$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,397

They are showing no signs of slowing down and Event 1 is down to the last four tables of the tournament.

33rd: Kajaun Hutchinson – $1,850
34th: Jack Vanderschuur – $1,850
35th: Anthony Bertuccio – $1,850
36th: Rafael Diaz – $1,850
37th: Armando Figueroa – $1,850
38th: Clyde Maliauka – $1,850
39th: Rohan Singh – $1,850
40th: Aaron Thivyanathan – $1,850

41st: Terri-Anne Crawford – $1,590
42nd: Jerry Brown – $1,590
43rd: Christopher Gaskin – $1,590
44th: Ashley Spring – $1,590
45th: Michael Mercer – $1,590
46th: Tony March – $1,590
47th: Robert Wuestner – $1,590
48th: Joshua Nicholson – $1,590

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,397

Another break has come and gone and we have a new leader in the room. John Dolan ran hot and now owns the biggest stack with 2,880,000 followed by Lucas Tae with 2,300,000 and Ye Yao with 2,125,000.

They will play three more levels before enjoying their dinner break.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,397

Two more quick tables were broken down and the field dropped to six tables left in Event 1. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $1,590 and the pay jumps are hitting quick.

49th: Carlos Lopera Castrillon – $1,370
50th: Jon Godwin – $1,370
51st: Lana Nester – $1,370
52nd: Adam Weingard – $1,370
53rd: Ryan Howard – $1,370
54th: Camillo De Campos Baggiani – $1,370
55th: Jim Bozzuto – $1,370
56th: Itzak Shulmaister – $1,370

57th: Ricardo Alves – $1,200
58th: Mark Becker – $1,200
59th: Mik Xavage – $1,200
60th: Brian Johnson – $1,200
61st: Nico Saladino – $1,200
62nd: Steven Bagby – $1,200
63rd: Joseph Piambino – $1,200
64th: Yousef Nassr – $1,200

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 1,397

Down short, Ashley Spring peeled one card and moved all in for 45,000 when she saw a king. She got a call from the button and stood up from her seat when she saw his .

But she pulled back her other card, found another king, and doubled with on the board.

Ashley Spring – 155,000

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,397

WPO Event 1 is down to the last eight tables with 64 players remaining and they can start settling in for the long haul with the final table still in the distance.

Among the updated results, Fabian Foster fell short of a unique back-to-back; he captured the opening tournament title at the recent Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Hollywood, banking $141,365 but settled for 66th here today.

65th: Randall Zelik – $1,070
66th: Fabian Foster – $1,070
67th: Lewis Gallo Jr – $1,070
68th: Forrest Raleigh – $1,070
69th: Eric Tarikas – $1,070
70th: Seth Bobet – $1,070
71st: Ramon Sosa Morillo – $1,070
72nd: Kristine Glassman – $1,070

73rd: Thao Le – $960
74th: Nathan Lee – $960
75th: Laurenlee Cruz Ortiz – $960
76th: George DeCandio – $960
77th: Rodney Rodrigue – $960
78th: James Leonard – $960
79th: Kristy Fay Peoples – $960
80th: Steve Blackmon – $960

81st: David Bennett – $870
82nd: Giovanni Marcacci – $870
83rd: Robert Gray – $870
84th: Charles Kimbrel – $870
85th: Francisco Gomez – $870
86th: David Mauradian – $870
87th: Vamsi Dodda – $870
88th: Joshua Sutherland – $870
89th: Thomas Villetto Jr – $790
90th: John Wolfe III – $790
91st: Wasim Assaf – $790
92nd: Jacob Naumann – $790
93rd: Samuel O’Bryant – $790
94th: Randy Levin – $790

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 1,397

A walk among the tables at break, we found four stacks over one million for the midpoint frontrunners. Jack Vanderschuur leads the field with 1,415,000 followed by Ye Yao, Shannon Steck, and Ryan Howard.

