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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 795

Ben Dobson raised to 50,000 from the middle position and Richard Leger moved all in from the hijack for 255,000. Dobson called.

Dobson was in bad shape with his against Leger’s .

The flop was , which gave everybody a little something, but gave Leger the best of it with a better draw and a better hand.

The turn is the and the river is the , which sends the pot to Leger.

Richard Leger – 575.000
Ben Dobson – 1,650,000

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 795

Action folded around to Iman Dan in the small blind, who moved all in for about 150,000. Mike Beasley called out of the big blind.

Beasley showed and was in the lead against Dan’s . The flop was , keeping Beasley in the lead, but the came on the turn to give Dan the best hand.

The river was the , however, and Beasley moved back into the lead with a straight. Dan was eliminated in 23rd place and picked up $2,107, while Beasley cracked the million chip mark.

Mike Beasley – 1,200,000
Iman Dan – Eliminated 

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 795

Truyen Nguyen was in middle position and got into a preflop battle with Mike Beasley on his direct left.

Nguyen got all in for his last 445,000 and got action from Beasley. Nguyen showed and was in trouble against Beasley’s .

The flop was , giving Nguyen some chop outs, and he picked up some outs to win after the hit the turn.

The came on the river, however, and Beasley won the pot to eliminate Nguyen. The stacks were close and they broke down both stacks before verifying that each player had exactly 445,000.

Nguyen was out in 25th place for $2,107 and Beasley shot up the chip counts.

Mike Beasley – 940,000
Truyen Nguyen – Eliminated 

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 795

Montgomery Cole moved all in from middle position for about 100,000 and Justin Harvell moved all in for about 250,000 from the cutoff. Everybody else got out of the way.

Cole showed and was in trouble against Harvell’s .

The board ran out and Harvell had Cole drawing dead on the turn.

Cole was eliminated in 28th place, and there were two other eliminations and they will redraw for the final three tables with 25 players remaining.

Cole earned $1,868 for his finish and everybody still remaining is guaranteed at least $2,107.

Justin Harvell – 400,000
Montgomery Cole – Eliminated 

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 795

Cards are back in the air after the second break and we have a new leader. Matt Edge and David Rivera are still stacked nicely but Ben Dobson topped them both with 1,435,000 to lead the pack.

Dobson comes to us via the UK with over $1,000,000 in career earnings and he picked up his first career WSOP bracelet this summer in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo event.

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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 795

The day began with 122 players and Event 8 is down to 37 at the second break. The 1K chips are now coming out of play as the castles build and the stacks get deeper.

Recent results:

38th: Vito Polera – $1,670
39th: Mitchell Mantin – $1,670
40th: Austin Peck – $1,670
41st: James Giordano – $1,670
42nd: Matthew Bretzfield – $1,670
43rd: Jose Parra – $1,670
44th: Patrick Biancone – $1,670
45th: Anthony Barbera – $1,670
46th: Carlo Rodriguez – $1,471
47th: Oscar Trestini – $1,471
48th: Jose Cavazos – $1,471
49th: Vadims Ivanovs – $1,471
50th: James Rann – $1,471

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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 795

With the quick pace of eliminations, we have some big stacks emerging. Matt Edge began the day with the chip and his stack has only gotten bigger. He sits with 1,100,000 but he’s no longer at the top of the counts.

Bubble buster David Rivera is up to 1,210,000 for the lead as they near the last four tables.

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 795

We had another quick run for the payout desk after the bubble and we dropped 20 players in a hurry. Among them Chris Moorman, Michael Tureniec, Matt Smith, Richard Rice, Erik Christensen, and Zoltan Czinkota.

51st: Robert Jonsson – $1,471
52nd: Thayer Rasmussen – $1,471
53rd: Alejandro Funes – $1,471
54th: Chris Moorman – $1,471
55th: Sebastian Kos – $1,312
56th: Brandon Noe – $1,312
57th: Matt Smith – $1,312
58th: David Baker – $1,312
59th: Cory Blum – $1,312
60th: Ekrem Bozkurt – $1,312
61st: Robert Oxenberg – $1,312
62nd: Richard Rice – $1,312
63rd: Michael Tureniec – $1,312
64th: Euclid Zurbaran – $1,153
65th: Alex Cohen – $1,153
66th: Mark Nahama – $1,153
67th: John Pendl – $1,153
68th: Erik Christensen – $1,153
69th: Zoltan Czinkota – $1,153
70th: George Hortelano – $1,153
71st: Philip Consolo – $769
72nd: Scott Jordan – $769
73rd: Ronald Campillo – $768

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 795

With 73 players remaining and 72 getting paid, the tournament went into hand-for-hand mode until they lost one player. The first hand was inconsequential but the second blasted off.

On Table 19, Cory Blum opened to 17,000 and Scott Jordan three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 77,000. The rest of the table folded and Blum called. While they were waiting for the other tables to finish, two other all-ins were called for the triple at risk.

Blum:
Jordan:

They were racing and Jordan was unable to connect on the board to exit on the bubble.

But there was still some business to decide.

On Table 12, David Rivera and Philip Consolo were heads-up to the flop when Consolo put his last 16,000 in the middle. He was ahead of Rivera with against pocket kings, improved to a boat on the turn but the two-out hit the river for the tough bubble beat.

On Table 7, we did not see the action or board but Ronald Campillo joined Consolo and Jordan at the payout desk where the three players split 71st and 72nd money.

Philip Consolo – Eliminated in 71st ($769)
Scott Jordan – Eliminated in 72nd ($769)
Ronald Campillo – Eliminated in 73rd ($768)

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 74 of 795

The pace of eliminations slowed with the money bubble in the near future and Jessica Dawley took a chance to double up short stack.

She moved all in for 49,000 after Cory Blum opened to 14,000. It folded back around to him and he called to put her at risk.

Dawley:
Blum:

Dawley was way ahead and the flop was safe enough.

“Hold,” Dawley implored.

Her plea was ignored as the dealer put the on the turn to push Blum into the lead. Dawley was halfway out of her seat but sat back down when the river completed the suck\resuck portion of the hand.

Level 17 came to an end after the hand and the 74 remaining players went on break while the 500 denom chips were colored up.

Jessica Dawley – 113,000 (19 bb)
Cory Blum – 226,000 (38 bb)