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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 4,508

Rafael Marcondes Dos Reis was all in from the hijack for about 800,000 with , but he was dominated by the of Luis Mantilla in the cutoff.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Mantilla to win the pot and eliminate Marcondes Dos Reis in 22nd place.

Luis Mantilla  –  2,250,000  (38 bb)
Rafael Marcondes Dos Reis  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($3,655)

Gino Cham was all in from the hijack for about 1,035,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Michael Newman, who was under the gun.

The board came — Cham turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Newman won the pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Cham in 21st place.

Michael Newman  –  5,800,000  (97 bb)
Gino Cham  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($4,062)

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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 4,508

Level 25 comes to an end, and Level 26 begins with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a big-blind ante of 60,000. With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.8 million (47 big blinds).

There were a handful of quick eliminations after the redraw for the final three tables:

27th:  Paulius Bikus  –  $3,249
26th:  Eric Tuan  –  $3,249
25th:  Mark Threadgill  –  $3,249

24th:  Daniel Couzens  –  $3,655
23rd:  Tom Bielecky  –  $3,655

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Level 25: 30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 4,508

After the elimination of John Holley in 28th place ($2,843), the final 27 players redraw for random seats at the final three tables. Here are the new seating assignments, with all 27 players guaranteed at least $3,249 each:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Jon Turner
Seat 2.  Perry Shiao
Seat 3.  Scott Robbins
Seat 4.  Michael Duek
Seat 5.  Willie Wiggins
Seat 6.  Daniel Couzens
Seat 7.  Tom Bielecky
Seat 8.  Angel Bracho
Seat 9.  Jeffrey Colpitts

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Phil Hui
Seat 2.  Danny Kasper
Seat 3.  Devond Marshall
Seat 4.  Alfredo Guevara
Seat 5.  Tim Marcus
Seat 6.  Eric Tuan
Seat 7.  Talesh Patel
Seat 8.  Rafael Marcondes Dos Reis
Seat 9.  Luis Mantilla

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Richard Carr
Seat 2.  Michael Newman
Seat 3.  Daniel Quesada
Seat 4.  Gino Cham
Seat 5.  Jason Young
Seat 6.  Paulius Bikus
Seat 7.  William Rincon
Seat 8.  Mark Threadgill
Seat 9.  Michael Ortiz

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Level 25: 30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 4,508

Ian Holt moved all in from the cutoff for about 1,050,000, and Michael Duek called from the button with .

Holt turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Holt flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Duek won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Holt in 29th place.

Michael Duek  –  5,600,000  (112 bb)
Ian Holt  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($2,843)

After a flop of , Scott Robbins was all in with (jack-high straight), and he was a big favorite to double up against the (pair of tens) of Michael Ortiz.

The turn card was the , giving Ortiz a heart flush draw, but the river card was the . Robbins won the pot with his jack-high straight to double up to nearly four million in chips.

Scott Robbins  –  3,975,000  (80 bb)
Michael Ortiz  –  1,725,000  (35 bb)

Recent Eliminations:
30th:  Scott Baumstein  –  $2,843
29th:  Ian Holt  –  $2,843

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Level 25: 30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 4,508

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-50,000 and a big-blind ante of 50,000. With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.06 million (41 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up only two players with at least four million in chips, and they’re seated at the same table:

1.  Willie Wiggins  –  6,600,000  (132 bb)
2.  Michael Duek  –  4,565,000  (91 bb)

There is a little distance between them, with Duek in seat 2 and Wiggins in seat 5, though there is a random redraw coming as soon as three more players are eliminated.

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Level 25: 30,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 4,508

Jon Turner was all in from the big blind for 760,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Mark Threadgill in the hijack.

The board came , and Turner had just about given up and gotten up to leave when the ace hit the river to give him the pot. Turner doubled up to about 1.5 million.

Jon Turner  –  1,540,000  (39 bb)
Mark Threadgill  –  270,000  (7 bb)

Level 24 came to an end with 30 players remaining, and they took a 10-minute break.