Jack Vanderschuur – 1,415,000 (71 bb)
Ye Yao – 1,235,000 (62 bb)
Shannon Steck – 1,135,000 (57 bb)
Ryan Howard – 1,075,000 (54 bb)

Levels now last 40 minutes for the rest of the tournament, plenty of play built into the structure.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  76 of 1,397

Level 19 is winding down and the remaining players are ready to take a second break with 76 still in the game.

Tournament staff will color off the 1K chips and levels will increase to 40 minutes each when they return to action.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  94 of 1,397

95th: Stephen Diamantas – $790
96th: Khanh Truong – $790
97th: Jennifer Frankenstein – $790
98th: Louis Papadelias – $790
99th: Sean Humphrey – $790
100th: Mo Alhalwani – $790
101st: Deborah Greenway – $790
102nd: Michael Lee – $790
103rd: James Gibson – $790
104th: David Goldberg – $790

105th: Anatoly Zharnits – $720
106th: Anthony Quattrocchi – $720
107th: Perry McCartney – $720
108th: Yoav Amit – $720
109th: Richard Palase – $720
110th: Douglas Landon – $720
111th: Javier Hernandez – $720
112th: Aaron Mendes – $720
113th: Thomas Downing – $720
114th: Robert Fregosi – $720
115th: Justin C Green – $720
116th: Brian Dilenge – $720
117th: Ahmad Al Kamme – $720
118th: True Nolen – $720
119th: Mike Ahmad – $720
120th: John Feeney – $720

121st: Thomas Steinruck – $670
122nd: Reginald Simmons – $670
123rd: Patrick Ibrahim – $670
124th: Jeremy Demers – $670

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  124 of 1,397

We are back online after some technical difficulties, here’s a look at those who collected payout slips from Event 1 over the first part of the day.

125th: Michael Fuller – $670
126th: Nicholas Squitiro – $670
127th: George Hemphill – $670
128th: Edward Balderamos – $670
129th: Charles Bragg Jr – $670
130th: Nathaniel Rodriguez – $670
131st: Aaron Easterly – $670
132nd: Chan Kim – $670
133rd: Denim Spano – $670
134th: Abdelilah Fahsi – $670
135th: Raymond Mancini – $670
136th: Grant Missonis – $670

137th: Jason Bruwer – $630
138th: Marsha Wolak – $630
139th: Eric Steinbaugh – $630
140th: Sandeep Kumar – $630
141st: Daniel Plourde – $630
142nd: Eli Kiwan – $630
143rd: Tyler Hyde – $630
144th: Chad Kitchen – $630
145th: Darren Boule – $630
146th: Jack Rush – $630
147th: Jordan Lowery – $630
148th: Barbara Cardin – $630
149th: Adam Goldgell – $630
150th: John Kelly – $630
151st: Sanjib Acharya – $630
152nd: Daniel Kasper – $630
153rd: Kyle Brock – $600

154th: James McKinnon – $600
155th: Rajesh Mehta – $600
156th: Joshua Snow – $600
157th: Curtis King – $600
158th: Christophe Cadou – $600
159th: John Borzio – $600
160th: Jose Nimo – $600
161st: Zachary Rogalski – $600
162nd: Jeremy Herauf – $600
163rd: Buck Bucceri – $600
164th: Janice Hulbert – $600
165th: Frederico Rocha-Desa – $600
166th: Ondrei Ronhaar – $600
167th: Justin Hike – $600
168th: Sergio Cruz – $600

169th: Ken Goldfarb – $580
170th: Donovan Potter – $580
171st: Theodore Cohn – $580
172nd: Shane Gallagher – $580
173rd: Stephen DeMeule – $580
174th: Brande Walton – $580
175th: Satish Sanan – $580
176th: Charles Lanyon – $580
177th: Alan Horowitz – $580

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $461,010 | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  177 of 1,397

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of WPO Event 1 with 177 players remaining, each guaranteed at least $580, but all shooting for the $74,260 top prize.

They will play the rest of Level 14 then two more levels before their first break.