$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 838

Just like that, TPC Event 1 dropped to 27 players and triggered the three-table redraw. We will post a seat map and chip counts at the next break.

28th: Maled Tajalli – $1,370
29th: Julio Novo – $1,370
30th: Fred Paradis – $1,370
31st: A.J. Kelsall – $1,200
32nd: Matthew Brandy – $1,200
33rd: David Ciener – $1,200
34th: Dave Phillips – $1,070
35th: John Dolan – $1,070
36th: Maroun Akiki – $1,070

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 838

The blinds finally caught up, and the field quickly dropped to the last four tables after the color-up break. They are now guaranteed at least $1,070 and increases are coming.

37th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $970
38th: Lucas Tae – $970
39th: David Wolf – $970
40th: Jose Garcia – $970
41st: Daniel Zucker – $970
42nd: Kris Golshan – $970
43rd: Jesse Hunnicutt – $970
44th: Robert Cornette – $970
45th: Hemchand Prasad – $970

46th: Mike Ahmad – $890
47th: Ioannis Patsourakis – $890
48th: Tarun Gulati – $890
49th: Milind Naik – $890
50th: Scott Woodring – $890
51st: David Pelosi – $890
52nd: Pablo Valdivieso – $890
53rd: Tony March – $890
54th: James Browning Jr – $890

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 838

Players are back in their seats after the 1K color-up break, and we found five players with more than one million chips in their stack.

Sam O’Bryant continues to lead the field with Chris Moore, Justin Green, Kai Merola, and Aaron Thivyanathan making up the top five stacks.

Blinds now last 40 minutes each until we have a winner.

Sam O’Bryant – 1,405,000 (70 bb)
Chris Moore – 1,315,000 (66 bb)
Justin Green – 1,256,000 (63 bb)
Kai Merola – 1,145,000 (57 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 1,025,000 (51 bb)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 838

55th: Jerry Prieto – $820
56th: Milan Cyprich – $820
57th: Zachary Booth – $820
58th: Michael Kalmowicz – $820
59th: Jonathan Curtis – $820
60th: Anthony Midthun – $820
61st: Mark Wiser – $820
62nd: Matthew White – $820
63rd: Michael Kelly – $820

64th: Nathan Seifert – $770
65th: Evan Pantano – $770
66th: Dustin Bradley – $770
67th: Christopher Figole – $770
68th: Tom McDonald – $770
69th: John Sears – $770
70th: Michael Bronzo – $770
71st: Jacob Fenuccio – $770
72nd: John Wolfe III – $770

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 838

Kai Merola looks like the new leader in the ever-shrinking Event 1 field, the first person over 1,000,000 and sitting at 1,180,000 in a few big, healthy towers.

Steven Sinclair is also up among the leaders, stacked with 890,000 after sending a player out after the break.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 838

73rd Nihal Sarasani – $740
74th Shane Dellus – $740
75th Edward Kofler – $740
76th Shawn Borrack – $740
77th Rory Malisoff – $740
78th Kevin Blewitt – $740
79th Bradley Toper – $740
80th Renato Moraes – $740
81st James Williams – $740

82nd John Weber – $720
83rd Michael Anderson – $720
84th Scott Swatscheno – $720
85th James Mori – $720
86th Juan Tellez – $720
87th Nick Scholz – $720
88th Bradley Peterson – $720
89th Anthony Berouty – $720
90th Dante Collier – $720

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 838

Action is back underway after the first break with 69 players remaining and Sam O’Bryant continues to lead the field. Pablo Valdivieso is not far behind with Scott Woodring and Josh Nicholson lurking.

Sam O’Bryant – 951,000 (95 bb)
Pablo Valdivieso – 942,000 (94 bb)
Scott Woodring – 849,000 (85 bb)
Josh Nicholson – 741,000 (74 bb)
Steven Sinclair  –  735,000 (74 bb)

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  74 of 838

We are nearing the end of Level 16 and players will soon enjoy their first breather of the day. We lost 30+ players over that time, despite the deep stacks, and things should settle after they return.

They will return and play three more 30-minute levels before another break and increasing levels to 40 minutes.

$400 No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $276,540  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 838

91st: Justin Snavely – $710
92nd: Anibal Pabon – $710
93rd: Eli Kiwan – $710
94th: John Dobson – $710
95th: Giancarlo Disalvo – $710
96th: Riley Price – $710
97th: Brian Harris – $710
98th: Steve Fiorentini – $710
99th: Kamvar Razavian – $710

100th: Luke Jacobs – $700
101st: Marco Belusic – $700
102nd: Ross Corless – $700
103rd: Joshua Poe – $700
104th: Lindsey Anderson – $700
105th: Charles Burns Jr – $700
106th: Oleksii Liakh – $700
107th: Brian Farrington – $700
108th: Luis Medina – $700

$250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

While Day 2 of the opening TPC event players down on one side of the room, we have a fun one-day tournament kicking off on the other at noon. It is a $400 No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool and a trophy awaiting the winner.

Players sit with 30K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm.

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet