$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 249

Richard Arruo got all in preflop from the cutoff against Jessica Hoy on the button, James Giglia from the small blind and Jason Young in middle position.

The flop was and action checked to Hoy, who put out a bet and got both Giglia and Young to fold. Hoy showed and had Arruo’s drawing to runners.

The turn was the and the river was the to send Arruo home in eighth place. Arruo netted $1,569 for his finish and Hoy chipped up.

Jessica Hoy – 380,000
Richard Arruo – Eliminated

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 249

Jessica Hoy raised to 20,000 from middle position and James Giglia three-bet to 60,000 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Hoy, who moved all in and Giglia called.

Giglia was the one at risk, all in for 156,000, and showed . It was a race situation with Hoy showing .

The board ran out and Giglia doubled up with a full house.

James Giglia – 335,000
Jessica Hoy – 330,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 249

Maury Barrett moved all in from the cutoff for 49,000 and Jason Falquecee called out of the big blind.

Barrett tabled and was in the lead against Falquecee’s . The board ran out and Barrett doubled up.

Maury Barrett – 110,000
Jason Falquecee – 530,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 20; 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 249

Sheraz Nasir moved all in for 47,000 from middle position and was called by Nalton Williams in the small blind and Jason Young in the big blind.

Young and Williams checked it down and opted not to create a side pot. The board ran out . Nasir showed , Williams tabled and Young took the pot with .

Nasir was eliminated in ninth place and took home $1,046 for his finish.

Jason Young – 260,000
Sheraz Nasir – Eliminated

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 19; 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 249

We missed the action, but Jeremy Blevins was eliminated in 10th place. He took home $680 for his efforts and the remaining nine players are guaranteed $1,049 for their final table appearance.

$250 No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 249

The field of 249 players is down to its final 10 and they have re-drawn for seats at the unofficial final table.

With Jason Falqueece leading the field, everybody is guaranteed a cash of at least $680, but they are all within reach of the $14,636 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts of the final 10 players.

Seat 1: Joshua Rivera – 286,000
Seat 2: Maury Barrett – 90,000
Seat 3: Nalton Williams – 388,000
Seat 4: Jason Young – 191,000
Seat 5: Jeremy Blevins – 70,000
Seat 6: Jason Falquecee – 673,000
Seat 7: Richard Arruo – 99,000
Seat 8: Sheraz Nasir – 210,000
Seat 9: Jessica Hoy – 400,000
Seat 10: James Giglia – 95,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 90/249

Event 19, today’s 12pm, $250 buy-in one-day event, drew 249 entries more than doubling the tournament’s $25,000 guarantee. In all, the $52,290 prize pool pays the top 27 finishers and sees the tournament’s champion earn $14,636.

Full payouts:

1st – $14,636
2nd – $8,628
3rd – $4,968
4th – $4,026
5th – $3,137
6th – $2,615
7th – $2,092
8th – $1,569
9th – $1,046
10th-12th – $680
13th-15th – $575
16th-18th – $523
19th-27th – $471

The clock currently shows 90 players remaining toward the end of Level 9. We will provide another update when the 10-handed final table is reached.

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

We’ve reached the last weekend of open events and there’s a nice one-day tournament set to run in the ballroom alongside the huge Championship Day 2 return. Event 19 is a $250 buy-in tournament with a $25,000 guaranteed prize pool and plenty of play for the casual grinder.

Entrants sit down to 10,000 starting stacks and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm and unlimited re-entries are available during that time. A dinner break is scheduled around 6:30pm and after they return,  the remaining players will grind down to a champion.

• $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 19 Structure Sheet

We will touch base with you again when registration closes and the prize pool is finalized.