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Level 27: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 1,612

In a quick flurry of action, Jack Shea and Ethiel Garcia hit the payout desk and Event 1 was down to the final table ten in a hurry. Gil Aboodi, previously requested as the Anonymous man, leads with Scott Sanders not far behind.

Seat 1: Matyas Csiszar – 920,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2: Nagui Yassa – 1,770,000 (44 bb)
Seat 3: Vytautas Semaska – 2,050,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Gil Aboodi – 4,700,000 (118 bb)
Seat 5: John Magnetta – 1,300,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Scott Sanders – 3,800,000 (95 bb)
Seat 7: Niovel Chirino Alvarez – 1,500,000 (38 bb)
Seat 8: Jordan Meltzer – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Seat 9: Rafael Oropesa – 415,000 (10 bb)
Seat 10: Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,855,000 (46 bb)

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Level 27: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 1,612

John Magnetta opened to 100,000 and our Anonymous player called from the hijack. Manual Rivera raised to 250,000 from the button to get a fold from the blind and Magnetta. Anonymous called to the flop and checked. Rivera moved all in for ~700,000 and Anonymous quickly called without asking for a count.

Anonymous:
Rivera:

Rivera was in trouble against trip jacks and couldn’t find a miracle on the turn or river to exit in 14th place.

Short-stacked Andres Morales didn’t last another hand and was gone on Rivera’s tail.

Anonymous – 4,400,000 (110 bb)
Manual Rivera – Eliminated in 14th place ($8,939)

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Level 27: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 1,612

Table 79 stayed active and it was Hobart Roberts making moves right after John Miller was eliminated. Our Anonymous player opened to 100,000 from the button and Hobart Roberts moved all in from the big blind for 615,000. Anonymous counted out the 100K chpis to call and put them in the middle

Roberts:
Anonymous:

Roberts was dominated and never had a sweat on the all-low board.

Anonymous – 3,200,000 (80 bb)
Hobart Roberts – Eliminated in 15th place ($8,939)

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Level 27: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 1,612

In a three-way pot, John Miller moved all in for 455,000 from the big blind after our Anonymous player checked the small and Andres Morales called the shoved. Our Anonymous player then moved all in with a check-raise for 1,015,000 to make Morales think about it. After a short think, he called for the three-way all in.

Miller:
Morales:
Anonymous:

The set of the were ahead but had to dodge the open-ended straight draw/over pair plus the monster kings. The turn and river finished the board to send Miller out, put Morales on the short stack, and built our Anonymous player up among the big stacks.

Anonymous – 2,600,000 (65 bb)
Andres Morales – 350,000 (9 bb)
John Miller – Eliminated in 16th place ($7,637)

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Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 1,612

With the board reading , Cameron Glendenning was all in for his final ~525,000 and Nagui Yassa had him at risk with his big stack from the big blind.

Yassa:
Glendenning:

Glendenning was in trouble against Yassa’s trips and couldn’t find a save on the turn or river to exit in 17th place.

On one of the first hands after the redraw, Julio Ruiz dropped in 18th place.

Nagui Yassa – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
Cameron Glendenning – Eliminated in 17th place ($7,637)

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Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,612

Tournament staff restarted the clock and we have two fresh tables with new tablemates.

Table 72
Seat 1: Scott Sanders
Seat 2: Nagui Yassa
Seat 3: Niovel Chirino
Seat 4: Julio Ruiz
Seat 5: Matyas Csiszar
Seat 6: Vytautas Semaska
Seat 7: Jack Shea
Seat 8: Cameron Glendenning
Seat 9: Rafael Oropesa

Table 79
Seat 1: Andres Morales
Seat 2: John Magnetta
Seat 3: Ruslan Dykshteyn
Seat 4: Jordan Meltzer
Seat 5: Anonymous
Seat 6: John Miller
Seat 7: Hobart Roberts
Seat 8: Ethiel Garcia
Seat 9: Manuel Rivera

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Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 1,612

There was an early open to 60,000 and Nagui Yassa called from the button. Derek Bowers shoved from the small blind to get one fold then a call from Yassa.

Bowers:
Yassa:

Bowers was ahead but it was Yassa hitting the flop. The turn was a blank and the river sent the pot to Yassa. After counting down Yassa’s stack, his 495,000 was only 30,000 more than Bowers.

He found a quickly double up but was gone a few hands later in 19th place.

Nagui Yassa – 1,100,000 (37 bb)
Derek Bowers – Eliminated in 19th place ($6,142)

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 1,612

Event 1 players are on another break with 19 players remaining and the 1K chips coming out of play. One more elimination and they will redraw the last two tables of the tournament.

Scott Sanders continues to hold a huge lead with 4,545,000 with Andres Morales in second with 2,300,000.

Recent eliminations:
20th: David Plotkin – $6,142
21st: Scott Zakheim – $6,142
22nd: Song O – $5,175
23rd: Chad Freedman – $5,175
24th: Russell Sullivan – $5,175
25th: Bruce Kahn – $4,401

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 1,612

The pace slowed a bit as the stacks deepened but then we had a spurt of activity.

The biggest hand saw WSOP Circuit ring winner Russell Sullivan call a 150,000 three-bet from Andres Morales to see the flop. Morales continued for another 125,000 from the small blind, Sullivan called, and the turn came .

Morales slowed down, checked, and Sullivan moved all in for ~600,000. Morales quickly called with a similar stack and big hand.

Morales:
Sullivan:

Morales was ahead with the rockets and needed to dodge the diamonds to send Sullivan out. The river changed nothing and Sullivan was eliminate in 25th place.

Andres Morales – 1,650,000 (69 bb)
Russell Sullivan – Eliminated in 25th place ($5,175)

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,612

The action continues to fly and we are quickly down to 25 players remaining as Level 24 comes to an end. Recently eliminations include former SHRP champions Daren Stabinski, Bruce Snell, and Steven McKoy.

26th: Daren Stabinski – $4,401
27th: Robert Tannenbaum – $4,401
28th: Wesley Lasher – $3,788
29th: Steven McKoy – $3,788
30th: Teddy Connor – $3,788
31st: Lucus Braga – $3,288
32nd: Alexander Gambino – $3,288
33rd: Bruce Snell – $3,288
34th: Chris Brown – $2,885
35th: Luiz De Farias Guimaraes – $2,885
36th: Ricard Eyzaguirre – $2,885
37th: Michael Mehallis – $2,555
38th: Perry McGinnis – $2,555
39th: Tony Roberto – $2,555
40th: Daryl Cahuasqui-Vega – $2,555
41st: Stuart Krasney – $2,555
42nd: Abbey Daniels – $2,555
43rd: Shaundra Seay – $2,555
44th: Eduardo Christ – $2,555
45th: Michael Goldfarb – $2,555
46th: Robert Transue – $2,289