$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:  11 of 323

Nick Palma raised to 130,000 from the cutoff leaving 80,000 behind and Hal Rotholz raised to 230,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Palma called at risk for 210,000 total.

Palma:
Rotholz:

Palma had two live, suited cards to stay in the game but missed the floop. The turn was no help but he had his double after the river.

Nick Palma – 495,000 (17 bb)
Hal Rotholz – 1,525,000 (51 bb)

$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

Thomas Elder found himself all in and at risk for 470,000 against Nick Palma needing a lot of help.

Elder:
Palma:

Elder needed to catch something to stay in the Main Event but missed the flop. He began standing up when the turn hit the board but Elder sat right back down when he hit the river to double.

Palma was down to only 160,000 but found a double on the next hand to get some chips to work with.

Thomas Elder – 1,015,000 (34 bb)
Nick Palma – 395,000 (13 bb)

$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)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
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)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
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.