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Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 226

Action folded to Gabriel Fuller in the cutoff and he moved all in for 270,000. Walter Thornton folded his button, Fred Paradis folded his small blind, and Yan Jiang called at risk in the big for 230,000.

Fuller:
Jiang:

Jiang was ahead for her double but Fuller took the lead when he paired his ace on the river. The turn and river finished the board and Jiang was eliminated in ninth place.

Gabriel Fuller – 575,000 (19 bb)
Yan Jiang – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,620)

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Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

Gabriel Fuller opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Frank Weigel came along from the big blind to see the flop. Weigel checked, Fuller bet 35,000 and Weigel check-raised to 85,000.

Fuller called, the turn was and both players checked. The river came and Weigel bet 140,000. Fuller thought for two minutes, tossed in a chip to call, and Weigel said “two pair”.

Weigel:
Fuller:

Weigel flopped a heart draw and hit running two pair tens and fives to top the jacks of Fuller.

Frank Weigel – 1,240,000 (50 bb)
Gabriel Fuller – 400,000 (16 bb)

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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

Fred Paradis opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and Yan Jiang moved all in for 195,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Paradis called to put her at risk.

Paradis:
Jiang:

Jiang was ahead with her ace but needed to fade the suited live cards of Paradis. The board ran out and Jiang doubled up.

Yan Jiang – 440,000 (22 bb)
Fred Paradis – 950,000 (48 bb)

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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

Nick Scholz limped from under the gun and Alexander Grassia bet to 50,000 from the button. Jeevan Nomula called from the big blind and Scholz came along to the flop.

Nomula and Scholz checked, Grassia continued to 75,000 and Nomula check-raised to 160,000. Scholz folded and Grassia called. The turn was and both players checked. The river was and Nomula bet 120,000 with 195,000 behind. Grassia moved all in, Nomula thought for two minutes and folded his hand.

Nomula dropped under ten big blinds but picked up a nice pot from Yan Jiang to move back over 300K while Grassia took the lead with 1,850,000.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

Players were sent on another break with nine players remaining and Fred Paradis still at the top. They will play three more levels before taking a 30-minute dinner break.

Seat 1: Jeevan Nomula – 555,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2: Nick Scholz – 720,000 (36 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 775,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Gabriel Fuller – 750,000 (38 bb)
Seat 5: Walter Thornton – 330,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Fred Paradis – 1,370,000 (69 bb)
Seat 7: Yan Jiang – 380,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Alexander Grassia – 1,285,000 (64 bb)
Seat 9: Jason Block – 675,000 (34 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th: $1,620

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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

The Event 3 final table is underway with Fred Paradis leading and Alexander Grassia not far behind. Blinds are up to 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 753,000 (47 bb).

Seat 1: Jeevan Nomula – 385,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Nick Scholz – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 740,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Gabriel Fuller – 645,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Walter Thornton – 432,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Fred Paradis – 1,315,000 (82 bb)
Seat 7: Yan Jiang – 310,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Alexander Grassia – 1,200,000 (75 bb)
Seat 9: Jason Block – 625,000 (39 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th: $1,620

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Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

With the board reading and the pot already huge, Table 22 kept the action going. Jeffrey Kohlman was all in at risk for about 110,000 while Nashaat Antonious and Alexander Grassia were playing a side pot for 83,000 each.

The turn came , Antonious checked, Grassia announced all in and Antonious called at risk for 247,000.

Kohlman:
Antonious:
Grassia:

Kohlman flopped top pair top kicker, Antonious had an over pair of jacks, but Grassia flopped the nine-high straight and had both players drawing dead to the river to drag the massive pot.

Kohlman and Antonious were eliminated, Grassia stacked up to 1,100,000 and the field made it to the final table when Maurice Haynes was eliminated soon after.

10th: Maurice Haynes – $1,620
11th: Nashaat Antonious – $1,330
12th: Jeffrey Kohlman – $1,330
13th: Tony March – $1,130
14th: AJ Perez – $1,130
15th: Amie Martini – $970
16th: Chase Besuden – $970

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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 226

It was a bit of a surprise to see AJ Perez walking to the payout desk since he hit the two-table redraw with a healthy stack.

“Look at Fred.” tournament staff said.

Fred Paradis looks like the recipient of Perez’s stack and jumped up to 981,000. Gabriel Fuller is still doing just fine with 785,000.

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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 226

It took less than one level to lose four players and trigger the two-table draw with 16 players remaining. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will catch up on the chip counts once things settle.

Table 21
Seat 1: Gabriel Fuller
Seat 2: AJ Perez
Seat 3: Nick Scholz
Seat 4: Tony March
Seat 5: Walter Thornton
Seat 6: Jason Block
Seat 7: Fred Paradis
Seat 8: Jeevan Nomula

Table 22
Seat 1: Yan Jiang
Seat 2: Nashaat Antonious
Seat 3: Amie Martini
Seat 4: Alexander Grassia
Seat 5: Maurice Haynes
Seat 6: Frank Weigel
Seat 7: Jeffrey Kohlmann
Seat 8: Chase Besuden

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,330
13th-14th: $1,130
15th-16th: $970
17th: Jake Ferro – $860
18th: Sean Boland – $860
19th: Thomas Gustafson – $860
20th: Michael Cohen – $860

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Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 226

The first break ended and action is back underway with 20 players remaining and levels are now 40 minutes for the duration. Gabriel Fuller is holding a pretty decent lead but some talent is trying to chase him down.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 338,000 (34 bb).

Table 11
Seat 1: Sean Boland – 157,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Chase Besuden – 123,000 (12 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Tony March – 422,000 (42 bb)
Seat 5: Jeevan Nomula – 268,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Frank Weigel – 172,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Nashaat Antonious – 354,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Amie Martini – 276,000 (28 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Fred Paradis – 429,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Jeffrey Kohlmann – 337,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Yan Jiang – 500,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Cohen – 190,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Alexander Grassia – 345,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Gabriel Fuller – 899,000 (90 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Walter Thornton – 391,000 (39 bb)
Seat 2: Maurice Haynes – 367,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Jake Ferro – 380,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Nick Scholz – 427,000 (43 bb)
Seat 5: Thomas Gustafson – 63,000 (6 bb)
Seat 6: AJ Perez – 354,000 (35 bb)
Seat 7: Jason Block – 302,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,330
13th-14th: $1,130
15th-16th: $970
17th-20th: $860
21st: Toan Pham – $780
22nd: Michael Silva – $780
23rd: John McGuinness – $780
24th: Edgardo Rosario – $780