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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 811

Level 27 came around with only limited action over the last 20 minutes other than a big move by Cheri Beatty.

She doubled earlier through Adam Briggs and found another through Shawn Sorgi. Beatty picked up aces again and they held against Sorgi’s big slick for the double.

Blinds are now 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante and the average stack at 1,350,000 (23 bb) with 12 players remaining.

Cheri Beatty – 1,550,000 (26 bb)
Shawn Sorgi – 1,100,000 (18 bb)

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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 811

Frank Weigel opened to 115,000 from middle position and Yan Jiang came along next to act. They went to a flop and both players checked.

The turn came , Weigel checked, Jiang bet 100,000 and Weigel called. The river was and Weigel tossed out 165,000. Jiang moved her stack in the middle for 400,000 even and Weigel called.

He flipped over for a flopped set of fours but Jiang was best with for the turned Broadway straight to double.

The hand dropped Weigel down to eight big blinds and he was gone a few hands later.

Yan Jiang – 1,455,000 (29 bb)
Frank Weigel – Eliminated in 13th place ($3,278)

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 811

Jorge Alba was eliminated on the first hand after the break and the fast action continued at their table.

Soon after, Bryce McVay open-shoved for 500,000 on the dot and Adam Briggs called from the cutoff.

McVay:
Briggs:

McVay was behind but live, missed the flop, then paired the turn. The river finished the board and McVay doubled up.

Then Briggs open to 80,000 and Cheri Beatty moved all in for 340,000 from the small blind. Briggs called with another chance to knock someone out.

Beatty:
Briggs:

Briggs ran into rockets, caught a part of the flop, but more chips went away after the turn and river.

Cheri Beatty – 760,000 (19 bb)
Bryce McVay – 1,100,000 (28 bb)
Adam Briggs – 545,000 (14 bb)

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 811

The next break is complete and we have another player at the top of the counts. Rafael Reis lost two big hands, both ahead when the chips went in, to drop down to average stack while Shawn Sorgi is up to 2,550,000 to lead the pack.

Blinds are now at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is 1,160,000 with 14 players remaining. They will play three more levels before taking a 30-minute dinner break.

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 811

Event 2 popped down to the last two tables with the elimination of Tampa regular David Tuthill. Another deep run and a comeback after winning his second career WSOP Circuit ring here in February.

Blinds are now 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is 1,160,000 (39 bb). They will take another 15-minute break after this level.

15th: David Tuthill – $3,278
16th: Christopher Perry – $2,730
17th: Jeff Morzella – $2,730
18th: Ogel Rutskin – $2,730

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 811

Jeff Morzella opened to 65,000 from middle position and it folded to Ryan Luker in the small blind. He moved all in for 115,000 and Frank Weigel called from the big. Morzella called as well and it was three to the flop.

Weigel bet out 125,000 to get a fold from Morzella and the hands were tabled.

Weigel:
Luker:

Luker caught a piece of the flop with his suited ace but he could not come back as the board finished with the turn and river.

Frank Weigel – 840,000 (34 bb)

Last year this tournament had a tough final table that saw AJ Kelsall and Tony March chopping up the top two spots, also help March’s charity along the way. Kelsall made another deep run this year but fell short in 20th place.

19th: Ryan Luker – $2,237
20th: AJ Kelsall – $2,237
21st: Engelberth Varela – $2,237

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 811

And just like that, Event 2 is down to 21 players in less than half of a level after the break. Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the last three tables.

During that short spurt, Rafael Reis blasted away. The once big stacked player is now the biggest by far with 2,055,000.

One of the recent eliminations was Emmanuel Dimaano Jr who earned two payouts for two bags this tournament.

Recent results:

22nd: Thierry Quintin – $1,889
23rd: Randolph Spain – $1,889
24th: Denis Ramic – $1,889
25th: Brandon Sinawi – $1,598
26th: Jeffrey Kaplan – $1,598
27th: Emmanuel Dimanno Jr – $1,598

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 811

Event 2 moved into Level 22 shortly after the tournament hit the last four tables. We are still waiting for that slow down but it has not happened yet.

One interesting challenge with the current environment, picking out players as they practice the Safe + Sound guidelines. We have a new chip leader and did not recognize him, turns out it is none other than six-time WSOP Circuit champ Blake Whittington. The Jacksonville native is in town for the series and moved over 1 million chips after the break.

Once Whittington was “outed”, he was on the end for some fun needles from nearby fellow pros AJ Kelsall and Peter Walsworth.

Blinds are now 15,000/30,000 with is 30,000 ante and the average stack is 600,000 (30 bb) with 27 players remaining.

Recent results:

28th: Daniel Kusnerak – $1,311
29th: Jonmikel MacNichols – $1,311
30th: Hyong Lee – $1,311
31st: Kevin Blewitt – $1,311
32nd: Terri-Anne Crawford – $1,311
33rd: Niquarus Rawls – $1,311
34th: Mitchell Smith – $1,311

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 811

Event 2 is back in action after the break and Nancy Dang still leads the field as it shrinks. Her stack is two 5k chips over one million and her 1,010,000 is tops at the moment. Former Tampa Little Slick champ Frank Weigel is making a move and sits in second place with 970,000.

Blinds are now up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is 480,000 (32 bb) with 34 players remaining. With the 1K color up, the pretty 25K and 100K chips are now in play.

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 811

Level 20 came to an end and the 34 remaining players are taking another 15-minute break. Things are still flying and moving right along.

Rafael Reis is the latest player to make a move and stacked to 873,000 before leaving his seat. He is a dangerous player with a big stack as you can tell by his list of accomplishments. Reis moved over $1 million in career earnings before tournament poker took a break with big wins in Hollywood and Atlantic City.

Recent results:

35th: Leif Oskarsson – $1,311
36th: Wai Yu – $1,311
37th: Rassam Mohammadian – $1,151
38th: Russell Regan – $1,151
39th: Israr Khan – $1,151
40th: Michael Cohen – $1,151
41st: Timothy Smith – $1,151
42nd: Andrew Bannon – $1,151