Championship: Ludemann Doubles

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed

Level 17:  Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Jarod Ludemann
Jarod Ludemann

Jarod Ludemann and Nick Yunis got to the river where Nick fired 25k.  The board read Qs4s2sJc9s and Jarod shoved for another 33k on top.

Nick tanked for a couple of minutes, and then just as someone called for the clock, he called the all-in.  Jarod tabled AsJs for the nuts and the double up.  Nick tossed his KhTs into the muck.

Stuck at 77 players with an average stack of 234k.

Championship: Schwartz Out

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed

Level 17:  Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Noah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz

Andy Andrejevic and Noah Schwartz got to the river with a board of Qd9h6c4s2c.  Andy jammed, having Noah covered.

Noah gave it some thought, then eventually called, showing AQ for top/top.  Andy had him beat with pocket Kings to take the pot.

Noah took he walk in 79th place, missing the money by 16 spots.

Championship: Dinner Time Counts

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed
End of Level 16:  Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante

Chance Kornuth leads the Championship at the dinner break but the top ten is full of big names looking to chase him down.

Top ten counts:
Chance Kornuth – 765,500
Ilan Doron – 632,500
Faraz Jaka – 627,000
Matt Glantz – 609,500
Mohammed Jaafer – 548,500
Mike Dentale – 495,500
David Francois – 446,000
Jonathan Borenstein – 432,000
Chris Bolek – 393,000
Anthony Zinno – 389,000

Other notables:
Nick Yunis – 367,500
Eli Elezra – 342,000
Elliott Zaydman – 296,500
Jeff Chang – 260,000
Barry Hutter – 226,500
Cornel Cimpan – 204,500
Noah Schwartz – 203,500
Marshall White – 190,000
Matthew Elsarelli – 175,000
Jacob Bazeley – 173,000
Jared Jaffee – 168,500
Nancy Birnbaum – 156,500
Hans Winzeler – 141,500
Tristan Wade – 141,000
David Inselberg – 139,500
Mukul Pahuja – 117,500
Mike Beasley – 105,000
Angel Vu – 96,000
Keven Stammen – 38,500

Championship: Dinner Time

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed

End of Level 16:  Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante

End of level and players are off on a 90-minute dinner break.  Play will resume at about 8pm.

Just before the break, David Diaz had his last chips in holding AJ against Daniel Dyke’s A4.  When the board ran out, Daniel had made a wheel to send the WSOP bracelet winner packing.

Chance Kornuth
Chance Kornuth

Chance Kornuth is the chip leader with about 770k.

Only 79 players remain with an average stack of 228k.

Championship: Glantz Gets Big Double

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante

Matt Glantz was looking at a 100,000 bet from Jeff Chang with the board reading AhJc3c. After the flop, Glantz opened for 37,000 from early position, found one caller in middle position, before Chang raised it up.

Glantz thought it through before moving all-in for 267,000 total to get a fold from one opponent. Chang quickly called with Js3s while Glantz tabled AcKc for top pair with the nut flush draw. He hit it right on the 6c turn and dodged a river boat to move over 550,000 while Chang is no longer among the leaders.

Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

Championship: Chip Chirps

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed

Level 16:  Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante

Finally getting some Tweets from the field.  Don’t forget the #SHRPO!

Championship: Big Stacks

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed

Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3,00/500 ante

Players are back in their seats following a color-up break.  Only 115 players remain.

Donald Francois
Donald Francois

The two biggest stacks in the room happen to be on the same table – table 15.  Donald Francois is the chip leader with about 565k.  Jeff Chang is close behind with a little over 500k.

Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang