$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 2,056

With the board showing on the turn and more than 200K already in the pot, Victor Carrera checked the big blind, Nick Rascona bet 85,000 from under the gun, and Carrera called.

The river card was the , and Carrera moved all in. Rascona was covered, and he tanked for a while before he called all in for 160,000.

Carrera immediately said, “Good call,” and showed for a ten-high bluff. Rascona turned over to win the pot with a pair of aces, and he stood up and breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Carrera said, “I was going to go all in on the flop.”

Rascona said, “I might have called.”

Nick Rascona  –  710,000  (36 bb)
Victor Carrera  –  760,000  (38 bb)

With 65 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 475,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $615 each. The next pay jump is $685 for 63rd place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 2,056

Zachary Harrell was all in under the gun for 195,000 against three other players as they went to the flop. Harrell had an opportunity to quadruple up if he could win this pot.

The flop came , Juan Marin checked the small blind, Javier Rios checked the big blind, and Victor Carrera moved all in for about 350,000. Marin tanked for a while before he folded, and Rios quickly folded behind.

Harrell showed , but Carrera turned over for a pair of kings. Harrell needed to improve to stay alive. (Marin said he folded pocket queens.)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Carrera won the pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Harrell in 66th place.

Victor Carrera  –  1,150,000  (58 bb)
Javier Rios  –  365,000  (18 bb)
Juan Marin  –  325,000  (16 bb)
Zachary Harrell  –  Eliminated in 66th Place  ($615)

With 65 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 475,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $615 each. The next pay jump is $685 for 63rd place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  74 of 2,056

After a flop of , Javier Rios bet 40,000 from UTG+1, Tom Curtis moved all in from the button for 195,000, and Rios tanked for a long time before he called with .

Curtis turned over for a pair of nines, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Rios a diamond flush draw, but the river card was the . Curtis won the pot with two pair, jacks and nines, to double up in chips.

Tom Curtis  –  540,000  (36 bb)
Javier Rios  –  700,000  (47 bb)

With 74 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 415,000 (28 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $565 each. The next pay jump is $615 for 72nd place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  89 of 2,056

Scott Zakheim raised from middle position to 40,000, Troy Singh moved all in from the big blind for 60,000, and Zakheim called with .

Singh turned over , and he was dominated, needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Zakheim won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Singh in 90th place.

Scott Zakheim  –  340,000  (23 bb)
Troy Singh  –  Eliminated in 90th Place  ($535)

With 89 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 345,000 (23 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $535 each. The next pay jump is $565 for 81st place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 2,056

Antonio Colon was all in from UTG+1 for 145,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Troy Singh, who was under the gun.

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

Antonio Colon  –  325,000  (22 bb)
Troy Singh  –  75,000  (5 bb)

With 90 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 345,000 (23 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $535 each. The next pay jump is $565 for 81st place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 2,056

136th: Federico Herrera – $400
137th: Matthew Licht – $400
138th: Curtis King – $400
139th: Samy Azzam – $400
140th: Michael Carbello – $400
141st: Jorge Torres – $400
142nd: Jonathan Dobson – $400
143rd: Jorge Bermudez – $400
144th: Alberto Niebla – $400

145th: Wongduan Nannong – $385
146th: Taylor Chaffin – $385
147th: Georoh Netanelof – $385
148th: Manthan Desai – $385
149th: Michael Guilliford – $385
150th: Calixto Rodriguez – $385
151st: Barry Roth – $385
152nd: Howard Mash – $385
153rd: James Krangle – $385

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 2,056

The players return from break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 5,000-15,000 with a big blind ante of 15,000.

With 104 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 295,000 (20 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $485 each. The next pay jump is $510 for 99th place.

A scan of the field during the break turned up two players who were well ahead of the rest of the field, with the third biggest stack worth only about half as much as the chipleader.

1.  Javier Rios  –  1,300,000  (87 bb)
2.  Guillermo Reyes  –  1,135,000  (76 bb)
3.  Tamara Goldshteyn  –  685,000  (46 bb)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  105 of 2,056

154th: Lee Stransky – $370
155th: Michael Krumenacker – $370
156th: Michael Dreese – $370
157th: Michael Perez – $370
158th: Michael Moskowitz – $370
159th: Nicola De Lazzari-Stacey – $370
160th: Artur Tishchenko – $370
161st: John Tice – $370
162nd: Clifford Conners – $370
163rd: Cheri Ryan – $355
164th: Ginold Rendel – $355
165th: Paula Alibrandi – $355
166th: Francisco Milanes – $355
167th: Duane Salter – $355
168th: Tatiana Frazzica – $355
169th: Dylan Malcomson – $355
170th: James Brundige – $355
171st: Daniyal Gheba – $355

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  105 of 2,056

Philip Toister was all in from the small blind for about 100,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Veselin Katrandzhiev, who was under the gun.

The board came , and the aces held up for Katrandzhiev to win the pot and eliminate Toister in 106th place.

Veselin Katrandzhiev  –  475,000  (48 bb)
Philip Toister  –  Eliminated in 106th Place  ($485)

With 105 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 294,000 (29 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $485 each. The next pay jump is $510 for 99th place.

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  133 of 2,056

Catching up the results, here are the players who cashed between 172nd and 198th place. Among them we found Trung Pham, Thomas Gari, Jacquelyn Scott, and Antonio Campbell.

172nd: Trung Pham – $345
173rd: Luca Lo Valvo – $345
174th: Shelton Johnson – $345
175th: German Garcia – $345
176th: Daniel Rodriguez – $345
177th: Robert Petronio – $345
178th: Wilmer Chavira – $345
179th: Kyle Grosshaten – $345
180th: Stella Davila – $345
181st: Melissa Hunt – $335
182nd: Thomas Gari – $335
183rd: Jacquelyn Scott – $335
184th: Jordan Shamah – $335
185th: Pablo Hernandez – $335
186th: Felipe Martinez – $335
187th: Ronald Prochak – $335
188th: Antonio Campbell – $335
189th: Jerry Schrader – $335
190th: David Ehresman – $335
191st: Steven Bonilla – $335
192nd: Abin Bannister – $335
193rd: Bradley Grossman – $335
194th: Richard Whitebrook – $335
195th: Alfredo Mansur – $335
196th: Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – $335
197th: Quiroz Castillo – $335
198th: James Sutherland – $335