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Level 32:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,371

Kevin Ho raised UTG+1 to 350,000, Robert Cheung moves all in from middle position for 1,325,000, and Carlos Guerrero moved all in over the top from the hijack for 2,325,000. Ho called, covering both players with about 7.5 million.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Kevin Ho:  
Carlos Guerrero:  
Robert Cheung:  

The board came , and Cheung rivered an ace-high diamond flush to win the pot and triple up in chips. Ho won the side pot with his king-high flush to eliminate Guerrero in 10th place.

Robert Cheung  –  4,200,000  (28 bb)
Kevin Ho  –  7,200,000  (48 bb)
Carlos Guerrero  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($5,483)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4,575,000 (31 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $6,818.

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Level 31:  50,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,371

After the elimination of Joe Mole in 11th place, the remaining 10 players redraw for random seats at the final table. They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

Here are their updated chip counts, with an average stack of 4,125,000 (33 big blinds):

Seat 1.  Robert Cheung  –  1,325,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)
Seat 3.  Carlos Guerrero  –  1,875,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Joseph Hebert  –  1,375,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5.  Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  4,975,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Alon Eldar  –  8,000,000  (64 bb)
Seat 7.  Ryan Jones  –  1,800,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8.  Serge Dergham  –  5,500,000  (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Kevin Ho  –  7,825,000  (63 bb)
Seat 10.  Giedrius Bagdonas  –  5,150,000  (41 bb)

And these are the remaining payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $70,567 + WSOP Circuit Ring
2nd:  $43,614
3rd:  $32,323
4th:  $24,227
5th:  $18,367
6th:  $14,086
7th:  $10,929
8th:  $8,581
9th:  $6,818
10th:  $5,483

They are playing down to a winner tonight.

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Level 31:  50,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,371

Abdelouahed Bouanani moved all in from the small blind for 1,650,000, and Robert Cheung tanked for a while before he called from the big blind with . Bouanani turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Cheung flopped an open-ended straight draw to go with his overcards, but missed all of his outs. The pocket deuces held up for Bouanani to win the pot and double up in chips.

Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  3,425,000  (27 bb)
Robert Cheung  –  1,675,000  (13 bb)

A few minutes later, Serge Dergham and Giedrius Bagdonas played a big pot on a board of . On the river, Dergham bet 1,350,000, and Bagdonas called with for a rivered two pair, kings and queens.

But Dergham turned over to win the pot with a flopped set of fives, increasing his chipleading stack to more than eight million.

Serge Dergham  –  8,250,000  (66 bb)
Giedrius Bagdonas  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)

A few minutes later, Serge Dergham raised from the button to 300,000, Mark Dube reraised from the small blind to 800,000, and Giedrius Bagdonas moved all in from the big blind for 2,650,000.

Dergham folded, and Dube called all in for 1,875,000 with . Bagdonas turned over , and Dube needed his jacks to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Bagdonas paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Dube in 12th place.

Giedrius Bagdonas  –  4,950,000  (40 bb)
Mark Dube  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($5,483)

A few minutes later, Joe Mole was eliminated in 11th place, and the remaining players were ready to combine to a final table.

Joe Mole  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($5,483)

However, when Mole was eliminated, a hand was in progress at the other table. Kevin Ho got it all in from the big blind for 3,825,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of chipleader Serge Dergham.

The board came , and Ho won the pot with his queen kicker to double up in chips.

Kevin Ho  –  7,825,000  (63 bb)
Serge Dergham  –  5,500,000  (44 bb)

The final 10 players have redrawn for random seats at the final table. Updated seating and chip counts will be posted soon.

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Level 31:  50,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,371

The final 12 players are on a 45-minute dinner break, with action scheduled to resume at 7:45 pm EST. The average chip stack is about 3,425,000 (27 big blinds), and these players are all guaranteed to earn at least $5,483 each.

Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Giedrius Bagdonas  –  4,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2.  Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  2,100,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Cheung  –  3,750,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4.  Kevin Ho  –  3,775,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Serge Dergham  –  6,125,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.  Mark Dube  –  3,075,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Joe Mole  –  2,225,000  (18 bb)
Seat 2.  Ryan Jones  –  2,875,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Joseph Hebert  –  1,925,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  3,375,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Carlos Guerrero  –  1,600,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Alon Eldar  –  5,925,000  (47 bb)

$400 Monster Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,371

Mark Dube raised from the cutoff to 200,000, and Abdelouahed Bouanani calls from the big blind. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Bouanani checked, Dube bet 255,000, and Bouanani thought for a while before check-raising to 600,000. Dube thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the , Bouanani moved all in, and Dube snap-called all in for 785,000 with for a turned jack-high straight. Bouanani turned over for a ten-high straight, and Dube won the pot to double up in chips.

