$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 376

Patrick Quinn was the short stack coming back from break, got his 285,000 in the middle. Raminder Singh and Matthew Rizai called for three-way action.

Both live players checked it down until the board read . Singh checked, Rizai moved all in for 195,000 and Singh folded after a short think.

Quinn showed for a big pocket pair but Rizai rivered a club flush with to send him out.

Matthew Rizai – 610,000 (24 bb)
Patrick Quinn – Eliminated in 15th Place ($8,350)

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 376

Alan Noronha came back from break and made a move. He was all in and at risk for 630,000 and Justin Datloff had him at risk.

Noronha:
Datloff:

Noronha had a big lead for a double up but Datloff made a diamond flush on the board to send him out.

Justin Datloff – 2,425,000 (97 bb)
Alan Noronha – Eliminated in 16th Place ($6,840)

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 376

Players were sent on a 10-minute break while some of the bigger stacks were colored up. Cuba Levenberry leads the way but there’s a lot of play with levels now lasting 90 minutes each.

Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,140,000 (46 bb).

Table 27
Seat 1: Eugene Kotlyarevskiy – 1,150,000 (46 bb)
Seat 2: Alan Noronha – 660,000 (26 bb)
Seat 3: Antonio Germani – 510,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Cuba Levenberry – 2,580,000 (103 bb)
Seat 5: Feiwen Wu – 1,055,000 (42 bb)
Seat 6: Justin Datloff – 1,795,000 (72 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Nicholas Cyr – 475,000 (19 bb)
Seat 9: Chad Summers – 640,000 (26 bb)

Table 45
Seat 1: Steven Bennet – 1,810,000 (72 bb)
Seat 2: Patrick Quinn – 285,000 (11 bb)
Seat 3: Hector Pacheco – 2,155,000 (86 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Richel – 1,125,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5: Dion Jagroo – 925,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Adi Amit – 1,340,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Raminder Singh – 1,400,000 (56 bb)
Seat 9: Matthew Rizai – 345,000 (14 bb)

1st: $115,940
2nd: $82,570
3rd: $53,080
4th: $34,870
5th: $26,850
6th: $22,210
7th: $18,615
8th: $15,220
9th-10th: $11,790
11th-12th: $9,860
13th-15th: $8,350
16th: $6,840
17th: John Giglio – $6,840
18th: Kharlin Sued – $6,840

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 376

Cuba Levenberry opened the action from under the gun, it folded around to Chad Lipton on the button and he moved all in for 400,000. The blinds folded and Levenberry called.

Levenberry:
Lipton:

Lipton was racing to stay in the game and needed to improve. The board ran out all low and Lipton was sent out in 19th place setting the last two tables.

Cuba Levenberry – 2,600,000 (130 bb)

19th: Chad Lipton – $5,700
20th: Richard Leger – $5,700
21st: Richard Rice – $5,700
22nd: Craig Pollak – $4,680
23rd: Aaron Olshan – $4,680
24th: Brendan White – $4,680
25th: Jordan Lowery – $4,060
26th: Kyle Lazzaro – $4,060
27th: Kevin Naim – $4,060

1st: $115,940 + trophy
2nd: $82,570
3rd: $53,080
4th: $34,870
5th: $26,850
6th: $22,210
7th: $18,615
8th: $15,220
9th-10th: $11,790
11th-12th: $9,860
13th-15th: $8,350
16th-18th: $6,840

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 376

Players returned to their seats after the dinner break and cards are back in the air. John Giglio is the big stack in the room after a big hand before the break; he flopped a set of fives, a three-way all in happened, and his set held against a flush draw and open-ended straight draw.

Justin Datloff is second followed by Dion Jagroo, Adi Amit, and Hector Pacheco with Steven Bennett knocking on the seven-digit door.

John Giglio – 2,550,000 (170 bb)
Justin Datloff – 2,380,000 (159 bb)
Dion Jagroo – 1,660,000 (111 bb)
Adi Amit – 1,480,000 (99 bb)
Hector Pacheco – 1,075,000 (72 bb)

1st: $115,940
2nd: $82,570
3rd: $53,080
4th: $34,870
5th: $26,850
6th: $22,210
7th: $18,615
8th: $15,220
9th-10th: $11,790
11th-12th: $9,860
13th-15th: $8,350
16th-18th: $6,840
19th-21st: $5,700
22nd: $4,680
23rd: Aaron Olshan – $4,680
24th: Brendan White – $4,680
25th: Jordan Lowery – $4,060
26th: Kyle Lazzaro – $4,060
27th: Kevin Naim – $4,060

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Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 376

Shortly after the three-table draw, tournament staff sent players on their 40-minute dinner break with 24 remaining. They will return to play two more 60-minute levels before they increase to 90.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 376

With the elimination of Farid Jattin in 28th place, tournament staff paused the clock and the last 27 players redrew seats at the last three tables of the tournament.

28th: Farid Jattin – $3,300
29th: Antonio Colon – $3,300
30th: Kenneth Williams – $3,300
31st: Oliver Berens – $3,300
32nd: Ido Ashkenazi – $3,300
33rd: Loni Hui – $3,300
34th: Jason Wandling – $3,300
35th: Alexey Zakharov – $3,300
36th: Alex Polk – $3,300

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 376

The Main Event quickly dropped to four tables after the break with some tough players exiting the tournament. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $3,300 with the pay jumps getting bigger.

37th: Todd Rosenthal – $3,025
38th: Jerry Wong – $3,025
39th: Michael Graffeo – $3,025
40th: Jamie Spriggs – $3,025
41st: Donald Matthews – $3,025
42nd: Steve Yagudaev – $3,025
43rd: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $3,025
44th: Gert Zumkehr – $3,025
45th: Scott Zakheim – $3,025
46th: Sandeep Velkuru – $2,765
47th: Moises Jattin – $2,765

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 376

After an extended break to color the 1K chips out of play, cards are back in the air for Level 19 with Dion Jagroo back in the lead. He sits behind a big stack worth 1,450,000 while Eugene Kotlyarevskiy and Alan Richel are the others over one million. Loni Hui and Adi Amit round out the top five.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 475,000 (48 bb). They will two more levels before enjoying their 40-minute dinner break.

Dion Jagroo – 1,450,000 (145 bb)
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy – 1,075,000 (108 bb)
Alan Richel – 1,025,000 (103 bb)
Loni Hui – 960,000 (96 bb)
Adi Amit – 955,000 (96 bb)