$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 769

John Spadavecchia limped and Andrew Bennis was on the button. Bennis raised to 80,000 and it folded around to Spadavecchia who called.

The flop fell and Spadavecchia bet 85,000. Bennis promptly moved all-in for 415,000 more.

“Wow,” Spadavecchia said.

After a minute or two of thought, Spadavecchia called and the hands were tabled.

Bennis: for middle set
Spadavecchia: for top pair

Runout:

Bennis’ set held and he doubled through Spadavecchia to cross 1,000,000 chips.

Andrew Bennis – 1,270,000
John Spadavecchia – 820,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 769

In a blind-versus-blind battle, Nancy Birnbaum was in the small against Bob Mather in the big. The flop was . Birnbaum checked and Mather bet 25,000. Birnbaum called.

Fourth street was the and both players checked.

Birnbaum lead the river for 50,000 and Mather folded.

Birnbaum has been pretty quiet today, but she now sits with 592,000.

Nancy Birnbaum – 592,000
Bob Mather – 305,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 769

With a 20,000 big blind, a flurry of bustouts accompanied the start of Level 21. Here’s a look at the most recent eliminations:

23rd: Phil Hernz – $1,466
24th: Kevin Curran – $1,466
25th: Jason Gooch – $1,466
26th: Edward Medoff – $1,466
27th: Greg Marcus – $1,466
28th: Yves Fequire – $1,244
29th: Lawrence Gradus – $1,244

Additional results are available in the posts below.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 769

Here’s a look at some of the notable chip counts following the second break of the day:

Stu Paterson – 1,575,000
John Spadavecchia – 1,312,000
Nancy Birnbaum – 596,000
Andrew Bennis – 596,000
Elliott Zaydman – 505,000
Bob Mather – 339,000
Phil Hernz – 305,000
Jason Gooch – 208,000
Scott Zakheim – 203,000
Nick Visconti – 112,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 769

The final 27 players just redrew to three tables. Stu Paterson leads with 1,538,000, but John Spadavecchia is hot on his trail with 1,235,000. The leaders are the only two above the 1,000,000 mark and they’re looking to keep the rungood coming late in the event.

The final three tables at a glance:

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 20: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 769

30th: Claudio Kalili – $1,244
31st: Michael Mascitelli – $1,244
32nd: Steven Cardarelli – $1,244
33rd: John Depersio – $1,244
34th: Sean Bauerschmidt – $1,244
35th: John Holley – $1,244
36th: Mitchell Smith – $1,244
37th: Nagui Yassa – $1,044
38th: Jasmine Schofill Nuss – $1,044
39th: Brian Sodre – $1,044
40th: Dolphus Powers – $1,044
41st: David Shmuel – $1,044
42nd: Joseph Romeo – $1,044
43rd: Claudionei Barbosa – $1,044
44th: Michael Moreno – $1,044
45th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $1,044

1st – $63,089
2nd – $36,547
3rd – $23,984
4th – $16,109
5th – $11,234
6th – $8,734
7th – $6,734
8th – $4,984
9th – $3,488
10th-12th – $2,494
13th-15th – $1,994
16th-18th – $1,694
19th-27th – $1,466
28th-29th – $1,244

Additional results available in the posts below.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 19: 6,000/12,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 769

Seminole regular Michael Newman was on the button and raised. It folded to Andrew Martin the big blind and he called.

Flop: — Both players checked.

Turn: — Martin lead for 22,000. Newman called.

River: — Martin lead for 45,000. Newman calmly but quickly announced “Call”. Martin turned over for a fullhouse and Newman’s trips was second best. Martin won the pot.

Andrew Martin – 468,000
Michael Newman – 410,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 769

46th: Josh Beckley – $919
47th: Reinaldo Troconis Trutschel – $919
48th: Michael Merisier – $919
49th: Ariel Rosello Quintana – $919
50th: Howard Mash – $919
51st: Julie McGrath – $919
52nd: Marco Rodriguez – $919
53rd: Michael Monaco – $919
54th: Daniel Genachte – $919
55th: Keenan Walter – $819
56th: Armando Gutierrez – $819
57th: Fabrice Mace – $819
58th: Michael Cohen – $819

Additional results available in the posts below.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 769

A few hands after his ace-jack was good, Stu Paterson sent two players to the rail to take the chip lead early in Level 18.

According to the table, Julie McGrath shoved under the gun and Paterson was in the small blind. It’s unclear how the action went down, but Paterson and Howard Mash — who was in the big blind — got the last of Mash’s chips in the middle as well. In a three-way pot, Paterson had both players covered and was in the lead with the possibility of eliminating two.

Paterson:
Mash:
McGrath:

Paterson’s tens held and he eliminated both players while taking the chip lead in the process.

For Paterson, Coconut Creek success is nothing new. He won the Coco Poker Showdown Championship in January of this year good for $32,785.

Stu Paterson – 930,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed
Level 17: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 769

After beginning the day just outside the top 10, Stu Paterson is on the upward trend and recently nabbed a nice pot with second pair.

A late position player limped and Paterson raised to 27,000. It folded back around to the late position player and he called.

Flop: — Both players checked.

Turn: — The opponent lead for 27,000 and Paterson called.

River: — The opponent lead for 32,000 and Paterson called.

“Not a thing,” the opponent said immediately.

Paterson flipped over for second pair and took a nice pot. With that, Paterson has nearly doubled up a few levels into Day 2.

Stu Paterson – 470,000