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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 618

It was a slow hand at the start, much like the last few hours. The board was out and complete and reading when Hassan Hakim bet big for 650,000 from the small blind. Daniel Clemente moved in for 960,000 total and Hakim called.

Clemente flipped up for a full house aces full of kings and Hakim got his cards in the muck faster than the dealer could catch them to show them.

The end result was a lot of chips going back over to Clemente.

Daniel Clemente – 2,925,000 (98 bb)
Hassan Hakim – 1,600,000 (53 bb)

$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

While Edgardo Rosario was doubling up on Table 22, Wasim Assaf was eliminated in 11th place on Table 21. He earned $3,040 for his finish and they are now on the final table bubble.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 618

Edgardo Rosario and Daniel Clemente were heads up with the flop reading and Rosario put his last 275,000 in the middle. Clemente called and the hands were flipped up.

Rosario:
Clemente:

Rosario outflopped Clemente’s bigger ace. His trip fives were good and the case came on the turn for the overkill. The river finished the board and Rosario doubled up.

“Only quads,” Clemente laughed.

Edgardo Rosario – 625,000 (21 bb)
Daniel Clemente – 1,800,000 (60 bb)

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 618

After taking a big chunk out of Daniel Clemente, John Jensen was in a pot with Alan Thomas to a flop. Thomas checked from the small blind, Jensen bet 325,000 and Thomas moved all in for 385,000 to get a quick call.

Thomas:
Jensen:

Thomas hit the case five for a set against Jensen’s two pair jacks and fives. The turn and river finished the board and Thomas had his double up.

Alan Thomas – 920,000 (37 bb)
John Jensen – 2,800,000 (112 bb)

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 618

It was three-way to a flop and Hassan Hakim checked from the big blind. James Wong moved all in for about 350,000 and John Jensen called before Hakim quickly folded.

Jensen tabled and Wong made a sound of pain before showing his smaller pair . The turn gave Jensen a full house sixes over tens and locked up the hand before the river finished the board to send Wong out in 12th place.

John Jensen – 1,800,000 (72 bb)
James Wong – Eliminated in 12th Place ($3,040)

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 618

After a short-stacked Jason Block was eliminated, there was little action or need to get creative with a 75 big blind average. The 12 remaining players were sent on a 10-minute break and back in action.

The blinds are now 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 and the average stack is about 1,545,000 (62 bb).

Table 21
Seat 1: Scott Woodring – 2,405,000 (96 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Wasim Assaf – 1,140,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Albennes Armstrong – 1,640,000 (66 bb)
Seat 5: Emmanuel Santos – 1,980,000 (79 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Dave Edwards – 705,000 (28 bb)
Seat 8: Juan Carlos Ramirez – 1,775,000 (71 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Daniel Clemente – 3,190,000 (128 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: John Jensen – 1,415,000 (57 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Thomas – 530,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: Hassan Hakim – 2,375,000 (95 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Edgardo Rosario – 1,020,000 (41 bb)
Seat 8: James Wong – 335,000 (13 bb)

Remaining payouts:

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-10th: $3,800
11th-12th: $3,040

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 618

Rotem Halbani opened under the gun and Albennes Armstrong three-bet to 185,000 from the middle position. Halbani came along to the flop and checked. Armstrong bet 200,000 and Halbani called.

The turn was , Halbani checked, and Armstrong moved all in. Halbani thought for a minute and called with a similar stack.

Halbani:
Armstrong:

Halbani ran into a monster and the river finished the board. After counting down the stacks, Armstrong was all in for 400,000 and Halbani was left with 20,000 behind.

That went into the ante for the next hand when Fernando Rodriguez moved all in for 205,000 and Scott Woodring called in the small blind.

Woodring:
Halbani:
Rodriguez:

There were a lot of different scenarios with those hands but Woodring’s eights held on the run out to give him the pot while sending Halbani out in 15th place and Rodriguez in 14th.

Scott Woodring – 2,200,000 (110 bb)
Albennes Armstrong – 1,620,000 (81 bb)

14th: Fernando Rodriguez – $2,465
15th: Rotem Halbani – $2,020

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 618

The post-dinner buzz is blazing right along and Event 1 is down to the last two tables when Ronald Barratt was eliminated in 17th place.

Table 21
Seat 1: Scott Woodring
Seat 2: Rotem Halbani
Seat 3: Wasim Assaf
Seat 4: Albennes Armstrong
Seat 5: Emmanuel Santos
Seat 6: Fernando Rodriguez
Seat 7: Dave Edwards
Seat 8: Juan Carlos Ramirez

Table 22
Seat 1: Daniel Clemente
Seat 2: Michael Scott
Seat 3: John Jensen
Seat 4: Alan Thomas
Seat 5: Hassan Hakim
Seat 6: Jason Block
Seat 7: Edgardo Rosario
Seat 8: James Wong

17th: Ronald Barratt – $1,680
18th: Daniel Wilson – $1,680
19th: Eric Walling – $1,680
20th: Paul Lindner – $1,680

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 618

Anthony Pellegrini was eliminated on the first hand after dinner and that was followed by another big hand over on Table 22. Hassan Hakim and Aiping Jiang tangled in a huge pot that was a flip for a lot of chips with Hakim all in for 755,000.

Hakim:
Jiang:

Hakim needed to fade the suited over cards, the flop was safe but gave Jiang a lot of out. He added a spade draw on the turn but Hakim doubled big after the river.

Jiang was knocked down to less than 10 big blinds and gone soon after.

Hassan Hakim – 1,550,000 (103 bb)

21st: Aiping Jiang – $1,415
22nd: Anthony Pellegrini – $1,415
23rd: Brian Dryer Jr – $1,415
24th: Austin Sullivan – $1,415

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 618

Players are back in their seats after the dinner break, ready to continue the march towards the final table and the eventual winner with everyone guaranteed at least $1,415.

Remaining payouts:

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-10th: $3,800
11th-12th: $3,040
13th-14th: $2,465
15th-16th: $2,020
17th-20th: $1,680
21st-22nd: $1,415