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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 826

Tony Utnage raised from the hijack to 80,000, and Dave Castranova moved all in from the cutoff for 215,000. Luis Calvo called from the big blind, and Utnage also called. Any further betting will create a side pot.

The flop came , Calvo bet 300,000, and Utnage quickly folded.

Castranova turned over for ace high, and he was drawing dead against Calvo’s (set of sevens).

The meaningless turn and river cards were the and the , and Calvo won the pot with his set to eliminate Castranova in 18th place.

Luis Calvo  –  1,900,000  (63 bb)
Dave Castranova  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($2,583)

Just a few moments later, Richard Gress got it all in from the big blind for about 230,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Richard Whitebrook, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Whitebrook to win the pot and eliminate Gress in 17th place.

Richard Whitebrook  –  860,000  (29 bb)
Richard Gress  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($2,583)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,035,000 (35 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will receive $2,583.

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 826

Level 23 came to an end, and the final 18 players took a 40-minute dinner break, with action scheduled to resume at 7:19 pm.

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 920,000 (31 big blinds), and these players are all guaranteed at least $2,583 each.

Here are the updated seating assignments for the final two tables, along with official chip counts from the dinner break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Justin Carey  –  1,385,000  (46 bb)
Seat 2.  Richard Alati  –  695,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Gress  –  265,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Tureniec  –  1,635,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Whitebrook  –  505,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  Arthur Boatman  –  2,210,000  (74 bb)
Seat 7.  Noah Novick  –  200,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8.  Ronit Chamani  –  385,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9.  Jennifer Miller  –  1,355,000  (45 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Michael Berkowitz  –  270,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Mark Manesh  –  325,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Luis Calvo  –  1,440,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  1,055,000  (35 bb)
Seat 5.  Jairo Carrillo  –  630,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Hiroaki Harada  –  730,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7.  Tony Utnage  –  1,970,000  (66 bb)
Seat 8.  Dave Castranova  –  230,000  (8 bb)
Seat 9.  Bryce McVay  –  1,220,000  (41 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake, followed by recent eliminations:

1st:  $100,700 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $58,663
3rd:  $35,898
4th:  $29,550
5th:  $24,078
6th:  $19,700
7th:  $15,760
8th:  $11,820
9th:  $8,318
10th-12th:  $5,472
13th-15th:  $3,940
16th-18th:  $2,583

19th:  Scott Baumstein  –  $2,189
20th:  Adnan Eduardo Troya Santos  –  $2,189
21st:  Andrew Hills  –  $2,189
22nd:  Raffaello Locatelli  –  $2,189
23rd:  Denian Costa  –  $2,189
24th:  Elias Nassif  –  $2,189
25th:  Georges Boyadjian  –  $2,189
26th:  Jose Reyes  –  $2,189
27th:  Ricardo Alvarado  –  $2,189

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 826

After the elimination of Wilmer Diaz Leal in 28th place, the final 27 players redraw for random seats at the final three tables. But before we could post a full seat map, there were several more eliminations.

After a flop of , Jose Reyes got it all in with for a pair of sixes, but he was a big underdog to the of Jennifer Miller.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Miller won the pot with her set of threes to eliminate Reyes in 26th place.

Jennifer Miller  –  1,475,000  (59 bb)
Jose Reyes  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($2,189)

Georges Boyadjian got it all in from the cutoff for about 220,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Bryce McVay.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for McVay to win the pot with a full house and eliminate Boyadjian in 25th place.

Bryce McVay  –  1,050,000  (42 bb)
Georges Boyadjian  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($2,189)

With 23 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 720,000 (29 big blinds). Here are the recent eliminations, followed by a seat map for the final 23 players:

24th:  Elias Nassif  –  $2,189
25th:  Georges Boyadjian  –  $2,189
26th:  Jose Reyes  –  $2,189
27th:  Ricardo Alvarado  –  $2,189

TABLE 9
Seat 1.  Tony Utnage
Seat 2.  Richard Alati
Seat 3.  Michael Tureniec
Seat 4.  Ronit Chamani
Seat 5.  Michael Berkowitz
Seat 6.  Jairo Carrillo
Seat 7.  Mark Manesh
Seat 8.  
Seat 9.  Raffaello Locatelli

TABLE 10
Seat 1.  Justin Carey
Seat 2.  Scott Baumstein
Seat 3.  Richard Gress
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Richard Whitebrook
Seat 6.  Arthur Boatman
Seat 7.  Noah Novick
Seat 8.  Andrew Hills
Seat 9.  Jennifer Miller

TABLE 20
Seat 1.  Adrian Troya
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Luis Calvo
Seat 4.  Ryan D’Angelo
Seat 5.  Denian Costa
Seat 6.  Hiroaki Harada
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Dave Castranova
Seat 9.  Bryce McVay

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 826

Level 22 got underway and Event 9 dropped to 27 players soon after. That triggered a three-table redraw as players get new seats to continue the grind.

