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Championship: Counts on Break; Thien Nguyen Continues to Lead

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 300

Thien Nguyen

Table 11
Seat 1: Fred Paradis – 265,000 (18 bb)
Seat 4: Frank Menendez – 300,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Nathaniel Palombo – 1,345,000 (90 bb)
Seat 6: Hassan El Hakim – 930,000 (62 bb)
Seat 7: Cheri Ivan – 175,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: David Meagher – 405,000 (27 bb)
Seat 9: William Criego – 385,000 (26 bb)

Table 13
Seat 1: Mark Cahill – 345,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2: Wayne Leonard – 1,360,000 (91 bb)
Seat 4: Mike Ahmad – 470,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Diego Uez – 600,000 (40 bb)
Seat 6: Joshua Morgan – 330,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Edwards Muniz – 220,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9: C.J. Walker – 325,000 (22 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Heather Kimel – 635,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Daniel Zucker – 890,000 (59 bb)
Seat 4: Thien Nguyen – 1,700,000 (113 bb)
Seat 6: Jeffrey Hong – 430,000 (29 bb)
Seat 7: Ken Grooms – 140,000 (9 bb)
Seat 8: Dan Murray – 260,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Mike Hernandez – 440,000 (29 bb)

1st: $100,900 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $62,360
3rd: $44,700
4th: $32,620
5th: $24,250
6th: $18,360
7th: $14,170
8th: $11,150
9th: $8,950
10th-12th: $7,330
13th-15th: $6,120
16th-18th: $5,230
19th-21st: $4,560

22nd: Rafael Reis – $4,060
23rd: Roberto Melo – $4,060
24th: Jeff Trudeau Jr – $4,060
25th: Tony March – $3,700
26th: Carl Carlisle – $3,700
27th: Dion Jagroo – $3,700
28th: Mitch Garshofsky – $3,450
29th: Yu Lu – $3,450
30th: Justin Green – $3,450
31st: Daniel Kasper – $3,290
32nd: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $3,290
33rd: Bradley Williams – $3,290
34th: Tyler Green – $3,220
35th: William Davis – $3,220
36th: Kelley Slay – $3,220
37th: Jordan Lowery – $3,220
38th: Kevin Blewitt – $3,220
39th: John Two-Bears – $3,220

Championship: Three Tables Remain

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 300

Mitch Garshofsky

Mitch Garshofsky was eliminated in 28th place to drop the field to the last three tables. Since the field returned with five short-handed tables, the tournament manager’s decision was to redraw seats at two tables instead of three.

28th: Mitch Garshofsky – $3,450
29th: Yu Lu – $3,450

Lu Yu

Championship: First Break

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 300

Ricardo Eyzaguirre finished in 32nd place

They continued to drop at a quick pace but the first break put a halt to that. We have 29 players remaining and the stacks are really deep, coming back to an average stack at 52 bigs.

30th: Justin Green – $3,450
31st: Daniel Kasper – $3,290
32nd: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $3,290
33rd: Bradley Williams – $3,290
34th: Tyler Green – $3,220
35th: William Davis – $3,220
36th: Kelley Slay – $3,220

Tyler Green
William Davis
Kelley Slay
Justin Green

Championship: Quick to Four Tables

$1,700 TPC Championship
Prize Pool: $450,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 300

John Two-Bears

It only took a few minutes to break the first table of the day when John Two-Bears ran his big bling ace-queen in pocket kings followed by Kevin Blewitt and Jordan Lowery going out with big aces versus queens.

37th: Jordan Lowery – $3,220
38th: Kevin Blewitt – $3,220
39th: John Two-Bears – $3,220

Jordan Lowery
Kevin Blewitt