Recent Eliminations:

34th:  John Thanh Nguyen  –  $2,031

33rd:  Francois Zayas  –  $2,437
32nd:  Gavin Gowie  –  $2,437
31st:  Sheldon Gross  –  $2,437

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Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 4,508

Michael Ortiz raised under the gun to 100,000, Joseph Tumminelli reraised from middle position to 375,000, and Ortiz thought for a while before he called.

The flop came , Ortiz checked, Tumminelli moved all in for 330,000, and Ortiz tanked for a while before he called with for a pair of queens with a gutshot straight draw.

Tumminelli turned over , and he’d need to catch a six to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Ortiz won the pot with two pair, aces and kings, to eliminate Tumminelli in 41st place.

Michael Ortiz  –  3,500,000  (88 bb)
Joseph Tumminelli, Jr.  –  Eliminated in 41st Place  ($1,400)

A few moments later at a different table, Alejandro Funes was eliminated in 40th place by Michael Duek.

Michael Duek  –  2,350,000  (59 bb)
Alejandro Funes  –  Eliminated in 40th Place  ($1,400)

Danny Kasper was all in from the button for 890,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the hijack’s .

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Kasper to win the pot and double up in chips.

Danny Kasper  –  1,880,000  (47 bb)

Scott Baumstein raised under the gun to 80,000, Sheldon Gross moved all in from the cutoff for 195,000, and the big blind moved all in over the top for about 1.15 million. Baumstein tanked for a while before he folded.

Gross turned over , but he was dominating and facing elimination against the big blind’s .

The board came , and Gross rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sheldon Gross  –  525,000  (13 bb)

Erik Christensen was eliminated moments later when his failed to catch up to Angel Bracho’s .

Angel Bracho  –  2,440,000  (61 bb)
Erik Christensen  –  Eliminated in 37th Place  ($1,400)

Mathieu Gaudette moved all in from middle position for 250,000, Daniel Couzens moved all in over the top from the button for 980,000, and William Rincon tanked for a long time in the big blind before folding face up.

Gaudette turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Couzens.

When he saw the pocket jacks, Rincon clapped his hands together and shouted, “What a great fold!”

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Couzens to win the pot, eliminating Gaudette in 36th place.

When Rincon saw the ten on the river, which would have given him the pot and eliminated two players, he shouted, “Holy shit, what a horrible fold!”

Daniel Couzens  –  1,450,000  (36 bb)
William Rincon  –  1,500,000  (38 bb)
Mathieu Gaudette  –  Eliminated in 36th Place  ($2,031)

Recent Eliminations:

43rd:  Bret Grebow  –  $1,400
42nd:  Mohamed Musa  –  $1,400
41st:  Joseph Tumminelli, Jr.  –  $1,400
40th:  Alejandro Funes  –  $1,400
39th:  Michael Johnson  –  $1,400
38th:  John Miller  –  $1,400
37th:  Erik Christensen  –  $1,400

36th:  Mathieu Gaudette  –  $2,031
35th:  Lee Thibodaux  –  $2,031

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Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 43 of 4,508

Ian Holt raised under the gun to 90,000, Song O. moved all in from the hijack for about 675,000, and Holt called with . Song turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Holt to win the pot and eliminate Song in 46th place.

Ian Holt  –  1,650,000  (55 bb)
Song O.  –  Eliminated in 46th Place  ($1,400)

At the same time at a different table, Oscar Valdes was all in against Paulius Bikus, and ended up busting just as his table was breaking.

Paulius Bikus  –  1,075,000  (36 bb)
Oscar Valdes  –  Eliminated in 45th Place  ($1,400)

Level 23 came to an end shortly after that, and the field is now playing Level 24 with blinds at 20,000-40,000 and a big-blind ante of 40,000.

