$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,705

With the elimination of Christopher Durgin in tenth place, tournament staff paused the clock for one last redraw.

The last nine players redrew seats for the final table and will continue until we have a winner. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will update with chip counts on their next break.

Seat 1: Leigh Lewis
Seat 2: Brendan Pfent
Seat 3: Khanh Truong
Seat 4: Richie Smith
Seat 5: Michael Lee
Seat 6: Fred Paradis
Seat 7: Daniel Couzens
Seat 8: Phil Hernz
Seat 9: JK Kowazczik

Remaining payouts:

1st: $91,945
2nd: $61,330
3rd: $45,400
4th: $33,940
5th: $25,630
6th: $19,540
7th: $15,050
8th: $11,720
9th: $9,210

10th: Christopher Durgin – $9,210
11th: Travis Waldor – $7,320
12th: Anthony Guagliardo – $7,320
13th: Justin Harrell – $5,880
14th: James Kerr – $5,880
15th: Julio Novo – $4,770
16th: Eric Adam – $4,770

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,705

In an eight-million chip pot, starting Day 2 leader Julio Novo was eliminated by Khanh Truong. Novo picked up fourth place money while Truong took the lead with an even 9,000,000.

Blinds are up to 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante and the average stack is about 3,950,000 (39 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,705

Erica Adam opened to 225,000 from early position and JK Kowalczik moved all in next to act for 825,000. It folded back to Adam, she thought for a minute and called with the slightly bigger stack.

Adam:
Kowalczik:

Adam was in great shape with the bigger ace but Kowalczik moved ahead when he paired his six on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Kowalczik doubled up. Adam was left short-stacked and eliminated on the next hand.

JK Kowazczik – 1,850,000 (25 bb)
Erica Adam – Eliminated in 16th Place ($4,700)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,705

With the flop reading , Peter D’Abrosca moved all in for 1,050,000 from the big blind and Khanh Truong quickly called on the button.

Truong:
D’Abrosca:

D’Abrosca paired his ace on the flop but he was crushed by Truong’s top two pair aces and tens. The board finished with turn and river and D’Abrosca was eliminated shortly after the dinner break.

Khanh Truong – 4,400,000 (59 bb)
Peter D’Abrosca – Eliminated in 18th Place ($3,910)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,705

The 19 players finished up Level 25 and were sent on a 30-minute dinner break while tournament staff pull the 5K chips out of play.

They will return and continue their path towards the final table and Event 1 title.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,705

Christopher Van Durmen open-shoved for 495,000 from middle position and it folded to James Kerr in the big blind. He thought for a moment and called with the bigger stack.

Kerr:
Van Durmen:

It was a race and Van Durmen needed his sixes to hold to double up. Kerr paired his ten on the flop and Van Durmen could not come back on the turn or river.

James Kerr – 2,450,000 (41 bb)
Christopher Van Durmen – Eliminated in 20th Place ($3,910)

21st: Stephen Brite – $3,250
22nd: Farzad Raji – $3,250
23rd: Gabriel Fuller – $3,250
24th: Chad Kitchen – $3,250

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,705

Another level down and another table broken. TPC Event 1 is down to 24 players and triggered a three-table draw, every player is now guaranteed at least $3,250 and the prizes are climbing.

Blinds are up to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante and the average stack is about 2,130,000 (36 bb). There will be a 30-minute dinner break following Level 25.

25th: Jordan Lowery – $2,720
26th: Randy Levin – $2,720
27th: Luke Gramentz – $2,720
28th: Soe Lee – $2,720
29th: Timothy Pettus – $2,720
30th: Joshua Johnson – $2,720
31st: Andrew Brannon – $2,720
32nd: Graham Miller – $2,720

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,705

Shortly after they rolled into Level 24, Jacob Naumann was eliminated in 33rd place and the tournament dropped down to the last four tables of the tournament.

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

33rd: Jacob Naumann: $2,310
34th: Christopher Cochran: $2,310
35th: Elias Kiwan: $2,310
36th: Jason Block: $2,310
37th: Ramon Gonzalez: $2,310
38th: Alexander Grassia: $2,310
39th: Tarun Gulati: $2,310
40th: Jahann Bardia: $2,310

41st: Isaac Ali: $1,980
42nd: Sandip Guha: $1,980
43rd: Donald Kelly: $1,980
44th: Frederick Williams: $1,980
45th: David Ambrose: $1,980
46th: Mohammed Hossain: $1,980
47th: Michael Dalberth: $1,980
48th: Harry Binda: $1,980

50th: Ahmed El Said: $1,720
51st: Andrew Heister: $1,720
52nd: Joseph Linville: $1,720
53rd: Tam Nguyen: $1,720
54th: Ronald Groeller: $1,720
55th: Jamison Alford: $1,720
56th: Kyle Dilschneider: $1,720

$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:  36 of 1,705

We keep finding new chip leaders at each break and this time was no different. Daniel Couzens is the new leader in Event 1 with 3,525,000 going into the stages of the day.

Brendan Pfent sits in second with 3,300,000 followed by 2021 Tampa Poker Classic Championship James Kerr’s 3,150,000.

Blinds are up to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,420,000 (36 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:  43 of 1,705

Still keeping up with the numbers while we have a steady group of players collecting cashout tickets at the cage, including more tough players falling short.

Blinds moved up to 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack about 1,190,000 (40 bb).

57th: Luanna Vu: $1,510
58th: John Burdin: $1,510
59th: Marcus Gurley: $1,510
60th: Jay Giles: $1,510
61st: Juan Ramirez Parodi: $1,510
62nd: Hyndi Khomutetsky: $1,510
63rd: William Burdick: $1,510
64th: Conner Reynolds: $1,510

65th: Michael Tuttle: $1,340
66th: Marcelo Lanas: $1,340
67th: Chris Perry: $1,340
68th: Bradley Kane: $1,340
69th: Brian Johnson: $1,340
70th: Alain Medesan: $1,340
71st: Tom Lawford: $1,340
72nd: Brian Weber: $1,340

73rd: David Meagher: $1,200
74th: Carlos Loving: $1,200
75th: Phi Nguyen: $1,200
76th: Nathan Lee: $1,200
77th: Ashley Spring: $1,200
78th: Glyn Griffis: $1,200
79th: Riley O’Brien: $1,200
80th: Harry Mozian Jr: $1,200