$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 608

Michael Tait open-shoved for 272,000 from middle position, Daniel Pearlman called from the hijack and the rest of the table folded.

Tait:
Pearlman:

Tait ran into a monster and began collecting his things. The flop came and Tait picked up a gutshot draw on the turn. The river was the for one of his four outs and Tait doubled with a king-high straight.

Michael Tait – 594,000 (30 bb)
Daniel Pearlman – 524,000 (26 bb)

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 608

Action folded to Jeff Platt in the cutoff and he opened to 32,000. Denys Shafikov three-bet to 100,000 from the button and the blinds folded. Platt four-bet to 310,000 and Shafikov put in a fifth bet for his entire stack of 960,000. Platt thought for a few minutes and called.

Shafikov:
Platt:

Platt ran his big slick into a monster and could not find a save on the board. They counted down the stacks and Platt was the player at risk for the shocking knockout.

Denys Shafikov – 1,950,000 (122 bb)
Jeff Platt – Eliminated in 33rd Place ($3,049)

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 608

Soon after the return from break, David Nowling was eliminated in 37th place to drop the field to the last four tables. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $3,049 and the payouts are climbing.

37th: David Nowling – $2,642
38th: Justin Lerner – $2,642
39th: Jerry Wong – $2,642
40th: Esteban Acosta – $2,642
41st: Raminder Singh – $2,642
42nd: Santana Noronha – $2,642
43rd: Scott Baumstein – $2,642
44th: Nachum Lumelski – $2,642
45th: Scott Zakheim – $2,642

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 608

Main Event players were sent on the second break of the day with 37 players remaining and heading closer to the final table. Vladimir Grechnikov leads the field with Shalom Elharar, Jeff Platt, Jamie Kerstetter, and Jason Wandling rounding out the million-chip club.

Blinds are up to 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 493,000 (31 bb).

Vladimir Grechnikov – 1,528,000 (96 bb)
Shalom Elharar – 1,175,000 (73 bb)
Jeff Platt – 1,134,000 (71 bb)
Jamie Kerstetter – 1,094,000 (68 bb)
Jason Wandling – 1,011,000 (63 bb)

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 608

Action folded to Raminder Singh in the cutoff and he moved all in for 205,000. Kevin Blewitt reshipped for about 250,000 from the button to get folds from the blinds.

Blewitt:
Singh:

Singh was behind but drawing live for a double up. Both paired the flop but Blewitt stayed out front with his paired ten. The turn and river finished the board to send Blewitt the pot.

Singh’s exit means that we will have a brand new RunGood Main Event champ, he ran deep but was unable to go back-to-back.

Kevin Blewitt – 480,000 (40 bb)
Raminder Singh – Eliminated in 41st Place ($2,642)

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 608

Another level and another two tables were busted up to leave 45 players alive in the Main Event. GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus was among the most recent eliminations along with Chad Graber, Brett Bader, and Katerina Lukina.

Blinds are up to 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante and the average stack is about 405,000 (34 bb).

46th: Stephen Vecchio – $2,312
47th: Antonio De Silva – $2,312
48th: Ira Silverman – $2,312
49th: Paul Balzano – $2,312
50th: Tamara Goldshteyn – $2,312
51st: Pasi Laihinen – $2,312
52nd: Albert Barney Jr – $2,312
53rd: Barry Sisselman – $2,312
54th: Howard Mash – $2,312

55th: Gary Herstein – $2,005
56th: Ariel Mantel – $2,005
57th: Chad Graber – $2,005
58th: Nadya Magnus – $2,005
59th: Brett Bader – $2,005
60th: Katerina Lukina – $2,005
61st: Mark Nahama – $2,005
62nd: Carl Zitting – $2,005
63rd: Steven McKoy – $2,005

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 608

It was four-ways to a turn and Steven McKoy bet 30,000 from middle position. Jamie Kerstetter was the only one to come along and she called from the button.

The turn was , McKoy checked, Kerstetter bet 90,000 and McKoy check-raised all in for 280,000. Kerstetter quickly called and put McKoy at risk.

Kerstetter:
McKoy:

McKoy flopped top pair queens but was drawing dead to the river against Kerstetter’s set of nines.

Jamie Kerstetter – 764,000 (76 bb)
Steven McKoy – Eliminated in 63rd Place ($2,005)

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 608

As expected, there was a quick burst of action following the bubble burst, and the field quickly dropped down to 63 players before the end of Level 18. They will continue to cruise along until they see the final table coming close.

64th: Ivan Ruban – $1,734
65th: Victor Kovachev – $1,734
66th: Roberto Schmeda – $1,734
67th: Michael Newman – $1,734
68th: Willie Wiggins – $1,734
69th: Manny Minaya – $1,734
70th: Nicholas Velentzas – $1,734
71st: Chris Conrad – $1,734
72nd: Kyle Kranz – $1,734

73rd: Anonymous – $1,469
74th: Terry “Papa” Karn – $1,469
75th: Zoltan Czinkota – $1,469
76th: Emerson Ward – $1,469

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  76 of 608

On the second hand on the bubble, action folded to Daniel Pearlman on the button and he opened to 17,000. Sean Shah moved all in for 85,000 from the big blind and Pearlman quickly called.

Then they waited for the action to finish at the other tables. Once they were done, we saw the hands.

Pearlman:
Shah:

A big bubble cooler for Shah and never found a sweat as the dealer ran out the board to exit on the bubble.

Daniel Pearlman – 275,000 (34 bb)
Sean Shah – Eliminated in 77th Place

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  77 of 608

On the last hand before the break, Luke Brereton and Nadya Magnus were heads up to a flop. Brereton bet 85,500 from the small blind leaving a single 5K chip behind. Magnus put him all in and he thought for a few minutes before he called.

Magnus:
Brereton:

Magnus was ahead with her pair of kings and Brereton needed to hit his open-ended straight draw to stay in the game. The board finished with the turn and river to send Brereton out.

With 77 players remaining on break and 76 getting paid, they will go into hand-for-hand mode on the bubble when they return.

Nadya Magnus – 452,000 (75 bb)
Luke Brereton – Eliminated