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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 618

The clock hit 3 am and the five remaining players bagged up their chips for an extra day of poker on Monday. Daniel Clemente leads with John Jensen in second.

They stopped with 34:50 on the clock in Level 27 and Juan Carlo Ramirez will have the button at the restart.

The final table will restart at 2 pm in the Poker Room and continue until we have a champ.

Seat 1: Daniel Clemente – 7,845,000 (131 bb)
Seat 2: Juan Carlos Ramirez – 1,350,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: John Jensen – 4,960,000 (83 bb)
Seat 4: Scott Woodring – 2,635,000 (44 bb)
Seat 5: Albennes Armstrong – 1,770,000 (30 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $38,015 + Trophy
2nd: $25,335
3rd: $18,655
4th: $13,895
5th: $10,470

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 618

John Jensen opened to 175,000 and Albennes Armstrong called on the button. Alan Thomas moved all in for 675,000 and Jensen called. Armstrong thought for a second before he folded.

Jensen:
Thomas:

Thomas needed his pair to hold up to double up again but Jensen took the lead on the flop when he paired his king. There was no miracle on the turn or river and Thomas was sent out in sixth after a marathon.

John Jensen – 5,430,000 (91 bb)
Alan Thomas – Eliminated in 6th Place ($7,980)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 618

Level 26 came to an end and players were sent on another 10-minute break. Levels are now 90-minutes and there will be a vote at 3 am to see if they continue or come back tomorrow for an extra day.

Seat 1: Daniel Clemente – 5,800,000 (97 bb)
Seat 2: Juan Carlos Ramirez – 900,000 (15 bb)
Seat 3: John Jensen – 4,580,000 (76 bb)
Seat 4: Scott Woodring – 2,645,000 (44 bb)
Seat 5: Albennes Armstrong – 3,670,000 (61 bb)
Seat 7: Alan Thomas – 945,000 (16 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $38,015 + Trophy
2nd: $25,335
3rd: $18,655
4th: $13,895
5th: $10,470
6th: $7,980

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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 618

Albennes Armstrong limped the button and Alan Thomas moved all in for 480,000 from small blind. Daniel Clemente reshipped from the big blind and Armstrong folded.

Thomas:
Clemente:

It was a race that ended quickly when the dealer put a nine in the window on the flop. The turn and river completed the board to send Thomas the double.

Alan Thomas – 1,060,000 (21 bb)
Daniel Clemente – 6,200,000 (124 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 618

There’s been little movement since the crazy bits at the start of the final table. Daniel Clemente continues to lead while Alan Thomas is trying to spin up a short stack.

Seat 1: Daniel Clemente – 6,650,000 (133 bb)
Seat 2: Juan Carlos Ramirez – 2,350,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: John Jensen – 4,080,000 (82 bb)
Seat 4: Scott Woodring – 1,685,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Albennes Armstrong – 3,045,000 (61 bb)
Seat 7: Alan Thomas – 710,000 (14 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $38,015 + Trophy
2nd: $25,335
3rd: $18,655
4th: $13,895
5th: $10,470
6th: $7,980

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 618

Shortly after Edgardo Rosario was eliminated, Daniel Clemente and Emmanuel Santos played probably the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Santos was all in for ~2,200,000 and flipping against the bigger stack of Daniel Clemente.

Clemente:
Santos:

Santos needed to catch something to double up but the dealer kept it clean for Clemente when it ran out .

Daniel Clemente – 5,600,000 (140 bb)
Emmanuel Santos – Eliminated in 7th Place ($6,160)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 618

With the flop reading , Edgardo Rosario put his approximately 800,000 stack in the middle and John Jensen had him at risk.

Jensen:
Rosario:

Jensen was ahead and Rosario needed to catch a heart or a ten but blanked the turn and river to exit in eighth place.

John Jensen – 4,700,000 (118 bb)
Edgardo Rosario – Eliminated in 8th Place ($4,810)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 618

We’re not sure what juiced the last ten players up during break but they came back and dropped two players on the first hand. On Table 22, John Jensen limped with big slick and Hassan Hakim ripped it in with . The king on the flop sealed the deal and Hakim was sent out in 10th place

On Table 21 at the same time, Dave Edwards ran into the kings of Emmanuel Santos to go out in ninth place and set up the eight-handed final table.

Seat 1: Daniel Clemente – 3,440,000 (86 bb)
Seat 2: Juan Carlos Ramirez – 3,530,000 (88 bb)
Seat 3: John Jensen – 3,870,000 (97 bb)
Seat 4: Scott Woodring – 2,410,000 (60 bb)
Seat 5: Albennes Armstrong – 1,520,000 (38 bb)
Seat 6: Edgardo Rosario – 850,000 (21 bb)
Seat 7: Alan Thomas – 715,000 (18 bb)
Seat 8: Emmanuel Santos – 2,200,000 (55 bb)

1st: $38,015 + Trophy
2nd: $25,335
3rd: $18,655
4th: $13,895
5th: $10,470
6th: $7,980
7th: $6,160
8th: $4,810
9th: Hassan Hakim – $3,800
10th: Dave Edwards – $3,800

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 618

Alan Thomas open-shoved for 255,000 from the button and Hassan Hakim called from the small blind. Edgardo Rosario moved all in for 275,000 from the big blind and Hakim called the extra 20K.

Thomas:
Hakim:
Rosario:

Thomas was in trouble but caught a queen on the flop. The board finished turn and river for his triple up. Rosario had 20,000 left after sending chips to Thomas and Hakim paid him the 20K.

Rosarios was down to 40,000 in the small blind found a couple double ups and was up to 385,000 was he moved all in again. Daniel Clemente called trying once again to knock Rosario out.

Clemente:
Rosario:

It was an unconventional race and Rosario saw a ten in the window on the flop. The turn and river were safe and Rosario was back in the game.

After that hand, players were sent on a 10-minute break and we will update counts while they are gone.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 618

It was three-ways to a flop when Scott Woodring bet 175,000 from the small blind. Dave Edwards called and Juan Carlos Ramirez moved all in for 1,175,000. Woodring folded and Edwards snapped called.

Ramirez flipped over and Edwards looked at this hand.

“Oh no,” Edwards said with some dismay. “I misread my hand.”

He flipped over .

“I thought I had aces.” Edwards said.

He did not have aces.

The table was still talking about it was the board finished turn and river. A tough spot for a live misclick but Edwards still had chips.

Juan Carlos Ramirez – 2,600,000 (87 bb)
Dave Edwards – 525,000 (18 bb)