$300 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 335

It looked like the bubble might burst on the first hand but a race went to short stack.

Then they settled in for a little grind.

It took 15 hands, exactly one full level on the bubble, to get the field into the money.

There was a button shove for 24,000 and Jonmikel MacNichols quickly called her shove from the big blind. The rest of the tables finished their action and the hands were tabled.

MacNichols:
Button:

“Classic race,” someone quipped from the table.

MacNichols was ahead and stayed that way on the flop but now had to dodge hearts as well as the over cards. The turn added a gutshot for the button but the river finished the board to send the pot to MacNichols while putting the field in the money.

Payouts:

1st: $18,063 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $11,390
3rd: $7,349
4th: $5,025
5th: $3,936
6th: $3,059
7th: $2,596
8th: $2,178
9th: $1,851
10th-12th: $1,591
13th-15th: $1,382
16th-18th: $1,214
19th-21st: $1,131
22nd-24th: $1,047
25th-27th: $984
28th-34th: $888