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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 4,699

A player raised under the gun to 85,000, Susan Lichtenstein moved all in from the cutoff for 275,000, and the UTG player tanked for a while before he called with . Lichtenstein turned over , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Lichtenstein flopped a set of jacks to win the pot and double up in chips.

Susan Lichtenstein  –  650,000  (22 bb)

A player raised from UTG+1 to 40,000, a middle-position player called, and Shane Gosline moved all in from the small blind for 260,000. The UTG+1 player thought for a while before he called, and the middle-position player folded.

Gosline turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the UTG+1’s

The board came , and Gosline paired his nine on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Shane Gosline  –  620,000  (21 bb)

A player moved all in under the gun for about 390,000, and Raul Orellana called from middle position with . His opponent turned over , needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came — the middle-position player flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket jacks held up for Orellana to win the pot and eliminate his opponent in 89th place.

Raul Orellana  –  900,000  (30 bb)

With 88 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,070,000 (27 big blinds).

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  106 of 4,699

Two levels ago, with the blinds at 10K-20K, Pedro Catinchi was knocked down to a single 5K chip after losing a hand in the big blind, so the next hand he was forced all in from the small blind.

Catinchi won that hand, and more than a few others, to climb his way back up to 640,000. He’s already survived several more pay jumps.

Catching up to the present, Catinchi moved all in from middle position for 640,000, and the player in the cutoff called with an identical stack of 640,000 with .

Catinchi turned over , and he was in a dominant position to double up.

The board came , and Catinchi won the pot with his queen kicker to eliminate his opponent and double up in chips.

Pedro Catinchi  –  1,325,000  (44 bb)

That was the last hand before their table broke, and when Catinchi sat down at his new table, he woke up with in the first hand, but got no action on it. Still a good sign that his momentum hasn’t changed.

At Table 7, the under-the-gun player moved all in for 265,000, Myles Kublin moved all in over the top from UTG+1 for 320,000, and the player on the button called, covering both players.

Button:  
Myles Kublin:  
UTG:  

The board came , and Kublin paired his king on the flop to scoop the entire pot, doubling thru the player on the button and eliminating the UTG player.

Myles Kublin  –  980,000  (33 bb)

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 4,699

While Event 1 players were away on the dinner break, we were able to catch up on the results so far. Click the “Continue Reading” link below to see the result from 119th through 470th.

Continue reading Event 1: Updated Results →

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 4,699

The players return from dinner to begin Level 24, with blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 30,000 ante. Here are some of the larger chip counts from the dinner break:

Victor Kovachev  –  2,970,000  (99 bb)
Leif Force  –  2,365,000  (79 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  2,080,000  (69 bb)
Manny Tarich  –  1,775,000  (59 bb)
David Prociak  –  1,675,000  (56 bb)
Jordan Bialek  –  1,630,000  (54 bb)
Stuart Hankin  –  1,560,000  (52 bb)
Shay Montes  –  1,550,000  (52 bb)
Gilles Dalco  –  1,385,000  (46 bb)
Barry Sisselman  –  1,315,000  (44 bb)
Michael Monaco  –  1,300,000  (43 bb)
Jessica Dawley  –  1,250,000  (42 bb)
John Two-Bears  –  1,210,000  (40 bb)
Raufael Saliba  –  960,000  (32 bb)
Ben Boston  –  790,000  (26 bb)

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 4,699

Level 23 comes to an end, and the players take a 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:25 pm.

Here are some updates from late in Level 23:

A player moved all in under the gun for about 280,000, and Michael Larkin called all in from the button for 150,000 with . The UTG player turned over , and Larkin needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Larkin won the pot with his jack to double up in chips.

Michael Larkin  –  365,000  (15 bb)

At Table 17, Martins Ivanovs got it all in for 455,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against his opponent’s .

The board came , and Ivanovs paired his king on the flop and his ace on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Martins Ivanovs  –  960,000  (38 bb)

A few minutes later at the same table, Michael Landress was all in for about 90,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Michael Elbilia in the small blind.

The board came , and Elbilia won the pot with trip jacks to eliminate Landress in 120th place.

Michael Elbilia  –  1,440,000  (58 bb)
Michael Landress  –  Eliminated in 120th Place  ($2,075)

With 118 players remaining and the blinds about to increase to 15,000-30,000, the average chip stack is about 795,000 (27 big blinds).

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  142 of 4,699

Michael Scoma was all in from middle position for about 180,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Elliot Goldman in the big blind.

The board came , and Goldman flops trip kings to win the pot and eliminate Scoma in 143rd place.

Elliot Goldman  –  1,260,000  (50 bb)
Michael Scoma  –  Eliminated in 143rd Place  ($1,595)

The blinds have just increased to 15,000-25,000 with a 25,000 ante, and with 142 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 660,000 (26 big blinds). Here are some of the bigger stacks in the field:

Victor Kovachev  –  2,800,000  (112 bb)
Lief Force  –  2,100,000  (84 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  1,625,000  (65 bb)
Michael Elbilia  –  1,475,000  (59 bb)
Michael Wang  –  1,250,000  (50 bb)

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 4,699

If a lot of players are busting out, that means someone has to have those chips. We found two more bigs stacks heading up the counts.

Kharlin Sued has a fine castle in front of him worth 1,665,000 while Michael Elbilia’s stack is mostly made up of the 100K chips. He is up to 1,425,000 and set for a deep run.

Kharlin Sued – 1,665,000 (83 bb)
Michael Elbilia – 1,425,000 (71 bb)

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 227 of 4,699

Josef Shertzer open-shoved from middle position for 290,000 and Leif Force called next to act. The rest of the table folded and Force showed another big hand.

Force:
Shertzer:

Shertzer was dominated and didn’t have suits for a miracle. The board ran out , Shertzer was eliminated and Force moved up to 1,550,000.

Leif Force – 1,550,000 (78 bb)
Josef Shertzer – Eliminated in 165th Place ($1,340)

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 227 of 4,699

Players returned to their seats and we have a new leader, and he’s way up there. While Femi Fashakin was the first only one million, he dropped a bit while Victor Kovachev zoomed to the top.

He began the day with 149,500 but his stack is much higher now. It is all the way up to a whopping 1,865,000 for the big lead.

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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 227 of 4,699

Tournament staff sent the 227 remaining players on another break as they color off the yellow 1K chips. The field continues to drop quickly and with the average stack at 415,000 (28 big blinds), it should continue that way for the foreseeable future.