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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 507

Rebecca Dellagloria moved all in late position for 175,000, and Jose Nigaglioni called from the button with . Dellagloria turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Dellagloria paired her queen on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Rebecca Dellagloria  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Jose Nigaglioni  –  325,000  (13 bb)

Paul “King Shady” Prager moved all in from early position for 115,000, and Ignas Jasinevicius called with with . Prager turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jasinevicius flopped a full house, nines full of threes, to eliminate Prager in 10th place.

Ignas Jasinevicius  –  2,000,000  (80 bb)
Paul Prager  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($791)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 845,000 (34 big blinds).

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 507

There were 22 players remaining at the break, and in the next 35 minutes they lost 12 players to reach the final table — an average of one elimination every three minutes.

Here are the updated chip counts and seating assignments for the final table:

Seat 1.  Nathan Grow  –  2,245,000  (90 bb)
Seat 2.  Ignas Jasinevicius  –  1,440,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3.  Paul Smerdon  –  390,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Roman Fomin  –  450,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Paul Prager  –  375,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  James Scott  –  900,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Rebecca Dellagloria  –  175,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8.  Homero Molina  –  855,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9.  Marcelo Bellizzi  –  165,000  (7 bb)
Seat 10.  Jose Nigaglioni  –  615,000  (25 bb)

The average chip stack is about 760,000 (30 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $16,432 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,734
3rd:  $6,388
4th:  $4,411
5th:  $3,255
6th:  $2,586
7th:  $1,977
8th:  $1,430
9th:  $1,034
10th:  $791

They will play down to a winner tonight.

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 507

The players return from break to begin Level 22, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a big-blind ante of 20,000.

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 345,000 (17 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Greg Anda  –  70,000  (4 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Prager  –  145,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3.  Homero Molina  –  655,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  David Harmon  –  135,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Bonsignore  –  180,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Jose Nigaglioni  –  690,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9.  Francisco Amaral  –  230,000  (12 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Scott Sommer  –  160,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2.  Roman Fomin  –  315,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Alexis Puga Alvarino  –  155,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Giovanni Massa  –  170,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  Rebecca Dellagloria  –  435,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Adam Barnett  –  180,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8.  Ignas Jasinevicius  –  710,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9.  

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Dennis Brinn  –  295,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcelo Bellizzi  –  230,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Meyer  –  255,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Frankie Flowers  –  480,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  James Scott  –  1,050,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Guzman  –  195,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Nathan Grow  –  575,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9.  Paul Smerdon  –  290,000  (15 bb)

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Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 507

With the board showing on the turn and more than 350K already in the pot, Frankie Flowers checked the big blind, and James Scott moved all in under the gun for 368,000.

Flowers went into the tank for a long time, eventually saying, “I was trying to envision if this was cash, if I’d put it all in. And I would.”

Then, as he studied his opponent, Frankie said, “Why would you do this? Why would you go all in?” Then, a few moments later, he added, “One of us is gonna win this tournament.”

Flowers eventually called, and Scott showed for an overpair. Flowers turned over for an open-ended straight-flush draw, and he had the full 15 outs he was hoping for.

The river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Scott to win the pot and double up to more than a million in chips.

James Scott  –  1,090,000  (68 bb)
Frankie Flowers  –  150,000  (9 bb)

Nathan Grow has been MIA for quite a while, and he had plenty of chips to weather an extended break, but he’s back in his seat now with about 600K.

Nathan Grow  –  600,000  (38 bb)

Update: In the 15 minutes since he lost that big all-in against James Scott, Flowers has more than quadrupled his chip stack to 665,000.

Frankie Flowers  –  665,000  (42 bb)

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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 507

Here is a list of the players who have finished in the money so far, along with how much they earned:

25th:  Giuseppe Lunetto  –  $456
26th:  Christopher Young  –  $456
27th:  Robert Tanner  –  $456

28th:  Rafael Ramos  –  $395
29th:  Jeffrey Kahn  –  $395
30th:  William Evans  –  $395
31st:  William Farnan  –  $395
32nd:  Carlos Vazquez  –  $395
33rd:  Alan Gold  –  $395
34th:  Francois Zayas  –  $395
35th:  Hollander Preap  –  $395
36th:  Irwin Cohen  –  $395

With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 317,000 (26 big blinds).

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 507

Padmanaban Kulathur-Karvannan bagged up a stack of 39,500 to reach Day 2, but he said he ran into traffic this afternoon which is why he arrived late — into the second level of the day.

When he got here about 45 minutes late, Kulathur-Karvannan was down to one big blind in his stack, but he was able to survive for more than an hour to make it to the Money Bubble and a shot at redemption with a min-cash.

In Hand #5 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Kulathur-Karvannan moved all in UTG+1 for 32,000, and James Scott called from the big blind with .

Kulathur-Karvannan turned over , and he was in a dominant position to double up here.

The board came — Scott paired his nine on the turn, but Kulathur-Karvannan celebrated when he saw the queen on the river to give him a higher pair.

But what Kulathur-Karvannan didn’t notice is that Scott had two clubs in his hand, and the same queen he celebrated gave Scott the victory with an ace-high club flush.

It was a painful reversal, and it ruined what would have been an amazing comeback for Kulathur-Karvannan. But he took the loss in good spirits as the remaining 36 players finished in the money, guaranteed at least $395 each.

James Scott  –  165,000  (21 bb)
Padmanaban Kulathur-Karvannan  –  Eliminated

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 507

Level 17 comes to an end with 38 players remaining, one elimination away from beginning hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

With 38 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 200,000 (25 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Nathan Grow  –  901,000  (113 bb)
2.  Ignas Jasinevicius  –  523,000  (65 bb)
3.  Frankie Flowers  –  475,000  (59 bb)
4.  Jose Nigaglioni  –  360,000  (45 bb)
5.  Homer Molina  –  358,000  (45 bb)
6.  David Harmon  –  335,000  (42 bb)

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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 507

At Table 5, the player on the button is all in for about 75,000 with , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Will Evans in the hijack.

The board came — Evans flopped a spade flush draw and paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Will Evans  –  225,000  (38 bb)

At Table 6, a player raised under the gun to 11,000, the next player moved all in from UTG+1 for about 85,000, and Giovanni Massa moved all in over the top from late position. The original raiser folded.

The short stack turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive against Massa’s .

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Massa to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Giovanni Massa  –  245,000  (41 bb)

With 42 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 181,000 (30 big blinds). The field is less than one table away from the money.

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Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 507

With the board showing on the turn and more than 200K already in the pot, chipleader Nathan Grow has moved all in from the big blind against his opponent in late position.

Grow’s opponent has about 185K remaining in his stack, and he tanks for a long time before he folds.

Grow shows for ace high with a gutshot straight draw as he takes the pot to increase his already massive chip lead.

Nathan Grow  –  700,000  (140 bb)

A few minutes later, Grow has knocked out a player to near the 900K mark.

Nathan Grow  –  890,000  (178 bb)

Grow already has about 11.7% of all the chips in play with 48 players remaining.

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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 507

In the first half of the first level (15 minutes), the field lost 11 players. Everyone fits at six tables, but only the final four tables (36 players) will finish in the money.