Recent Eliminations:

47th:  Nancy Birnbbaum  –  $1,400
46th:  Song O.  –  $1,400
45th:  Oscar Valdes  –  $1,400
44th:  Michael Gilfedder  –  $1,400

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Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 4,508

After a handful of players saw a flop of , Michael Duek checked the small blind, and Sagi Zommer moved all in from the big blind for about 700,000. The next three players folded, and Duek called with for trip nines. Zommer turned over for two pair, jacks and nines, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Duek turned a full house, nines full of queens, to win the pot and eliminate Zommer in 51st place.

Michael Duek  –  2,340,000  (78 bb)
Sagi Zommer  –  Eliminated in 51st Place  ($1,400)

Jimmy Kim is all in from the small blind for 115,000 with , but he is in trouble against the of Jeffrey Colpitts in the big blind.

The board came , and the pocket tens held up for Colpitts to win the pot and eliminate Kim in 50th place.

Jeffrey Colpitts  –  4,100,000  (137 bb)
Jimmy Kim  –  Eliminated in 50th Place  ($1,400)

Jon Turner moved all in under the gun for 545,000, and the player in the big blind asked for a count and thought for a while before calling with . Turner turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the big blind briefly cheered the queen on the turn before somebody pointed out the seven on the flop. Turner won the pot with a set of sevens to double up in chips.

Jon Turner  –  1,165,000  (39 bb)

While Jon Turner was doubling up, Larry Klur was eliminated in 49th place at a different table.

Larry Klur  –  Eliminated in 49th Place  ($1,400)

After a flop of , Kevin Blewitt moved all in from the small blind for 225,000, and Angel Bracho called from the big blind with for a pair of fives with a heart flush draw. Blewitt turned over for an overpair, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bracho turned a heart flush to win the pot and eliminate Blewitt in 48th place.

Angel Bracho  –  1,850,000  (62 bb)
Kevin Blewitt  –  Eliminated in 48th Place  ($1,400)

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Level 23: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 52 of 4,508

The players return from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 and a big-blind ante of 30,000. With 52 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,187,000 (40 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up six players with at least two million in chips, followed by some of the other notables still in the field:

1.  Jeffrey Colpitts  –  3,980,000  (133 bb)
2.  Michael Ortiz  –  3,395,000  (113 bb)
3.  Willie Wiggins  –  3,705,000  (124 bb)
4.  Mark Threadgill  –  2,310,000  (77 bb)
5.  Gino Cham  –  2,045,000  (68 bb)
6.  Angel Bracho  –  2,030,000  (68 bb)

Phil Hui  –  1,920,000  (64 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  1,750,000  (58 bb)
Song O.  –  1,750,000  (58 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  1,600,000  (53 bb)
Richard Carr  –  1,510,000  (50 bb)
Francois Zayas  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Devond Marshall  –  1,200,000  (40 bb)
Erik Christensen  –  1,150,000  (38 bb)
Jason Young  –  1,135,000  (38 bb)
Ariel Rosello  –  1,100,000  (37 bb)
Scott Robbins  –  1,000,000  (33 bb)
John Holley  –  875,000  (29 bb)
Rafael Marcondes Dos Reis  –  805,000  (27 bb)
Paulius Bikus  –  800,000  (27 bb)
Larry Klur  –  800,000  (27 bb)
Oscar Valdes  –  750,000  (25 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  565,000  (19 bb)
Alejandro Funes  –  530,000  (18 bb)
Michael Newman  –  500,000  (17 bb)
Bret Grebow  –  350,000  (12 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $251,813 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $154,337
3rd:  $81,230
4th:  $63,359
5th:  $45,895
6th:  $34,929
7th:  $26,806
8th:  $19,495
9th:  $13,809
10th-12th:  $8,935
13th-15th:  $7,311
16th-18th:  $5,686
19th-21st:  $4,062
22nd-24th:  $3,655
25th-27th:  $3,249
28th-30th:  $2,843
31st-33rd:  $2,437
34th-36th:  $2,031
37th-81st:  $1,400