arthur Grigoryants – 380,000 (24 bb)
Ryan Gianquitti – Eliminated in 15th Place ($1,302)

Event 1: Chip Counts at Break

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Upcoming Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 481,000 (30 bb)
Players Remaining: 15/481

Table 28
Seat 1:
Seat 2: Stanley Sanders – 183,000 (11 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Axelrod – 387,000 (24 bb)
Seat 4: Jose Silva – 71,000 (4 bb)
Seat 5: Joel Harwood – 724,000 (45 bb)
Seat 6: Cameron Schur – 945,000 (59 bb)
Seat 7: Cory Blum – 750,000 (47 bb)
Seat 8: Jorge Gomez – 824,000 (51 bb)
Seat 9: Claudio Kalili – 205,000 (13 bb)

Table 33
Seat 1: David Zaldivar – 155,000 (10 bb)
Seat 2: Ory Hen – 520,000 (32 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4: Matthew Lipchitz – 531,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Gianquitti – 289,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7: Arthur Grigoryants – 285,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8: Steven Bennett – 788,000 (49 bb)
Seat 9: Haim Toorgeman – 590,000 (37 bb)

Event 1: Daniel Genachte – 16th Place ($1,099)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 481,000 (40 bb)
Players Remaining: 15/481

Daniel Genachte raised to 27,000 from middle position, Matthew Lipchitz three-bet to 80,000 form the hijack, Genachte four-bet shoved for about 205,000, and Lipchitz called.

Genachte: KsKh
Lipchitz: AhQs

The board came down Jd7s6hAc7h, giving Lipchitz aces and sevens to eliminate Genachte.

Matthew Lipchitz – 565,000 (47 bb)
Daniel Genachte – Eliminated in 16th Place ($1,099)

Event 1: Paul Smerdon – 17th Place ($1,099)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 451,000 (38 bb)
Players Remaining: 16/481

Paul Smerdon raised all in from under the gun for about 90,000, and Jorge Gomez called from the small blind.

Smerdon: KcJs
Gomez: 6s6c

The board ran out Ac9c2h7sQd, no help to Smerdon, ending his tournament in 17th place.

Jorge Gomez – 840,000 (70 bb)
Paul Smerdon – Eliminated in 17th Place ($1,099)

Event 1: Juan Yanes – 18th Place ($1,099)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Average Stack: 424,000 (35 bb)
Players Remaining: 17/481

Juan Yanes raised all in for about 30,000 from the button, and Joel Harwood called from the big blind.

Yanes: Ah10c
Harwood: Js8d

The board came down Qd10s3c4s9c, giving Harwood a queen-high straight on the river to eliminate Yanes.

Joel Harwood – 615,000 (51 bb)
Juan Yanes – Eliminated in 18th Place ($1,099)

Event 1: Richard Fernandez – 19th Place ($926)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18/481

Following the turn of a 7s6d2s10h board with roughly 100,000 in the pot, Richard Fernandez was all in from under the gun for 113,000. Ryan Gianquitti mulled it over from the cutoff for a bit before he called.

Fernandez: As8s
Gianquitti: 9h9c

“Red deuce!” shouted Gianquitti.

The river was the 2d, safe for Gianquitti to eliminate Fernandez.

Ryan Gianquitti – 470,000 (47 bb)
Richard Fernandez – Eliminated in 19th Place ($926)

Event 1: Mariia Ievseieva – 20th Place ($926)

$250 Big Stack (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure  | Payouts
Prize Pool: $101,010
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19/481

Mariia Ievseieva raised all in from early position for 102,000, and Steven Bennett called from the big blind.

Ievseieva : As4s
Bennett: KsKc

The board came down 7d7c4c6c8d, no help to Ievseieva , ending her tournament in 20th place.

Steven Bennett – 610,000 (61 bb)
Mariia Ievseieva – Eliminated in 20th Place ($926)