$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 1,705

They are not slowing down their trek to the payout desk and they are down to seven tables. Fred Paradis is one of those going in the correct direction and our 2022 WPT Tampa Championship runner-up sits with 1,475,000 in a quickly shrinking field.

Blinds are sitting at 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 915,000 (37 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 1,705

More results with some tough players going out including last break’s chip leader Alec Magdan and Billy McPhillips with his second cash of the tournament thanks to his best-stack-foward double bag.

81st: Paul Lambrakis – $1,090
82nd: Jamie Teel – $1,090
83rd: MT Tawfik – $1,090
84th: Emmanuel DiMaano Jr – $1,090
85th: Douglas Wright – $1,090
86th: James Seidenfaden – $1,090
87th: Brandon Glaze – $1,090
88th: Herbert Woodbery – $1,090

89th: Justin Snavley – $990
90th: Aaron Thivynathan – $990
91st: Andrew Butte – $990
92nd: Tuck Foong – $990
93rd: Alec Magdan – $990
94th: Robert Nolen – $990
95th: Victor Haynes – $990
96th: Jeremy Michael Zides – $990
97th: Roque Veviurka – $990
98th: William Hill – $990
99th: Julio Delgado Reyes – $990
100th: Andrew Conway – $990
101st: Jimmy Park – $990
102nd: Billy McPhillips – $990
103rd: Byron Schenk – $990
104th: Wyatt Williams – $990

$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:  80 of 1,705

Players returned to action after the 1K color up break with ten tables remaining and some big money coming up.

Richie Smith is the new big stack in the game and the first with over two million in his stack. Here’s a look at the top stacks at the break:

Richie Smith – 2,045,000 (102 bb)
Stephen Brite – 1,600,000 (80 bb)
Peter D’Abrosca – 1,565,000 (78 bb)
Jordan Lowery – 1,435,000 (72 bb)
Julio Novo – 1,425,000 (71 bb)
Jahann Bardia – 1,300,000 (65 bb)

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 640,000 (32 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 1,705

Catching up on some paperwork, here’s a look at those who cashed out in 105th through 136th place.

The remaining players will finish out the last ten minutes of Level 19 before taking a break while the 1K chips come out of play.

105th: Jesus Ayala Figueroa – $910
106th: Matthew Henderson – $910
107th: Arris Kontos – $910
108th: Robert Wuestner – $910
109th: Lewis Gallo Jr – $910
110th: Quiontus Griffin – $910
111th: Eric Smith – $910
112th: Raunq Singh – $910
113th: Glen Hortin – $910
114th: Aaron Speer – $910
115th: Steven Collins – $910
116th: Eric Nadal – $910
117th: John McCarthy – $910
118th: James Solana – $910
119th: Willie Muhammad – $910
120th: Shannon Daley – $910

121st: Juan Rodriguez – $850
122nd: H-Barry Trembetzky – $850
123rd: David Ortolano – $850
124th: Charles Kimbrel – $850
125th: Wilbert Malphus – $850
126th: John Ryan III – $850
127th: Byron Sisson – $850
128th: William Deckard – $850
129th: Peter Kosakowski – $850
130th: Asif Mohammed – $850
131st: Forrest Clardy – $850
132nd: Joseph Mattucci – $850
133rd: Tory Keeton – $850
134th: Charles Montalvo – $850
135th: Tamas Hartman – $850
136th: Mark Glazewski – $850

$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:  95 of 1,705

Jahann Bardia was our first big chip leader, bagging the big stack in Flight A way back on Wednesday. Now he’s the big stack again after sending a few players to the rail to build way up to 1,775,000.

Blinds increased to 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 538,000 (34 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  117 of 1,705

The field is shrinking quickly and players are taking their shots to build a stack. We are down to 117 players and here’s a look at the group that finished in the $800 payout bracket.

Blinds are up to 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 437,000 (36 bb).

137th: Antoinette Fiorenza – $800
138th: Steve Blackmon – $800
139th: Daniel Sudhop – $800
140th: Christopher Calhoun – $800
141st: Jose Perez – $800
142nd: Grant Missonis – $800
143rd: Carlos Serafim – $800
144th: Soilang Ung – $800
145th: Shanti Delauney-Yard – $800
146th: Steve Williams – $800
147th: Jason Klapman – $800
149th: Jaylen Hicks – $800
150th: Michael Cohen – $800
151st: John Crawford – $800
152nd: Kimberley Kilroy – $800

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  138 of 1,705

Players returned to action after the early break and we have a new leader in Event 1. Alec Magdan was among the big stacks coming back and sits on top of the counts with 1,186,000. Justin Bishop is not far behind with 1,107,000 while Flight A leader Jahann Bardia is up to 988,000 and Julio Novo dipped to 917,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 371,000 (37 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  152 of 1,705

The first break came along after Level 16 and now they can settle in for the normal grind with everyone in the money and two hours before the next break. Here’s a look at everyone who cashed from 153rd through 173rd, including Billy McPhillips with a min-cash.

But he’s still grinding his bigger stack and sitting with around 208,000.

153rd: Jace Patton – $760
154th: James Browning Jr – $760
155th: Mario Arribas – $760
156th: Stanley Holley – $760
157th: Brett Pope – $760
158th: Ali Farik – $760
159th: Daniel Miched – $760
160th: Brett Brucaleri – $760
161st: Glenn Zimmerman – $760
162nd: Thomas Elder – $760
163rd: Thomas Muirhead – $760
164th: Vladimir Perfilov – $760
165th: Gregory Worner – $760
166th: Brian Ray – $760
167th: John Moran – $760
168th: Parm Mehmi – $760

169th: Joseph Caroccio – $740
170th: Haley Taylor-Pappalardo – $740
171st: Eric Buel – $740
172nd: Christopher Cole – $740
173rd: Billy McPhillips – $740

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  160 of 1,705

Jason Block opened to 14,000 from under the gun and Glenn Zimmerman shipped for 15,000 from late position. The button and blinds folded and some told Block “you can fold.” That got a chuckle before the call and Zimmerman was at risk.

Zimmerman:
Block:

Zimmerman was ahead for a double, faded the flop and turn, but Block paired the river to send him out in 161st place.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  172 of 1,705

The clock hit noon and tournament staff put cards back in the air for Day 2 of TPC Event 1. They will play the last 13:46 of Level 15 and they will go up to 40 minutes each after that.

Blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stacks is about 300,000 (50 bb).