$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,305

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,305

With the elimination of Scott O’Leary in tenth place, PPO Event 1 reached the nine-handed final table. The remaining players redrew seats and cards are in the air with $34,840 awaiting the winner.

Seat 1: Thomas Downing – 900,000 (7 bb)
Seat 2: Glyn Griffis – 7,400,000 (59 bb)
Seat 3: Mahmoud Bidarian – 4,425,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Lamont Townsend – 1,875,000 (15 bb)
Seat 5: Edgardo Rosario – 3,400,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Nick Rawls – 2,100,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Dylan Piano – 2,450,000 (20 bb)
Seat 8: Simon Hamer – 2,100,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Brandon Schultz – 1,450,000 (12 bb)

1st: $34,840 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $23,290
3rd: $17,200
4th: $12,840
5th: $9,690
6th: $7,390
7th: $5,690
8th: $4,430
9th: $3,490

10th: Scott O’Leary – $3,490
11th: Daniel Zappulla – $2,780
12th: Matt Sundberg – $2,780
13th: Carlos Serafin – $2,240
14th: David McLennan – $2,240
15th: Christopher Kean – $1,820
16th: Robert Keppinger – $1,820

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,305

Within minutes of returning from break, William Vedadi was eliminated in 17th place to drop the field down to two tables. Players are now guaranteed at least $1,820 with the ladder jumps coming faster.

17th: William Vedadi – $1,500
18th: Herbert Nairn – $1,500
19th: Yan Jiang – $1,500
20th: Dylan Cann – $1,500
21st: Darren Rose – $1,250
22nd: Emmanuel Santos Orlang – $1,250
23rd: Marc Chin – $1,250
24th: Miguel Rumie – $1,250

1st: $34,840 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $23,290
3rd: $17,200
4th: $12,840
5th: $9,690
6th: $7,390
7th: $5,690
8th: $4,430
9th-10th: $3,490
11th-12th: $2,780
13th-14th: $2,240
15th-16th: $1,820

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,305

Another break rolled around to find Lamont Townsend extended his already big lead and returns with a huge stack worth 4,525,000. His closest competitors are now Nick Rawls with 2,550,000 and Edgardo Rosario with 2,500,000.

They will return with 40-minute levels and blinds at 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante.

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,305

Event 1 is flying right along and down to 24 players shortly after the dinner break. Tournament staff paused the clock as they redraw seats at the last three tables.

Tampa legend Tony March was eliminated in 25th place, short of what he wanted, but it’s another $1,060 will go to his Pay It Backward Foundation.

25th: Tony March – $1,060
26th: Milan Cyprich – $1,060
27th: Stephen South – $1,060
28th: Jeremiah Bobo – $1,060
29th: Daniel Lehmann – $1,060
30th: Michael Silva – $1,060
31st: Steven Lowrimore – $1,060
32nd: Thomas Schmitz – $1,060

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,305

Right before players left for the dinner break, someone at Table 22 caught a big hand and left us wondering who was the owner of that massive 1,885,000 stack. Turns out Lamont Townsend was the recipient of the big pot and leads the field.

Glyn Griffis is second with 1,605,000 followed by Yan Jiang (1,495,000) and Daniel Zappulla (1,295,000).

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,305

Level 22 ended right as tournament staff were breaking another table to get the field down to 32. Those players were sent on a 30-minute dinner break and will return to continue playing towards the title.

33rd: Maurice Haynes – $900
34th: Lana Nester – $900
35th: Christopher Jungbauer – $900
36th: Wesley Scarbrough – $900
37th: Laxman Khetwal – $900
38th: Shane Dellus – $900
39th: Phillip Krnyaich – $900
40th: Christy Pham – $900

41st: Kara Margraf – $780
42nd: Teddy Tavares Correa – $780
43rd: Denis Labbe – $780
44th: David Ross – $780
45th: Ray Lambert – $780
46th: Joshua Paige – $780
47th: Bradley Kane – $780
48th: William Greenfield – $780

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,305

One level down, one table broken. Event 1 is down to six tables with 48 players still in contention for the title. Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 545,000.

Here’s an updated look at the recent results:

49th: Gabriel Fuller – $680
50th: Matthew White – $680
51st: Matthew Leecy – $680
52nd: Joshua Henson – $680
53rd: Franklin Brigham – $680
54th: Bryan Tang – $680
55th: Conner Reynolds – $680
56th: Jamie Acquafredda – $680

57th: Vamsi Dodda – $600
58th: Ed Johnston – $600
59th: Steven Kaplan – $600
60th: Britten Harden – $600
61st: Jovan Jovic – $600
62nd: Thomas McCann – $600
63rd: Steven Reilly – $600
64th: Tom Nguyen – $600

65th: Andre Dickerson – $540
66th: Asif Mohammed – $540
67th: Jonathan Albert – $540
68th: Attye Vasquez – $540
69th: Flavio Martinho – $540
70th: Sudhir Kantamaneni – $540
71st: Mark Winchell – $540
72nd: Greg Osborne – $540

73rd: Joseph Greene – $490
74th: Dianna Ross – $490
75th: Steven Wicker – $490
76th: Damien Cook – $490
77th: Brannen Ricker – $490
78th: Tammy Leonard – $490
79th: Alain Medesan – $490
80th: Charles Shoaf – $490

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,305

The second break has come and gone and cards are back in the air with no slowing the pace. Seven tables are in action and they’ll get very close to the three-table redraw before the next break in 90 minutes.

Dylan Piano continues to lead the field with 1,550,000 and Glyn Griffis is the closest with 1,100,000 while Daniel Zappulla’s 985,000 has him one big blind away from seven digits.

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,305

Event 1 players are set for another break after Level 19 and we’ll go find some big stacks while they are gone. Until then, here’s a look at the results from 81st through 104th.

81st: James D’Arcangelis – $450
82nd: Woodrow Pass – $450
83rd: Gregory Courson – $450
84th: Mohamad Al Halwani – $450
85th: Marco Antonio Belusic – $450
86th: Michael Latuf – $450
87th: Richard Palase – $450
88th: Witold Wasik – $450

89th: Dustin Jones – $420
90th: Nicole Diaz – $420
91st: Remedios Patalinghug – $420
92nd: Bahram Amini Sarabi – $420
93rd: Jeffrey Kichman – $420
94th: Alexander Pachmayer II – $420
95th: Imre Papp – $420
96th: Eugene Durante – $420
97th: Javier Hernandez – $420
98th: Allauddin Khan – $420
99th: Long Chen – $420
100th: Jordan Joeckel – $420
101st: Brook Smith – $420
102nd: Michael Joseph – $420
103rd: Jeevan Nomula – $420
104th: Luis Bauza Matos – $420