$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 34 of 490

Darren Elias was heading to the payout line and Ray Qartomy was stacking a large pile of chips.

According to Qartomy, Elias raised preflop and got called by Qartomy and one other player at the table.

The flop was and Elias bet into the field. Qartomy raised to 75,000 and the third player in the hand folded. Elias moved all in for 310,000 and Qartomy called.

Elias tabled , good for top pair, a flush draw and a gutshot. He was in great shape against Qartomy’s , but the came on the turn, moving Qartomy into the lead.

Elias needed a club, nine or an eight to stay alive, but the river was a brick and Qartomy won the pot to eliminate Elias and move into the chip lead.

Elias took home $6,775 for his 34th place finish.

Ray Qartomy – 945,000
Darren Elias – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 490

Here is a look at the eliminations over the last few levels:

51st: Viet Vo – $4,930
50th: Alcides Gomez – $4,930
49th: Reid Walker – $4,930
48th: Tomas Soderstrom – $4,930
47th: Joseph Jean – $4,930
46th: Alex Keating – $4,930
45th: Pedro Palacio – $5,820
44th: Jake Toole – $5,820
43rd: George Parublev – $5,820
42nd: Kyrylo Kobzyev – $5,820
41st: Louis Chandler – $5,820
40th: Jeremy Ausmus – $5,820
39th: Dong Ji – $5,820
38th: David Lauffer – $5,820
37th: Benjamin Boston – $5,820
36th: Alex Foxen – $6,775

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 490

On the turn, with the board reading , the player in the big blind checked and Mukul Pahuja checked from under the gun. Landen Lucas bet 22,000 from middle position and was called by the button.

The big blind folded and Pahuja called as well. The river was the and all three players checked.

Pahuja quickly tabled and the other two players sent their hands into the muck.

Mukul Pahuja – 530,000
Landen Lucas – 515,000

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End of Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 490

The players are taking their second 15-minute break of the day.

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 490

On the turn, with the board reading , Louis Chandler moved all in for about 140,000 from the big blind and a player in the lojack thought for a while before he moved all in for about 160,000.

Fanilkumar Patel moved all in as well for about 150,000 and all three hands were tabled.

Patel turned over , good for the second-nut flush, the lojack tabled , good for a set of sixes and Chandler was drawing dead with 8-7.

Patel needed to fade a board pairing river to scoop a massive pot and eliminate Chandler, which he did when the came on the end. Chandler was eliminated in 41st place for $5,820.

Fanilkumar Patel – 520,000
Louis Chandler – Eliminated

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 490

With about 25 minutes remaining in the level and before the second break of the day, Victor Figureroa has emerged as the chip leader with 830,000. He’s the only player above the 800,000-chip mark.

Here is a look at the top stacks:

Victor Figueroa – 830,000
Luke Brereton – 720,000
Francis Anderson – 540,000
Kenneth Frey – 520,000
Landen Lucas – 510,000
Ray Qartomy – 470,000

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 490

Luke Brereton raised to 14,000 from under the gun was called by the small blind.

The flop was and the small blind checked. Brereton bet 14,000 and his opponent called. Both players checked the turn and the came on the river.

The small blind checked for a third time and Brereton bet 33,000. The small blind reluctantly folded and Brereton took the pot. Brereton has quickly amassed a top stack with five tables remaining.

Luke Brereton – 720,000

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Level 17:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 490

Since the bubble burst at the end of level 16, here is a look at the players eliminated in the money this level:

62nd: Philipe Pizzari Pinto – $4,255
61st: Jawuz Akcay – $4,255
60th: Peter Vitantonio – $4,255
59th: Kharlin Sued – $4,255
58th: Clayton Maguire – $4,255
57th: Joe Serock – $4,255
56th: Brendan Daly – $4,255
55th: Zhen Cai – $4,255
54th: Gregory Nerenberg – $4,930
53rd: Chaeng Yoo – $4,930
52nd: Kobi Ribak – $4,930

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 490

On a flop of , Alex Keating was under the gun and got all in for 146,000 against Ray Qartomy.

Qartomy showed and needed a lot of help against Keating’s .

The turn was the and the river was the . Keating dragged the pot and scored the double up.

Alex Keating – 320,000
Ray Qartomy – 235,000

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Level 16:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 490

Dominique Mosley raised from the hijack and the player in the small blind called. Zhen Cai was in the big blind and moved all in. Mosley called all in for about 115,000 and the small blind folded.

Mosley showed and was in great shape against Cai’s .

The flop came , however, which left Mosley drawing next to dead. The turn was the and the river was the . Cai rivered quads and Mosley was eliminated on the bubble.

The remaining 62 players are all in the money and guaranteed a payday of at least $4,255.

Zhen Cai –  300,000
Dominique Mosley – Eliminated