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Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 466

Charlie Huynh was short with 325,000 and moved all in from middle position. Anthony Dianaty called on the button and blinds released.

Dianaty:
Huynh:

Huynh had two, live suited cards for a double up and paired the flop. Unfortunately for him, Dianaty also paired his ace and Huynh was eliminated after the turn and river.

Anthony Dianaty – 1,650,000 (55 bb)
Charlie Huynh – Eliminated in 10th Place ($7,820)

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Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 466

Harry Binda was under the gun with a short stack and moved all in for 165,000. It folded around to Mike Turton on the button, he called, and the blinds folded.

Binda:
Turton:

Binda was live, Turton paired the , but Binda had a gutshot draw that got there on the turn for his small double.

Harry Binda – 405,000 (14 bb)
Mike Turton – 2,100,000 (70 bb)

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Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 466

Bryce McVay opened to 60,000 from middle position and Rodney Turvin three-bet to 175,000 from the button. The blinds released, McVay moved all in for 580,000 and Turvin called.

McVay:
Turvin:

McVay needed to improve to win the race and hit the flop. The turn filled his boat and he doubled after the river.

Bryce McVay – 1,235,000 (41 bb)
Rodney Turvin – 1,320,000 (44 bb)

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Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 466

Only two minutes were left in the Level when Chris Boyle was eliminated. Tournament staff redrew seats for the ten-handed final table and players went on a 10-minute break after two hands.

Seat 1: Quyen Hoang – 3,400,000 (113 bb)
Seat 2: Charlie Huynh – 476,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Rodney Turvin – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
Seat 4: David Nathaniel Jr – 775,000 (26 bb)
Seat 5: Anthony Dianaty – 1,700,000 (57 bb)
Seat 6: Toby Boas – 1,170,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: Mike Turton – 2,240,000 (75 bb)
Seat 8: David Tuthill – 1,500,000 (50 bb)
Seat 9: Bryce McVay – 595,000 (20 bb)
Seat 10: Harry Binda – 230,000 (8 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $93,545 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $65,489
3rd: $42,101
4th: $27,651
5th: $21,294
6th: $17,617
7th: $14,763
8th: $12,070
9th: $9,354
10th: $7,820

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 466

After Anthony Dianaty sent a lot of his stack across that table, he found a needed double then put those chips to work. Chris Boyle open-shoved for 325,000 from the button and Dianaty called in the big blind after a two minute think.

Dianaty:
Boyle:

Dianaty was ahead but a chop was a real possibility until Boyle paired his four on the flop. the turn did nothing, but Dianaty came back on the river to send Boyle out in 11th place.

Anthony Dianaty – 1,700,000 (68 bb)
Chris Boyle – Eliminated in 11th Place ($7,820)

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 466

Anthony Dianaty opened to 50,000 from the button and Michael Turton moved all in from the big blind for 1,090,000. Dianaty called with a chance to set the final table.

Turton:
Dianaty:

Turton was ahead and stayed that way as the dealer spread the board.

Michael Turton – 2,255,000 (90 bb)
Anthony Dianaty – 420,000 (17 bb)

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 466

Anthony Dianaty opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Tan Nguyen moved all in for 380,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Dianaty called.

Dianaty:
Nguyen:

It was a race and Nguyen stayed ahead on the flop. The turn was safe for Nguyen but the river ended his evening.

Anthony Dianaty – 1,780,000 (71 bb)
Tan Nguyen – Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,820)

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 466

In a preflop raising war, Michael Turton four-bet shoved all in for 870,000 and Quyen Hoang thought for a minute before he called with his chip leading stack.

Turton:
Hoang:

Turton needed to catch to double and missed the flop. The turn was no help but the river binked his double.

Michael Turton – 1,815,000 (73 bb)
Quyen Hoang – 3,200,000 (128 bb)

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 466

Emad Alabsi open-shoved for 255,000 from the cutoff and David Tuthill called on the button. David Nathaniel reshipped from the big blind for 780,000 and Tuthill thought it through. After having the bets pulled in, Tuthill decided to let it go.

Nathaniel:
Alabsi:

Nathaniel was in good shape for the knockout and hit a set on the flop. The turn gave Alabsi an open-ended straight draw but he blanked the river to exit in 14th place.

David Nathaniel Jr – 1,275,000 (51 bb)
Emad Alabsi – Eliminated in 14th Place ($6,621)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 466

Jordan Joeckel opened to 45,000 and David Tuthill shipped in over the top for 465,000. Joeckel thought for a minute and called with stack about the same size.

Tuthill:
Joeckel:

It was a race and Joeckel improved to a set on the flop. The turn gave Tuthill the first part of the backdoor heart draw and it get there on the river. After counting down the stacks, Tuthill doubled, Joeckel was left with only 50,000 and he was eliminated on the next hand.

