$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,082

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,082

Ross Corless open-shipped for 650,000 from early position and Thomas Robertson called next to act.

“Well I had fun,” Corless laughed with the table.

Phil Krnyaich seemed like he wanted to come along but folded before the rest of the table got out of the way.

Corless:
Robertson:

Corless had two live, suited cards for a chance to double up but Robertson paired his queen on the board to extend his lead. The turn and river finished the board and Corless was eliminated in ninth place.

This is Corless’s second major Tampa final table in a row; he finished the WPO Championship in the top spot.

Thomas Robertson – 3,450,000 (35 bb)
Ross Corless – Eliminated in 9th Place ($5,950)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,082

In less than a level after dinner, the tournament went from 14 players to the nine-handed final table with Ryan Hogan somehow managing to double up his already huge chip lead.

Seat 1: Mario Valbuena – 5,325,000 (71 bb)
Seat 2: Ray Mancini – 2,625,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3: Ross Corless – 1,300,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Thomas Robertson – 1,100,000 (15 bb)
Seat 5: Phil Krnyaich – 950,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6: Randy Levin – 2,750,000 (37 bb)
Seat 7: Parm Mehmi – 2,400,000 (32 bb)
Seat 8: Eric Tarikas – 2,900,000 (39 bb)
Seat 9: Ryan Hogan – 12,300,000 (164 bb)

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th: $5,950

10th: Ben Chelladurai – $5,950
11th: Richie Smith – $4,740
12th: Tyler Pruitt – $4,740
13th: Elan Golan – $3,810
14th: Corey Christophersen – $3,810

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,082

Things went a little fast after the dinner break and four players were sent to the payout desk in a blink before their seats reheated. They are now one elimination away from the final table.

11th: Richie Smith – $4,740
12th: Tyler Pruitt – $4,740
13th: Elan Golan – $3,810
14th: Corey Christophersen – $3,810

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,082

Cards are back in the air for TPC Event 1 with 14 players remaining and Ryan Hogan leading. Next stop; final table.

Remaining payouts:

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,082

Table 21
Seat 1: Ray Mancini – 1,675,000 (22 bb)
Seat 2: Eran Golan – 1,300,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Ben Chelladurai – 1,200,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: Corey Christophersen – 1,000,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Hogan – 6,775,000 (90 bb)
Seat 6: Eric Tarikas – 3,325,000 (44 bb)
Seat 7: Richie Smith – 2,600,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 22
Seat 1: Thomas Robertson – 2,225,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Mario Valbuena – 3,525,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Ross Corless – 1,525,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Tyler Pruitt – 1,250,000 (17 bb)
Seat 5: Randy Levin – 1,900,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Parm Mehmi – 1,700,000 (23 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Phil Krnyaich – 2,425,000 (32 bb)

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810
15th: Manny Minaya – $3,100
16th: Michael Traficante – $3,100

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 1,082

Level 25 ended and tournament staff sent the 14 remaining players on a 30-minute dinner break. They will return and continue playing down to our TPC Event 1 champ.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,082

Event 1 is down to the last two tables and Ryan Hogan did a lot of the heavy lifting. He flopped a set against Elias Kiwan to send him out and packed up 4,575,000 for a trip to his new seat at Table 21.

17th: Christopher Johnson – $2,550
18th: Elias Kiwan – $2,550
19th: Cecil Briceno III – $2,550
20th: Davy Ridout – $2,550
21st: Zachary Rogalski – $2,130
22nd: Anthony LaValle – $2,130
23rd: Matt Longfellow – $2,130
24th: Robert Gonzalez – $2,130

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,082

Action slowed a little after the three-table but we have a new leader with 20 remaining. Eran Golan dipped after two big hands, one against Parm Mehmi and another against Ben Chelladurai, and Mario Valbuena jumped to the top with 4,610,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,082

With Dion Jagroo eliminated in 25th place, tournament staff began redrawing seats at the last three tables. Before the last hand was complete, Robert Gonzalez was sent out in 24th place.

24th: Robert Gonzalez – $2,130
25th: Dion Jagroo – $1,790
26th: Forrest Raleigh – $1,790
27th: Kara Margraf – $1,790
28th: Zak Fellows – $1,790
29th: Raphael Doromal – $1,790
30th: Nicholas Martz – $1,790
31st: Michael Batyi – $1,790
32nd: Sean Carmichael – $1,790

Remaining payouts:

1st: $59,500 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $39,730
3rd: $29,370
4th: $21,930
5th: $16,540
6th: $12,610
7th: $9,720
8th: $7,560
9th-10th: $5,950
11th-12th: $4,740
13th-14th: $3,810
15th-16th: $3,100
17th-20th: $2,550
21st-24th: $2,130