| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
631,230
247,016
|
247,016 |
|
629,564
54,950
|
54,950 |
|
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|
548,184
16,908
|
16,908 |
|
518,797
47,950
|
47,950 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 350
Just before the end of Level 15, "Bees44" started the action with a raise from on the button to 6,250. Fei "Shanghaichen" Chen made the call from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Chen checked. "Bees44" bet 5,586 and Chen made the smooth call.
The turn was 
and Chen checked. "Bees44" led with 16,396 and Chen check-raised to 75,910. "Bees44" immediately went over the top to put Chen's last 154,600 at risk and got the call.
"Bees44": 
Fei "Shanghaichen" Chen: 
Chen flopped a full house with nines full of jacks, but "Bees44" turned a bigger one and the 
on the river was no help as "Bees44" claimed the massive pot and the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
631,230 | |
|
|
Busted |
"A LEI" opened the button for 9,000 and was called by Joao Simao. Simao bet 21,600 on the 
flop. "A LEI" raised to 43,200 and Simao called off his stack of 29,950.
Joao Simao: 
"A LEI": 
Simao had draws for a straight but neither the turn nor the 
river was able to complete them. This was the third bullet for Simao and his run at a bracelet in this event is over as the event only allows for two re-entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
603,326
26,238
|
26,238 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Noam "lamalo21" Garama opened for 6,300 from under the gun and was called by "A LEI" from the small blind and Noah "TheVaccine" Schwartz from the big blind.
All three players checked both the 
flop and the turn before "A LEI" led out for 21,000 on the river. Schwartz called before Garama raised to 79,500. "A LEI" folded and Schwartz called off for his stack of 38,030.
Schwartz held 
for a flush but this wasn't good enough as Garama held 
for the nut flush to win the hand. Schwartz re-entered after the hand was completed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
574,876
28,450
|
28,450 |
|
|
||
|
229,951 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
729,586
348,185
|
348,185 |
|
|
715,060
83,830
|
83,830 |
|
|
582,926
8,050
|
8,050 |
|
|
||
|
576,380
125,372
|
125,372 |
|
|
505,946
28,483
|
28,483 |
"INNO-C" called from middle position and "Mmarcus" raised to 13,500 from the button. Action folded back around to "INNO-C" for the call.
The flop was 
and "INNO-C" checked. "Mmarcus" bet 33,600 and got the check-call.
The turn was 
and "INNO-C" bet 50,400 and "MMarcus" called for their last 33,599.
"INNO-C": 
"Mmarcus":
The river was a , giving "Mmarcus" a crucial double with the full house of twos full of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
394,277
62,033
|
62,033 |
|
167,998
100,224
|
100,224 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,750/3,500
Ante: 450
James Chen opened for 7,500 from under the gun and "arwen141923" raised to 12,000 from the big blind. Chen four-bet to 37,500 and "arwen141923" called.
"arwen141923" check-jammed the 
flop from 21,222 to 76,196 and Chen called.
"arwen141923": 
James Chen:
Chen flopped a set of aces but had to sweat an open-ended straight draw. His opponent was unable to improve and used their second portion of their double-stack after the turn and 
river completed the board.
A few hands later, Chen also took this as well and "arwen141923" didn't re-enter after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
459,187
157,974
|
157,974 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Late registration is now closed with the field attracting 975 entries including 385 re-entries to generate a $366,600 prize pool. Tomorrow's winner will not only win a gold ring but the $55,369 top prize.
There were just 243 players remaining with 152 players scheduled to be rewarded at least a min-cash of $668. Here is a look at all of the payouts:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $55,369 |
| 2 | $40,033 |
| 3 | $28,944 |
| 4 | $20,927 |
| 5 | $15,131 |
| 6 | $10,940 |
| 7 | $7,910 |
| 8 | $5,681 |
| 9 | $4,819 |
| 10-11 | $4,087 |
| 12-15 | $3,466 |
| 16-19 | $2,940 |
| 20-23 | $2,493 |
| 24-29 | $2,115 |
| 30-35 | $1,794 |
| 36-47 | $1,521 |
| 48-59 | $1,290 |
| 60-71 | $1,094 |
| 72-89 | $928 |
| 90-107 | $787 |
| 108-152 | $668 |
