$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 20K/40K Ante 5K

Matthew Elsarelli was just eliminated in 17th place for $2,236 when he moved all in on a K-9-7 flop with J-T against Richard Leger who held pocket 5’s. Matthew was short and was unable to hit any of his many outs. Here is how our final 16 looks with rough/approximate chip counts:

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 200/400 Ante 50

Players are on a 10 minute break and there are 27 of the original 84 remaining. 9 will make the money with 1st place taking home $6,800. 9th place will get $600 for their efforts.

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

Ron Halperin moves all in preflop for 25k and is against Jordan Chizik.

Halperin: A-K-T-2 (double suited)
Chizik: A-4-6-6

Flop: 2-3-5

And just like that Chizik flops the wheel, and after blanks on the turn and river, his 5-high straight gets the knockout.

Halperin finishes in 7th place for $519.

“We’ll get’em next time,” says Halperin while sending a final shout out to his wife Nat and daughter Po.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 15K/30K Ante 3K

Patrick Heneghan was just eliminated in 18th place when he moved all in with pocket 6’s and was up against Joey Weissman and his . Two 5’s on the flop would move Joey into the lead and he would not relinquish it. The remaining 17 players seating assignments is as follows and we’ll have updated chip counts when they go on break in approximately 15 minutes.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 15K/30K Ante 3K

Robert Bresner was down to approximately 8 big blinds and called an under the gun raise from the big blind with pocket 7’s. The flop came Q-Q-2 and Bresner moved all in. It was bad timing on his part, however, as his opponent held K-Q for flopped trips. Bresner finished in 19th place for $1,917.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 15K/30K Ante 3K

Two more have hit the rail. Ryan Sherman finished in 21st place and Jose Gallegos followed him shortly after in 20th place when he moved all in with a flush draw on the flop against top pair and was unable to hit the flush. Both receive $1,917. They will redraw after one more player is eliminated.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K

First, Raymond Millard lost a race when his pocket 8’s succumbed to Peter Vitantonio’s K-Q. Millard finished in 23rd place. The next hand wasn’t as dramatic as Jeffrey Bohanek ran Ace-Jack into Elliott Zaydman’s pocket Aces. Bohanek finished in 22nd place. Both players earned $1,917.

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

On a flop of Q-9-9, Mike Guardino is all in for 30k against Michael Moed

Guardino: A-9-2-3 (trip 9s)
Moed: A-A-K-Q (pair of Aces)

Turn: A

The Ace gives Moed the winning boat over over, Aces full of 9s vs Guardino’s 9s full of Aces.

River: X

“Nasty dude, nasty,” says Guardino who is sent home on the one outer. “Normally I wouldn’t say anything, but the case-ace? That’s nasty.

Guardino takes home $424 for his 8th place finish.

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

Steven Kaplan came to the final table as the short stack and sneaks into the money.

He makes his last stand for 13k with A-7-5-2, but is beaten by Joe Treffiletti.

Kaplan is the first to cash in this event and takes home $354.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K

Ronnie Bardah has taken over the chip lead after doubling up against then chip leader Joey Weissman with A-K against Joey’s pocket tens.

The big aces are winning their races as Marla Crumpler learned the hard way when her tens would also fall, this time to Juan Peraltas and his A-Q. Crumpler finished in 24th place for $1,917.