$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 323

Herbert Woodbery opened to 75,000 from early position, RJ Sullivan moved all in for about 180,000 from the big blind, and Woodbery called.

Woodbery;
Sullivan:

Sullivan was dominated and couldn’t find a save on the board to exit in 13th place.

Herbert Woodbery – 1,800,000 (60 bb)
RJ Sullivan – Eliminated in 13th Place ($6,680)

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 323

We had a big hand go down on each table with two different outcomes. On Table 20, Turan Gulati open-shipped for 290. Billy Sanford called, Hal Rotholz moved all in over the top to isolate.

Gulati was in trouble with against but found a spade-chop when the board ran out . The pot was chopped and Sanford claimed to have folded pocket tens, one of them the which would have been good for a straight flush.

On Table 21, Jason Kapoor put his short stack in the middle with big slick and Herbert Woodbery’s pocket tens held to send him out in 15th place.

Herbert Woodbery – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Jason Kapoor – Eliminated in 15th Place ($5,525)

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 323

Slow, deep structure means we only lost one player, Aiping Jiang, once they were down to two tables and those remaining took a 10-minute break when Level 23 came to an end.

Likang Berninger is now your chip leader with 2,220,000 after the Event 3 final table member tripled up his 135,000 with four tables in the game and now leading everyone. Karl Manouchakian sits in second with 2,130,000 and Maurice Hawkins holds 2,050,000.

Blinds are now 15.000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,075,000 (36 bb).

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 323

Shortly after Chris Perry was eliminated, John Dolan went out 17th place. Tournament staff went to Table 22 and redistributed its players to the last two tables.

17th: John Dolan – $4,635
18th: Chris Perry – $4,635
19th: LaVann Williams – $4,635
20th: Anthony Askey – $4,635
21st: Jacob Naumann – $3,945

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 323

Maurice Hawkins opened the action from the cutoff and Chris Perry moved all in for 150,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Hawkins quickly called.

Hawkins:
Perry:

Perry was in bad shape with his single over card and never found a sweat as the board ran out .

Maurice Hawkins – 1,630,000 (65 bb)
Chris Perry – Eliminated in 18th Place ($4,635)

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 323

The Main Event went on another break with 21 players remaining and they are back in action with 90-minute levels from now until only two players are left.

Blinds are now 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 770,000 (31 bb).

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 323

Michael Rossi and Karl Manouchakian were heads up to a flop of and Rossi bet 50,000. Manouchakian called, the turn was , Rossi moved all in for about 110,000 and Manouchakian called.

“You have ace-queen?” Rossi asked.

He did.

Manouchakian:
Rossi:

Manouchakian flopped the join but Rossi had outs to a full house. The river was not one of those cards and he was eliminated in 22nd place.

Karl Manouchakian – 935,000 (47 bb)

22nd: Michael Rossi – $3,945
23rd: James Maita – $3,945

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 323

No one is running away with the chip lead as the stacks continue to stay pretty consistent for the most part. Michael McCray is stacked up the biggest at this point with 1,610,000 and his next-door neighbor Anthony Astarita is up to 1,265,000.

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 323

Level up in the Main Event with 23 players remaining and everyone guaranteed at least $3,945. Blinds are now 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 700,000 (35 bb). They will play out this level, take a break, and levels will last 90 minutes until the tournament is heads-up.

$1,700 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 323

The dinner break seems to have juiced the action a bit and we lost our players in less than a level. Former SHR Tampa WPO champ Bryce McVay and Rohan Long were sent out to leave 24 in the game.

Tournament staff paused the clock and they redrew new seats in the Main Event.

25th: Rohan Long – $3,405
26th: Bryce McVay – $3,405