Mark Dube  –  3,320,000  (33 bb)
Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  2,600,000  (26 bb)

A few minutes later, Fernando Rodriguez Vazquez got it all in with , but it failed to hold up against Alon Eldar’s when an ace hit the flop.

Alon Eldar  –  5,950,000  (60 bb)
Fernando Rodriguez Vazquez  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($4,464)

A few minutes later, Taylor Deane moved all in from the cutoff for 2,090,000, and Giedrius Bagdonas moved all in over the top for a little more from the button with . Deane turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Bagdonas flopped a set of aces, Deane turned a gutshot straight draw, and the river card paired the board to give Bagdonas a full house. Bagdonas won the pot to eliminate Deane in 13th place.

Giedrius Bagdonas  –  4,625,000  (46 bb)
Taylor Deane  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($4,464)

A short while later, Level 30 came to an end, and the final 12 players took a 45-minute dinner break, with action scheduled to resume at 7:45 pm.

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Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,371

Nick Palma got it all in with , but he ran into the of Chastity Fowler-Lee and failed to improve. Palma was knocked out in 16th place while Fowler-Lee continues to build up her stack.

Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  2,750,000  (34 bb)
Nick Palma  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($3,679)

With 15 players remaining from a field of 1,371, the average chip stack is about 2.74 million (34 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed to earn at least $4,464 each. Here are the most recent eliminations:

16th:  Nick Palma  –  $3,679
17th:  Alexander Duvall  –  $3,679
18th:  Michael Kneebusch  –  $3,679
19th:  Damian Sanchez  –  $3,071

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Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,371

The players return from break to begin Level 29, with increased blinds of 40,000-80,000 with an 80,000 ante. With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,165,000 (27 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $3,071 each.

The chipleader at the break is Kevin Ho, who has more than 4.9 million.

Kevin Ho  –  4,925,000  (62 bb)

Shortly after play resumed, last-woman-standing Chastity Fowler-Lee found herself all in for 1,150,000 with against another player’s .

The board came — her opponent turned a jack-high straight, but Fowler-Lee rivered a king-high flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Chastity Fowler-Lee  –  2,500,000  (31 bb)

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Level 29:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,371

With the blinds still at 30,000-60,000 (60,000 ante), Robert Shorter moved all in from UTG+1 for a little less than 500,000, and Abdelouahed Bouanani called from the button with .

Shorter turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Shorter flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket nines held up for Bouanani to win the pot and eliminate Shorter in 20th place.

Abdelouahed Bouanani  –  2,800,000  (47 bb)
Robert Shorter  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($3,071)

A few minutes later, Level 28 came to an end, and the remaining 19 players took a 15-minute break. These were the most recent eliminations:

20th:  Robert Shorter  –  $3,071
21st:  Jeffrey Niedelman  –  $3,071

22nd:  Marcus Gurley  –  $2,596
23rd:  Hung Tran  –  $2,596
24th:  Aaron Valencia  –  $2,596

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Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,371

Here is a list of the recently eliminated players, along with their payouts:

25th:  Cheri Beatty  –  $2,223
26th:  Eugenio Pernia  –  $2,223
27th:  Charles Johnson  –  $2,223

28th:  Nathaniel Bandy  –  $1,928
29th:  Victor Lutz  –  $1,928
30th:  Blair Miller  –  $1,928

31st:  Jason Obinger  –  $1,695
32nd:  Robert McMillan  –  $1,695
33rd:  Jeremy Joseph  –  $1,695

34th:  Justin Turmel  –  $1,510
35th:  John Cousins  –  $1,510
36th:  Name to Come  –  $1,510

37th:  Troy Bercot  –  $1,363
38th:  Michael Vega  –  $1,363
39th:  Christopher Hyden  –  $1,363

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Level 28:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,371

With the blinds still at 25,000-50,000 (50,000 ante), Charles Johnson moved all in from middle position for 635,000, and Joseph Hebert called from the big blind with .

Johnson turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Hebert won the pot with a flopped pair of queens to eliminate Johnson in 27th place.

Joseph Hebert  –  1,500,000  (30 bb)
Charles Johnson, Jr.  –  Eliminated in 27th Place  ($2,223)

Shortly after that, Level 28 began with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 with a 60,000 ante. With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,580,000 (26 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $2,223 each.