David Tuthill – 980,000 (49 bb)
Jordan Joeckel – Eliminated in 15th Place ($6,621)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 466

After another long stretch of patient play, some players began making moves. Jeremy Zides gave it a shot with a shove for 445,000 after a Tan Nguyen open. Nguyen called with a similar stack and a monster.

Nguyen:
Zides:

Zides ran his big slick into Nguyen’s aces and nothing on the run out could help him. He covered Nguyen by 20,000 and was gone on the next hand.

Tan Nguyen – 890,000 (45 bb)
Jeremy Zides – Eliminated in 16th Place ($5,246)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 466

Even with some short stacks in the mix, there will little action in the first 30 minutes following the dinner break. Russell Jaicks saw his stack drop low during that time and three bet shoved for ~340,000 after a Quyen Hoang open. The all-in was called and “Magic Jack” was in trouble.

Hoang:
Jaicks:

Jaicks was behind and fell further afar when Hoang paired the flop. The board finished turn and river to send Jaicks out in 17th place.

Quyen Hoang – 2,750,000 (138 bb)
Russell Jaicks – Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,426)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 466

Cards are back in the air after the dinner break with 17 remaining and Quyen Hoang leading.

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 466

Table 20
Seat 1: Toby Boas – 515,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Turton – 540,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Jeremy Zides – 775,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Tan Nguyen – 555,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: Chris Boyle – 1,165,000 (58 bb)
Seat 7: Quyen Hoang – 2,445,000 (122 bb)
Seat 8: Anthony Dianaty – 1,145,000 (57 bb)
Seat 9: Russell Jaicks – 940,000 (47 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Emad Alabsi – 565,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2: David Tuthill – 940,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Glyn Griffis – 415,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4: Rodney Turvin – 1,445,000 (72 bb)
Seat 5: David Nathaniel Jr – 385,000 (19 bb)
Seat 6: Charlie Huynh – 280,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Jordan Joeckel – 485,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Bryce McVay – 1,225,000 (61 bb)
Seat 9: Harry Binda – 250,000 (13 bb)

Sort by chip counts:

Quyen Hoang – 2,445,000 (122 bb)
Rodney Turvin – 1,445,000 (72 bb)
Bryce McVay – 1,225,000 (61 bb)
Chris Boyle – 1,165,000 (58 bb)
Anthony Dianaty – 1,145,000 (57 bb)
Russell Jaicks – 940,000 (47 bb)
David Tuthill – 940,000 (47 bb)
Jeremy Zides – 775,000 (39 bb)
Emad Alabsi – 565,000 (28 bb)
Tan Nguyen – 555,000 (28 bb)
Michael Turton – 540,000 (27 bb)
Toby Boas – 515,000 (26 bb)
Jordan Joeckel – 485,000 (24 bb)
Glyn Griffis – 415,000 (21 bb)
David Nathaniel Jr – 385,000 (19 bb)
Charlie Huynh – 280,000 (14 bb)
Harry Binda – 250,000 (13 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $93,545 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $65,489
3rd: $42,101
4th: $27,651
5th: $21,294
6th: $17,617
7th: $14,763
8th: $12,070
9th: $9,354
10th-12th: $7,820
13th-15th: $6,621
16th-17th: $5,426

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 466

Main Event players were sent on a 40-minute dinner break following Level 21 but not before we lost starting Day 2 chip leader Stuart Henrique. Despite a fast start, he was unable to maintain his momentum and went out in 18th place.

We will count down the stacks and see who’s leading and and who needs to make a move.

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 466

Table 20
Seat 1: Toby Boas
Seat 2: Michael Turton
Seat 3: Jeremy Zides
Seat 4: Stuart Henrique
Seat 5: Tan Nguyen
Seat 6: Chris Boyle
Seat 7: Quyen Hoang
Seat 8: Anthony Dianaty
Seat 9: Russell Jaicks

Table 21
Seat 1: Emad Alabsi
Seat 2: David Tuthill
Seat 3: Glyn Griffis
Seat 4: Rodney Turvin
Seat 5: David Nathaniel Jr
Seat 6: Charlie Nnuynh
Seat 7: Jordan Joeckel
Seat 8: Bryce McVay
Seat 9: Harry Binda

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 466

Just when it looked like the slow down was going to last a long while, we had three quick eliminations to get the field down to two tables.

First up was Edward Kofler. He open-shoved from under the gun for 105,000 and Tan Nguyen called from the big blind.

Nguyen:
Kofler:

Kofler was dominated and nothing on the run out could save his Main Event.

Shortly after, Dustin Geselius was all in for ~255,000 and Quyen Hoang had him at risk from the small blind.

Hoang:
Geselius:

Geselius was ahead but Hoang paired the flop. He began getting out of his seat but sat back down when the dealer put out the turn. The save was short lived as Hoang made two pair on the river to send Geseluis out in 20th place.

At the other table, Carlos Guerrero completed the trifecta and hit the exit in 19th place to set up the last two tables.

