$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 358

Table 21 was playing some huge pots and not many of them made it past the flop. Yazdi Mehta took the lead from Debbie Lee in a pot with 1,400,000 in the middle that went check/bet/fold after the flop.

Soon after, Mehta opened from early position and Matthew Leecy raised to 235,000 from the big blind. Mehta called, the flop was and both players checked. The turn was , Leecy checked, Mehta announced all in, and Leecy called at risk for 1,085,000.

Leecy:
Mehta:

Leecy’s aces needed to dodge the open-ended straight draw of Mehta (minus the heart outs) and the river was safe for a huge double up.

Matthew Leecy – 4,630,000 (154 bb)
Yazdi Mehta – 400,000 (13 bb)

Fred Paradis – Eliminated in 12th Place ($8,510)

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 358

There was little action over the first break after dinner but Debbie Lee made the most of it. She took the lead from Matthew Leecy in two hands without a showdown and sits with 2,600,000.

Ryan Luker was unable to bounce back from two tough beats and went out in 13th place while Jebhar Patterson found a small double through Igor Trevyakov.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 358

They are back underway in the Pinktober Poker Open Championship with 13 players remaining and nine advancing to Day 3 tomorrow afternoon.

Blinds are 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stacks is about 1,100,000 (44 bb).

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
$400,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 358

The 13 remaining players were sent on a 60-minute dinner break and return with Matthew Leecy back in the lead. David DiBernardi sits in second and holding court at the shorter-stacked Table 22.

Table 21
Seat 1: Justin McNeil – 750,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Alain Medesan – 1,015,000 (41 bb)
Seat 5: Fred Paradis – 665,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Matthew Leecy – 2,140,000 (86 bb)
Seat 7: Debbie Lee – 1,700,000 (68 bb)
Seat 8: Yazdi Mehta – 1,645,000 (66 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Sanjib Acharya – 750,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Ryan Luker – 580,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Richie Smith – 580,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Jamie Smith – 795,000 (32 bb)
Seat 6: Jebhar Patterson – 520,000 (21 bb)
Seat 7: David DiBernardi – 2,030,000 (81 bb)
Seat 8: Igor Tretyakov – 1,090,000 (44 bb)

1st: $111,240 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $73,950
3rd: $54,340
4th: $40,340
5th: $30,250
6th: $22,910
7th: $17,530
8th: $13,540
9th-10th: $10,550
11th-12th: $8,510
13th: $6,970
14th: RJ Sullivan – $6,970
15th: Filipp Khavin – $5,810
16th: Ryan Thompson – $5,810

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 358

Here’s a look at the lineup at the last two tables of the Championship. We will update the full list of chip counts while they are away for dinner.

Table 21
Seat 1: Justin McNeil
Seat 2: RJ Sullivan
Seat 3: Igor Tretyakov
Seat 4: Alain Medesan
Seat 5: Fred Paradis
Seat 6: Matthew Leecy
Seat 7: Debbie Lee
Seat 8: Yazdi Mehta

Table 22
Seat 1: Sanjib Acharya
Seat 2: Ryan Luker
Seat 3: Richie Smith
Seat 4: Filipp Khavin
Seat 5: Jamie Smith
Seat 6: Jebhar Patterson
Seat 7: David DiBernardi
Seat 8: — Empty —

1st: $111,240 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $73,950
3rd: $54,340
4th: $40,340
5th: $30,250
6th: $22,910
7th: $17,530
8th: $13,540
9th-10th: $10,550
11th-12th: $8,510
13th-14th: $6,970
15th: $5,810
16th: Ryan Thompson – $5,810

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 358

The flop was out and reading and Jake Ferro checked. Yazdi Mehta bet 75,000 and Ferro called to see the turn. Ferro put his remaining 390,000 in the middle and Mehta had the WPT POY at risk.

Ferro:
Mehta:

Ferro flopped a ten and turned a straight but Mehta was ahead with his club flush. The river finished the board and Ferro was eliminated in 17th place.

With Ferro’s elimination, Table 20 has its players dispersed among the other two tables. There are 16 players with the dinner break approaching.

Yazdi Mehta – 2,285,000 (114 bb)

17th: Jake Ferro – $4,930
18th: Jason Block – $4,930
19th: John O’Neal – $4,930
20th: Chris Stanton – $4,930

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 358

Level 19 came to an end with 18 players remaining and two knockouts from breaking another table. David DiBernardi is the latest to make a run, sitting with 1,140,000 after sending Chris Stanton out not long after he doubled.

Blinds are now 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 795,000 (40 bb). They will play out the next level before taking a one-hour dinner break.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 358

Players were getting their chips in quick after the break and three tough players were already out before another big hand.

With the flop reading , Shane Barnard found himself all in and at risk for 325,000 and Sanjib Acharya quickly called.

“Oh. I guess I’m behind,” Barnard said.

Acharya:
Barnard:

Both paired their jack but Acharya was way ahead with the ace kicker and spade redraw. Barnard had two outs twice and blanked the turn and river to go out in 21st.

Sanjib Acharya – 1,215,000 (81 bb)

21st: Shane Barnard – $4,260
22nd: Ken O’Donnell – $4,260
23rd: Aaron Thivyanathan – $4,260
24th: Justin Zaki – $4,260

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 358

On the last hand before the break, Chris Stanton was in the big blind and all in for 247,000 against Ryan Luker and in bad shape.

Stanton:
Luker:

Stanton needed a lot of help and found it right on the flop. Both players flopped an unlikely full house but Stanton was best with aces full of kings. Luker was drawing dead and Stanton doubled up.

Chris Stanton – 515,000 (34 bb)
Ryan Luker – 260,000 (17 bb)

After the hand, tournament staff sent the field on break as they colored off the 1K chips and introduced the 100K variant. Yazdi Mehta continued to lead with 1,840,000 while the others were trying to reach a million.

$1,700 Pinktober Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 358

Nicholas Scholz was eliminated in 25th place and the Championship is down to 24 players. Tournament staff paused the clock and they redrew seats at the last three tables of the tournament.

They will play out the last five minutes of Level 18 before a color up break.

25th: Nicholas Scholz – $3,750
26th: Tarun Gulati – $3,750
27th: Phi Nguyen – $3,750
28th: Ryan Hogan – $3,750
29th: James Carmadella – $3,750
30th: Michael Rossi – $3,750
31st: James Calderaro – $3,750
32nd: Jason Klapman – $3,750