$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,162

There was a preflop raise and a call to see a flop of . Isaac Kempton checked under the gun, and John Ott checked behind in middle position.

The turn card was the , Kempton bet 400,000, Ott moved all in for about 2.3 million, and Kempton snap-called with for a pair of kings.

Ott turned over , and needed to catch an eight on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Kempton won the pot with his pair of kings to eliminate Ott in 10th place.

Isaac Kempton  –  7,350,000  (74 bb)
John Ott  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($24,353)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,875,000 (39 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $30,297.

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,162

With the elimination of Brian Ray in 11th place, the Main Event is down to its 10-handed final table with Paul Balzano, James Calderaro, and David Jackson holding the biggest stacks.

Seat 1: Fares Sanata – 1,130,000 (11 bb)
Seat 2: John Ott – 1,945,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: David Jackson – 6,600,000 (66 bb)
Seat 4: Francisco Gomez – 2,175,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Ioannis Patsouraikis – 1,905,000 (19 bb)
Seat 6: Brad Sailor – 1,185,000 (12 bb)
Seat 7: Rob Manjura – 1,470,000 (15 bb)
Seat 8: Isaac Kempton – 5,345,000 (53 bb)
Seat 9: James Calderaro – 5,000,000 (50 bb)
Seat 10: Paul Balzano – 8,100,000 (81 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $290,974 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: $179,833
3rd: $135,794
4th: $103,434
5th: $79,480
6th: $61,616
7th: $48,195
8th: $38,039
9th: $30,297
10th: $24,353

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,162

David Jackson opened to 215,000 from under the gun and it folded to Brian Ray in the small blind. He moved all in for 1,400,000 and Jackson quickly called.

Jackson:
Ray:

Ray needed his nines to hold but Jackson made trip jacks on the flop. The turn and river put four spades on the board but no one held one. Trip jacks was good for Jackson, Ray was eliminated in 10th place, and tournament staff paused the clock for a redraw.

David Jackson – 6,600,000 (66 bb)
Brian Ray – Eliminated in 11th Place ($24,353)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,162

Brian Ray got it all in preflop for 600,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Fares Santana on the button.

The board came — Ray paired his nine on the flop, turned a flush draw, and rivered a spade flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brian Ray  –  1,450,000  (15 bb)
Fares Santana  –  840,000  (8 bb)

A few minutes later, Francisco Gomez got it all in from the cutoff for 1,270,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Rob Manjura on the button.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Gomez to win the pot and double up in chips.

Francisco Gomez  –  2,790,000  (28 bb)
Rob Manjura  –  1,475,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, Fares Santana got it all in from the cutoff for 580,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Paul Balzano in the big blind.

Fares Santana  –  1,310,000  (13 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  6,050,000  (61 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,170,000 (32 big blinds, and as soon as one more player busts, they will combine to a final table.

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,162

The 11 remaining players were sent on another break and they are only one elimination away from a ten-handed redraw.

Table 26
Seat 1: Paul Balzano – 8,270,000 (83 bb)
Seat 3: Brad Sailor – 1,735,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Brian Ray – 600,000 (6 bb)
Seat 6: Fares Santana – 1,440,000 (14 bb)
Seat 8: John Ott – 1,245,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9: David Jackson – 5,640,000 (56 bb)

Table 30
Seat 1: Ioannis Patsourakis – 2,605,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2: James Calderaro – 4,870,000 (49 bb)
Seat 3: Francisco Gomez – 1,270,000 (13 bb)
Seat 4: Rob Manjura – 2,265,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: Isaac Kempton – 4,830,000 (48 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $290,974 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd: $179,833
3rd: $135,794
4th: $103,434
5th: $79,480
6th: $61,616
7th: $48,195
8th: $38,039
9th: $30,297
10th: $24,353
11th: $24,353

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,162

Isaac Kempton opened to 160,000 from the button, Ron Rosenberg moved all in from small blind for 630,000 and Kempton called.

Kempton:
Rosenberg:

Rosenberg needed to catch to double and paired his six on the flop. His joy was short-lived because the turn put Kempton back in the lead. The river finished it up and Rosenberg was eliminated in 12th place.

One more knockout and the Main Event will reach its ten-handed final table.

Isaac Kempton – 6,050,000 (76 bb)
Ron Rosenberg – Eliminated in 12th Place ($24,353)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,162

David Berman opened the action from the button for all his chips. He shoved for 390,000 and Ron Rosenberg called from the small blind.

Rosenberg:
Berman:

Berman had only one live card and a jack never came on the to make him the next player eliminated from the Main Event.

Ron Rosenberg – 1,200,000 (15 bb)
David Berman – Eliminated in 13th Place ($19,757)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,162

Action folded to Kevin Javier in the hijack and he moved all in for about 500,000. Ioannis Patsourakis called from the cutoff and button and blinds folded.

Patsourakis:
Javier:

Javier needed a lot of help to double back into contention but whiffed the board to exit in 14th place.

Ioannis Patsourakis – 4,950,000 (62 bb)
Kevin Javier – Eliminated in 14th Place ($19,757)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,162

James Calderaro opened the action and Cameron Marshall shipped in for 595,000. It folded back around to Caldo and he called.

Calderaro:
Marshall:

Marshall was in a lot of trouble with serious kicker issues and was unable to make a comeback on the run out.

James Calderaro – 2,200,000 (37 bb)
Cameron Marshall – Eliminated in 15th Place ($19,757)

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,162

Paul Balzano opened to 150,000 from middle position and Rob Manjura called. Michael Cohen shipped for ~1,700,000 from the button and Balzano moved all in over the top. Manjura thought for a few minutes before he folded face up.

Balzano:
Cohen:

It was a tough spot for Balzano. And for Cohen and he never had a sweat as the dealer ran it out .

Paul Balzano – 5,950,000 (99 bb)
Michael Cohen – Eliminated in 16th Place ($16,179)