$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 779

In a strange turn of events, the WPO Main Event made it down to the seven-handed final table in record time. Before the level even came to an end, four more players were sent out in the span of five hands.

Among them, Day 2 returning chip leader Jack Sumner and former Tampa winner John O’Neal.

Players are bagging up their chips and will return tomorrow at noon to play it out with $226K up top.

8th: Antony Costa – $30,198
9th: Tommy Tran – $22,652
10th: John O’Neal – $18,933
11th: Jack Sumner – $18,933

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 779

Action finally calmed a bit after Event 3 champ Ryan Hogan was eliminated in 13th place. The remaining 12 players settled in for a bit until Casey Carroll took a shot to double.

Max Young opened to 115,000 and Carroll moved all in for 1,470,000 next to act. The buttons and blinds released and Young called quickly.

Young:
Carroll:

A tough spot for Carroll and nothing on the flop. The turn gave him a little bit of hope but the former HPT champ was eliminated in 12th place after the river.

Max Young – 5,500,000 (110 bb)
Casey Carroll – Eliminated in 12th place ($18,933)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 779

The crazy pace continues. In the time it took to recount one bust out, three more happened, enough to get the Main Event down to two tables plus one player.

The blinds are 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is 1,800,000 (45 bb). Peters Walsworth regained the lead and sits with 4,180,000.

14th: Eric Lamoureux – $15,081
15th: Anthony Carbone – $15,081
16th: Ryan Luker – $12,606

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 779

The players returned for dinner and things went quickly with bellies full of tasty food. We lost three in the first five minutes than watched Donald Himpele get his chips in about as good as he could hope.

Fernando Rodriguez opened the action and Himpele moved all in for 630,000 next to act. Rodriguez did not take long to make a call.

Rodriguez:
Himpele:

Himpele was dominant for the double up but the perked up the interest of the table. Rodriguez flopped a flush draw but Himpele dodged the turn. The bad news came on the river and the king cracking was done to send the New Jersey player out in 17th place.

Fernando Rodriguez – 3,305,000 (110 bb)

Recent results:

17th: Donald Himpele – $12,606
18th: John Compton – $12,606
19th: William Cho – $10,626
20th: Gregory Wilson – $10,626

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 779

The 60-minute dinner break is complete and the Main Event is back underway with 20 players remaining. They will continue into the evening until only seven players remain for the final table tomorrow.

We have a virtual dead heat at the top of the counts. Peter Walsworth is back on top and returns to a castle worth 2,750,000. On a nearby table, Romeo Mendoza is only 15K shy of that with 2,735,000. The stacks are deep and anyone can catch them.

Blinds are now 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is 1,170,000 (39 bb).

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 779

The Main Event hit 21 players and tournament staff paused the clock to redraw the last three tables of the tournaments. After they were seated, they played out the level and were sent on a 60-minute dinner break.

Recent results:

21st: Pablo Valdivieso – $10,626
22nd: Bryce McVay – $8,286

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 779

Blake Whittington was down to 260,000 and open-shoved his stack. It folded to John O’Neal in the big blind and he called to put the six-time WSOP Circuit champ at risk.

O’Neal:
Whittington:

Whittington had two live cards to double, flopped a gutshot draw when it came , but king-high was good for O’Neal after the turn and river.

John O’Neal – 710,000 (28 bb)

Recent results:

23rd: Blake Whittington – $8,286
24th: Michael Vanderwoude – $8,286

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 779

We caught the action with the flop reading and three-way action. That pot had ~130,000 in the middle with short-stacked Ronnie Day all in preflop and Pablo Valdivieso bet 75,000 to get another live player out of the hand.

Valdivieso:
Day:

Valdivieso outflopped Day’s ace but he picked up a little more hope after the turn. The river finished the board to send Day out in 25th place.

Pablo Valdivieso – 1,100,000 (44 bb)

Recent eliminations:

25th: Ronnie Day – $7,510
26th: Kenneth Goldfarb – $7,510
27th: Ryan Van Sanford – $7,510

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 779

In a snap, much faster than anticipated, the Main Event is down to the last four tables with 27 players remaining. The stacks are getting deeper and we should see a slowdown in the pace from this point to the final table.

Recent results:

28th: Tom Nguyen – $6,218
29th: Nikhil Sunku – $6,218
30th: Michael Foley – $6,218
31st: Dennis Zollo – $6,218
32nd: Mitchell Smith – $6,218
33rd: Juan Rodriguez – $6,218
34th: Kimberly Starbird – $6,218

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 779

The Main Event is shuffling and swapping chips and in constant motion. We had another 10 players collect some money including WSOP Main Event runner-up Tony Miles, Event 4 champ Jason Block, and former Tampa champ Filipp Khavin.

Max Young is the lastest to jump the counts and his castle looks nice with the newly introduced 25K and 100K chips. He is up to 1,675,000 with a lot of lead changes so far.

Blinds increased to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is 690,000 (34 bb).

Recent results:

35th: Brian Ray – $6,218
36th: Heatham Foty – $6,218
37th: Tony Miles – $5,373
38th: Truyen Nguyen – $5,373
39th: David Harmon – $5,373
40th: Filipp Khavin – $5,373
41st: Shea Quintin – $5,373
42nd: Meir Barack – $5,373
43rd: Joseph Reddick – $5,373
44th: Jason Block – $5,373