$1,100 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: Blinds 12k/24k/4k ante
Ray Leone got his last chips in with pocket 2s against Farid Jattin’s K9 offsuit.
The board was bad news for Ray as it reeled out 9 7 5 9 J.
Ray busted out in 3rd place, earning $25,190.
Heads-up play began with Michael Laake holding 1.39 million to Farid Jattin’s ~1.36 million.
$1,100 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 12k/24k/4k ante
Farid Jattin opened for 53k on the button and Ray Leone (sb) kicked it up to 150k straight. Michael Laake shoved from the button for 713k total.
Farid folded. Ray snap-called. Michael had pocket Tens and was ahead of Ray’s AQ. The board came 6 6 2 8 2 and was good news for Michael, who doubled up to over 1.4 million and the chip lead.
Ray was left with only about 225k. Farid had about 1 million.
$1,100 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 12k/24k/4k ante
Farid Jattin (bb) got all-in pre-flop for 408k holding 
and was up against Michael Laake’s 
.
The board rolled out 
giving Michael a flush draw on the flop, but whiffing the last two. Jattin took the pot with a pair of Kings, doubling up to ~860k. Michael dropped to ~420k.
Ray Leone still leads with about 1.4 million.
$1,100 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds 10000/20000/3000 Ante
It continues to be a three-way fight for this title between Ray Leone, Elliot Zeidman and Shane Delaney. A critical hand at the end of this level put Delaney in trouble before the break.
On a board of 
, Leone check and Delaney fired 150,000. Leone made the call and the turn brought a 
. Leone checked again and Delaney double his last bet to 300,000. Leone called again. With a 
on the river, both players let it roll and Leone showed 
for second pair and Delaney mucked. The huge pot leaves Leone ad Zeidman with massive stacks and in strong position to go heads up with Delaney will have to fight his way back to win this title.
$1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em $100K Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
End of Level 21: Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
There were still 8 players at the end of the level and they have bagged their chips for the night. They will return at 3pm Tuesday for the finale.
Play will resume with Level 22, Blinds 6k/12/2k ante. Here’s the lineup with chip counts:
Seat 1 – Ray Leone 470k
Seat 2 – Michael Laake 547k
Seat 3 – Elliot Zaydman 176k
Seat 4 – Brandon Setzer 411k
Seat 5 – Shane Delaney 447k
Seat 6 – Corey Zedo 187k
Seat 7 – Farid Jattin 349k
Seat 8 – Xavier El-Fassy 154k
Remaining Payouts:
1. $61,250
2. $39,388
3. $25,190
4. $18,206
5. $14,084
6. $11,450
7. $9,160
8. $6,756
$1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em $100K Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
When 3am rolled around, the final 8 players voted to play out the last ~18 minutes of this level before bagging up for the night.
Farid Jattin put a big stack of gray 5k chips in and then Xavier El-Fassy shoved on his left. Farid called all-in for 185k straight and showed K9 offsuit. Xavier held AQ offsuit.
The board rolled out T 5 2 9 8 and Farid made a pair to double up to about 385k. Xavier dropped to ~160k.
$1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em $100K Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
Shane Delancey opened for 20k and Farid Jattin called from the hijack. The flop fell 
and Shane bet 45k. Farid called.
Turn was the 
and Shane shoved for 161k. Farid called.
Shane: 
(open-ended straight draw)
Farid: 
(two pair)
River:
The river completed Shane’s straight and he doubled up to 475k. Farid was left with about 180k.
$1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em $100K Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
Players have just returned from a break and we’re stuck at eight. Here are the chip counts:
Seat 1 – Ray Leone 228k
Seat 2 – Michael Laake 601k
Seat 3 – Elliot Zaydman 131k
Seat 4 – Brandon Setzer 340k
Seat 5 –
Seat 6 – Shane Delaney 283k
Seat 7 – Corey Zedo 236k
Seat 8 – Farid Jattin 510k
Seat 9 – Xavier El-Fassy 410k
$1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em $100K Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 20: Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
Farid Jattin raised from the hijack and Ray Leone called from the button, then Elliott Zaydman called from the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Elliott led for 50k. Farid raised to 177k, leaving only 53k behind. Ray folded and Elliott tanked for a couple of minutes. Then he said “OK, let’s do this, I call,” putting out a couple of stacks of gray. Since they weren’t all-in, he bet enough to cover Jattin in the dark before the turn came.
Turn was the 
and Elliott said “that looks like your card”. Jattin put the last of his chips in and tabled 
for the flush. Elliott held 
and was drawing dead.
Farid doubled up to ~550k. Elliott dropped to ~140k.
$1,100 Buy-In No Limit Hold’em $100K Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 20: Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
Xavier El-Fassy opened for 21k utg, Elliott Zaydman called from the hijack, then Corey Zedo shoved for 119k straight from the small blind.
Xavier called, Elliott folded, and the hands were tabled:
Xavier: 
Corey: 
Board: {ad ts 3s 9h 2s]
Corey doubled up to about 280k while Xavier dropped to about 470k. Elliott and Shane Delaney said they both folded AQ, so the case ace hit the flop.