Players will begin Level 20, the last level of Day 2.
The tournament director has announced that the restart for Day 3 will be at 1:00 p.m. local time Wednesday.
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 24,000
Alexander Kell opened to 27,000 from early position only to see Robert Campbell three-bet to 81,000 on the button. Nick Guagenti then jammed all in out of the big blind, getting a fold from Kell. Campbell thought long and hard about his decision but ultimately found a call to put Guagenti at risk.
Guagenti stood pat while Campbell took one, showing 9x6x5x2x. He was unable to improve however, bested by Guagenti's 10x7x6x5x3x to hand the at-risk player a full double while taking a significant hit to his own stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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590,000
335,000
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335,000 |
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565,000
410,000
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410,000 |
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425,000
-100,000
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-100,000 |
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From the cutoff, Michael Trivett raised to 330,000, and Jon Turner called from the button.
But big blind Philip Sternheimer cut out 123,000, and each opponent folded in turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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545,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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460,000
-190,000
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-190,000 |
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330,000
-180,000
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-180,000 |
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Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 25,000 from under the gun before Sami Bechahed moved all in on the button. The blinds got out of the way to send the action back to Neto who quickly called to put his opponent at risk.
Neto stood pat while Bechahed opted to take one after which Neto tabled 10x7x6x3x2x. Bechahed held 8x6x4x3x but could not best Neto's ten-seven after catching the Kx to bring his tournament to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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475,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Busted |
From early position Phil Hellmuth raised 40,000, leaving just 13,000 behind. It folded around to Brad Ruben in the big blind, who reraised to put Hellmuth all in.
Hellmuth called, and each drew one. Hellmuth declared jack-six, and Ruben was disappointed to find he'd paired threes.
On the next hand Hellmuth raised 27,000 from under the gun, and then Ruben shoved all in from the small blind. "The script is written Phil. You're going to spin this up to 600,000," Hellmuth said, mostly to himself before folding.
"Did you have an eight draw?" asked the sixteen-time bracelet winner. Ruben acknowledged he had.
Unfortunately minutes later Richard Ashby tangled with Hellmuth. Hellmuth ended up all in and busted when Ashby made a nine-eight and Hellmuth paired sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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540,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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435,000
85,000
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85,000 |
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Busted | |
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Chris Brewer raised 24,000 from the cutoff. Robert Massman, a seasoned lowball player who used to be known as "Razzman", reraised to 112,000 from the big blind, inducing the fold from Brewer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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710,000
-60,000
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-60,000 |
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425,000
205,000
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205,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Coming into the day, the plan had been to whittle the field down to five players. With a record breaking number of entries, however, that is no longer an option. Instead, the tournament director has just announced play will continue for two more levels until the end of Level 20 at which point the remaining players will bag for the night.
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 18,000
