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Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,404

Vadim Rozin got it all in preflop with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jason Block.

The board came , and Block spiked a queen on the river to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Rozin in 25th place.

Jason Block  –  3,100,000  (52 bb)
Vadim Rozin  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($6,074)

Sheddy Siddiqui doubled up to 900K thru Jake Schwartz with his pocket sevens holding up against ace-nine, and Schwartz was knocked all the way down to 50,000 — less than a big blind.

Shortly after that, Schwartz got it all in with against Nick Palma’s .

The board came , and Palma paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Schwartz in 24th place.

Nick Palma  –  3,150,000  (53 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($7,161)

Mauricio Ameller moved all in from the hijack for 620,000, and John Keraghan called from the cutoff with . Ameller turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.

The board came , and Ameller paired his queen on the flop and won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.

Mauricio Ameller  –  1,390,000  (23 bb)
John Keraghan  –  510,000  (9 bb)

Shortly after that, Rafael Rodriguez was eliminated in 23rd place by Trung Pham, and Pham took a big lead with more than 5.1 million in chips.

Trung Pham  –  5,150,000  (86 bb)
Rafael Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($7,161)

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,915,000 (32 bb). Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 1,404

The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 ante.

With 25 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,685,000 (28 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $6,074 each, and action will continue tonight until there are nine players remaining for tomorrow afternoon’s live-streamed WPTDeepStacks Hollywood final table, which begins at 2:00 pm.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Greg Levine  –  1,700,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Edwards Muñiz  –  2,270,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Trung Pham  –  3,495,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  Claudio Kalili  –  1,705,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Brian Metter  –  2,290,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7.  Peter Fellows  –  1,720,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  2,035,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9.  Bradley Coultas  –  990,000  (17 bb)

TABLE 18
Seat 1.  Nick Palma  –  2,375,000  (40 bb)
Seat 2.  Steve Karp  –  960,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Mauricio Ameller  –  620,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  John Keraghan  –  565,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  420,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6.  Jacob Naumann  –  3,095,000  (52 bb)
Seat 7.  Jake Schwartz  –  620,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  David DiBernardi  –  980,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  Aaron Rosenthal  –  1,495,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 19
Seat 1.  Howard Mash  –  2,555,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Al Gomez  –  1,025,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Block  –  2,215,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Vadim Rozin  –  805,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Garcia  –  910,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Alcides Gomez  –  2,070,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8.  Justin Bianco  –  3,485,000  (58 bb)
Seat 9.  Debra Hedgpeth  –  1,620,000  (27 bb)

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Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 1,404

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

26th:  Jaime Weigrefe  –  $6,074
27th:  Evan Dahl  –  $6,074

28th:  Raminder Singh  –  $5,218
29th:  Lowell Kim  –  $5,218
30th:  Zoltan Czinkota  –  $5,218
31st:  Jordan Semel  –  $5,218
32nd:  Jason Atherley  –  $5,218
33rd:  Lazaro Rojas  –  $5,218
34th:  Louise Francoeur  –  $5,218
35th:  Brandon Lalloo  –  $5,218
36th:  Larry Hirschfield  –  $5,218

37th:  Zhen Cai  –  $4,389
38th:  Jason Young  –  $4,389
39th:  David Moses  –  $4,389
40th:  Yue Wang  –  $4,389
41st:  Paul Grigsby  –  $4,389
42nd:  Sharman Olsham  –  $4,389
43rd:  Nick Yunis  –  $4,389
44th:  Joseph Hernon  –  $4,389
45th:  Peter Vitantonio  –  $4,389

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Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 1,404

Aaron Rosenthal min-raised UTG+1 to 80,000, Howard Mash moved all in from the big blind for 560,000, and Rosenthal waited for an exact count before he called with .

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

The board came , and Mash won the pot with a flopped set of jacks to double up in chips.

Howard Mash  –  1,180,000  (30 bb)
Aaron Rosenthal  –  1,700,000  (43 bb)

With 28 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,505,000 (38 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 1,404

David Moses got it all in preflop for about 675,000 with , but he ran into Trung Pham’s .

The board came — Moses flopped a heart flush draw and turned a gutshot straight draw on the board for a possible chop, but the river card missed all of his outs. The pocket aces held up for Pham to win the pot and eliminate Moses in 39th place.

Trung Pham  –  2,125,000  (71 bb)
David Moses  –  Eliminated in 39th Place  ($4,389)

A short while later, Jake Schwartz raised under the gun, Alcides Gomez called UTG+1, and defending champion Jason Young called from the small blind.

The flop came , and Young moved all in for about 250,000. Schwartz folded, and Gomez called with . Young turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was a , the river card was an , and the pocket kings held up for Gomez to win the pot and eliminate Young in 38th place.

