$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 625

Brian McKain open-shoved for 350,000 from middle position and Juan Carlos Ramirez reshipped for 360,000 from the cutoff. Wagner Wysotchanski thought for a couple of minutes but opted to fold his hand.

Ramirez:
McKain:

Another monster late in the Championship and McKain was eliminated after the board.

Juan Carlos Ramirez – 760,000 (38 bb)

27th: Brian McKain – $5,420
28th: Kevin Ragusa – $5,420
29th: Brett Apter – $5,420
30th: Randy Levin – $5,420
31st: Josh Adkins – $5,420

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 625

Action folded to Randy Levin in middle position and he moved all in for 235,000. Rodney Turvin called from the cutoff and the button and blinds folded.

Turvin:
Levin:

Levin ran into a monster and nothing could save his spot in the Championship on the run out.

Rodney Turvin – 975,000 (49 bb)
Randy Levin – Eliminated in 30th Place ($5,420)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 625

Ryan D’Angelo opened the action from the hijack, T.K. Miles moved all in from the big blind for 320,000 and D’Angelo quickly called with a stack that wasn’t a ton bigger.

Miles:
D’Angelo:

Our all-time money leader was in bad shape with big slick against the kings and Miles could not pull off a miracle on the to exit in 32nd place.

Ryan D’Angelo – 775,000 (39 bb)
T.K. Miles – Eliminated in 32nd Place ($5,420)

Josh Adkins was eliminated in 31st at the next table and they moved into Level 20. Blinds are now 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 835,000 (42 bb).

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 625

Stephen Brite opened the action from the cutoff and Mike Rossi three-bet to 65,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Brite ripped in for 175,000 and Rossi quickly called.

Rossi:
Brite:

Brite was in great shape but four hearts on the board gave Rossi the bigger flush to send Brite out in 33rd place.

Tournament staff broke Table 20 and there are four tables remaining.

Mike Rossi – 2,590,000 (173 bb)

33rd: Stephen Brite – $4,710
34th: Justin Zaki – $4,710
35th: Spencer Broberg – $4,710
36th: Kevin Wright – $4,710

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 625

Championship players returned from their dinner break with 36 remaining and Thad McNulty leading the way. He has a stack worth 1,775,000 and we have five other players over one million.

They are scheduled to play four more levels today, with a break in the middle, or continue until they reach final table nine.

Here’s a look at the top ten stacks coming back from dinner:

Thad McNulty – 1,775,000 (118 bb)
Alec Magdan – 1,400,000 (93 bb)
Mike Rossi – 1,385,000 (92 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – 1,235,000 (82 bb)
Ryan Brown – 1,085,000 (72 bb)
Josh Adkins – 1,025,000 (68 bb)
Michael Dalberth – 985,000 (66 bb)
Kyle Givens – 980,000 (65 bb)
Tom Nguyen – 945,000 (63 bb)
Rodney Turvin – 940,000 (63 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $171,670 + Guitar trophy
2nd: $114,350
3rd: $84,160
4th: $62,630
5th: $47,130
6th: $35,870
7th: $27,610
8th: $21,500
9th-10th: $16,930
11th-12th: $13,490
13th-14th: $10,940
15th-16th: $9,000
17th-20th: $7,490
21st-24th: $6,330
25th-32nd: $5,420
33rd-36th: $4,710

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 625

The 36 remaining players were sent on a 60-minute dinner break and will return to play four more levels before bagging for Day 3.

37th: RJ Sullivan – $4,710
38th: Steven Collins – $4,710
39th: Jordan Degrenier – $4,710
40th: Jake Ferro – $4,710

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 625

With the elimination of Joe Jimenez in 41st place, the Championship reached the last five tables of the tournament. Everyone remaining is guaranteed at least $4,710 and the average stacks is up to 52 big blinds.

Settle in.

41st: Joe Jimenez – $4,150
42nd: Harvey Vandeven – $4,150
43rd: Frank Weigel – $4,150
44th: Kyle Dilschneider – $4,150
45th: Elliott Peterman – $4,150
46th: Bill Burdick – $4,150
47th: Lynn Bowersox – $4,150
48th: Chris Perry – $4,150

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 625

Jake Ferro checked his cards, checked his stack, and moved all in for 73,000 from early position. It folded to Jordan Degrenier and he asked “Do you want a sweat?”

Ferro laughed and Degrenier slow-peeled one card at a time and called.

Ferro:
Degrenier:

Ferro was in great shape for the double and it got even better when made a set of sixes on the . The turn and river finished the board and Ferro’s boat shipped him a double.

Jake Ferro – 164,000 (14 bb)
Jordan Degrenier – 132,000 (11 bb)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 625

Thad McNulty quietly built himself a big castle of chips, stacking up to 1,678,000 and looks like the leader with a lot of fluid chip movement at the moment. He is one of three players to take advantage of the best-stack-forward format and making the most of it.

Blinds are up to 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 595,000 (50 bb). They aren’t going anywhere fast and the dinner break comes after this level.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 625

The Championship quickly dropped down to the last six tables with 48 players remaining and everyone has at least $4,150 locked up.

49th: Nathan Cho – $3,720
50th: Richar Kaplan – $3,720
51st: Joseph Orsino – $3,720
52nd: Mohamad Al Halwani – $3,720
53rd: Jack Sumner – $3,720
54th: Marcus Gurley – $3,720
55th: James McCarty – $3,720
56th: Steven Carswell – $3,720

57th: Jerry Silva – $3,380
58th: Khanh Truong – $3,380
59th: Julio Delgado – $3,380
60th: Sean Heywood – $3,380
61st: Dan Clemente – $3,380
62nd: Marcelo Lanas – $3,380
63rd: John Tamkutonis – $3,380
64th: Alexander Orlov – $3,380