$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,082

A lot of people were standing around Table 22, so it seemed like a good place to be. We did not see the pre-flop action, but we found a three-way all-in with big hands.

Zak Fellows was all in for about 600,000 with and Tyler Pruitt was all in for 640,000 with . Kara Magraf had them both covered but needed help with .

That was pretty exciting and things went a little further when Magraf paired her ace while Pruitt made a set of tens on the flop. The turn made quads for Pruitt to lock up the huge pot and sent Fellows out in 28th place.

Magraf was down to 240,000 and eliminated on the next hand.

Tyler Pruitt – 2,055,000 (51 bb)
Kara Margraf – Eliminated in 27th Place ($1,790)
Zak Fellows – Eliminated in 28th Place ($1,790)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 1,082

Another break has come and gone and we are still looking at the same big stack in the game.

Eran Golan has been leading most of the day and, despite one hiccup, he’s still running away. He is tops with 4,075,000, Elias Kiwan is up to second with 2,605,000, and Ryan Hogan is knocking on the two-milly door with 1,975,000.

With 29 players remaining, they are five eliminations away from a three-table redraw.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,082

From 18 tables at the start of the day, Event 1 is now down to the last four. Everyone is guaranteed at least $1,790 and some big money is coming up later this evening.

33rd: Gregory Osborne – $1,530
34th: James Collins – $1,530
35th: Ahmad Hamoush – $1,530
36th: Lu Yu – $1,530
37th: Bogdan Toma – $1,530
38th: Morgan Peters – $1,530
39th: Matthew White – $1,530
40th: Christopher Moore – $1,530

41st: Jordan Holt – $1,320
42nd: Carlos Loving – $1,320
43rd: Ian Tudor – $1,320
44th: Habnel Acevedo – $1,320
45th: Jason Andrzejewski – $1,320
46th: Marco Grasso – $1,320
47th: Mark Milburn – $1,320
48th: Harry Binda Jr – $1,320

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
25th-32nd: $1,790

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 1,082

We missed the action but saw the aftermath. Chip leader Eran Golan sent about 800K across the table to Parm Mehmi to double her up when her aces held against his big slick for the huge pot.

“I made a mistake,” Golan said. “I thought you only have around 400,000.”

He’s still doing just fine and leading the way.

Parm Mehmi – 1,675,000 (67 bb)
Eran Golan – 2,550,000 (102 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,082

Even the 40-minute levels can’t slow them down.

Two more tables (plus a few) were sent to the payout desk, including our all-time leader for tournament cashes. Karl Manouchakian extended his record but was eliminated when his kings were cracked by ace-ten.

49th: Kyle Lang – $1,150
50th: Andrew Martins – $1,150
51st: Kelli Robinson – $1,150
52nd: Steven Kaslov – $1,150
53rd: John Komidor – $1,150
54th: Juan Rodriguez – $1,150
55th: Michael Feurer – $1,150
56th: Blaise Ingoglia – $1,150

57th: Mark Winchell – $1,020
58th: Tarun Gulati – $1,020
59th: Samuel O’Bryant – $1,020
60th: Karl Manouchakian – $1,020
61st: Patrick Curry – $1,020
62nd: Galvin Gallardo – $1,020
63rd: Ashley Spring – $1,020
64th: Edmund Grace – $1,020

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,082

We have a few more players moving up the counts, including Phil Krnyaich with 1,365,000, right behind Richie Smith’s 1,370,000 and a bit ahead of Parm Mehmi’s 1,110,000.

But Eran Golan continues to run away from the rest of them. Recently, he was in a three-way pot with the board reading , bet 175K, and picked up two calls. Golan tabled for the nuts and now has 2,910,000 for a huge lead.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 1,082

Catching up on our paperwork, here are another two tables of results that include former WPT DeepStacks Tampa champ Anthony Astarita and WSOP Circuit Tampa ring winner David DiBernardi.

65th: Anthony Astarita – $910
66th: Kevin Blewitt – $910
67th: Ross Omelenchuck – $910
68th: Chase Besuden – $910
69th: Laszlo Nagy – $910
70th: Gabriel Fuller – $910
71st: Nathan Tanner – $910
72nd: David DiBernardi – $910

73rd: Jeffrey Russell – $820
74th: Nicolas Egarhos – $820
75th: Evan Pantano – $820
76th: Rodney Rodrigue – $820
77th: Harlon Kinney – $820
78th: Monir Maher – $820
79th: Jacob Naumann – $820
80th: Melody Murphy – $820

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 1,082

The second break ended, players returned to their seats, the 1K chips are out of action, and blind levels now last 40 minutes for the rest of the tournament.

Eran Golan leads the field with 1,530,000 with Raphael Doromal not far behind with 1,515,000. Ben Chelladurai is third with 1,230,000 and James Collins is creeping around the one-million mark with 995,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  70 of 1,082

Two more tables of results and one more waiting; here’s a look at those who cashed from 81st through 96th:

81st: Amelio Amato – $760
82nd: Aaron Klausman – $760
83rd: Marsha Wolak – $760
84th: Alexander Grassia – $760
85th: Leigh Lewis – $760
86th: Arman Navazi – $760
87th: Kirill Wolf – $760
88th: John Pfolsgrof – $760

89th: Asher Weinman – $690
90th: James Jewhurst – $690
91st: Michael Bickford – $690
92nd: Luiz Silva – $690
93rd: Andrew Koval – $690
94th: Michael Skrzynski – $690
95th: John Ryan – $690
96th: Joseph De Lucia – $690

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 1,082

It feels like every walk around the tables finds another player making a big move. This time around it was Eran Golan happily arranging a chip castle, going from third place at the break to leading with 1,538,000.

The field is down to ten tables with no sings of slowing down, although they will switch to 40-minute levels after the next break.