Alcides Gomez  –  2,250,000  (75 bb)
Jason Young  –  Eliminated in 38th Place  ($4,389)

Level 25 came to an end, and Level 26 began with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 40,000 ante. Action will continue tonight until they reach the final nine players for tomorrow afternoon’s WPTDeepStacks final table, which begins at 2:00 pm and will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

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Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,404

Nick Yunis was just eliminated when he got it all in from the hijack with , but ran into two pairs of kings — Trung Pham held , and Zoltan Czinkota had .

The board came , and the kings held up for Pham and Czinkota to chop the pot as they eliminated Yunis in 43rd place.

Trung Pham  –  1,480,000  (49 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota  –  460,000  (15 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  Eliminated in 43rd Place  ($4,389)

A few minutes later, Zoltan Czinkota limped from the hijack for 30,000, Rafael Rodriguez raised from the cutoff to 85,000, and Sharman Olsham moved all in from the small blind for 365,000.

Czinkota folded, and Rodriguez asked for an exact count and thought for a while before he called with . Olsham turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Rodriguez to win the pot and eliminate Olsham in 42nd place.

Rafael Rodriguez  –  2,450,000  (82 bb)
Sharman Olsham  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($4,389)

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,025,000 (34 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until they reach the nine-handed final table.

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Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 1,404

Nick Palma raised under the gun to 65,000, Joseph Hernon called UTG+1, Joseph Bianco called from the button, and Zhen Cai moved all in from the big blind for about 1,275,000.

Palma called all in for 780,000, Hernon called all in for 565,000, and Bianco folded.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Zhen Cai:  
Nick Palma:  
Joseph Hernon:  

The board came , and Palma flopped a set of queens to win the entire pot, doubling thru Cai and eliminating Hernon in 44th place.

Nick Palma  –  2,235,000  (75 bb)
Zhen Cai  –  500,000  (17 bb)
Joseph Hernon  –  Eliminated in 44th Place  ($4,389)

With 43 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 980,000 (33 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until they reach the nine-handed final table.

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Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 1,404

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up 10 players with at least 1.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Vadim Rozin  –  2,490,000  (83 bb)
2.  Edwards Muñiz  –  2,225,000  (74 bb)
3.  Jake Schwartz  –  2,180,000  (73 bb)
4.  Aaron Rosenthal  –  2,150,000  (72 bb)
5.  Rafael Rodriguez  –  2,135,000  (71 bb)
6.  Raminder Singh  –  1,850,000  (62 bb)
7.  Claudio Kalili  –  1,780,000  (59 bb)
8.  Yue Wang  –  1,750,000  (58 bb)
9.  Alcides Gomez  –  1,700,000  (57 bb)
10.  Justin Bianco  –  1,575,000  (53 bb)

Action is scheduled to resume at 7:38 pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
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Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 1,404

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

46th:  Lumni Zhuta  –  $3,805
47th:  Allan Bieler  –  $3,805
48th:  Leo Ojeda  –  $3,805
49th:  Jason Dollinger  –  $3,805
50th:  Jason Thomas  –  $3,805
51st:  David Farber  –  $3,805
52nd:  Robert Jonsson  –  $3,805
53rd:  Robert Pollmeier  –  $3,805
54th:  Scott Arnold  –  $3,805

55th:  Steven Cabas  –  $3,397
56th:  David Wolff  –  $3,397
57th:  Huicun Qiao  –  $3,397
58th:  Jonathan Ounjian  –  $3,397
59th:  Richard Whitebrook  –  $3,397
60th:  Steve Wilkie  –  $3,397
61st:  Kevin Buldo  –  $3,397
62nd:  James Hoeppner  –  $3,397
63rd:  Kareem Marshall  –  $3,397

64th:  Martin St. Amaant  –  $3,125
65th:  Jonathan Shapiro  –  $3,125
66th:  Darryll Fish  –  $3,125
67th:  Robert Cahill  –  $3,125
68th:  Jennifer Parker  –  $3,125
69th:  Gil Nagar  –  $3,125
70th:  Tomas Soderstrom  –  $3,125
71st:  Lenol Clark, Jr.  –  $3,125
72nd:  Donys Agnelli  –  $3,125

73rd:  Eric Snyder  –  $2,962
74th:  Paul Domb  –  $2,962
75th:  Robert Kessler  –  $2,962
76th:  Byron Schenk  –  $2,962
77th:  Travis Jackson  –  $2,962
78th:  Robert Kostesky  –  $2,962
79th:  Duane Felix  –  $2,962

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Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 1,404

With about three minutes remaining before the dinner break, Lumni Zhuta lost an all-in situation to drop down to 15,000 — a single small blind.

The next hand, Zhuta called all in from the hijack for 15,000, Jason Young raised button to 110,000, and everyone else folded.

Zhuta turned over , but he was dominated by Young’s .

The board came , and Young won the pot with a pair of sevens and his ace kicker to eliminate Zhuta in 46th place.

Level 24 came to an end, and the players took their one-hour dinner break. With 45 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 935,000 (31 big blinds), and the field is playing down to the nine-handed WPTDeepStacks final table tonight.

Action is scheduled to resume at 7:38 pm.