Event 10: Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 25/150
Average Stack: 120,000 (40 bb)

Table 9
Seat 1: Paul Balzano – 97,500 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Faraz Jaka – 126,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Zo Karim – 56,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: Ryan Rogers – 229,000 (76 bb)
Seat 5: Jon Borenstein – 101,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Joel Harwood – 32,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7: –empty–
Seat 8: Peter Vitantonio – 56,500 (18 bb)
Seat 9: Rock Cloutier – 110,000 (36 bb)

Table 10
Seat 1: Schahin Ghiai – 348,000 (116 bb)
Seat 2: Yaroslav Nakonechnyy – 188,500 (62 bb)
Seat 3: –empty–
Seat 4: Lily Kiletto – 60,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Matthew Wantman – 80,500 (26 bb)
Seat 6: Jeff Rodriguez – 85,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7: Alex Foxen – 128,000 (42 bb)
Seat 8: Ryan Phan – 69,000 (23 bb)
Seat 9: Jake Bazeley – 223,000 (74 bb)

Table 17
Seat 1: Staffan Lind – 20,000 (6 bb)
Seat 2: Robert Kuhn – 74,500 (24 bb)
Seat 3: Andreas Ioakimides  – 176,500 (58 bb)
Seat 4: David Diaz – 211,500 (70 bb)
Seat 5: Mukul Pahuja – 199,500 (66 bb)
Seat 6: Krzysztof Stybaniewicz – 119,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: Michael Newman – 110,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8: Joey Weissman – 78,000 (26 bb)
Seat 9: Fariboz Zojaji – 20,000 (6 bb)

1st: $98,960
2nd: $58,013
3rd: $34,125
4th: $27,300
5th: $20,475
6th: $17,063
7th: $13,650
8th: $10,238
9th: $7,678
10th-12th: $6,825
13th-15th: $5,972
16th-18th: $5,119

Event 10: Day 2 Chip Counts

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 25/150
Average Stack: 120,000 (40 bb)

Only 25 players remain from a starting field of 150 in Event 10, the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry). Schahin Ghiai is the chip leader with 348,000, and only 18 players make the money. Play resumes at 2:00pm Monday and will continue until a winner emerges.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1SchahinGhiai348,000
2RyanRogers229,000
3JakeBazeley223,000
4DavidDiaz211,500
5MukulPahuja199,500
6YaroslavNakonechnyy188,500
7AndreasIoakimides176,500
8AlexFoxen128,000
9FarazJaka126,000
10KrzysztofStybaniewicz119,000
11RockCloutier110,000
12MichaelNewman110,000
13JonBorenstein101,000
14PaulBalzano97,500
15JeffRodriguez85,000
16MatthewWantman80,500
17JoeyWeissman78,000
18RobertKuhn74,500
19RyanPhan69,000
20LilyKiletto60,000
21PeterVitantonio56,500
22ZoKarim56,000
23JoelHarwood32,000
24StaffanLind20,000
25FariborzZojaji20,000

1st: $98,960
2nd: $58,013
3rd: $34,125
4th: $27,300
5th: $20,475
6th: $17,063
7th: $13,650
8th: $10,238
9th: $7,678
10th-12th: $6,825
13th-15th: $5,972
16th-18th: $5,119

Event 10: David Diaz Chipping Up

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 27/150
Average Stack: 111,100 (56 bb)

Zo Karim raised to 4,500 from middle position and David Diaz called from the button.

They checked to the turn of a JcKsAd2h board where Karim check-called 7,000 from Diaz. The river was the 3d and Karim check-called another 13,000.

Diaz tabled 2d2c for a set of decues, Karim mucked, and Diaz won the pot. Two hands later, Diaz’s AdJh bested an opponent’s KdKh to chip up even more.

David Diaz – 185,000 (92 bb)
Zo Karim – 45,000 (22 bb)

Event 10: Michael Newman Scores Double KO

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 33/150
Average Stack: 90,900 (56 bb)

Michael Newman

Raminder Singh raised all in from the cutoff for about 24,000, Jeff Gross reraised all in from the small blind for about 50,000, and Michael Newman called from the big blind with the biggest stack of the bunch.

Singh: Qh10d
Gross: AdQc
Newman: AsKs

The board came down Ah8c4c3h9s, safe for Newman to score the double elimination.

Michael Newman – 160,000 (100 bb)
Jeff Gross – Eliminated
Raminder Singh – Eliminated

Event 10: Salomon Ponte Eliminated by Paul Balzano

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 42/150
Average Stack: 71,300 (59 bb)

Paul Balzano

Mukul Pahuja raised to 2,800 from under the gun, Paul Balzano called in the cutoff, the player on the button called, and Salomon Ponte called in the big blind.

The flop fell Js8d2h and action checked to Balzano who bet 4,200. The player on the button raised to 17,000, Ponte check-raise shoved for about 20,000, Pahuja folded, Balzano reraised all in for about 60,000, and the player on the button tanked for a while before he folded.

Balzano tabled 8s8c for middle set, and Ponte turned over 2c2d for bottom set.

The river was the Qc, no help to Ponte, locking up the pot for Balzano.

Paul Balzano – 115,000 (95 bb)
Salomon Ponte – Eliminated

Event 10: Salomon Ponte Doubles Through Lily Kiletto

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 43/150
Average Stack: 69,700 (58 bb)

Salomon Ponte raised all in for 9,800 from early position and Lily Kiletto looked him up from the button with 5s5d, racing with Ponte’s AdJd.

The board came down AsKd6s2c9d, giving Ponte a pair of aces to double up.

Salmon Ponte – 23,200 (19 bb)
Lily Kiletto – 165,000 (137 bb)

Event 10: Chris Bolek Eliminated by Jake Bazeley

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 56/150
Average Stack: 53,600 (44 bb)

Jake Bazeley

Jake Bazeley raised from the hijack, Chris Bolek reraised all in from the big blind for about 10,000, and Bazeley called with Ah3s, trailing Bolek’s AcKs.

The board came down 10h8h6h5dKh, giving Bazeley an ace-high flush to eliminate Bolek.

Jake Bazeley – 55,000 (45 bb)
Chris Bolek – Eliminated

Event 10: Michael Newman Doubles Through John Dollinger

$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 72/150
Average Stack: 41,600 (41 bb)

After a series of raises, Michael Newman was all in from the hijack for 40,400 with AsAc against John Dollinger in the big blind with AdKs.

The board came down Qs9s6h7cKc, not enough help to Dollinger, securing the double for Newman.

Michael Newman – 82,500 (82 bb)
John Dollinger – 16,000 (16 bb)