The last group of bust outs included some tough players including Marvin Rettenmaier, Nigel Murray, Jacob Naumann, and returning Day 2 chip leader Nick Yunis.

We will post a table map as soon as they are settled.

28th: Wilmer Diaz Leal – $1,882
29th: Wilfor Marentes Pinto – $1,882
30th: Kenneth Weiner – $1,882
31st: Nick Yunis – $1,882
32nd: Jacob Naumann – $1,882
33rd: Marvin Rettenmaier – $1,882
34th: Nigel Murray – $1,882
35th: Alcides Gomez II – $1,882
36th: Aneris Adomkevicius – $1,882

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 826

It looks like Andrew Hills took a little dip at the break as his stack was down a bit while Michael Tureniec is now up to 960,000.

But Hills moved back up. We did not catch the action but we found Marvin Rettenmaier packing up his belongings. He was all in for ~325,000 against Hills and flopped top pair with on the board. Hill’s had and filled his flush on the turn and river to send the tough player out.

Andrew Hills – 1,230,000 (82 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier – Eliminated in 33rd Place ($1,882)

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 826

Shortly after the break, Gustavo Lopez was eliminated to drop the field down to the last four tables. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $1,882 for another pay jump.

37th: Gustavo Lopez – $1,664
38th: Jordan Semel – $1,664
39th: Mustafa Lobut – $1,664
40th: Matthew Cohen – $1,664
41st: Richard Davis – $1,664
42nd: Denis Cyr – $1,664
43rd: Valery Litvak – $1,664
44th: Gil Aboodi – $1,664
45th: Hao Ma – $1,664

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 826

The second break hit and tournament staff sent the 37 remaining players on break as they colored off the 1K chips.

Tony Utnage kept his lead and even expanded before he left, it looks like it was at the expense of Nick Yunis who is down to 530,000. Jennifer Miller is second with the only other + 1 million stack with Andrew Hills, Bryce McVay, and Richard Whitebrook rounding out the top five.

• Tony Utnage – 1,690,000 (113 bb)
• Jennifer Miller – 1,080,000 (72 bb)
• Andrew Hills – 995,000 (66 bb)
• Bryce McVay – 975,000 (65 bb)
• Richard Whitebrook – 810,000 (54 bb)

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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 826

There a lot of chips on Table 9. The two biggest stacks are sitting there with Tony Utnage up to 1,420,000 from his 272,000 returning stack while Jennifer Miller climbed to 1,245,000 after being all-in earlier in the day for 181,000.

Day 2 returning chip leader Nick Yunis is also there with right around 700,000 heading to the second break.

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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 826

Players are flying out of the tournament, almost like they have somewhere to be later. The field quickly dropped down to 45 players only a few levels after making the money.

Among those cashing were WSOPC Coco ring winne Roberto Bendeck, Daniel Couzens, Daniel Fuhs, WSOP bracelet winner Michael Wang and WSOP Millionaire Maker Champ (and RRPO Big Stack winner) John Gorsuch.

46th: Linda Huard – $1,488
47th: Marc Sacheli – $1,488
48th: Daniel Couzens – $1,488
49th: Sayten Patel – $1,488
50th: Aaron Kupin – $1,488
51st: Roberto Bendeck – $1,488
52nd: David Hass – $1,488
53rd: Ziad Matta – $1,488
54th: Alexandre Vuilleumier – $1,488

55th: Thomas Foley III – $1,313
56th: Charles Odenz – $1,313
57th: Daniel Fuhs – $1,313
58th: Patrick Clarke – $1,313
59th: Yau Yin – $1,313
60th: Randall Brooks – $1,313
61st: John Gorsuch – $1,313
62nd: Keith Brennan – $1,313
63rd: Michael Wang – $1,313
64th: Thi Dao – $1,182
65th: Lachezar Petkov – $1,182
66th: Jean Eveillard – $1,182
67th: Philip Rigby – $1,182
68th: Sharon Chen – $1,182
69th: Eric Ladny – $1,182
70th: Lucas Cominelli – $1,182
71st: Michael Tait – $1,182
72nd: Rasam Mohammadian – $1,182

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 826

In a four-way pot, David Hass moved all in for 62,000 from the small blind. Two players folded and one player called in the cutoff.

“Do you have a king?” Hass asked after the call.

He did not have a king.

Semel:
Hass:

Hass flopped second pair but was well behind the over pair aces. The board finished with the turn and river to send Hass out in 52nd place.

David Hass – Eliminated in 52nd Place ($1,488)