$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 29: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 305

In a battle of the blinds, Brian Sodre got his short stack all in against Alexander Haber with a dominating hand.

Sodre:
Haber:

The board ran out , and Haber rivered a king-high straight to win the pot. Sodre was eliminated in fourth place.

Alexander Haber – 2,000,000 (33 bb)
Brian Sodre – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 28: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 305

Alexander Haber opened the button to 100,000, and Jarrett Vaughn three-bet shoved for 315,000 in the big blind. Haber called to put Vaughn at risk, flipping for the knockout.

Haber:
Vaughn:

The board ran out , and Haber rivered a pair of queens to win the pot. Vaughn was eliminated in fifth place.

Alexander Haber – 1,450,000 (29 bb)
Jarrett Vaughn – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 28: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 305

Efrain Lopez moved all in for 325,000 under the gun, and Brian Sodre three-bet shoved from the button. The blinds folded, and Lopez was at risk as the cards were turned up.

Lopez:
Sodre:

The board ran out , and Sodre won the pot with kings up. Lopez was eliminated in sixth place.

Brian Sodre – 1,300,000 (26 bb)
Efrain Lopez – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 305

Gary Bolden opened the button to 105,000, and Faisal Siddiqui defended his big blind.

The flop was . Siddiqui led out for 80,000, Bolden moved all in for 400,000 total, and Siddiqui called to put his opponent at risk.

Bolden: (pair of nines)
Siddiqui: (pair of sixes)

The turn and river completed the board, and Bolden doubled up with nines up.

Gary Bolden – 1,055,000 (35 bb)
Faisal Siddiqui – 310,000 (10 bb)

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 305

On a flop, Domenico Albano (early position) moved all in for just less than 200,000, and Alexander Haber called from the big blind to put him at risk.

Albano:
Haber:

Haber was on the draw, and he promptly filled it as the turn brought the . Albano was drawing dead to the river, and he was eliminated in seventh place.

Alexander Haber – 950,000 (32 bb)
Domenico Albano – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 305

Gary Bolden opened with an early-position raise, and Vincent Fiorenza three-bet to 136,000 in position. Bolden four-bet shoved for 360,000 total, and Fiorenza called to put him at risk.

Bolden:
Fiorenza:

The board ran out , and Bolden doubled up with a set of aces. After paying off the debt, Fiorenza was left with barely 30,000 chips, and he was eliminated one hand later.

Gary Bolden – 774,000 (39 bb)
Vincent Fiorenza – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 305

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 305

Zoltan Czinkota and Efrain Lopez got it all in preflop for just less than 300,000 apiece, with Lopez having the slightly larger stack.

Czinkota:
Lopez:

The board ran out , and Lopez won the pot with aces up. Czinkota was eliminated in tenth place.

Efrain Lopez – 550,000
Zoltan Czinkota – Eliminated

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 305

On the last hand of the previous level, the field was reduced to ten players, and they’ve now drawn new seats around the final table. Here’s the ten-handed lineup:

Seat 1: Brian Sodre – 263,000
Seat 2: Domenico Albano – 145,000
Seat 3: Jarrett Vaughn – 1,275,000
Seat 4: Zoltan Czinkota – 317,000
Seat 5: Gary Bolden – 459,000
Seat 6: Efrain Lopez – 185,000
Seat 7: Vincent Fiorenza – 491,000
Seat 8: Faisal Siddiqui – 775,000
Seat 9: Alexander Haber – 603,000
Seat 10: Ari Dinov – 94,000

And here are the remaining payouts up for grabs:

1st: $16,469
2nd: $9,150
3rd: $5,691
4th: $5,575
5th: $3,599
6th: $2,959
7th: $2,379
8th: $1,800
9th: $1,220
10th: $793

$360 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 305

Level 18 is about halfway complete, and the field is now in the money. Just 36 players remain from the starting field of 305 entries, and each of them are guaranteed to earn at least $378 this evening.

This is a one-day event, so play will continue until a winner is determined.