Break!
With Level 20 done, the players are off on a 10-minte break.
With Level 20 done, the players are off on a 10-minte break.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
The following players appear to have the biggest stacks in the final 30 heading into Level 21:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Carl Carodenuto | 800,000 | |
Matt Vaughan | 740,000 | |
Rich Alsup | 670,000 | |
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Yao Yin | 625,000 | |
Jeremy Dresch | 600,000 | |
Vladimir Revniaga | 560,000 | |
Josh Skrogstad | 526,000 |
Pocket aces just held up for DJ Buckley against the in a big hand that sent him up to a spot among the leaders with 700,000 now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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DJ Buckley | 700,000 |
Jeremy Dresch just dispatched one short stack with the over the , hitting an ace on the turn and a deuce on the river.
Now down to 27, the players are redrawing for seats at the final three tables.
Justin Thurlow shoved over the top of a Dennis Stevermer 27,000-chip open.
Stevermer made the call with the , but would need some help against Thurlow's .
He got none on the board and Thurlow doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Justin Thurlow | 270,000 | |
Dennis Stevermer | 240,000 |
Willie Olson opened for 25,000 and got called in two spots before Rob Wazwaz pushed all in for 100,000.
Only DJ Buckley called and was dominating Wazwaz' with his . The board ran out , taking Wazwaz with it.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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DJ Buckley |
750,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Rob Wazwaz | Busted | |
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Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
After one short stack shoved under the gun and Brian Berthiaume called from the small blind, Jeremy Dresch shipped it in way over the top from the big blind.
Berthiaume took his time about it, but made the call with the . He was behind Dresch's dominating , but ahead of the shorty's .
The board rolled out giving Berthiaume the double, knocking Dresch back down to earth and the shorty out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeremy Dresch |
710,000
110,000
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110,000 |
Brian Berthiaume |
500,000
357,000
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357,000 |
Since rushing out to a massive lead early in the day, Yao Yin has gone nowhere but down.
He just called the last of his chips off with the when Willie Olson shoved . Yin apparently flopped a flush draw, but Olson made two pair and it held.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Yao Yin | Busted |