$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,334

Shortly after the break ended, Ethan Mellish was eliminated in 33rd place to break the field down to the last four tables. They hit another pay jump and the remaining players have locked up $2,250.

33rd: Ethan Mellish – $1,920
34th: Thomas Liberti – $1,920
35th: John Aycock – $1,920
36th: Kenneth Brawley – $1,920
37th: Clive Gavin – $1,920
38th: Joseph Mattucci – $1,920
39th: Raminder Singh – $1,920
40th: Richard Pressler – $1,920

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 1,334

Event 1 players enjoyed another break from the action with 33 players remaining and one knockout from dropping to four tables.

Julio Delgado continues to lead the field and built his stack up to 4,015,000. Chris Tryba sits in second with 2,520,000 followed by David Meagher with 2,140,000.

Blinds are up to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,215,000 (30 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 1,334

After sending a double up to Wally Maddah, his going down to , Shane Melert moved all in for 390,000 from the hijack. The button called, the blinds folded, and Melert needed some help.

Melert:
Button:

“Ocho!” Maddah called, rooting for Melert.

It came right on the flop, Melert made a set of eights, and they held after the turn and river for his double.

Shane Melert – 855,000 (29 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 1,334

Math doesn’t lie and the pace had to pick up a bit to deepen the stacks back up. Another two tables dropped to leave 39 players still in the game as the blinds went up.

They are now playing 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,025,000 (34 bb).

41st: Mohamed Lahlou – $1,650
42nd: Mark Winchell – $1,650
43rd: Antonio Fernandez – $1,650
44th: Daniel Dumont – $1,650
45th: Sonny Mineo – $1,650
46th: John Roveto – $1,650
47th: Timothy Pettus – $1,650
48th: James Bates – $1,650

49th: Elias Kiwan – $1,440
50th: Thomas Cochran – $1,440
51st: David Stojanovic – $1,440
52nd: Jarrett Galea – $1,440
53rd: Karl Manouchakian – $1,440
54th: Renzo Bontempo – $1,440
55th: Tam Nguyen – $1,440
56th: Anthony Midthun – $1,440

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 1,334

With only 65K sitting under the gun, Wally Maddah shipped all in without looking at his cards. He was about to pay 50K in blinds and antes the next hand so he made the move.

John Gordon thought for a second and called from the cutoff.

“I’ll give you action,” Gordon said.

It folded to Alan Thomas in the big blind and he moved all in for 290,000 to get a reluctant folded from Gordon.

Thomas flipped his hand up and showed . Maddah first turned over the , not a good start. The next card was and he needed a lot of help.

The flop came to give Maddah a gutshot straight draw and it filled on the turn. The river finished the board and Maddah tripled up with a seven-high straight.

Wally Maddah – 235,000 (9 bb)
Alan Thomas – 200,000 (8 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,334

Another table down and another round of results, this time the group who cashed out for $1,280 and now everyone is guaranteed at least $1,440.

Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 715,000 (29 bb).

57th: Gregory Osborne – $1,280
58th: Jason Hinote – $1,280
59th: Spencer Sweisford – $1,280
60th: Tyler Campbell – $1,280
61st: Igor Tretyakov – $1,280
62nd: Byron Sisson – $1,280
63rd: Steve Lobman – $1,280
64th: Luke Speer – $1,280

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,334

Gregory Osborne was down to 130,000 and put his chips in the middle against the bigger stack of Raminder Singh.

Osborne:
Singh:

Osborne was in great shape for a double up and stayed ahead on the flop with his superior kicker. The turn changed nothing but Singh hit the river for aces up to send Osborne out in 57th place.

Raminder Singh – 655,000 (33 bb)
Gregory Osborne – Eliminated in 57th Place ($1,280)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,334

Soon after the break, the tournament reached eight tables with 64 players, and they have locked up at least $1,280.

65th: Chi Phan – $1,140
66th: Laxman Khetwal – $1,140
67th: Martin Rodriguez – $1,140
68th: Fred Paradis – $1,140
69th: Jordan Lowry – $1,140
70th: Nathaniel Galliford – $1,140
71st: Thomas Gray – $1,140
72nd: Josias Santos – $1,140

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  68 of 1,334

Players are back in action after the second break, with 68 remaining and another three levels before the next.

Julio Delgado leads the field with 2,070,000 followed by Manny Minaya with 1,590,000. Joey Zahn is still among the leaders with 1,510,000 while Drew Dodge’s 1,375,000 and Carlos Frontela’s 1,260,000 have them in contention as well.

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 590,000 (29 bb) so action should continue to be quick.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,334

As the clock clicks down toward the next break, here’s another look at the most recent to cash out a ticket in Event 1. All players are now guaranteed at least $1,140 and the money is going up.

73rd: Al Krux – $1,040
74th: John Jensen – $1,040
75th: Yazdi Mehta – $1,040
76th: Ok Haselton – $1,040
77th: Ryan Motecalvo – $1,040
78th: Nathan Tanner – $1,040
79th: Walter Thornton – $1,040
80th: Ty Wilson – $1,040