$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 959

As the level was coming to an end, Raminder Singh and Kyrylo Kobzyev were heads up with the flop reading . Kobzyev bet 550,000 and Singh moved all in for 1,150,000 to put kobzyev in the tank.

Two minutes later, Kobzyev called to put Singh at risk.

Singh:
Kovzyev:

Singh was ahead with his pair of nines and needed to dodge the over cards. The turn changed nothing and the river gave Singh the double.

Raminder Singh – 3,700,000 (49 bb)
Kyrylo Kobzyev – 1,550,000 (21 bb)

Chad Summers and Aaron Pinson were eliminated before that and the level moved up. Blinds are now 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante and the average stack is 2,625,000 (35bb).

12th: Chad Summers – $19,922
13th: Aaron Pinson – $16,136

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 959

Showing no slowing, three more players hit the payout desk before the next break. That leaves us with 13 players remaining and seven of them trying to make the final table that runs tomorrow.

Michael Cohen and James Kerr are in a dead heat for the top spot, both coming back from break with 3,650,000.

Blinds are now 25,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante and the average stack is 2,225,000 (30 bb).

14th: Montana Heirman – $16,136
15th: Paul Crump Brooks – $13,260
16th: David “Stix” Uber – $13,260

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 959

Michael Cohen is running out and Nathan Cho was on the wrong end of it. Cho opened the action, Cohen three-bet shipped, and Cho quickly called for ~1,000,000.

It looked great for Cho with aces versus the fives of Cohen until another five hit the board. Cohen made a set, Cho had his aces cracked, and the Main Event shrunk down to the last two tables.

Michael Cohen – 3,450,000 (69 bb)

17th: Nathan Cho – $11,058
18th: Rohan Long – $11,058

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 959

As Level 25 was coming to an end, we had another spurt of knockouts to bring the field down to 18 with former leaders Neal Corcoran and Antonio Cristallini among the casualties.

Blinds are now 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante and the average stack is 1,600,000 (32 bb).

19th: Neal Corcoran – $11,058
20th: Maurice Paradis – $11,058
21st: Antonio Graham – $9,361
22nd: Michael Miller – $9,361
23rd: Antonio Cristallini – $9,361
24th: Joseph Salvaggi – $9,361

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 959

The second half of Level 24 was not nearly as hectic as the first. Three players were eliminated in those 20 minutes after the break but things settled after the redraw with 24 still in the mix.

Raminder Singh seemed to be in cruise control with 3,180,000 but he lost a huge pot to double Jeremy Becker up to 1,700,000. Singh is still doing well with 2,300,000 but he’s a little closer to average than before.

Blinds are now 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is 1,200,000 (30 bb).

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 959

The dinner break is complete and cards are back in the air. James Kerr continues to lead the pack with 2,975,000 with Raminder Singh (2,395,000), Michael Cohen (2,250,000) and Gary Bowker (2,025,000) the closest to catching him.

Blinds are now 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is 1,065,000 (36 bb).

We were able to catch up with the results and this is where we are heading into the last part of the night.

28th: Harvey Vandeven – $8,045
29th: Jason Kapoor – $7,022
30th: Al Khan – $7,022
31st: Justin Zaki – $7,022
32nd: Anthony Askey – $7,022
33rd: Ryan Snow – $6,225
34th: Scott Reginatto – $6,225
35th: Aaron Thivyanathan – $6,225
36th: Ashraf Chehata – $6,225
37th: Kareem Marshall – $6,225
38th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $6,225
39th: Brian Batt – $6,225
40th: Paul Balzano – $6,225
41st: William Brudenfll – $5,607
42nd: Jared Ingles – $5,607
43rd: Gary Herstein – $5,607
44th: Rafael Reis – $5,607
45th: Richard Kincaid – $5,607
46th: Maxwell Loveland – $5,607
47th: William Medina Diaz – $5,607

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 959

Level 22 came to an end and tournament staff sent the 27 remaining players on a 40-minute dinner break.

When they return, they will continue playing this evening until only seven are left to form the final table for tomorrow.

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 959

We didn’t see how they got there but found Justin Zaki and David “Stix” Uber playing a huge pot with the board out to the turn reading . Zaki checked, Uber announced “all in”, and Zaki called for what appeared to be about 350,000.

Uber:
Zaki:

It was a tough two-out turn for Zaki and he could not return the favor on the river to exit in 31st place.

Meanwhile, more craziness went down on Table 22 as one-time chip leader Al Khan’s seat was empty and James Kerr was sporting the biggest chip castle in the room (pictured below). Kerr said there was a huge three-way pot that saw his aces earn him a stack up to 2,975,000.

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 959

The TPC Main Event is down to its last five tables and it looks like we have a new leader. At this rate, things are changing in a hurry.

Al Khan is sitting behind a big castled of chips worth 1,525,000 while Gary Bowker is still comfy with 1,465,000 and James Kerr is surging with his 1,225,000 stack.

While they are building, here’s the next round of results, among them high roller specialist Byron Kaverman. Interesting note on Kaverman; if he won this tournament, the $286K first place prize would only rank as the 14th biggest of his career.

48th: Byron Kaverman – $5,607
49th: Jesse Mull – $5,132
50th: Jacob Baumgartner – $5,132
51st: Steven Snyder – $5,132
52nd: Joshua Garber – $5,132
53rd: Lu Yu – $5,132
54th: Michael Scott – $5,132
55th: Brian Arbaugh – $5,132

$1,700 TPC Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 959

Eliminations are slowing down as the field thins and the money grows. Casey Carroll, 12th place finisher in the recent WPO Main Event, was among the recent knockouts along with Ryan Luker, Mark Scacewater, Filipp Khavin, Jacob Naumann, Michael Tait, John O’Neal, and Tony March.

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is 655,000 (33 bb).

56th: Ryan Luker – $5,132
57th: Greg Koutelidakis – $4,776
58th: Michael Kassem – $4,776
59th: Casey Carroll – $4,776
60th: Rody Mamo – $4,776
61st: Mark Scacewater – $4,776
62nd: Christopher Perry – $4,776
63rd: Michael McCray – $4,776
64th: Filipp Khavin – $4,776
65th: Tony March – $4,519
67th: John O’Neal – $4,519
68th: Brent Ballentine – $4,519
69th: Jason Giles – $4,519
70th: Michael Tait – $4,519
71st: Samuel Blankenship – $4,519
72nd: Jacob Naumann – $4,519
73rd: Alban Frasheri – $4,349