$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/150,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 811

Action folded to Anthony Askey from the small blind and he dropped in a big stack to cover Harmeet Chawla in the big. He checked his cards and quickly called.

Chawla:
Askey:

Chawla was ahead for the double but Askey paired his seven on the flop. The turned changed nothing but Chawla spiked another river to survive.

Harmeet Chawla – 3,150,000 (21 bb)
Anthony Askey – 2,300,000 (16 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 811

Cheri Beatty open-shoved for 825,000 from the hijack and Kenneth Goldfarb called on the button. The blinds folded and the hand were flipped up.

Beatty:
Goldfarb:

Beatty was dominating preflop, improved to a set on the turn, made a boat on the turn, and had her double after the river.

“No more!” Goldfarb joked with Beatty.

Cheri Beatty – 1,975,000 (16 bb)
Kenneth Goldfarb – 3,300,000 (26 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 811

Blake Whittington opep-shoved for 1,300,000 from under the gun and it folded to Harmeet Chawla. He slow-peeled his hand and called at risk for 900,000.

Chawla:
Whittington:

Whittington was ahead for the knockout until the board ran out . Chawla caught his saving queen on the river, Whittington was knocked down to a few big blinds and knockout out by Kenneth Goldfarb on the next hand.

Harmeet Chawla – 1,875,000 (15 bb)
Blake Whittington – Eliminated in 7th place ($8,289)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 811

Chips come and chips go. On the next hand after Harmeet Chawla doubled up, he saw Shawn Sorgi open/shove for 1,325,000 from early position. Chawla took his time and called in the small blind.

Sorgi:
Chawla:

Sorgi was ahead for the double and his tens held on the board for his double.

Shawn Sorgi – 2,850,000 (29 bb)
Harmeet Chawla – 775,000 (8 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 811

Yan Jiang opened to 225,000 and Harmeet Chawla moved all in for 1,000,000 on the nose from the big blind. Jiang quickly called to put him at risk.

Chawla:
Jiang:

Chawla needed to catch to stay in the game but missed the flop. The turn was no help either but he celebrated the saving river for his double.

Harmeet Chawla – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
Yan Jiang – 2,100,000 (21 bb)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 811

The players are in their seats and settled in for the final table battle. Below is the lineup and we will update with counts once they get settled.

Seat 1: Yan Jiang
Seat 2: Kenneth Goldfarb
Seat 3: Anthony Askey
Seat 4: Harmeet Chawla
Seat 5: Blake Whittington
Seat 6: Shawn Sorgi
Seat 7: Cheri Beatty

1st: $49,574
2nd: $34,757
3rd: $22,403
4th: $16,307
5th: $12,498
6th: $10,001
7th: $8,289

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 811

It was a rollercoaster three hands for Vasyl Chubei. First he doubled through Blake Whittington, then Whittington doubled through him on the next hand, and then he got his last 475,000 in on the next from the small blind.

Yan Jiang looked him up in the big and Chubei needed to hold.

Jiang:
Chubei:

Chubei was ahead with his suited jack but Jiang took the lead on the flop. Neither the turn nor river were any help for Chubei and he was eliminated in 8th place.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the final table.

Yan Jiang – 2,700,000 (27 bb)
Vasyl Chubei – Eliminated in 8th place ($6,600)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 811

It folded to Anthony Askey in the small blind, he checked his cards, and dropped in a stack of chips to cover the 650,000 of Bryce McVay in the big. McVay checked his cards and called at risk.

Askey:
McVay:

McVay ran into a bigger pair and found no help on the run out to fall short of another Tampa title.

Anthony Askey – 2,875,000 (38 bb)
Bryce McVay – Eliminated in 9th place ($4,957)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 811

The 10 remaining players are about to return from dinner and here’s how they stand. Yan Jiang leads they way with just under 3 million while Bryce McVay needs to catch to grind his 450,000 stack back up.

Blinds will be 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante and the average stack is 1,625,000 (22 bb) with 10 players remaining.

By seats:

Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Adam Briggs – 1,100,000 (15 bb)
Seat 3: Cheri Beatty – 2,125,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Harmeet Chawla – 1,400,000 (19 bb)
Seat 5: Anthony Askey – 875,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Bryce McVay – 450,000 (6 bb)

Seat 1: Blake Whittington – 2,400,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Kenneth Goldfarb – 2,275,000 (30 bb)
Seat 3: Vasyl Chubei – 1,000,000 (13 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Yan Jiang – 2,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6: Shawn Sorgi – 1,525,000 (20 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —

By Counts:

1. Yan Jiang – 2,950,000 (39 bb)
2. Blake Whittington – 2,400,000 (32 bb)
3. Kenneth Goldfarb – 2,275,000 (30 bb)
4. Cheri Beatty – 2,125,000 (28 bb)
5. Shawn Sorgi – 1,525,000 (20 bb)
6. Harmeet Chawla – 1,400,000 (19 bb)
7. Adam Briggs – 1,100,000 (15 bb)
8. Vasyl Chubei – 1,000,000 (13 bb)
9. Anthony Askey – 875,000 (12 bb)
10. Bryce McVay – 450,000 (6 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $49,574 + Guitar Trophy
2nd: $34,757
3rd: $22,403
4th: $16,307
5th: $12,498
6th: $10,001
7th: $8,289
8th: $6,600
9th: $4,957
10th: $4,119

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 811

Yan Jiang limped from the small blind and Rafael Reis moved all in for his last 815,000 from the big. Jiang thought for a minute and called.

Jiang:
Reis:

Reis was ahead in the race and stayed that way after the flop. That changed on the turn to move Jiang out front. The board finished with river to send Reis out in 12th place after a tough run over the last two levels.

Then on the last hand before the break, Nancy Dang ran her sevens into jacks to exit in 11th place.

Tournament staff sent the 10 remaining players on a 30-minute dinner break while the 5K chips come out of play.

Yan Jiang – 2,800,000 (47 bb)
Rafael Reis – Eliminated in 12th place ($4,119)
Nancy Dang – Eliminated in 11th place ($4,119)