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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,462

Jonathan Livingston raised under the gun, Jeremy Becker moved all in from the cutoff for 715,000, and Livingston quickly called all in for 555,000 with .

Becker turned over , and Livingston needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

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

Jonathan Livingston  –  1,210,000  (30 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  160,000  (4 bb)

With 21 players remaining, the average stack is around 1,045,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,555 each.

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,462

28th:  Eric Feldman  –  $975
29th:  Thanhlong Nguyen  –  $975
30th:  Srinath Vadluri  –  $975
31st:  Fabio Baduy  –  $975
32nd:  Attila Kocsis  –  $975
33rd:  Alberto Niebla  –  $975
34th:  Mahmoud Hamed  –  $975
35th:  Dayanna Ciabaton  –  $975
36th:  David Metz  –  $975

37th:  Mariano Szlaifer  –  $835
38th:  Eriberuto Uehara  –  $835
39th:  James Tomblin II  –  $835
40th:  Lance Foster  –  $835
41st:  Artur Nazarenko  –  $835
42nd:  Albert Dagro  –  $835
43rd:  Eric Phan  –  $835
44th:  Dejan Petkovic  –  $835
45th:  Casey Crews  –  $835

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,462

46th:  Tamara Goldshteyn  –  $740
47th:  Wilmer Chavira  –  $740
48th:  Garrett Fleetwood  –  $740
49th:  Michael McCauley  –  $740
50th:  Jonathan Lasko  –  $740
51st:  Reinaldo Vicentini Aldrey  –  $740
52nd:  Min Zhang  –  $740
53rd:  Antonio Arencibia Monduy  –  $740

55th:  Lunique Petiote  –  $665
56th:  Igor Korkhin  –  $665
57th:  Osmany Saldanas  –  $665
58th:  Henry Billete  –  $665
59th:  Vinicius Monteiro  –  $665
60th:  Brian Krinsky  –  $665
61st:  Walid Maddah  –  $665
62nd:  Alain Boucher  –  $665
63rd:  Michael Gulliford  –  $665

64th:  Dylan Malcomson  –  $620
65th:  Charles Conner  –  $620
66th:  Joseph Petrolino  –  $620
67th:  Yigal Hen  –  $620
68th:  Sergio Gamarra  –  $620
69th:  Geroges Boyadjian  –  $620
70th:  Jennifer David  –  $620
71st:  Anatoly Zharnitsky  –  $620
72nd:  Brian Barros  –  $620

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 1,462

Andre Bryan raised from the hijack to 70,000, Fabio Baduy moved all in from the button for 500,000, and Bryan thought for a bit before he called with .

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

The board came , and Bryan paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Baduy in 31st place.

Andre Bryan  –  1,700,000  (57 bb)
Fabio Baduy  –  Eliminated in 31st Place  ($975)

With 30 players remaining, the average stack is around 730,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $975 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 1,462

With the board showing on the turn and more than 400K already in the pot, chipleader Leon Zhivelev had a bet of 500,000 out in front of him in the cutoff, and Gus Vazquez moved all in from under the gun for 1,155,000.

Zhivelev asked for an exact count and tanked for a long time before he folded, and Vazquez took the pot — and the chip lead.

Gus Vazquez  –  2,100,000  (70 bb)
Leon Zhivelev  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)

With 31 players remaining, the average stack is around 705,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $975 each.

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 1,462

A player raised from the hijack to 75,000, Crystal Utley moved all in from the button for 345,000, and her opponent asked for an exact count and thought for a bit before he called with .

Utley turned over , and needed her hand to hold to stay alive. (Ory Hen said that he folded pocket eights in the big blind.)

The board came , and Utley flopped a set of tens and rivered quads to win the pot and double up in chips.

Crystal Utley  –  755,000  (30 bb)

With 31 players remaining, the average stack is around 705,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $975 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 1,462

The players returned from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 15,000-25,000 with a 25,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least one million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Leon Zhivelev  –  1,935,000  (77 bb)
2.  Ayed Shweihat  –  1,535,000  (61 bb)
T-3.  Alexandru Predincea  –  1,430,000  (57 bb)
T-3.  Gus Vazquez  –  1,430,000  (57 bb)
5.  Jeremy Becker  –  1,065,000  (43 bb)

With 34 players remaining, the average stack is around 645,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $975 each.

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,462

Mariano Szlaifer moved all in UTG+1 for about 200,000, and German Zaga called from the big blind with .

Szlaifer turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Zaga to win the pot and eliminate Szlaifer in 37th place.

German Zaga  –  660,000  (33 bb)
Mariano Szlaifer  –  Eliminated in 37th Place  ($740)

With 36 players remaining, the average stack is around 610,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $975 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 1,462

Dejan Petkovic was short stacked and all in preflop from the cutoff against Artur Nazarenko (big blind) and Richard Alati (middle position), with a side pot already created.

The flop came , Nazarenko checked, Alati bet 65,000, and Nazarenko called.

The turn card was the , Nazarenko checked, Alati bet 215,000, and Nazarenko called, leaving himself about 85K behind.

The river card was the , Nazarenko checked, Alati moved all in, and Nazarenko folded Alati took the side pot.

For the much smaller main pot, Petkovic showed for nine high, and Alati turned over to win the pot with top two pair, aces and queens, eliminating Petkovic in 44th place.

Richard Alati  –  900,000  (45 bb)
Artur Nazarenko  –  85,000  (4 bb)
Dejan Petkovic  –  Eliminated in 44th Place  ($740)

With 43 players remaining, the average stack is around 510,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $835 each.

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 1,462

After a flop of , Jonathan Lasko got it all in from the big blind with for a gutshot straight draw with a six-high flush draw.

Lasko needed to improve to stay alive against German Zaga’s (ace-high flush draw) in the cutoff.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Zaga won the pot with his ace to eliminate Lasko in 50th place.

German Zaga  –  470,000  (31 bb)
Jonathan Lasko  –  Eliminated in 50th Place  ($740)

With 49 players remaining, the average stack is around 450,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $740 each.