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Championship: Ray Mancini – 8th Place ($21,500)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 625

Ray Mancini

Ray Mancini open-shoved for 1,000,000 from under the gun and Rodney Turvin called from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded and the hands were tabled.

Turvin: Ah4h
Mancini: QsJd

Turvin was ahead but Mancini had two live cards to double. The board ran out Td4d2s5hKc, Turvin paired his four, and won the pot. After counting down both stacks, each player had exactly 1,000,000 and Mancini was eliminated in eighth place.

Rodney Turvin – 2,250,000 (23 bb)
Ray Mancini – Eliminated in 8th Place ($21,500)

Championship: Steve Buckner Doubles Through Rodney Turvin

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 625

Steve Bucker open-shoved for 1,250,000 from early position, Rodney Turvin reshipped for about one million more and the rest of the table folded.

Buckner: AhKh
Turvin: 9d9h

It was a race and Buckner took the lead when he paired his king on the Kd6c3c flop. He faded the 4h turn and Jd river to double up.

Steve Buckner – 2,750,000 (28 bb)
Rodney Turvin – 1,100,000 (11 bb)

Championship: Fred Paradis Doubles Through Thad McNulty

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 625

Fred Paradis and Thad McNulty were heads-up to a 7h3s2c flop when Paradis committed his last 775,000 to the middle and McNulty had him at risk.

Luckily for Paradis, his pair of queens QsQh was better than McNulty’s tens and held on the Jc turn and 2s for another double.

Fred Paradis – 2,200,000 (22 bb)
Thad McNulty – 3,500,000 (35 bb)

Championship: Counts on Break

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 625

The eight remaining players were sent on another break as tournament staff pulled the 5K chips out of play. Ryan Brown extended his lead and everyone is guaranteed at least $21,500.

Seat 1: Steve Buckner – 1,600,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 1,325,000 (13 bb)
Seat 3: Rodney Turvin – 2,350,000 (24 bb)
Seat 4: Thad McNulty – 4,775,000 (48 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Brown – 7,900,000 (79 bb)
Seat 6: Huicun Qiao – 2,525,000 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Ray Mancini – 1,850,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Alec Magdan – 2,475,000 (25 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $171,670
2nd: $114,350
3rd: $84,160
4th: $62,630
5th: $47,130
6th: $35,870
7th: $27,610
8th: $21,500

Championship: Pavel Milanov – 9th Place ($16,930)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 625

Pavel Milanov

Pavel Milanov opened the action from early position, Alec Magdan moved all in from the small blind, and Milanov called at risk for 690,000.

Magdan: QhQs
Milanov: AdTh

Milanov was dominated by the queens and found no help on the Kh9c9sJc5d board to exit the Championship final table in ninth place.

Alec Magdan – 1,940,000 (24 bb)
Pavel Milanov – Eliminated in 9th Place ($16,930)

Championship: Huicen Qiao Doubles Through Thad McNulty

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 625

Huicen Qiao

Thad McNulty opened to 225,000 from under the gun and Ryan Brown called next to act. Huicun Qiao moved all in for 1,245,000 and it folded back around to McNulty. He raised to push Brown out of the pot and hands were tabled.

Qiao: AdQs
McNulty: 8c8d

It was a race and Qiao missed the KcJd6d flop but added a gutshot Broadway draw. The Qc turn put him in the lead with a pair of queens and he doubled after the 2s river.

Huicun Qiao – 2,915,000 (36 bb)
Thad McNulty – 2,755,000 (34 bb)
Ryan Brown – 4,975,000 (62 bb)

Championship: Final Table Lineup

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 625

Seat 1: Steve Buckner – 1,900,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 2,700,000 (45 bb)
Seat 3: Rodney Turvin – 1,800,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4: Pavel Milanov – 1,300,000 (22 bb)
Seat 5: Thad McNulty – 4,000,000 (67 bb)
Seat 6: Ryan Brown – 5,200,000 (87 bb)
Seat 7: Huicun Qiao – 1,600,000 (27 bb)
Seat 8: Ray Mancini – 4,350,000 (73 bb)
Seat 9: Alec Magdan – 2,100,000 (35 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $171,670
2nd: $114,350
3rd: $84,160
4th: $62,630
5th: $47,130
6th: $35,870
7th: $27,610
8th: $21,500
9th: $16,930