$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 76

John McConnell got it all in from the button for 585,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Alex Vazquez.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for McConnell to win the pot and double up into the heads-up chip lead.

John McConnell  –  1,195,000  (48 bb)
Alex Vazquez  –  325,000  (13 bb)

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 76

Alex Vazquez moved all in from the button, Robert Vincent called all in from the small blind for about 200,000, and John McConnell folded his big blind.

Vincent turned over , but he was dominated by the of Vazquez, needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Vincent flopped a gutshot straight draw to Vazquez’s pair of kings, but Vincent improved no further. Vazquez won the pot with two pair, kings and threes, to eliminate Vincent in third place.

Robert Vincent  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($2,239)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Alex Vazquez  –  825,000  (41 bb)
John McConnell  –  700,000  (35 bb)

And here is a look at the prizepool:

1st:  $5,551 + Trophy
2nd:  $3,430

3rd:  Robert Vincent  –  $2,239
4th:  Randell Summers  –  $1,534
5th:  Ramses Rosa  –  $1,106
6th:  Mark Lynch  –  $842
7th:  Nicole Diaz  –  $678
8th:  Hristos Tsironis  –  $580

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 76

Randell Summers was just knocked out when his failed to catch up to the of Alex Vazquez.

Alex Vazquez  –  825,000  (52 bb)
Randell Summers  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($1,534)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 507,000 (32 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $1,534.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 76

Ramses Rosa was all in from the button for about 95,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Randell Summers in the hijack.

The board came , and Summers spikes a queen on the river to win the pot and eliminate Rosa in fifth place.

Randell Summers  –  265,000  (22 bb)
Ramses Rosa  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,106)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 380,000 (32 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $1,534.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 76

Mark Lynch was all in from the big blind for about 55,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Alex Vazquez in the hijack.

The board came , and Vazquez won the pot with ace high to eliminate Lynch in sixth place.

Alex Vazquez  –  640,000  (53 bb)
Mark Lynch  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($842)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 304,000 (25 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $1,106.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 76

Nicole Diaz was all in from the small blind for about 85,000 with , and she needed to improve to stay alive against the of Randell Summers on the button.

The board came — Diaz flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Summers won the pot with his ace to eliminate Diaz in seventh place.

Randell Summers  –  360,000  (36 bb)
Nicole Diaz  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($678)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 253,000 (25 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $842.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 76

Hristos Tsironis moved all in under the gun for 64,000, Nicole Diaz called from middle position, and Robert Vincent thought for a while before he called from the big blind.

The flop came , Vincent moved all in for 20,000, and Diaz called. These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Nicole Diaz:    (ace high)
Robert Vincent:    (pair of queens)
Hristos Tsironis:    (jack high)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket queens held up for Vincent to scoop the entire pot, doubling thru Diaz and eliminating Tsironis in eighth place.

Robert Vincent  –  247,000  (25 bb)
Nicole Diaz  –  110,000  (11 bb)
Hristos Tsironis  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($580)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 217,000 (22 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $678.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 76

After several players entered the pot, Alex Vazquez reraised from the button, and Yousef Nassr moved all in from the small blind. Action folded to Vazquez, who called with .

Nassr turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Vazquez was ahead the entire way, winning with a queen-high flush to eliminate Nassr in ninth place on the Money Bubble.

Alex Vazquez  –  285,000  (36 bb)
Yousef Nassr  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($0)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 190,000 (24 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $580.

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 76

The final nine players have drawn for random seats at the final table, but unfortunately only eight of them will finish in the money. Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the prizepool at stake:

Seat 1.  Ramses Rosa  –  208,000  (26 bb)
Seat 2.  Alex Vazquez  –  167,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Yousef Nassr  –  72,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4.  Robert Vincent  –  128,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5.  Hristos Tsironis  –  101,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Randell Summers  –  304,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7.  Nicole Diaz  –  221,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  John McConnell  –  258,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9.  Mark Lynch  –  74,000  (9 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $5,551 + Trophy
2nd:  $3,430
3rd:  $2,239
4th:  $1,534
5th:  $1,106
6th:  $842
7th:  $678
8th:  $580

9th:  $0  (Bubble)

$250 Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 76

A scan of the field during the break showed Ramses Rosa as the clear chipleader with 248,000 (62 big blinds), followed by Alex Vazquez, who had 196,000 (49 big blinds). Nobody else was close to Vazquez.

With 18 players remaining, they are now at the final two tables. Only the final eight players will finish in the money, so the Money Bubble will be at the final table.