$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Kelly Minkin won a big early hand with deuces but lost a big one late to the same hand. She opened under the gun to 120,000 and Sanjay Gehi came along on the button. She check-called 130,000 after the flop and they both checked the turn.

Minkin checked once again after the and Gehi put out 425,000. She counted out a stack and eventually called to see his rivered set with .

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

In a battle of the blinds, Brian Altman raised to 125,000 from the small blind and Nathan Tuthill came along in the big blind to the flop. Tuthill called a 120,000 bet then another 285,000 after the turn.

Altman checked the river and Tuthill led out for 225,000. Altman called then mucked when Tuthill tabled . Tuthill moved up to 2,000,000 while Altman dropped to 6,700,000.

The next hand saw Greg Rosen move all-in for 680,000 after an open from Sanjay Gehi. The bet was called and Rosen was ahead with against . Rosen picked up his double when the board ran out .

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante

Bruce Kramer is just sticking around, milking his short stack up the ladder. He returned from break and took a shot on the first hand, moving all-in with and Nathan Tuthill looked him up with .

There was no sweat on the board and Kramer doubled. He moved all-in on the second hand but Tuthill let him pass on that one.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

The 13 remaining players are on their second break of the day.

Break time counts:

Brian Altman – 7,395,000
Mark Dube – 6,565,000
Kelly Minkin – 3,920,000
Sanjay Gehi 2,255,000
Jared Jaffee – 2,240,000
Greg Rosen – 1,650,000
Jon Graham – 1,500,000
Dean Baranowski – 1,390,000
Nathan Tuthill – 1,325,000
Justin Zaki – 850,000
David Nowling – 830,000
Walter Fisher – 750,000
Bruce Kramer – 255,000

Table 1
Seat 1: Jon Graham – 1,500,000
Seat 2: David Nowling – 830,000
Seat 3: Walter Fisher – 750,000
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Jared Jaffee – 2,240,000
Seat 6: Empty
Seat 7: Justin Zaki – 850,000
Seat 8: Mark Dube – 6,565,000
Seat 9: Dean Baranowski – 1,390,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Bruce Kramer – 255,000
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 2,255,000
Seat 4: Brian Altman – 7,395,000
Seat 5: Empty
Seat 6: Nathan Tuthill – 1,325,000
Seat 7: Empty
Seat 8: Kelly Minkin – 3,920,000
Seat 9: Greg Rosen – 1,650,000

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Action folded to the short-stacked Kareem Marshall in the small blind and he put in his last 245,000 with . Kelly Minkin looked him up in the big blind with and the board ran out .

Despite picking up a flush draw on the turn, Marshall was gone in 14 place for $27,934.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Sebastian Ruiz decided it was time to take a stand and moved all-in over the top of a Jared Jaffee open. Ruiz was in trouble with against Jaffee’s .

He hit part of the flop but it ran out dry to send Ruiz out in 16th place for $18,075.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

Sergii Baranov and Brian Altman were butting heads at the end of the last level and start right back up again when they returned.

Baranov called a three-bet by Altman before the flop and Baranov immediately moved all-in. Altman called just as quickly and was ahead with againt Baranov’s flush draw, over-card .

The turn and river were drama-free for Altman and Baranov was gone in 17th place for $18,075. Altman moved up to 7,100,000 and Bruce Kramer was moved to balance the tables.

Table 1
Seat 1: Jon Graham – 1,225,000
Seat 2: David Nowling – 960,000
Seat 3: Walter Fisher – 1,405,000
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Jared Jaffee – 2,300,000
Seat 6: Sebastian Ruiz – 920,000
Seat 7: Justin Zaki – 1,195,000
Seat 8: Mark Dube – 4,925,000
Seat 9: Dean Baranowski – 1,550,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Bruce Kramer – 1,720,000
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 1,250,000
Seat 4: Brian Altman – 7,100,000
Seat 5: Panagiotis Nifakos – 680,000
Seat 6: Nathan Tuthill – 1,655,000
Seat 7: Kareem Marshall – 440,000
Seat 8: Kelly Minkin – 2,480,000
Seat 9: Greg Rosen – 1,245,000

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Staff announced a 15-minute break at the end of the level but things took a little longer to get moving. Both tables had hands that extended well into the break, long enough to cause them to pause the break time clock.

Brian Altman and Sergii Baranov were battling down to the river when Baranov bet 600,000 with the board reading . Altman raised to 1,700,000 and Baranov went into hibernation, six minutes later he mucked his cards.

The break clock was restarted and they are back underway.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Aleksandr Denisov and Sanjay Gehi were two of the shorter stacks and Gehi was moving them in early. They finally matched up with Denisov the one at risk with against Gehi’s .

The board ran out to give Gehi the pot and send Denisov out in 18th for $18,075.