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Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Jack Duong opened the cutoff to 50,000 and Jason Koon called form the big blind.

The flop came , Koon checked, Duong bet 135,000 and Koon called. The came on the turn, Koon checked, Duong bet 135,000 and Koon called.

The hit the river, Koon checked, Duong bet 310,000 and Koon called. Duong turned over for the rivered straight and Koon flashed for the losing two-pair.

Jack Duong  –  2,200,000
Jason Koon  –  600,000

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Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Alex Foxen opened to 50,000 from early position, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Faraz Jaka moved all in for 204,000 and Charles Gomez called. Alex Foxen called as well.

Foxen and Gomez checked down the board and everyone turned their hands over.

Faraz Jaka:  
Charles Gomez :
Alex Foxen

Jaka’s pocket aces survived scoring him a big triple up to stay alive.

Faraz Jaka  –  695,000  (35 bb)
Charles Gomez – 1,100,000  (55 bb)
Alex Foxen –  660,000 (33 bb)

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Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Charles Gomez bet 76,000 from the small blind on a flop and Paul Balzano called.

The came on the turn, Gomez bet 150,000 and Balzano called. The hit the river and both players checked, Balzano turned over but was no good against the two-pair of Gomez.

Charles Gomez  –  1,350,000 (68 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  630,000 (32 bb)

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Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Seat 1: Tom Thomas  –  525,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2: Jason Koon  –  1,000,000  (63 bb)
Seat 3: Jacquelyn Scott  –  690,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4: Alex Foxen  –  720,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5: Faraz Jaka  –  277,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6: Charles Gomez  –  1,100,000  (69 bb)
Seat 7: Paul Balzano  –  800,000  (50 bb)
Seat 8: Alberto Rodriguez  –  515,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9: Jack Duong  –  1,400,000  (88 bb)
Seat 10:  Darryl Roncini  –  760,000  (48 bb)

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Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 395

Paul Domb moved all in with from the small blind for 355,000 on the flop. Charles Gomez called with .

The board ran out , giving Gomez the winning trip aces, eliminating Domb in 11th place.

Charles Gomez  –  1,100,000
Paul Domb  –  Eliminated in 11th place ($17,250)

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Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 395

Raj Vohra moved all in for 160,000 from the button with and Alex Foxen called from middle position with .

The board came and Foxen’s sixes held eliminating Vohra in 13th place

Alex Foxen  –  780,000 (49 bb)
Raj Vohra  –  Eliminated in 13th place ($14,370)

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Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 395

After losing half of his stack when his pocket kings got cracked by Alberto Rodgriguez’s all in preflop (ace on the turn), Aaron Massey was left with around 200,000.

Paul Balzano opened to 28,000 from under the gun and Massey moved all in for 210,000 from the cutoff. Charles Gomez called the shove from the big blind and Balzano released his hand.

Gomez:
Massey:

Massey needed to catch an ace or some big magic cards but the board did him no favors when it ran to send him to the payout desk in 14th place.

Charles Gomez – 930,000 (78 bb)
Aaron Massey – Eliminated in 14th place ($14,370)

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Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 395

There was a three-way pot between Raj Vohra in the big blind, Curt Kohlberg in middle position, and Tom Thomas on the button to see the flop. Vohra and Kohlberg checked, Thomas bet 102,000 and Vohra folded.

Kohlberg called then moved all in for 325,000 after the turn to get a quick call from Thomas.

Kohlberg:
Thomas:

A bit of a cooler for Kohlberg with his flopped set running into Thomas’ flopped nut flush. Kohlberg needed the board to pair on the river but he missed the to exit in 15th place.

Tom Thomas – 1,031,000 (86 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – Eliminted by 15th place ($14,370)

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Players Remaining: 15 of 395

Manny Minaya moved all in for his last 89,000 from late position with and  Alberto Rodriguez called from the button with .

The board came and Rodriguez’s pocket eights held eliminating Minaya in 16th place.

Alberto Rodriguez  –  400,000
Manny Minaya  –  Eliminated in 16th place ($11,800)

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Players Remaining: 16 of 395

Bill McKown moved all in preflop with and got called by Jacquelyn Scott’s .

The board came and Scott’s pocket jacks held, eliminating McKown in 17th place.

Jacquelyn Scott  –  500,000
Bill McKown  –  Eliminated in 17th place ($11,800)