$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 608

While the 22 remaining players are on dinner break, here’s a look at how they are stacked going into the late parts of the day.

Table 22
Seat 1: Daniel Pearlman – 675,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2: Leroy Grant – 1,015,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Kevin Blewitt – 1,245,000 (42 bb)
Seat 4: T.K. Miles – 1,855,000 (62 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Ray Henson – 300,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Dennis Rodriguez – 365,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9: Casey Crews – 525,000 (18 bb)

Table 23
Seat 1: Myung Choi – 285,000 (10 bb)
Seat 2: Eddie Mallon – 495,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Wandling – 1,445,000 (48 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Jagroo – 710,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Matt Bretzfield – 705,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Ezequiel Lebed – 455,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: Vladimir Grechnikov – 1,540,000 (51 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: — Empty —

Table 26
Seat 1: Michael Rosem – 365,000 (12 bb)
Seat 2: Jacob Ristich – 565,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Tait – 505,000 (17 bb)
Seat 4: Matthew Lambrecht – 725,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Denys Shafikov – 2,760,000 (92 bb)
Seat 7: Marc Evanier – 110,000 (4 bb)
Seat 8: Phil Hui – 440,000 (15 bb)
Seat 9: Shalom Elharar – 1,090,000 (36 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $111,186
2nd: $77,972
3rd: $50,141
4th: $35,969
5th: $27,607
6th: $22,600
7th: $18,595
8th: $14,827
9th: $11,117
10th-12th: $9,271
13th-15th: $7,401
16th-18th: $6,175
19th-21st: $5,208
22nd: $4,329

23rd: Tom Macey – $4,329
24th: Jamie Kerstetter – $4,329
25th: Andres Morales – $3,680
26th: Cesar Fuentes – $3,680
27th: David Shaw – $3,680

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 608

Jamie Kerstetter open-shipped for 288,000 from under the gun and Casey Crews reshipped for 303,000 from cutoff. The button and blinds folded and the hands were tabled.

Crews:
Kerstetter:

Kerstetter asked for a nine, did not get it on the flop but found it on the turn. The joy was short lived because Crews caught the river to send the RunGood Ambassador out in 24th place.

Casey Crews – 656,000 (26 bb)
Jamie Kerstetter – Eliminated in 24th Place ($4,329)

$1,100 RunGood Main Event (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 608

With the elimination of Matias Chervin in 28th place, tournament staff paused the clock and the last 27 players are redrawing seats at the last three tables. They will play out Level 23 before taking a one-hour dinner break.

Table 22
Seat 1: Daniel Pearlman – 530,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: Leroy Grant – 580,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Kevin Blewitt – 1,240,000 (50 bb)
Seat 4: T.K. Miles – 1,680,000 (67 bb)
Seat 5: Jamie Kerstetter – 318,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6: Cesar Fuentes – 260,000 (10 bb)
Seat 7: Andres Morales – 153,000 (6 bb)
Seat 8: Dennis Rodriguez – 279,000 (11 bb)
Seat 9: Casey Crews – 343,000 (14 bb)

Table 23
Seat 1: Myung Choi – 276,000 (11 bb)
Seat 2: Eddie Mallon – 190,000 (8 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Wandling – 1,520,000 (61 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Jagroo – 685,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Matt Bretzfield – 620,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Ezequiel Lebed – 1,200,000 (48 bb)
Seat 7: Vladimir Grechnikov – 1,230,000 (49 bb)
Seat 8: Tom Macey – 145,000 (6 bb)
Seat 9: Ray Henson – 287,000 (11 bb)

Table 26
Seat 1: Michael Rosem – 142,000 (6 bb)
Seat 2: Jacob Ristich – 635,000 (25 bb)
Seat 3: Michael Tait – 510,000 (20 bb)
Seat 4: Matthew Lambrecht – 513,000 (21 bb)
Seat 5: David Shaw – 185,000 (7 bb)
Seat 6: Denys Shafikov – 2,600,000 (104 bb)
Seat 7: Marc Evanier – 315,000 (13 bb)
Seat 8: Phil Hui – 249,000 (10 bb)
Seat 9: Shalom Elharar – 1,000,000 (40 bb)

Results 28th through 36th:

28th: Matias Chervin – $3,049
29th: James Tomblin – $3,049
30th: Randy Belfiore – $3,049
31st: Daniel Couzens – $3,049
32nd: Anthony Ruttler – $3,049
33rd: Jeff Platt – $3,049
34th: Matthew Kuba – $3,049
35th: Carlo Rodriguez – $3,049
36th: Ronnie Day Jr – $3,049

$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