$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 772

Courtesy of his double knockout earlier, Ronald Sullivan leads the Main Event following the color-up break with Alex Rusinovas, Aaron Thivynathan, Cody Hernandez, and Tommy Bates rounding out the top five with 28 remaining.

Ronald Sullivan – 1,775,000 (71 bb)
Alex Rusinovas – 1,640,000 (66 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 1,525,000 (61 bb)
Cody Hernandez – 1,265,000 (51 bb)
Tommy Bates – 1,240,000 (50 bb)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 772

Main Event players are taking a 15-minute break while tournament staff color off the 1K chips and slide some 100K in play. They will return to play three more levels before taking a dinner break.

33rd: Yi Li – $5,580
34th: Edgardo Rosario – $5,580
35th: Carlos Guerrero – $5,580
36th: Jebhar Patterson – $5,580
37th: Karl Manouchakian – $5,580
38th: Aaron Olshan – $5,580
39th: Francis Ryan – $5,580
40th: Marco Grasso – $5,580

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 772

We caught up with Table 10 with Karl Manouchakian all in for 328,000 and Ronald Sullivan moved all in over the top to put Jebhar Patterson into deep thought. Patterson called all in at risk for about 510,000 to create a massive pot.

Sullivan:
Manouchakian:
Patterson:

Sullivan was ahead with the nines but the made things interesting. Manouchakian and Patterson had draws and blockers but the turn and river were bad news for both. Sullivan won the pot, knocked out two tough players, and took the lead.

Ronald Sullivan – 1,966,000 (98 bb)
Jebhar Patterson – Eliminated in 36th Place ($5,580)
Karl Manouchakian – Eliminated in 37th Place ($5,580)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 772

The Main Event field dropped down to the last five tables in the tournament with 40 players remaining and all guaranteed at least $5,580.

41st: Edward Kofler – $4,840
42nd: Jurgis Ragauskas – $4,840
43rd: Roman Kornev – $4,840
44th: Chris Hyden – $4,840
45th: John O’Neal – $4,840
46th: Shane Scorza – $4,840
47th: Bryce McVay – $4,840
48th: Chrissy Holubeck – $4,840

49th: Craig McCray – $4,245
50th: Justin Zaki – $4,245
51st: Sean Conklin – $4,245
52nd: Truyen Nguyen – $4,245
53rd: Dominick Minaya – $4,245
54th: Terri-Anne Crawfod – $4,245
55th: Jeffrey Yanchek – $4,245
56th: Frank Pasquale – $4,245

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 772

Howard Feingold in on heater. He sent a few players to the payout desk and pushed his stack up among the leaders with 1,100,000 as the field drops.

Tommy Bates is also climbing the counts with 888,000 heading into the late stages of the Main Event.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 772

Howard Feingold opened to 35,000 from middle position and Chrissy Holubeck moved all in for 59,000 from the cutoff. Jacob Ferro thought about coming along from the big blind but folded before Feingold called.

“You have a pair?” Holubeck asked. She was disappointed at the answer.

Holubeck:
Feingold:

“Give her a nine!” Feingold asked of the dealer.

Holubeck was dominated by the bigger pair and couldn’t find a save as the board ran to send the Poker Room regular out of the Main Event.

Howard Feingold – 690,000 (43 bb)
Chrissy Holubeck – Eliminated in 48th Place ($4,840)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 772

Another batch of results as the Main Event field continues to shrink. They are moving right along and the pay jumps are coming quickly.

57th: Tim Conn – $3,775
58th: James Stalnaker – $3,775
59th: Christopher Moore – $3,775
60th: James Rubinski – $3,775
61st: David Moses – $3,775
62nd: Jeffrey Russell – $3,775
63rd: Yousef Nassr – $3,775
64th: Michael Turton – $3,775

65th: AJ Kelsall – $3,395
66th: Oscar Lindo – $3,395
67th: Jason Klapman – $3,395
68th: Frank Russo – $3,395
69th: Garrett Vollmar – $3,395
70th: Brandon Best – $3,395
71st: Michael Suggs – $3,395
72nd: Ben Boston – $3,395

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 772

After a long stretch, we have a new chip leader in the Main Event. Players returned from break and our new top stack belongs to Cody Hernandez with 1,491,000. Alex Rusinovas is still just fine with 1,220,000 followed by Aaron Thivyanathan with 1,077,000.

Eric Valerio (996,000) and Robert Michener (917,000) round out the top five as they head to a new level.

Blinds are up to 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 445,000 (37 bb) and everyone is now guaranteed at least $4,245.

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 772

Tommy Bates found himself in an ideal situation right before the break. He was sitting in the big blind watching as Frank Pasquale and Tim Conn got their chip in the middle and he was holding .

An easy call for Bates and he dominated the and of his opponents. The flop only gave him a tiny sweat and he knocked both players out after the turn and river.

Tommy Bates – 697,000 (70 bb)
Frank Pasquale – Eliminated in 56th Place ($4,245)
Tim Conn – Eliminated in 57th Place ($3,775)

$1,700 WPO Main Event (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 772

We missed the preflop action but the end result was AJ Kelsall all in for about 230,000 against Peter Vitantonio.

Vitantonio:
Kelsall:

It was a race to start but Vitantonio virtually slammed the door on the flop. Kelsall made a set on the turn but couldn’t duplicate Chris Hyden’s runner-runner quads when the river finished the board.

Kelsall was eliminated in 65th place, another table was broken up, and everyone remaining hit a pay jump.

Peter Vitantonio – 660,000 (66 bb)
AJ Kelsall – Eliminated in 65th Place ($3,395)