$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 150
Average Stack: 600,000 (50 bb)

The players are in the midst of a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes at about 9:37 pm.

Jake Bazeley – 1,094,000 (91 bb)
Ryan Rogers – 946,000 (78 bb)
Paul Balzano- 553,000 (46 bb)
Faraz Jaka – 318,000 (26 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 90,000 (7 bb)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 150
Average Stack: 600,000 (60 bb)

Mukul Pahuja raised all in for 49,000 from under the gun and Jake Bazeley called from the big blind with , trailing Pahuja’s .

The board came down , giving Pahuja a set of nines to double through Bazeley.

Mukul Pahuja – 108,000 (10 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 1,140,000 (114 bb)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 150
Average Stack: 600,000 (60 bb)

In a battle of Seminole Hard Rock Poker team members, Faraz Jaka raised to 22,000 from the cutoff and Mukul Pahuja called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Pahuja checked to Jaka who bet 27,000. Pahuja called to see the river and checked again. Jaka bet 108,000, sending Pahuja into the tank for about two minutes before he called.

Jaka tabled for an ace-high straight, Pahuja mucked, and Jaka won the pot.

Faraz Jaka – 360,000 (36 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 63,000 (6 bb)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 150
Average Stack: 600,000 (60 bb)

In a battle of the blinds, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Faraz Jaka was all in from the big blind for 154,000 with against Ryan Rogers in the small blind with .

The board ran out , giving Jaka a pair of kings to double up.

Faraz Jaka – 313,000 (31 bb)
Ryan Rogers – 555,000 (55 bb)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 150
Average Stack: 600,000 (60 bb)

Jake Bazeley opened to 22,000 from the hijack, Andreas Ioakimides three-bet shoved from the small blind for 282,000, and Bazeley called with , racing with Ioakimides’ .

The board came down , giving Bazeley trip aces to eliminate Ioakimides in sixth place.

Jake Bazeley – 1,170,000 (117 bb)
Andreas Ioakimides – Eliminated in 6th Place ($17,063)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 150
Average Stack: 500,000 (62 bb)

Andreas Ioakimides raised to effectively 83,000 from the small blind and Faraz Jaka called all in from the big blind with , racing with Ioakimides’ .

The board came down , safe for Jaka to double up.

Faraz Jaka – 172,000 (21 bb)
Andreas Ioakamides – 495,000 (62 bb)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 150
Average Stack: 500,000 (62 bb)

Jake Bazeley – 722,000 (90 bb)
Paul Balzano – 634,000 (79 bb)
Andreas Ioakimides – 624,000 (78 bb)
Ryan Rogers – 549,000 (68 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 286,000 (35 bb)
Faraz Jaka -186,000 (23 bb)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 150
Average Stack: 500,000 (82 bb)

Ryan Rogers raised to 13,000 from middle position, Staffan Lind reraised all in from the big blind for about 83,000, and Rogers called.

Rogers:
Lind:

The board came down , safe for Rogers to eliminate Lind in seventh place.

Ryan Rogers – 549,000 (91 bb)
Staffan Lind – Eliminated in 7th Place ($13,650)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 150
Average Stack: 428,000 (71 bb)

Robert Kuhn raised all in from the hijack for 84,000 and Mukul Pahuja isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the cutoff.

Kuhn:
Pahuja:

The board came down , no help to Kuhn, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Mukul Pahuja – 300,000 (50 bb)
Robert Kuhn – Eliminated in 8th Place ($10,238)

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 150
Average Stack: 375,000 (62 bb)

Jake Bazeley raised to 15,000 from the cutoff, Staffan Lind called from the button, and Schahini Ghiai called from the small blind.

The flop came down and Ghiai led out for 15,000. Bazeley raised to 40,000, Lind called, Ghiai reraised all in for 135,500, Bazeley reshoved for 370,000, and Lind folded.

Bazeley:
Ghiai :

Bazeley led with a set of fours and held up through the turn and river to eliminate Ghiai and take the chip lead. Lind remarked that he folded Jack-Ten.

Jake Bazeley – 715,000 (119 bb)
Schahini Ghiai – Eliminated in 9th Place ($7,678)