Event 5: Hen Doubles

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15k/30k/5k ante

There were a few quick short-stack eliminations when they returned from break, including Kai Yang and Marvin Young, but Ory Hen refused to join them.

Hen was all-in for 845,000 and Cory Blum had him dominated with AxAx against KdJs. He found no help on the Jc 4s 3h] flop to be left drawing thin. The Jc gave him a small glimpse of a comeback before the river Kh cracked Blum’s Aces.

Event 5: Redraw Seat Assignments

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15k/30k/5k ante

Final 27 seat draw:

Table 7
Seat 1: Dinh Nguyen – 745,000
Seat 2: Moises Benchloch – 1,595,000
Seat 3: Adam Kemper – 265,000
Seat 4: Osvaldo Concepcion – 410,000
Seat 5: Ory Hen – 845,000
Seat 6: Alan Goodman – 1,000,000
Seat 7: Cory Bloom – 1,495,000
Seat 8: Christian Rojas – 1,575,000
Seat 9: Conrod Lynn – 380,000

Table 8
Seat 1: Alex Bergfors – 245,000
Seat 2: Kai Young – 215,000
Seat 3: Michael Merisier – 1,435,000
Seat 4: Marvin Young – 425,000
Seat 5: Lois Sandoval – 770,000
Seat 6: Marshall White – 1,010,000
Seat 7: Julie Ngo – 330,000
Seat 8: Gaston Miculitzki – 2,520,000
Seat 9: Luis Domenech – 120,000

Table 16
Seat 1: Michael Ortiz – 1,700,000
Seat 2: Stuart Paterson – 2,000,000
Seat 3: Joseph Gibbons – 845,000
Seat 4: Robert DiLella – 1,600,000
Seat 5: Andres Morales – 630,000
Seat 6: Denian Coasta – 1,000,000
Seat 7: Cesar Fuentes – 2,695,000
Seat 8: Jerry Rand – 715,000
Seat 9: TJ Shulman – 760,000

Event 5: Quick Break

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12k/24k/4k ante

The tournament reached the last four tables in play and those 36 players took off on their next short break. TJ Shulman lost his lead when his Kings were cracked by QxJx but he still remains in the top five counts.

Players will grind one more 40-minute level before heading off on their dinner break.

Cesar Fuentes – 2,330,000
Cody Bluser – 1,653,000
Michael Merisier – 1,315,000
Christian Rojas 1,137,000
TJ Shulman – 1,250,000

Event 5: Breaking Again

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6k/12k/2k ante

Once the bubble burst, players began hitting the payout desk at a steady pace. The short-stacks who limped into the money were trying to double up while the bigger stacks were growing. TJ Shulman has more than doubled his starting Day 2 stack and now sits in front of a 1.3 million chip castle.

Starting chipleader Dinh Nguyen has been camped in the same seat since the start and his stack has fluctuated all day. He was short at one point before doubling when he turned a flush with KcQc.

Just 69 players remain as players return from their second break of the day.

TJ Shulman – 1,324,000
Denian Costa – 1,053,000
Michael Merisier – 1,000,000
Stuart Paterson – 751,000
Dinh Nguyen – 749,000

Event 5: Pop Goes the Bubble

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 4k/8k/1k ante

There was a little confusion on the money bubble as tournament staffed paused action before asking dealers to stand when their hand was complete. Iryna Ostapchuk was all-in with two callers and they both checked it down to the river with the board reading Kh4h2s7dKs

The 7-seat rolled over As7h, good enough after it out-flopped Ostapchuk’s AdTc.

She was asked to stay at her table while the field was counted down and it was determined that instead of being the bubble girl, she actually earned a min-cash for $363 for finishing 126th.

Nancy Birnbaum, Angel Vu, TJ Shulman, Dinh Nguyen, and Elliott ‘Comrade’ Zaydman are a few others who made it into the money.

Iryna Ostapchuk out in 126th
Iryna Ostapchuk out in 126th

Event 5 Payouts:

1st – $55,715
2nd – $33,123
3rd – $23,434
4th – $16,332
5th – $11,270
6th – $8,679
7th – $6,607
8th – $4,845
9th – $3,472
10th to 12th – $2,487
13th to 15th – $,1943
16th to 18th – $1,632
19th to 27th – $1,373
28th to 36th – $1,166
37th to 45th – $985
46th to 54th – $855
55th to 63rd – $751
64th to 72nd – $674
73rd to 81st – $596
82nd to 90th – $544
91st to 99th – $492
100th to 108th – $415
109th to 117th – $389
118th to 126th – $363