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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,246

Le Tieu limped from the button for 60,000, Angel Martinez-Vasquez completed the small blind, and Richard Davis raised from the big blind to 500,000. Tieu called, and Martinez-Vasquez folded.

The flop came , Davis bet 250,000, and Tieu quickly called.

The turn card paired the board with the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Davis bet 600,000, and Tieu tanked for a very long time before he called. Davis showed for a bluff, but Tieu turned over to win the pot with two pair, tens and fives, and increase his chip lead.

Le Tieu  –  4,350,000  (87 bb)
Richard Davis  –  1,140,000  (23 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 1,440,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,060 each.

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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,246

The players return from their dinner break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000.

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 1,040,000 (21 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 71
Seat 1.  Timothy Gorman  –  670,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Dennis Rodriguez  –  535,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Le Tieu  –  2,075,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Blewitt  –  310,000  (6 bb)
Seat 5.  Angel Martinez-Vasquez  –  1,190,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Richard Davis  –  2,355,000  (47 bb)
Seat 7.  Caleb Piderit  –  870,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Malik Felix  –  1,050,000  (21 bb)
Seat 9.  Ruth Comeau  –  585,000  (12 bb)

TABLE 72
Seat 1.  Joe Shammas  –  430,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Jason Rivera  –  385,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3.  Ross Fischer  –  1,095,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Maurice Davis  –  1,165,000  (23 bb)
Seat 5.  Kimberly Henlin  –  1,375,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Osmany Saldanas  –  1,840,000  (37 bb)
Seat 7.  Roberto Bendeck  –  1,255,000  (25 bb)
Seat 8.  Pavel Smejkal  –  1,080,000  (22 bb)
Seat 9.  Kenny Velez  –  525,000  (11 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by recent eliminations:

1st:  $30,040 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $20,400
3rd:  $15,200
4th:  $11,300
5th:  $8,600
6th:  $6,500
7th:  $5,000
8th:  $3,900
9th-10th:  $3,060
11th-12th:  $2,500
13th-15th:  $2,060
16th-18th:  $1,700

19th:  Mauricio Fischman  –  $1,700
20th:  Cybel Cabrero Santa  –  $1,400
21st:  Juan Gelez  –  $1,400

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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 1,246

Level 25 comes to an end and the players took a 30-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:09 pm.

With 18 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 1,040,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,700 each.

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,246

Cybel Cabrero Santa is short-stacked and all in from the cutoff with , and she needed to improve to stay alive against the of Dennis Rodriguez on the button.

The board came , and Santa flops two pair, only to see Rodriguez turn a king-high straight. Rodriguez won the pot to eliminate Santa in 20th place.

Dennis Rodriguez  –  550,000  (14 bb)
Cybel Cabrero Santa  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($1,400)

With 19 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 985,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,700 each.

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,246

Juan Gelez moved all in from UTG+1 for 400,000, and Kimberly Henlin moved all in over the top from the button with . Gelez turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gelez turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Henlin won the pot with a pair of aces and her queen kicker to eliminate Gelez in 21st place.

Kimberly Henlin  –  725,000  (18 bb)
Juan Gelez  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($1,400)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 935,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,400 each.

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,246

Here is a list of the players who have been eliminated since the last break, along with their payouts:

22nd:  Jared Gable  –  $1,400
23rd:  Matthew Gold  –  $1,400

24th:  Anthony Sepe  –  $1,160
25th:  Alan Leon  –  $1,160
26th:  Zamira Kholdarova  –  $1,160
27th:  Alcides Gomez  –  $1,160
28th:  Joshua Newhouse  –  $1,160
29th:  Keith McCormack  –  $1,160
30th:  Nicholas Murray  –  $1,160
31st:  Eric Kolodny  –  $1,160

32nd:  Julio Delgado  –  $980
33rd:  Christopher Lagazon  –  $980
34th:  Evgeniy Catane  –  $980
35th:  Lukas Pribyl  –  $980
36th:  Judith Bielan  –  $980
37th:  Joseph Petrolino  –  $980
38th:  Sun Choi  –  $980

With 21 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 890,000 (22 big blinds). They will play as many 30-minute levels as it takes to reach a winner tonight.

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 1,246

The players return from break to begin Level 22, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 with a 20,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 800K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Osmany Saldanas  –  1,885,000  (94 bb)
2.  Timothy Gorman  –  1,155,000  (58 bb)
3.  Maurice Davis  –  1,090,000  (55 bb)
4.  Kimberly Henlin  –  895,000  (45 bb)
5.  Richard Davis  –  860,000  (43 bb)
6.  Ruth Comeau  –  780,000  (39 bb)

With 38 players remaining from a field of 1,246, the average chip stack is around 490,000 (25 big blinds). They will play as many 30-minute levels as it takes to reach a winner tonight.

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  127 of 1,246

128th: Jennifer Kraut – $320
129th: John Bungert – $320
130th: Andrew Del Rio – $320
131st: Jairo Velasquez – $320
132nd: Noe Acosta – $320
133rd: Tracy Allen – $320
134th: William Hartman Jr – $320
135th: Gary Fitzgerald – $320
136th: Carl Batista – $320
137th: Luke Becker – $320
139th: Erwin Oliva – $320
140th: Kristin Brown – $320
141st: Juan Marin Jaramillo – $320
142nd: Jose Lopez Fibla – $320
143rd: Francis Mohan – $320
144th: Frank Martin – $320
145th: John Smith – $320
147th: Aleksandr Tishchenko – $320
148th: Charles Blankenship – $320
150th: Marlon Ramos – $320
151st: Felix Ramirez – $320
152nd: Robert Morris – $320
153rd: Israel de la Cerda – $320
154th: Juan Chin – $320
155th: Brett Trembly – $320
156th: Brian Hardy – $320
157th: Christopher Zollo – $320
158th: Shida Wu – $320

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Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  158 of 1,246

Cards are back in the air for Event 21 and Day 2 is underway with 158 players remaining. They will play the last three minutes of Level 14 before blinds go up and the first break is two hours later.

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Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  158 of 1,246

The $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament drew 1,246 entries and 158 players made it through their starting flight. They return this afternoon at 1 pm to begin playing down toward the title and $30K top prize.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Dennis Rodriguez – 526,000 (210 bb)
2. Gidon Chamdi – 437,000 (175 bb)
3. Hunter Fauci – 370,500 (148 bb)
4. Nicholas Murray – 333,500 (133 bb)
5. Eric Kolodny – 321,500 (129 bb)
6. Yuriy Kozinskiy – 312,000 (125 bb)
7. Wadner Pericles – 297,500 (119 bb)
8. Jairo Amarillo – 296,500 (119 bb)
9. Ayed Shweihat – 294,500 (118 bb)
10. Paul Shafran – 284,000 (114 bb)

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