19th: Carlos Guerrero – $4,518
20th: Dustin Geselius – $4,518
21st: Edward Kofler – $4,518

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 466

It’s been slow going at the last three tables with 90-minute levels and deep stacks. Samuel Oh lost his short stack to go out in 22nd place but little other action.

They will play out Level 21 and take a one-hour dinner break.

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 466

It was three-ways to a flop and Anthony Dianaty bet 30,000 from the small blind. Russell Jaicks raised to 100,000 from the big to get a call from Stuart Henrique and fold from Dianaty.

Jaicks bet another 100,000 after the turn, Henrique called, and Jaicks checked the river. Henrique pulled out some 25K chips and bet 175,000. Jaicks thought for a minute, called the bet, and said “king high”.

He showed for queens and jacks with a king kicker. Henrique folded and our former leader continued to slide while Jaicks moved up top.

Russell Jaicks – 1,530,000 (102 bb)
Stuart Henrique – 425,000 (28 bb)

Recent results:

23rd: Daniel Bismuth – $3,713
24th: Leonard Demchak – $3,713
25th: Christopher Dombrowski – $3,221
26th: Herbert Woodbery – $3,221

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Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 466

We expected a slowdown as the Main Event neared the last three tables but they made it there soon after the second break. Plus some, Daniel Silva went out in 28th place and Daniel Dedomenico was eliminated in 27th place before they could redraw seats.

Table 10
Seat 1: Chris Boyle
Seat 2: Bryce McVay
Seat 3: Samuel Oh
Seat 4: Dustin Geselius
Seat 5: Michael Turton
Seat 6: Emad Alabsi
Seat 7: Rodney Turvin
Seat 8: David Nathaniel Jr
Seat 9: Daniel Bismuth

Table 20
Seat 1: Quyen Hoang
Seat 2: Christopher Dombrowski
Seat 3: Jeremy Zides
Seat 4: Stuart Henrique
Seat 5: Tan Nguyen
Seat 6: Edward Kofler
Seat 7: Carlos Guerrero
Seat 8: Anthony Dianaty
Seat 9: Russell Jaicks

Table 21
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: David Tuthill
Seat 3: Glyn Griffis
Seat 4: Leonard Demchak
Seat 5: Toby Boas
Seat 6: Charlie Nnuynh
Seat 7: Jordan Joeckel
Seat 8: Herbert Woodbery
Seat 9: Harry Binda

Recent results:

27th: Daniel Dedomenico – $3,221
28th: Daniel Silva – $2,617
29th: David DiBernardi – $2,617
30th: Derek Bowers – $2,617
31st: Ellen Heller – $2,617
32nd: Peter Walsworth – $2,617
33rd: William Muniz – $2,617

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Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 466

Derek Bowers opened under the gun for a full barrel of 5K chips, his 100,000 raise leaving only 35,000 behind. It folded to Rodney Turvin in middle position and he popped it for a min-raise to 200,000 to get folds from the rest of the table. Bowers tossed his remaining 35,000 and needed help.

Turvin:
Bowers:

The flop was of little help to Bowers but the turn was definitely not his friend. He was drawing dead to the river to exit in 30th place.

Rodney Turvin – 880,000 (59 bb)
Derek Bowers – Eliminated in 30th Place ($2,617)

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Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 466

Cards are back in the air with 33 players remaining and the bubble-bursting Chris Boyle in the lead with 1,220,000. Anthony Dianaty looks like our second-biggest stack with 1,115,000 and both are in great shape for a deep run.

Levels are still one hour long and will remain that way until the three table redraw when they increase to 90 minutes.

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 466

The 33 remaining players are taking another break from the Main Event as tournament staff color off the orange 5K chips and introduce the blue 25K chips.

Karl Manouchakian was among the most recent group of players to cash out, another Day 2 starting big stack that did not run well after the restart.

34th: Kareem Marshall – $2,617
35th: Winston Owen – $2,617
36th: Douglas Marro – $2,617
37th: Hristos Tsironis – $2,398
38th: Steven Collins – $2,398
39th: Adam Templeman – $2,398
40th: Karl Manouchakian – $2,398

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 466

As the field was breaking down to the last four tables, Derek Bowers three bet shoved from the button for 84,000 and the under the gun player called.

Bowers:
UTG:

Bowers needed help to stick around and the dealer obliged on the flop. His set was ahead and stayed that way on the turn and to give the former Tampa Summer Poker Open trophy winner the double.

Derek Bowers – 193,000 (19 bb)

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 466

After the bubble burst, we had a quick run to the payout desk as some of the shorter stacks took a shot to double. A tough group of players were among them including Justin Zaki, Wally Maddah, John O’Neal, and Tom Nguyen.

41st: Justin Zaki – $2,398
42nd: John O’Neal – $2,398
43rd: Tom Nguyen – $2,398
44th: Oscar Lindo Zeledon – $2,398
45th: Wally Maddah – $2,398
46th: Sean Conklin – $2,192
47th: Donald Scheib – $2,192