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Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 3,064

Raman Afanasenka was out of his seat and Matt Edge had a massive stack.

According to Danny Fuhs, Afanasenka raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Matt Edge three-bet to 775,000 on the button. Afanasenka four-bet all in for about 4,000,000 and Edge called.

It was a race with Afanasenka’s against Edge’s .

The board ran out and Afanasenka was out in 16th place and Edge dragged a big pot.

Matt Edge – 7,700,000
Raman Afanasenka – Eliminated 

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End of Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 3,064

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final 16 players:

Table 1

Seat 1: Don Vu – 2,800,000
Seat 2: Jeffrey Trudeau – 5,400,000
Seat 3: Domenico Albano – 2,750,000
Seat 4: –empty– 
Seat 5: Jay Romano – 10,025,000
Seat 6: Viktor Lavi – 2,100,000
Seat 7: Stephen Allen – 1,850,000
Seat 8: Noam Muallem – 4,775,000
Seat 9: Tom Nguyen – 3,800,000

Table 2

Seat 1: Raman Afanasenka – 3,825,000
Seat 2: Matt Edge – 4,500,000
Seat 3: Danny Fuhs – 3,550,000
Seat 4: –empty–
Seat 5: Andre Rakusa – 4,875,000
Seat 6: John Miller – 3,100,000
Seat 7: Ido Ashkenazi – 2,925,000
Seat 8: Adam Hudani – 900,000
Seat 9: Bruce McPhillips – 2,700,000

When players return, the blinds will be increased to 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 big blind ante.

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Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 3,064

Just before the players went on their final break of the night, there was a battle of the blinds between Eric Robbins in the small blind and Jay Romano in the big blind.

Romano flopped top and bottom pair with and got all in on the turn against Robbins’ top pair with .

Robbins bricked off on the river and busted in 17th place for $7,813.

The players will take 10-minute break while the staff races off the 5,000 denomination chips.

Jay Romano – 10,025,000
Eric Robbins – Eliminated 

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Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 3,064

There was about 1,000,000 in the middle on a completed board of .

Andre Rakusa checked from the big blind and Matt Edge bet 600,000 on the button.

Rakusa thought for a couple minutes before calling. Edge showed and Rakusa made a good call with his just before the end of the level and the players take their final break of the night.

Andre Rakusa – 3,600,000
Matt Edge – 4,600,000

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Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 3,064

On a flop of , Jason Wandling checked from the small blind and Raman Afanasenka bet 175,000 from the hijack. Matt Edge called from the cutoff and Wandling folded.

The turn was the and both players checked to the river.

Afanesenka checked and Edge bet 550,000. Afanesenka folded and Edge took the pot. With 18 players left, Edge is on the verge of his second final table of the series.

He finished third in yesterday’s $360 pot-limit Omaha hi-lo and is now sits with a very healthy stack.

Matt Edge – 5,200,000
Raman Afanesenka – 4,200,000

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Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 3,064

Jeffrey Trudeau raised from middle position and Kobi Ribak moved all in from the hijack for about 900,000. Action folded back to Trudeau, who called.

It was a flip with Trudeau’s up against Ribak’s .

The board ran out and Trudeau’s pair won the flip to eliminate Ribak in 26th place. He took home $6,358 for his finish and Trudeau is near the top of the counts.

Jeffrey Trudeau – 5,200,000
Kobi Ribak – Eliminated 

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Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 3,064

On a flop of , Jay Romano bet 300,000 out of the small blind and Qasem Jamhour moved all in for 1,180,000 from the cutoff.

Romano stood up out of his chair and asked the dealer for an exact count. The dealer broke down the stacks a couple of times before getting the correct count to Romano.

“I don’t think I can fold this,” said Romano while he was thinking. “I hope you have kings.”

After a couple minutes of thought, Romano called and showed , good for top two pair. He was in the lead against Jamhour’s .

“If you suck out, I’ll be so mad at you,” said Romano after seeing the cards face-up.

Jamhour needed an eight or a three to double up and stay alive, but the on the turn and the on the river sent the pot to Romano.

Romano let out a celebratory scream and ran up a handful of the nearby stairs of the event center. He got five or six steps up before doing an end zone dance and returning to the table.

Jamhour was eliminated in 30th place and headed to the cage to collect his money.

“I told him not to raise my blind,” said Romano when he returned to his seat.

Romano now owns a massive chip lead over the rest of the field.

Jay Romano – 6,600,000
Qasem Jamhour – Eliminated 

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Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 3,064

With the field on the brink of making it to the final five tables, World Series of Poker bracelet winner Daniel Fuhs is leading the pack with 3,200,000.

Other notables still in the field include Ido Ashkenazi (1,600,000), Matt Edge, who finished third in last night’s $360 pot-limit Omaha hi-lo (880,000), Chad Eveslage (865,000), Ryan Olisar (510,000) and David Levi (300,000).

Here is a look at the top chip counts:

Daniel Fuhs – 3,200,000
Julio Baldra – 3,100,000
Viktor Lavi – 2,900,000
Bruce McPhillips – 2,650,000
Jeffrey Trudeau – 2,400,000
Jay Romano – 2,400,000

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Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 52 of 3,064

At the completion of level 23, the players took a 40-minute dinner break. They returned to level 24 with increased blinds.

Near the end of the level, DJ Morris raised from the hijack and the player in the big blind called.

The flop was and the big blind checked. Morris bet 85,000 and the big blind called. The turn was the and the big blind checked again.

Morris bet 175,000 and the big blind called. The river was the and the big blind checked for a third time.

Morris bet 300,000 and the big blind called. Morris showed , good for trips, and won the pot against the big blind’s . Morris won the pot and shot up the leaderboard.

DJ Morris – 1,900,000

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 3,064

Ryan Olisar raised to 55,000 from under the gun and was called by the player in the hijack and the big blind.

All three players checked a flop of and the came on the turn. The big blind bet 75,000 and was called by both Olisar and the hijack.

The river was the . The big blind checked and Olisar bet 300,000. The hijack snap-called and then the big blind threw his hand away. Olisar showed , good for trip jacks, and the hijack mucked.

Olisar won the pot and is nearing 2 million in chips.

Ryan Olisar – 1,900,000