$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 772

On the last hand before the color up break, action folded to Fred Cabral in the hijack. He moved all in for about 900,000 and Kevin Ragusa moved all in over the top from the cutoff. The buttons and blinds folded and we saw the cards.

Ragusa:
Cabral:

Ragusa was ahead but Cabral had two live suited connectors. Both players paired the flop and Cabral made two pair on the turn. His joy was short-lived with the river came to counterfeit his two pair, Ragusa took the pot with kings and deuces to send Cabral out in 13th place.

Kevin Ragusa – 3,725,000 (47 bb)
Fred Cabral – Eliminated in 13th place ($13,700)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 772

Howard Feingold was down to 690,000 and open-ripped from early position. It folded around to Fred Cabral in the big blind and he called.

Feingold:
Cabral:

Feingold needed to improve to double up and he caught a jack on the flop. No sweat on the turn and river for another double in the Main Event.

Howard Feingold – 1,500,000 (19 bb)
Fred Cabral – 900,000 (11 bb)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 772

With a lot of money in the future, the last two tables came to a standstill with a lot of tanks and uncalled shoved.

Until Nick Agnew open-shoved for 550,000 from the button and Fred Cabral looked him up after thinking a few minutes.

Agnew:
Cabral:

Agnew was ahead but had some live cards to dodge to double. He did more than that when he flopped trip aces on the board. It finished and and Agnew had a needed double.

Nick Agnew – 1,220,000 (15 bb)
Fred Cabral – 2,100,000 (26 bb)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 772

Fred Cabral opened to 125,000 from under the gun and Aaron Thivyanathan called from the hijack. Robert Michener ripped it in from the small blind for 1,030,000 and Cabral folded. Thivyanathan quickly called with the bigger stack.

Michener:
Thivyanathan:

It was a race and Michener needed to improve to double up. The flop and turn changed nothing but Michener paired his queen on the river for a huge double.

Robert Michener – 2,330,000 (39 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 1,180,000 (20 bb)

14th: Rodney Turvin – $13,700
15th: Frank Weigel – $11,180
16th: Tarun Gulati – $11,180

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 772

Tommy Bates opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and Kevin Ragusa three-bet to 350,000 from the button. The blinds released, Bates called, and the flop came .

Bates checked, Ragusa continued for 375,000 and Bates called. The turn was and Bates moved all in for 1,070,000. Ragusa took several minutes to think it through and called with the bigger stack.

Ragusa:
Bates:

Bates was caught and needed an ace on the river to stay around. It was a blank and Bates was a shocking exit after dinner while Ragusa took a big lead.

Kevin Ragusa – 3,780,000 (76 bb)
Tommy Bates – Eliminated in 17th Place ($9,230)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 772

Cards are back in the air for the Main Event with 17 players remaining and Aaron Thivyanathan holding a slight lead over RJ Sullivan.

1st: $213,035 + WPO guitar trophy
2nd: $142,030
3rd: $104,850
4th: $78,230
5th: $58,995
6th: $44,980
7th: $34,675
8th: $27,025
9th-10th: $21,305
11th-12th: $16,985
13th-14th: $13,700
15th-16th: $11,180
17th: $9,230

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 772

Below you can find the current three-table lineup with updated counts. With one more elimination after dinner, Table 20 will break and disperse its players to the other two.

Table 20
Seat 1: Nick Agnew – 1,165,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Fred Cabral – 1,655,000 (33 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: T.K. Miles – 2,495,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Aaron Thivyanathan – 2,795,000 (56 bb)
Seat 8: Alex Rusinovas – 420,000 (8 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Eric Valerio – 480,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 1,030,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: RJ Sullivan – 2,725,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6: Cody Hernandez – 2,485,000 (50 bb)
Seat 7: Henry Fischer – 805,000 (16 bb)
Seat 8: Maurice Hawkins – 890,000 (18 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Robert Michener – 1,035,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Tommy Bates – 1,845,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4: Kevin Ragusa – 1,935,000 (39 bb)
Seat 5: Rodney Turvin – 195,000 (4 bb)
Seat 6: Howard Feingold – 525,000 (11 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Tarun Gulati – 695,000 (14 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $213,035 + WPO guitar trophy
2nd: $142,030
3rd: $104,850
4th: $78,230
5th: $58,995
6th: $44,980
7th: $34,675
8th: $27,025
9th-10th: $21,305
11th-12th: $16,985
13th-14th: $13,700
15th-16th: $11,180
17th: $9,230

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 772

Level 23 came to an end and tournament staff sent the 17 remaining players on their 60-minute dinner break. They will return with only one elimination separating them from the last two table.

18th: Filipp Khavin – $9,230
19th: Peter Vitantonio – $9,230
20th: Brian Arbaugh – $9,230
21st: Ronnie Day Jr – $7,710
22nd: Nick Blackburn – $7,710
23rd: Kevin Ho – $7,710
24th: Sean Miller – $7,710

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 772

On Table 21, Frank Weigel got his 410,000 stack in the middle against Peter Vitantonio looking for a double.

“I slammed it in,” Weigel told the room. “Slammed with capital letters.”

Weigel:
Vitantonio:

Weigel was in great shape to hold for a double and improved on the flop. The dealer finished it off with the turn and river to send Weigel the double.

Weigel finished 82nd in this year’s WSOP Main Event and challenged us to find someone in the room that went deeper. We’re checking the Black Chip Bounty event for Jeff Trudeau Jr.

Frank Weigel – 895,000 (30 bb)
Peter Vitantonio – 250,000 (8 bb)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 772

With a lot of chips in the pot and the board reading , Tommy Bates put his last 530,000 in the middle and Robert Michener snapped in a call to put Bates at risk.

Bates:
Michener:

Michener out flopped Bates with his smaller pair with a boat with nines full of deuces and Bates was left with two outs on the river.

Bates jumped out of his chair when the came on the river for a bigger boat and he celebrated before stacking up.

“With play like that, it’s no wonder you run poker rooms,” Howard Feingold joked with Bates.

Tommy Bates – 1,630,000 (54 bb)
Robert Michener – 775,000 (26 bb)