Event 1: Mark Lafata – 9th Place ($1,598)

$250 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 376

Mark Lafata

There were four limpers in the pot before it reached Mark Lafata in the big blind. He moved all in for 505,000 and Lisa Teebagy limp/shipped with her chip lead from under the gun. The other players quickly folded with John Holley showing AcTd in the small blind.

Teebagy: 6s6c
Lafata: AdQc

Lafata was racing to stay on the final table though he saw one of his outs going into the muck courtesy of Holley. The board ran all low 8h3h2s3c5s and our former chip leader was eliminated in ninth place.

Lisa Teebagy – 2,010,000 (80 bb)
Mark Lafata – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,598)

Event 1: Final Table Lineup

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$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 376

Players are in their seats for the RunGood Event 1 final table with Lisa Teebagy back in the lead. Everyone is guaranteed to make at least $1,598 with the winner earning $15,979.

Seat 1: Eric Piderit – 395,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: David Albertson – 875,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3: John Holley – 995,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4: Mark Lafata – 625,000 (25 bb)
Seat 5: Lisa Teebagy – 1,400,000 (56 bb)
Seat 6: Pedro Palacio – 925,000 (37 bb)
Seat 7: Mark Cannon – 675,000 (27 bb)
Seat 8: Stephen Smith – 985,000 (39 bb)
Seat 9: Brandon Schwartz – 450,000 (18 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $15,979 + RunGood Ring
2nd: $11,190
3rd: $7,194
4th: $4,756
5th: $3,661
6th: $3,033
7th: $2,540
8th: $2,067
9th: $1,598

Event 1: Joe Duchman Eliminated by John Holley

$250 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 376

Joe Duchman

Shortly after the break, Joe Duchman made a move for 425,000 and John Holley had him at risk with a big hand.

Holley: AsKh
Duchman: Ad7h

Duchman was in bad shape to make the Event 1 final table and he could not find a save on the KcQhJd2d5s run out. He was eliminated in 10th place and tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at final table.

John Holley – 995,000 (40 bb)
Joe Duchman – Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,341)

Event 1: Ten Remain on Break

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$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 376

The fast pace continued through Level 22 and only 10 players remain as they take their second break of the day. Tournament staff are pulling the 1K chips out of play and introducing the 24K chips.

They will return to blinds at 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack around 750,000 (30 bb). They will combine for the final table with one more elimination.

11th: Andrew Daire – $1,341
12th: Carlos Rodriguez Rojas – $1,341
13th: Steven Cohen – $1,129
14th: Bradford Corner – $1,129
15th: Dany Blackburn – $1,129
16th: Ronnie Tate – $925

Event 1: Benjamin Geurs Eliminated by Eric Piderit

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$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 376

Benjamin Geurs

Eric Piderit opened the action from middle position, picked up one caller, and RecPoker’s Benjamin Geurs moved all in for about 90,000 from the big blind. Piderit reshipped for more than 300,000 to isolate.

Piderit: QdQd
Geurs: TdTc

Geurs ran into a monster across the table and Piderit’s bigger pair held on the 2d2h2c8d5s run out to send Geurs out in 18th place.

Eric Piderit – 515,000 (32 bb)
Benjamin Geurs – Eliminated in 18th Place ($925)

While Geurs was going out in 18th place, Roni Zelichonok was knocked off Table 20 in 17th place for $925 as well.

17th: Roni Zelichonok – $925
18th: Benjamin Geurs – $925

Event 1: Dennis Howe Eliminated by Mark Lafata

$250 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 376

Dennis Howe

Dennis Howe three-bet ripped his 99,000 stack in the middle from the cutoff and Mark Lafata called in the small blind. The original raiser laughed and got out of the chip leader’s way.

Lafata: AdTd
Howe: QcJc

Howe had two live, suited cards but Lafata improved when he paired his ten on the Th6d4s flop. The 2c turn and 7c river finished the board to send Howe out and Lafata up.

Mark Lafata – 1,140,000 (95 bb)
Dennis Howe – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($640)

Event 1: Mark Lafata on a Heater

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$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 376

Mark Lafata (eft) versus Bradley Wexler (right)

Table 20 keeps losing players and Mark Lafata is doing the heavy lifting. He was second in chips after the first break but quickly jumped into the lead with more than 1,000,000 in front of him.

Bradley Wexler was his lastest victim when he moved all in for 45,000 with AdKc against Lafata’s TsTh. Wexler caught a king on the flop but Lafata turned the Td to knock out another player.

Mark Lafata – 1,070,000 (89 bb)
Bradley Wexler – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($640)

23rd: Bradley Wexler – $640
24th: Stephen Fredlund – $640
25th: Jesse Fujarczyk – $540
26th: Scott Baumstein – $540
27th: Harry Silver – $540

Event 1: Three-Table Redraw

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$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 376

Allen Kerlin and Andre Bryan were eliminated shortly after the first break to drop the field down to 27 players. Tournament staff paused the clock and they redrew seats at the last three tables.

Players hit a pay jump and everyone is now guaranteed at least $540.

Results 28th through 36th:

28th: Andre Bryan – $439
29th: Allen Kerlin – $439
30th: Matthew Zarcadoolas – $439
31st: Michael Storms – $439
32nd: Jonathan Shapiro – $439
33rd: Farid Dridi – $439
34th: Gil Nachum – $439
35th: Amin Hosein – $439
36th: Richard Kelleher – $439

Event 1: Bradford Corner Leads at Break; John Holley Second

$250 Super Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$25,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 376

John Holley

There were 29 players remaining when the field was sent on the first break of the afternoon. Bradford Corner was indeed the chip leader and returned to a stack worth 590,000.

Six-time WSOP Circuit champ John Holley sits in second with 471,000 and only one 1K chip ahead of Mark Lafata’s 470,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is 259,000 (26 bb).