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Championship: David Meagher -14th Place ($7,860)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 425

David Meagher

Gabe Fuller opened to 80,000 from under the gun, it folded to David Meagher in the big blind, he moved all in for about 680,000 and Fuller quickly called.

Fuller: AhKc
Meagher: AdQs

Meagher was dominated by the smaller ace and couldn’t find a save on the 9d6h4h3s7h board.

Gabe Fuller – 1,600,000 (40 bb)
David Meagher – Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,860)

Championship: Doubles Around

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 425

There were no eliminations immediately after the break but there was some action.

First up on Table 22 with the board reading JcJd9d, Dakota Diaz checked and Dan Clemente bet 50,000. Diaz moved all in and Clemente quickly called at risk for 430,000.

Clemente: 8d7d
Diaz: Kh9h

Clemente was behind but had a diamond draw that got there on the 6d turn. The 7s river finished the board and Diaz sent a big chunk of his stack across the table.

Dakota Diaz – 875,000 (29 bb)
Dan Clemente – 1,100,000 (37 bb)

Then on Table 21 with the board reading Ad8s5d, Vincent Censabella moved all in for 285,000 and Gabe Fuller called.

Censabella: Ah7h
Fuller: Ac9d

Censabella had kicked issues with his seven, the Jd turn changed nothing, but he paired that seven on the 7h river to double up.

Vincent Censabella – 725,000 (24 bb)
Gabe Fuller – 1,015,000 (34 bb)

Two hands later, Wayne Leonard was all-in for 285,000 and Censabella tried to ride the heater.

Censabella: AhQc
Leonard: 9d9s

Another race and Leonard faded the Th7h3c3s2s for his double up.

Wayne Leonard – 670,000 (22 bb)
Vincent Censabella – 440,000 (15 bb)

Championship: Counts on Break; Ryan Hogan Up Big

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 425

Table 21
Seat 1: Stephen Dees – 1,180,000 (39 bb)
Seat 2: Rusty Wadsworth Jr – 1,495,000 (50 bb)
Seat 3: Wayne Leonard – 285,000 (10 bb)
Seat 4: Sandro Vianna De Sa – 525,000 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Vincent Censabella – 435,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: John Kamis – 470,000 (16 bb)
Seat 7: David Meagher – 925,000 (31 bb)
Seat 8: Gabe Fuller – 1,170,000 (39 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: William Medina Diaz – 845,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2: Jeffrey Trudeau Jr – 1,155,000 (39 bb)
Seat 3: Fred Paradis – 615,000 (21 bb)
Seat 4: Ryan Hogan – 3,575,000 (119 bb)
Seat 5: Dakota Diaz – 1,525,000 (51 bb)
Seat 6: Aaron Mederos – 500,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Scott Heiligman – 1,550,000 (52 bb)
Seat 8: Dan Clemente – 740,000 (25 bb)

1st: $127,020 + WPO Trophy
2nd: $84,520
3rd: $62,230
4th: $46,280
5th: $34,770
6th: $26,380
7th: $20,220
8th: $15,640
9th-10th: $12,220
11th-12th: $9,640
13th-14th: $7,860
15th-16th: $6,500

Championship: Dan Clemente Doubles; Colby Covington Out in 17th Place

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 425

Dan Clemente

Colby Convington opened the action from the cutoff, and Dan Clemente moved all in for 325,000 from the big blind, and Covington called.

Clemente: AdKs
Covington: Ac9d

Clemente was dominating with the big ace and it held on the Th3d2sQc2c board.

Dan Clemente – 690,000 (28 bb)
Colby Covington – 200,000 (8 bb)

Covington was left with less than ten big blinds and eliminated two hands later.

Colby Convington

Championship: Filipp Khavin – 19th Place ($5,460)

$1,700 WPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $637,500 | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 425

Filipp Khavin

Filipp Khavin open-shipped from under the gun for 255,000 and it folded around to Stephen Dees in the small blind. He confirmed the count and called to put Khavin at risk, but Dan Clemente folded his big.

Dees: AhKh
Khavin: 8h8s

They were racing and Khavin needed his eights to hold to double up. Dees took the lead when he paired his ace on the AcQh6s flop and Khavin was eliminated after the 5d turn and Qd river.

Stephen Dees – 1,000,000 (40 bb)
Filipp Khavin – Eliminated in 19th Place ($5,460)