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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 398

Level 22 is here, the last before they go to 90 minutes each, and blinds are going up. They are now playing 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is 830,000 (41 bb) with 24 players still in contention.

Remaining payouts:

1st: $120,410
2nd: $80,250
3rd: $58,985
4th: $43,880
5th: $33,045
6th: $25,190
7th: $18,445
8th-9th: $13,620
10th-11th: $10,845
12th-13th: $8,755
14th-16th: $6,925
17th-20th: $5,395
21st-24th: $4,565

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 398

There were two limpers ahead of James Carroll and he raised to 75,000 from the button. Paul Chang folded his small blind and Steven Karp moved all in from the big for 315,000. The early limpers folded and Carroll called.

Carroll:
Karp:

Karp needed his tens to hold to double but Carroll paired his king on the flop to take the lead. Karp picked up a diamond flush draw on the turn and it got there on the river for his double.

Steven Karp – 675,000 (45 bb)
James Carroll – 2,625,000 (175 bb)

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 398

Kristen Nyman was in early position and open-shoved for 225,000. Action folded all the way around to Jason Wadlow in the big blind, he took the first look at his cards, and quickly called.

Wadlow:
Nyman:

Nyman ran into a monster, had a sweat after the flop paired her queen, but she could not improve on the turn or river.

Tournament staff paused the clock to run a three-table redraw.

Jason Wadlow – 725,000 (48 bb)
Kristen Nyman – Eliminated in 25th Place ($3,920)

Recent results:

25th: Kristen Nyman – $3,920
26th: Hal Rotholz – $3,920

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 398

With the board out to the turn and reading , Shawn Mohamed put his 495,000-chip stack in the middle and Stuart Greenbaum called with a bigger stack.

Greenbaum:
Mohamed:

Mohamed had an over pair to the board but Greenbaum’s flopped open-ender got there on the turn. The river finished the board and Greenbaum’s straight sent Mohamed out in 27th place.

Stuart Greenbaum – 1,710,000 (114 bb)
Shawn Mohamed – Eliminated in 27th Place ($3,920)

Recent results:

27th: Shawn Mohamed – $3,920
28th: Scott Jordan – $3,920

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 398

Cards are back in the air after dinner break with James Carroll still way out in front, holding 15.8% of the chips in play 28-handed.. Richard Zipes sits in second holding 1,860,000 followed by Dien Le, Dmitry Savelyev, and Stuart Greenbaum.

Blinds went up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack 710,000 (47 bb).

James Carroll – 3,145,000 (210 bb)
Richard Zipes – 1,860,000 (124 bb)
Dien Le – 1,395,000 (93 bb)
Dmitry Savelyev – 1,110,000 (74 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum – 1,100,000 (73 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 398

Level 20 came to an end and tournament staff sent the 28 remaining players on a 40-minute dinner break. The next milestone will be when they reach 24 players which will trigger a full three-table redraw.

Action gets back under around 7:10 pm.

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 398

There was a quick run to the payout desk over the last part of Level 20 to get the field down to the last four tables (plus some).

A lot of talent left the tournament including WSOP Millionaire Maker John Gorsuch, November Niner Neil Blumenfield, Brazilian pro Luiz Duarte, and two-time WSOP bracelet winner/five-time WSOP Circuit champ Loni Hui.

29th: Hayden Toole – $3,920
30th: John Gorsuch – $3,920
31st: Scott Baumstein – $3,920
32nd: Andrew Kaplan – $3,920
33rd: Loni Hui – $3,410
34th: Neal David – $3,410
35th: Joshua Multack – $3,410
36th: Neil Blumenfield – $3,410
37th: Erik Nomberg – $3,410
38th: Timothy Smith – $3,410
39th: Luiz Duarte – $3,410
40th: Trent Smith – $3,410

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 398

James Carroll is on a roll. The next boost to his chip castle came against Eric Nomberg. Nomberg was all in preflop against Carroll and looking to double.

Nomberg:
Carroll:

Nomberg needed to catch to double, hit for two pair on the flop but Carroll hit for the better aces up. The turn filled Nomberg’s house, jacks full of aces, but he jumped out of his chair when Carroll spiked the for the bigger full house, kings full of aces.

James Carroll – 2,535,000 (169 bb)
Eric Nomberg – Eliminated in 37th Place ($3,410)

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 398

Level 19 came to an end and the field leveled up to leave them one hour away from their 40-minute dinner break.

Blinds are now 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is 510,000 (34 bb).

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 398

With the board out and reading , Richard Zipes checked and Carlos Guerrero moved all in for 185,000. Zipes thought of a few minutes before tossing in a chip to call.

Zipes:
Guerrero:

Guerrero paired his five on the turn but Zipes flopped top pair and river queens up. He pulled the pot and sent Guerrero out in 42nd place.

Richard Zipes – 985,000 (99 bb)
Carlos Guerrero – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($3,110)

Borja Iglesias Jate was eliminated at the same time on the other side of the room to drop the field down to the last five tables of the tournament.

Recent results:

41st: Borja Iglesias Jato – $3,110
42nd: Carlos Guerrero – $3,110
43rd: Denys Shafikov – $3,110
44th: Daniel Orgil – $3,110