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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 556

Chad Eveslage raised from the cutoff to 30,000, Jermaine Gerlin moved all in for about 135,000, and Eveslage called with .

Gerlin turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came — Gerlin paired his ten on the turn to take the lead, but Eveslage rivered an ace-high heart flush to win the pot and eliminate Gerlin in 27th place.

Chad Eveslage  –  565,000  (38 bb)
Jermaine Gerlin  –  Eliminated in 27th Place  ($3,215)

A few minutes later, the field was down to 24 players, and there was a random redraw for seats at the final three tables.

With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 465,000 (31 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed at least $3,770 each.

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 556

The player in the cutoff moved all in for 85,000, and Igor Pinheiro called from the big blind with .

The cutoff turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Pinheiro paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate his opponent as he became the first player to reach 900K in chips.

Igor Pinheiro  –  920,000  (61 bb)

With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 370,000 (25 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $2,775 each.

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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 556

Yaroslav Nakonechnyy got it all in from the cutoff for about 45,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of James Calderaro.

The board came , and Nakonechnyy turned a queen-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  105,000  (7 bb)
James Calderaro  –  515,000  (34 bb)

With 33 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 335,000 (22 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $2,775 each.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 556

Scott Stewart got it all in preflop from the hijack for 254,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against his opponent’s in the cutoff.

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

Scott Stewart  –  533,000  (53 bb)

With 37 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 300,000 (30 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,775 each.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 556

A scan of the field turned up only three players with at least 500K in chips, and they all had over 600K.

1.  Blake Whittington  –  660,000  (66 bb)
2.  James Calderaro  –  630,000  (63 bb)
3.  Igor Pinheiro  –  620,000  (62 bb)

Igor Pinheiro just crossed the 600K mark in a hand with the final board showing . The big blind checked the river, Pinheiro bet, and the big blind called. Pinheiro showed for a full house, sevens full of queens, and his opponent mucked.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 556

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

44th:  Ory Hen  –  $2,430
45th:  Nicholas Verderamo  –  $2,430
46th:  Tyler Hirschfeld  –  $2,430
47th:  Travis Heryla  –  $2,430
48th:  Nikola Minkov  –  $2,430

49th:  Christopher Blik  –  $2,155
50th:  Satoshi Tanaka  –  $2,155
51st:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $2,155
52nd:  David Moreno  –  $2,155
53rd:  Alexander Rosenblatt  –  $2,155
54th:  Armando Gutierrez, Jr.  –  $2,155
55th:  James Anderson  –  $2,155
56th:  David McGowan  –  $2,155

57th:  Blake Napierala  –  $1,940
58th:  Jonathan Baylor  –  $1,940
59th:  Vladimir Vasilyev  –  $1,940
60th:  Josias Cardoso Dos Santos  –  $1,940
61st:  Juan Rodriguez  –  $1,940
62nd:  Henry Liang  –  $1,940
63rd:  Tsz Shing  –  $1,940
64th:  Dan Kuntzman  –  $1,940

65th:  Jack Shea  –  $1,770
66th:  Jeffrey Proctor  –  $1,770
67th:  Robert Landhauser  –  $1,770
68th:  Anthony Merlo, Jr.  –  $1,770
69th:  Jennifer Borsini  –  $1,770
70th:  Dhaval Joshi  –  $1,770

With 43 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 260,000 (26 big blinds), and the next pay jump is $2,775 for 40th place.

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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 556

Kenneth Bruno called us over during Hand #6 to show that he was down to 12,000 in chips, and he would be forced all in from the big blind in Hand #9.

Sure enough, in Hand #9, Bruno was all in from the big blind for 6,000 (with his other 6,000 in the ante), and he was up against the small blind.

While they were waiting for the action to finish at the other tables, Bruno gave us another preview, quietly whispering that he had pocket queens.

When all the other tables finished their action, the small blind turned over , and the table gasped as Bruno revealed .

It was a heck of a sweat as the board came — the small blind paired his six on the flop and turned a heart flush draw, but missed all of his outs on the river. Bruno won the pot with his pocket queens to “double up” in chips, though he only increased from 12,000 to 18,000 because, as the big blind, he was responsible for the entire ante.

Kenneth Bruno  –  18,000  (3 bb)

Three hands later, in Hand #12, Bruno was all in preflop from the button for 15,000 (he lost 3,000 when he was the small blind), and once again he turned over a monster — .

Bruno was up against Chad Reynolds in the hijack, who turned over .

But pocket kings aren’t invulnerable, and the board came — Reynolds flopped a set of fives to win the pot and eliminate Bruno in 71st place, bursting the Money Bubble.

Chad Reynolds  –  140,000  (23 bb)
Kenneth Bruno  –  Eliminated in 71st Place

The final 70 players are all guaranteed to earn at least $1,770 each, and the average chip count is about 159,000 (27 big blinds).

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Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 556

In Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Nikola Minkov raised, the player in the big blind moved all in, and Minkov called all in for 60,000 with . The big blind turned over , and Minkov needed his aces to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Minkov won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.

Nikola Minkov  –  127,500  (26 bb)

In Hand #5, two players got it all in preflop, racing with against , but the board brought a six-high straight to chop the pot.

At the end of Hand #7, Level 16 came to an end, and Level 17 began with increased blinds of 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante.

In Hand #8, Ido Ashkenazi was short-stacked and got it all in preflop with against another player’s .

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

Ido Ashkenazi  –  37,000  (6 bb)

With 71 players remaining, the average chip stack was about 157,000 (26 big blinds), and the final 70 would be guaranteed at least $1,770 each.

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Level 16:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 556

After a flurry of bustouts where the field quickly lost four players to drop to 71, hand-for-hand play began on the Money Bubble.

It was a surprisingly long bubble, and it took 12 hands before it burst with a bustout. Details will be coming in the next few posts.

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  77 of 556

James Anderson got it all in from the button for 67,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Ron Tate, who was UTG+1.

The board came — Tate turned an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Anderson won the pot with two pair, nines and sevens, to double up in chips.

James Anderson  –  135,000  (34 bb)
Ron Tate  –  55,000  (14 bb)

With 77 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 144,000 (36 big blinds). The final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.