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Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 904

Andre Rakusa was out of position in a heads-up pot with a bet of 71,000 in on a board. Keven Stammen was the other player in the hand and he jammed for about 175,000 total. Rakusa thouth for a minute, then mucked. Stammen lived to fight another day. While ultimately inconsequential, the hand marked a continued downward trend for Rakusa who started the day with the chip lead.

Keven Stammen – 375,000 (46 bb)
Andre Rakusa – 280,000 (35 bb)

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Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 59 of 904

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz was just eliminated from the Main Event in 60th place earning $3,878.

Krzysztof Stybaniewicz – Eliminated in 60th place ($3,878)

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Players Remaining: 61 of 904

Jeff Fielder is the most recent elimination from the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event. Fielder is accustomed to big field, big buy-in events having won the finale in Choctaw in 2013 for better than $213,000. His run here in South Florida, though, came to an end in 62nd place.

Jeff Fielder – Eliminated in 62n place ($3,878)

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Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 66 of 904

Tournament staff was busy during the second break of the day racing off the 500 chips and coloring up some of the bigger stacks. The blue 25,000 chips have made their debut in the event and Daniel Genachte was on the receiving end of two stacks of them. Genachte and the rest of the field is back in action and Genachte appears to claim the lead with 1,190,000.

Daniel Genachte – 1,190,000 (148 bb)

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Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 67 of 904

Flop: — Tark Abboud was on the button with 45,000 in the pot. James Calderaro, meanwhile, was in the big blind with the red “all-in” button in front of him. Abboud was the shorter stack, and pondered for his tournament life. He called off roughly 100,000 more and Calderaro was in good position to score a bustout.

Calderaro: for top, top
Abboud: for top pair, nine kicker

Turn and River: and

Calderaro’s hand held and Abboud was eliminated in 68th place.

James Calderaro – 460,000 (76 bb)
Tark Abboud – Eliminated in 67th place ($3,566)

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Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 904

Barry Hutter was on the button with 35,000 in the middle and Asher Conniff was in late position with 77,000 pushed out. The action was unclear, but eventually the pair got all of Conniff’s 267,500 chips in the middle.

Conniff:
Hutter:

Runout:

Conniff’s kings held and he doubled through Hutter.

Asher Conniff – 550,000 (91 bb)
Barry Hutter – 355,000 (59 bb)

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75th: Paul Balzano – $3,282
76th: Kent Walter – $3,282
77th: Michael Moreno – $3,282
78th: Vladislav Mezheritsky – $3,282
79th: Roberto Alberro – $3,282
80th: Wayne Lewis – $3,282
81st: Jorge Gomez – $3,282
82nd: Phil Wojtuniecki – $3,024
83rd: Jeff Rodriguez – $3,024
84th: Errol Rosen – $3,024
85th: Valentin Vornicu – $3,024
86th: Emil Ekvardt – $3,024
87th: Erik Nomberg – $3,024

Additional results are available in the posts below.

$1,675 Main Event NLH (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 904

Nagui Yassa kicked off the 2017 World Series of Poker Circuit at the Seminole Hard Rock with a fourth-place finish in the $580 re-entry. He pocketed better than $46,000 and set the tone for the next 12 days. Fast forward to today, and Yassa is looking to finish the series how he started. With the field narrowing around him, Yassa claims a stack of 739,000 and is one of the chip leaders midway through Day 2.

Nagui Yassa – 739,000 (147 bb)

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88th: Michael O’Brien- $3,024
89th: Nicholas Mahabee – $3,024
90th: Chris Conrad – $3,024
91st: Carlo Rodriguez – $2,780
92nd: Ami Neeman – $2,780
93rd: Jessy Alech – $2,780
94th: Christopher Bolek – $2,780
95th: Brent Joost – $2,780
96th: Scott Bohlman – $2,780
97th: Myung Shin – $2,780
98th: Greg Barba – $2,780
99th: Wally Maddah – $2,780

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Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 904

After beginning Day 2 with 49,000 chips, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Stewart Newman has ran hot on Day 2. Among his more notable hands was when his pocket kings chased down pocket aces all-in preflop.

Early in Level 18, he’s more than quintupled up with a stack of 250,000.

Stewart Newman – 250,000 (50 bb)