$1,100 Championship
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Players: 9/161

Seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: Adam Levy – 168,000
Seat 2: Stuart Peterson – 394,000
Seat 3: Frederico Dabus – 268,000
Seat 4: Dave Whalen – 255,000
Seat 5: Peter Vitantonio – 635,000
Seat 6: Andrew Badecker – 781,000
Seat 7: Israel De La Cerda – 305,000
Seat 8: Herbert Woodbery – 142,000
Seat 9: James Newcomb – 268,000

Remaining payouts:

1st – $49,905
2nd – $28,980
3rd – $18,515
4th – $13,041
5th – $10,063
6th – $7,648
7th – $5,957
8th – $4,428
9th – $3,140

Updated results:

10th: Ido Ashkenazi – $2,496
11th: Santan Noronha – $2,496
12th: Robert Midgette – $2,496
13th: Ronald Sullivan – $2,093
14th: Marc Medrano – $2,093
15th: Robert Miller – $2,093
16th: Bruce Snell – $1,852
17th: Stephen Diamantas – $1,852
18th: Dolphus Powers – $1,852

$1,100 Championship
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players: 9/161

At the final table of the @STAX_Poker $1k. 50k up top. Been cockroaching my short stack all day a la old school @SamENole. 7 of 9, 15 bigs

— Adam Levy (@Roothlus) January 31, 2016

Adam Levy and James Newcomb are among the tournament’s shortstacks. Over the course of the last few hands, Levy has opened shoved twice and Newcomb once. On all three occasions no one called the all-in bet.

The average stack currently sits at 22 big blinds.

$1,100 Championship
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players: 9/161

Dave Whalen opened to 25,000 from early position and Peter Vitantonio three-bet to 58,000 from this direct left. Whalen called and they were heads up.

Both players checked the flop and turn. The river fell the . Whalen lead for 85,000 and Vitantonio raised to 255,000. After some thought, Whalen called.

Vitantonio: for aces full
Whalen: for 10s full

The cooler earned Vitantonio a pot that surged his stack up over 800,000 while Whalen was left with a little under 300,000.

$1,100 Championship
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players: 9/161

After coming to the unofficial final table as the shortstack, Ido Ashkenazi was the first to go. He earned $2,496 for his 10th-place finish.

All remaining players are now assured $3,140.

$1,100 Championship
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players: 10/161

Seating assignments and chip counts:

Seat 1: Adam Levy – 173,000
Seat 2: Stuart Peterson – 140,000
Seat 3: Frederico Dabus – 258,000
Seat 4: Dave Whalen – 426,000
Seat 5: Peter Vitantonio – 455,000
Seat 6: Ido Ashkenazi – 90,000
Seat 7: Andrew Badecker – 1,086,000
Seat 8: Israel De La Cerda – 190,000
Seat 9: Herbert Woodbery – 170,000
Seat 10: James Newcomb – 263,000

Remaining payouts:

1st – $49,905
2nd – $28,980
3rd – $18,515
4th – $13,041
5th – $10,063
6th – $7,648
7th – $5,957
8th – $4,428
9th – $3,140
10th – $2,496

Updated results:

11th: Santan Noronha – $2,496
12th: Robert Midgette – $2,496
13th: Ronald Sullivan – $2,093
14th: Marc Medrano – $2,093
15th: Robert Miller – $2,093
16th: Bruce Snell – $1,852
17th: Stephen Diamantas – $1,852
18th: Dolphus Powers – $1,852

$1,100 Championship
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players: 10/161

Santana Noronha fell victim to the of Andrew Badecker following an flop. Noronha had the worst of it with the ace-high flush draw. He moved all in, Badecker called and the rest was history. Noronha busted 11th earning $2,496.

The remaining 10 players are now re-drawing to the unofficial final table. Seating assignments and chip counts will be posted shortly.

$1,100 Championship
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players: 11/161

In a blind-versus-blind battle, Robert Midgette got all in from the small holding versus Santan Noronha in the big with .

The runout fell and Midgette busted 12th for $2,496. Noronha’s stack now sits at 374,000.

$1,100 Championship
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000
Players: 12/161

Ronald Sullivan came out on the wrong of a three-way pot that saw his get bested by the of Andrew Badecker and the of Ido Ashkenazi. The money got all in pre and the board ran out improving Badecker to a set. He doubled through Ashkenazi while busting Sullivan 13th.

Sullivan earned $2,093.

$1,100 Championship
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000
Players: 13/161

Chip leader Andrew Badecker raised to 22,000 from early position. Peter Vitantonio called from his direct left and it folded all the way around to Marc Medrano in the big blind. He called and they saw a flop.

The dealer burned and turned . Medrano open shoved his last 55,000. Badecker moved all in over the top and Vitantonio quickly called. Badecker had both players covered.

Vitantonio: for an overpair
Badecker: for top pair, top kicker
Medrano: for top pair, nine kicker

The board completed with the turn and river. Vitantonio’s aces held and he doubled through Badecker while busting Medrano 14th. Once the start-of-day chip leader, Medrano earned $2,093 for his departure.

Peter Vitantonio now holds 460,000 chips to lead the way. Andrew Badecker, meanwhile, sits on 161,000.

$1,100 Championship
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000
Players: 14/161

With the start of Level 18 came the race off of the purple 500 chips and the addition of the blue 25,000 chips. There are now three chips in play — blue 25,000s, gray 5,000s and orange 1,000s.