$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 359

Davy Ridout opened to 45,000 from the cutoff and Korey Taylor moved all in for 365,000 from the small blind. Bobby Kennedy folded his big and Ridout called with a similar stack.

Ridout:
Taylor:

Taylor was ahead but needed to fade the over cards. The flop was safe and he locked up the hand when he made a set of jacks on the turn. The river finished the board and the stacks were counted down.

Taylor was the player at risk and Ridout was left with only 65,000. He found a small double up but was sent out soon after.

Korey Taylor – 770,000 (39 bb)
Davy Ridout – Eliminated in 20th Place ($5,000)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 359

After sending a double up across the table to Davy Ridout, Meir Barack was down short, survived an orbit, but made a move for his last 80,000 against Carlos Loving.

Loving:
Barack:

Barack had two live cards to double, both players paired the flop, but Barack was second best after the turn and river finished the board.

Carlos Loving – 1,550,000 (103 bb)
Meir Barack – Eliminated in 21st Place ($4,330)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 359

Joseph Orsino open-shipped for about 180,000 from the button and Paul Snead called in the big blind.

Orsino:
Snead:

“That’s it?” Orsino joked with Snead.

It only got worse when Snead made a set of kings on the [yh] flop and Orsino’s day was done after the turn and river.

Paul Snead – 945,000 (63 bb)
Joseph Orsino – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($4,300)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 359

Players returned from the first break with 23 players remaining, Carlos Loving leading, and they’ve all locked up at least $4,330.

Table 11
Seat 1: Josias Santos – 765,000 (51 bb)
Seat 2: Eric Piderit – 425,000 (28 bb)
Seat 3: Aaron Thivyanathan – 490,000 (33 bb)
Seat 4: Arthur Pirint – 350,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: John Gordon – 590,000 (39 bb)
Seat 6: Billy Papadopoulos – 870,000 (58 bb)
Seat 7: Drew Dodge – 625,000 (42 bb)
Seat 8: Tom McDonald – 370,000 (25 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Carlos Loving – 1,485,000 (99 bb)
Seat 2: Korey Taylor – 605,000 (40 bb)
Seat 3: Bobby Kennedy – 1,000,000 (67 bb)
Seat 4: Zachary Wells – 400,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Meir Barack – 285,000 (19 bb)
Seat 6: Austin Srur – 1,145,000 (76 bb)
Seat 7: Alexander Orlov – 770,000 (51 bb)
Seat 8: Davy Ridout – 545,000 (36 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: William Luciano – 290,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: Joseph Orsino – 220,000 (15 bb)
Seat 3: Yan Jiang – 525,000 (35 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Snead – 740,000 (49 bb)
Seat 5: Rodney Turvin – 225,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: William Criego – 825,000 (55 bb)
Seat 8: James McKinnon – 805,000 (54 bb)

1st: $109,110 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $72,610
3rd: $53,140
4th: $39,360
5th: $29,520
6th: $22,410
7th: $17,220
8th: $13,400
9th-10th: $10,560
11th-12th: $8,540
13th-14th: $7,020
15th-16th: $5,870
17th-20th: $5,000
21st-23rd: $4,330
24th: Ben Chelladurai – $4,330

25th: Carlos Barbosa – $3,830
26th: Marcus El Huaick – $3,830
27th: William Muniz – $3,830
28th: Sihao Zhang – $3,830
29th: Ken O’Donnell – $3,830
30th: Milind Naik – $3,830
31st: Brian Ray – $3,830
32nd: David Ambrose – $3,830

33rd: Shane Melert – $3,450
34th: Joseph Mole – $3,450
35th: Huan Ngo – $3,450
36th: Antony Pellegrini – $3,450
37th: Oscar Lindo – $3,450
38th: Armando Figueroa – $3,450
39th: Eric Tarikas – $3,450
40th: Filipp Khavin – $3,450

41st: James Calderaro – $3,170
42nd: Bryce McVay – $3,170
43rd: Matthew Leecy – $3,170
44th: Paul Stanechewski – $3,170
45th: Tony March – $3,170
46th: Vincent Censabella – $3,170
47th: Louis Bailey – $3,170

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 359

Here’s a look at the lineup for the last three tables, we will grab a full round of chip counts when they go one at the end of Level 18.

Table 11
Seat 1: Josias Santos
Seat 2: Eric Piderit
Seat 3: Aaron Thivyanathan
Seat 4: Arthur Pirint
Seat 5: John Gordon
Seat 6: Billy Papadopoulos
Seat 7: Drew Dodge
Seat 8: Tom McDonald

Table 21
Seat 1: Carlos Loving
Seat 2: Korey Taylor
Seat 3: Bobby Kennedy
Seat 4: Zachary Wells
Seat 5: Meir Barack
Seat 6: Austin Srur
Seat 7: Alexander Orlov
Seat 8: Davy Ridout

Table 22
Seat 1: William Luciano
Seat 2: Joseph Orsino
Seat 3: Yan Jiang
Seat 4: Paul Snead
Seat 5: Rodney Turvin
Seat 6: Ben Chelladurai
Seat 7: William Criego
Seat 8: James McKinnon

Remaining payouts:

1st: $109,110 + TPC Trophy
2nd: $72,610
3rd: $53,140
4th: $39,360
5th: $29,520
6th: $22,410
7th: $17,220
8th: $13,400
9th-10th: $10,560
11th-12th: $8,540
13th-14th: $7,020
15th-16th: $5,870
17th-20th: $5,000
21st-24th: $4,330

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 359

Meir Barack opened to 25,000 from under the gun and picked up calls from Billy Papadopoulos on the button and Carlos Barbosa on in the big blind.

The flop came and Barbosa moved all in for 109,000. Barack called and Papadopoulous moved all in. Barack had about 340,000 behind and elected to fold.

Papadopoulos:
Barbosa:

Papadopoulos was way ahead with his flopped set of eights, and Barbosa could not pull a miracle on the turn or river.

Billy Papadopoulos – 1,100,000 (92 bb)
Carlos Barbosa – Eliminated in 25th Place ($3,830)

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats for everyone at the last three tables.

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 359

Ken O’Donnell all in for around 200,000 from middle position and Billy Papadopoulos had him at risk.

Papadopoulos:
O’Donnell –

O’Donnell was dominated by the bigger pair and couldn’t find a save on the to exit in 29th place.

Billy Papadopoulos – 820,000 (82 bb)
Ken O’Donnell – Eliminated in 29th Place ($3,830)

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 359

We missed the important mechanics of the hand but found the end result. Starting Day 2 chip leader Milind Naik was packing up his bag for a trip to the payout desk while Austin Srur was stacking up over a million.

It was Srur’s nut flush versus Naik’s not the nut flush for the monster pot.

Austin Srur – 1,100,000 (110 bb)
Milind Naik – Eliminated in 30th Place ($3,830)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Only a few days remain if you want to take home one of those TPC trophies and we have a chance this afternoon with Event 8 at 2 pm. It is a $400 buy-in tournament with a $25,000 guarantee and one-day structure.

Players start with 30K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. They will continue from there until we have out TPC Event 8 champ.

• $25,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 8 Structure Sheet

$1,700 TPC Championship (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 359

David Ambrose open-shoved for his last 44,000 and Yan Jiang called on the button. The blinds folded and Ambrose saw he was in trouble.

Jiang:
Ambrose:

Ambrose had a single over card and Jiang locked up the hand when the case ten came on the flop. The board finished with the turn and river to send Ambrose out in 32nd place.

Yan Jiang – 335,000 (42 bb)
David Ambrose – Eliminated in 32nd Place ($3,830)