Event 1: Alexander Michaels Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,953)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 8/465

Alexander Michaels raised all in for 440,000 from the cutoff and John Malczan isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the button.

Michaels: 10c10h
Malczan: AsQh

The board came down Jd9d8dKhAc, giving Malczan a pair of aces on the river to eliminate Michaels in ninth place.

John Malczan – 1,065,000 (53 bb)
Alexander Michaels – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,953)

Event 1: Scott Efron Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,269)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 9/465

Scott Efron raised all in for 365,000 from the cutoff and Ido Ashkenazi called from the big blind.

Efron: KhJh
Ashkenazi: 9s9c

The board came down 7d3s2d8d8h, no help to Efron, ending his run in 10th place.

Ido Ashkenazi – 1,500,000 (75 bb)
Scott Efron – Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,269)

Event 1: Final Table Redraw

$250 Big Stack (re-entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 10/465

Seat 1: Jose Nigaglioni – 565,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2: Raminder Singh – 730,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: James Hamburger – 560,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Ory Hen – 820,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5: Scott Efron – 365,000 (18 bb)
Seat 6: Nicholas Avena – 920,000 (46 bb)
Seat 7: Sergio Braga – 575,000 (29 bb)
Seat 8: Ido Ashkenazi – 1,150,000 (58 bb)
Seat 9: Alexander Michaels – 560,000 (28 bb)
Seat 10: John Malczan – 730,000 (37 bb)

Event 1: Down to 10 Players

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 10/465

Luis Bastidas raised all in for about 330,000 from the small blind and Ido Ashkenazi called from the big blind with AcKd, leading Bastidas’ Js10s.

The board came down Ah10d8s5d2d, giving Ashkenazi a pair of aces to eliminate Bastidas in 12th place.

The following hand, Jason Brown was all in for about 200,000 with AhAs against Ory Hen who held 5h5s.

The board came down 8s5c2hJh7d, giving Hen a set of fives to eliminate Brown in 11th place.

Ido Ashkenazi – 1,150,000 (58 bb)
Ory Hen – 820.000 (41 bb)
Jason Brown – Eliminated in 11th Place ($1,269)
Luis Bastidas – Eliminated in 12th Place ($1,269)

Event 1: Approximate Chip Counts

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 12/465

Table 28
Seat 1:
Seat 2: Scott Efron – 420,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Sergio Braga – 700,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Nicholas Avena – 1,150,000 (58 bb)
Seat 5: John Malczan – 775,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:
Seat 8: James Hamburger – 435,000 (22 bb)
Seat 9: Jose Nigaglioni – 265,000 (13 bb)

Table 33
Seat 1: Ido Ashkenazi – 795,000 (40 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3: Raminder Singh – 840,000 (42 bb)
Seat 4: Alexander Michaels – 255,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Ory Hen – 630,000 (32 bb)
Seat 6: Richard Ptasnik – 250,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Luis Bastidas – 495,000 (25 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:

 

Recent Eliminations
13th: Marcin Plewinski – $977
14th: Generoso Barbieri – $977

Event 1: Ofer Peleg Eliminated by Nicholas Avena

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Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 14/465

Richard Ptasnik limped in from early position, Ofer Peleg raised to 55,000 from the cutoff, Nicholas Avena called from the small blind and Ptasnik called.

The flop came down Jd6c4d, and action checked to Peleg who shoved for 304,000. Avena tanked for about two minutes before he called, and Ptasnik folded.

Peleg showed AsKc, trailing Avena’s 9d9c.

The 7d turn and 3h river completed the board, no help to Peleg, locking up the pot for Avena who is now the chip leader.

Nicholas Avena – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Ofer Peleg – Eliminated in 15th Place ($977) 

Recent Eliminations
16th: Martin Carnero – $771
17th: Jairo Velasquez – $771
18th: Jack Rolnitzky – $771
19th: Steven Zukowski – $605
20th: Janet Fitzgerald – $605
21st: Rene Esquivel – $605
22nd: Nadeem Hirani – $605

Event 1: Elliott Zaydman Eliminated by John Malczan

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 22/465

John Malczan raised to 25,000 from the hijack, Elliott Zaydman reraised all in for 88,000 from the big blind and Malczan called after a few moments.

Malczan: As8h
Zaydman: KsQd

The board ran out 8s8d3d3h6c, giving Malczan eights full of treys to eliminate Zaydman.

John Malczan – 390,000 (39 bb)
Elliott Zaydman – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($605)

Recent Eliminations
24th: Jordan Kasimow – $605
25th: Antonio Arencibia Monduy – $605
26th: Kenneth Kuhl – $605
27th: Pierrot Massenat – $605

Event 1: Ofer Peleg Doubles Through Raminder Singh

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 31/465

Manfred Rosenow limped in from early position, and Ofer Peleg raised to 22,000 from the next seat over. Raminder Singh called from the hijack, and Rosenow called as well.

The flop was KcQd8c, and action checked to Singh who bet 30,000. Only Peleg called.

The turn was the Jh, Peleg checked, Singh shoved all in for effectively 108,000 and Peleg mulled it over for a while before he called all in.

Peleg: AhJc
Singh: Ac5c

Peleg was ahead with a pair of jacks against Singh’s flush draw and held up through the Qh river to double up.

Ofer Peleg – 362,000 (45 bb)
Raminder Singh – 440,000 (55 bb)

Event 1: First Break of the Day; Chip Leaders and Recent Eliminations

$250 Big Stack (re-entry)
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Returning to Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 BB Ante
Players Remaining: 31/465

Ido Ashkenazi – 865,000 (108 bb)
Raminder Singh – 610,000 (76 bb)
Luis Bastidas – 595,000 (74 bb)

Recent Eliminations
32nd: Joseph Levitt – $537
33rd: Joseph Block – $537
34th: Leighton Gaynair – $537
35th: Iuri Leite – $537
36th: Scott Swatscheno – $537