$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 106

Fernando Rodriguez opened to 30,000 from the button and Ken O’Donnell announced all in from the small blind. Jacob Naumann folded his big blind and Rodriguez shrugged then called for a huge pot. Both players had over 500,000 and the stacks would be counted down after the hand.

Rodriguez:
O’Donnell:

It was a race for the biggest pot of the tournament so far. Rodriguez paired his ace on the flop to take the lead and neither the turn not river could help O’Donnell.

O’Donnell was all in for 515,000 and Rodriguez had him barely covered with 565,000 to send him out in sixth place.

Fernando Rodriguez – 1,110,000 (74 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,432)

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 106

Ken O’Donnell opened to 35,000 and Deborah Farmer three-bet shoved for 130,000 next to act. The rest of the table folded and O’Donnell called.

O’Donnell:
Farmer:

Farmer had two, live suited cards to double back into the game but could not find a save on the run out. The former Tampa Summer Deep Stack Poker Series winner was sent out in seventh place after a great run.

Ken O’Donnell – 510,000 (34 bb)
Deborah Farmer – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,887)

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 106

Karl Manouchakian opened to 30,000 from middle position and it folded to A.J. Kelsall in the small blind. He three-bet shipped for 135,000 and talked Manouchakian into a call.

“Come on Karl,” Kelsall joked. “The price is right.”

Manouchakian called and Kelsall was ahead.

Manouchakian:
Kelsall:

It looked good for Kelsall but he started standing up after the put Manouchakian in the lead. He paused when he picked up a diamond draw on the turn but the sent him off his second final table of the series.

Karl Manouchakian – 620,000 (41 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,518)

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 106

Jacob Naumann opened to 25,000 from under the gun and it folded around to Michael Scoma in the big blind. He moved all in for 35,000 and Naumann quickly called.

Naumann:
Scoma:

Scoma ran into a monster of a hand and Naumann improved on the flop. Scoma was drawing to a gutshot straight, missed the turn and Naumann overkilled it with a boat on the river.

Jacob Naumann – 380,000 (38 bb)
Michael Scoma – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,266)

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 106

With ten players remaining on the final table bubble, Joe Bartholdi was all in versus Fernando Rodriguez with similar stacks.

Bartholdi was looking solid with against but Rodriguez made a flush on the run out. The dealer counted down the stacks and Rodriguez had Bartholdi to send him out for tenth place money.

Tournament staff paused the clock and the nine remaining players redrew seats for the final table. The average stack is 295,000 or 29.5 big blinds.

Seat 1: Ken O’Donnell – 425,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: Deborah Farmer – 175,000 (18 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Scoma – 85,000 (9 bb)
Seat 4: Jacob Naumann – 340,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: A.J. Kelsall – 290,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Ashraf Chehata – 260,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Amelio Amato – 295,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: Karl Manouchakian – 430,000 (43 bb)
Seat 9: Fernando Rodriguez – 365,000 (37 bb)

1st: $15,145 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $9,360
3rd: $6,371
4th: $4,474
5th: $3,245
6th: $2,432
7th: $1,887
8th: $1,518
9th: $1,266

10th: Joe Bartholdi – $1,266
11th: Bryant Miller – $1,097

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 106

No other players were eliminated during Level 18 and the 11 remaining players were sent on a 15-minute break while the 1K chips are taken out of play.

With the average stack coming back at 240,000 (24 big blinds), it should not take long to hit the final table once they return.

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 106

Level 17 came to an end with only five players hitting the rail. That leaves 11 players in the game with nine waiting for seats at the final table.

12th: Filipp Khavin – $1,097
13th: Justin Zaki – $990
14th: Steven Lemma – $990
15th: Matthew Ramker – $931
16th: Josias Santos – $931

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 106

On the third round of hand-for-hand action, Joe Bartholdi was in the small blind, put the big blind player all in, and he called for his last 33,000.

Bartholdi:
Opponent:

His opponent picked up a big bubble hand but Bartholdi flopped a diamond draw on the board that got there on the turn. The big blind had outs to make a full house but blanked the river to exit on the bubble.

Tournament staff broke Table 14 and the remaining 16 players are in the money.

1st: $15,145 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $9,360
3rd: $6,371
4th: $4,474
5th: $3,245
6th: $2,432
7th: $1,887
8th: $1,518
9th-10th: $1,266
11th-12th: $1,097
13th-14th: $990
15th-16th: $931

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 106

At the midpoint of Level 16, Aaron Thivyanathan was eliminated in 18th place to set up the money bubble. Tournament staff paused the clock and instructed dealers to begin the hand-for-hand process. Two minutes would come off the clock for each hand until one player was eliminated.

$570 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 106

Only two players hit the rail after the dinner break with the stacks still deep and the structure slow.

Tampa regular Karl Manouchakian seems to be making the most of his time during that level. He’s now up to 289,000 and a contender for the title later this evening.