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Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 560

Wesley Skinner opened to 30,000 from middle position and Wally Maddah called in the small blind.

“I check dark,” Maddah said.

The flop came and Skinner bet 50,000. Maddah cut down his remaining stack of 99,000.

“I’m behind,” Maddah said. “I know it.”

He still pushed his stack forward, Skinner called, and Maddah was correct that he was behind.

Maddah:
Skinner:

Maddah was in rough shape until the turn came for the two out lead. To rub a little salt in the wound, he spiked the river for overkill quads.

Wally Maddah – 290,000
Wesley Skinner – 275,000

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Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 560

We caught the action in the middle of the hand but it seems Michael Imperiale limped under the gun and found no action until Brandon Byars completed in the small blind. Ok Haselton checked her option in the big blind to the flop.

Byars moved all in for 74,000 and Haselton released before Imperiale called.

Imperiale:
Byars:

“I should have raised,” Imperiale said. “I was expecting action from you guys (pointing to his left).”

Byars was ahead with sevens up and found a double as the board finished to give him a boat.

Byars – 160,000
Imperiale – 370,000

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Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 560

Blink and you’ll miss it. Event 3 is quickly down to the last four tables of the tournament. They will continue playing down until only 27 remain and they will redraw for new seats.

39th: Charlie Kapetanakos – $766
40th: Duane Felix – $766
41st: Kiet Duong – $766
42nd: Milind Naik – $766
43rd: Thomas Liberti – $766
44th: Davide Marinosci – $766
45th: Andrew Lindenfelser – $766
46th: Joseph De Chiaro – $669
47th: John Waryas – $669

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Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 560

Wayne Daley came into the day with one of the bigger stacks and was still in good shape with 180,000. But he found himself in a tough spot when he was all in against the bigger stack of Devon Felix holding a lesser hand.

Daley:
Felix:

Daley needed a miracle to stick around and missed the flop. He added a gutshot draw on the turn and hit a set on the for the big double.

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Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 560

While players are away from the table for the extended break, we can catch up on the payouts over the last level. Another 13 took home part of the prize pool and it’s almost time for another pay jump.

48th: Joaquin Pereira – $669
49th: Jessica Wright – $669
50th: Jason Durant – $669
51st: Shawn Barnett – $669
52nd: Jaime Melgarejo – $669
53rd: Oscar Lindo – $669
54th: Julio Delgado – $669
55th: Shadrach Tercy – $596
56th: Todd Backus – $596
57th: Julio Marrero-Sosa – $596
58th: Ann Huynh – $596
59th: Richard Medeiros – $596
60th: William James – $596

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Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 560

Players continued to hit the rail at regular intervals but there’s been no change at the top of the leaderboard. Herbert Woodbery still leads the way with half of the starting Day 2 field gone. He’s sitting with 675,000 and Darrell Rodgers looks like the second biggest with 560,000.

They are counting down Level 17 and will soon go on an extended 20-minute break to color off the purple chips.

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Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 560

As soon as the bubble burst, we had a run of shorter stacks to the payout desk and a table dropped in a hurry. Among the early knockouts we found Julio Fernandez, Mark “Bud” Wiser, and Barbara Cardin.

61st: Adrian Moseley – $596
62nd: Barbara Cardin – $596
63rd: Robert Panetta Jr – $596
64th: Nathaniel Palombo – $529
65th: Richard Terrill – $529
66th: Joshua Harrison – $529
67th: Glen Ballenger – $529
68th: Brian Torok – $529
69th: Mark “Bud” Wiser – $529
70th: Julio Fernandez – $529

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Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 70 of 560

With 73 players remaining, Darrell Rodgers was in a huge three-way pot. His pocket kings held up against and to knock two players out and put Event 3 on the money bubble.

Tournament staff asked all dealers to pause the action after the current hand to begin the bubble process. On that hand, Michael Laake was all in with his short stack from the button and Andrew Lindenfelser called to put the Tampa pro at risk.

Lindenfelser:
Laake:

Laake was in bad shape and the board could not keep him in the game.

Staff counted down the remaining players to confirm and Laake was officially the bubble with no hand-for-hand process required.

All 70 players are now in the money and will begin getting paid out.

Event 3 payouts:

1st: $31,987 + $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $22,425
3rd: $14,420
4th: $10,189
5th: $7,823
6th: $6,451
7th: $5,349
8th: $4,264
9th: $3,199
10th-12th: $2,642
13th-15th: $2,115
16th-18th: $1,762
19th-21th: $1,489
22nd-24th: $1,237
25th-27th: $1,058
28th-36th: $878
37th-45th: $766
46th-54th: $669
55th-63th: $596
64th-70th: $529

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Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 560

The knockouts are coming quickly and the field is only ten bust outs from making some money. Julio Delgado did his part to help get them there.

He opened the action and saw an opponent three-bet shove for 62,000. Delgado called but his was dominated by .

Until the dealer spread the board.

A good flop for his hand.

The board finished and to send Delgado the pot and move him up to 262,500.

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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 89 of 560

Somehow the draw for Table 2 escaped our notice in the early hours but it is impressive. The 8-, 9- and 10-seats are occupied by Wally Maddah, Anthony Astarita, and Michael Laake. And all of them qualified during different starting flights.

That’s a tough path to get through for the other players and they will be there for a long time. That table will not break until they have the 27-player redraw later this evening.