Event 2: Julio Fernandez Leads Final 20 on Dinner

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Heading to Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 1,207

The 2,750,000 chips of chip leader Julio Fernandez

The remaining 20 players are on a 40-minute dinner break and Julio Fernandez is the king of the hill with 2,750,000 chips topping the rest of the field easily.

Cards are set to go back in the air at roughly 6:25pm local time. Here’s a look at the remaining payouts followed by the most recent eliminations:

1st: $70,718 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $43,814
3rd: $32,156
4th: $24,297
5th: $18,541
6th: $14,271
7th: $11,113
8th: $8,755
9th: $6,978
10th–12th: $5,624
13th–15th: $4,585
16th–18th: $3,780
19th–20th: $3,151

21st: Kent Walter – $3,151
22nd: Anto Slisko – $2,653
23rd: Zo Karim – $2,653

Event 2: Ryan Weiss Eliminates Kent Walter in 21st

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 1,207

Ryan Weiss

Ryan Weiss had the worst of it holding AdTh against Kent Walter’s TsTc. Weiss had Walter covered by needed to improve. An AsJd9h9s9d runout did just that improving him to nines-full-of-aces. Walter was eliminated in 23rd place while Weiss took the pot.

Ryan Weiss – 2,000,000 (83 bb)
Kent Walter – Eliminated in 21st place ($3,151)

Event 2: More for Julio Fernandez as Zo Karim Busts 23rd

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 1,207

Zo Karim’s chips are pushed to Julio Fernandez

Down to about 420,000, Zo Karim got all-in holding pocket deuces. Julio Fernandez rode the wave and had him at risk with AsQs. The runout fell queen-high and Fernandez added to his pile while Karim was eliminated in 23rd place

Julio Fernandez – 2,450,000 (102 bb)
Zo Karim – Eliminated in 23rd place ($2,653)

Event 2: Updated Results

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Level 25: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 1,207

24th: David Poces – $2,653
25th: Sean Ryan – $2,258
26th: Daniel Castoro – $2,258
27th: Robert Ortiz – $2,258
28th: Oren Levy – $1,944
29th: Henry Billete – $1,944
30th: Gregory Spinder – $1,944
31st: Raymond Millard – $1,689
32nd: Steven Buckner, Jr. – $1,689
33rd: Stewart Newman – $1,689
34th: Julio Tavarez – $1,486
35th: Francis Garcia – $1,486
36th: Haim Toorgeman – $1,486
37th: Jacques Saban – $1,318
38th: Robert Sheets – $1,318
39th: AJ Gambino – $1,318
40th: Ronald Levy – $1,318
41st Arthur Lucas – $1,318
42nd: Michael Soroka – $1,318
43rd: Duane De Keyser – $1,318
44th: Michael Gross – $1,318

Additional results are available in the posts below

Event 2: Lucky River Propels Julio Fernandez to the Top

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,207

Julio Fernandez

Julio Fernandez was in a heads-up pot and at risk. The board was dealt through the turn and laid Qs8c4s5c. Fernandez had the worst of it with QhTd against AsQd. He had outs, but was drawing slim for his tournament life.

River: Th

Fernandez stood in celebration as the dealer counted down his stack — 390,000.

A few hands later, Fernandez’s queens spiked a set against kings and he jumped to the top of the counts.

Julio Fernandez – 1,870,000 (93 bb)

Event 2: Down to Three Tables

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Level 24: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 1,207

Table 1
Table 2
Table 3

1st: $70,718 + WSOP Circuit ring
2nd: $43,814
3rd: $32,156
4th: $24,297
5th: $18,541
6th: $14,271
7th: $11,113
8th: $8,755
9th: $6,978
10th–12th: $5,624
13th–15th: $4,585
16th–18th: $3,780
19th–21st: $3,151
22nd–24th: $2,653
25th–27th: $2,258

Event 2: John DePersio Making a Run

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Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 1,207

John DePersio

Event 1 champion John DePersio is in the midst of another run here in Event 2. His win just a few days ago earned him $19,649 along with a his second gold ring and 50 points toward the Casino Championship race. As the lone champion, DePersio is the points leader in the clubhouse and is adding to that total here in the money of Event 2.

There was recently a raise to 36,000 and DePersio bumped it up to 100,000 from the button. The raiser called and DePersio and his opponent went heads up. They checked down the runout and DePersio turned over pocket queens for the win.

After starting the day with just over 105,000 chips, DePersio currently sits with better than 700,000 and is among the chip leaders.

John DePersio – 730,000 (45 bb)

Event 2: Updated Eliminations

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Level 23: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 1,207

45th: Jonathan Marks – $1,318
46th: Marc Duquette – $1,183
47th: Robert Kessler – $1,183
48th: Jaime Melgarejo – $1,183
49th: Steven Cardarelli – $1,183
50th: Paul Prager – $1,183
51st: Verona Mills – $1,183
52nd: Andre Bryan – $1,183
53rd: Brandon Markland – $1,183
54th: Guillermo Cardoso – $1,183
55th: Robin Jacoway – $1,071
56th: Thao Le – $1,071
57th: Joshua Hood – $1,071
58th: Justin Blair – $1,071
59th: Hugh Joiner – $1,071
60th: William Smith – $1,071
61st: Lloyd Gunther – $1,071
62nd: Jonathan Stewart – $1,071
63rd: Angelo Miele – $1,071
64th: Scott Zakheim – $980
65th: George Hortelano – $980
66th: Alan Mertz – $980
67th: Carlos Loving – $980
68th: Zachary Milchman – $980
69th: Truyen Nguyen – $980
70th: Chris Strammiello – $980
71st: Cody Ferguson – $980
72nd: Mark Wiser – $980
73rd: Jarrett Vaughn – $900
74th: Thomas Mucci – $900
75th: Dennis Rodriguez – $900
76th: William Marcum – $900

Additional results are available in the posts below.

Event 2: Field Dwindling with Under 50 Remaining

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Level 22: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 1,207

The restart has been going at a good pace with the clock showing just 48 left late in Level 22. They’re all assured $1,183 but are eying a top prize pf more than $70,000. While a number of notables have hit the rail, Herbert Woodbery, AJ Gambino, David Poces, Zo Karim, John DePersio, Lou Stadler and Stewart Newman are among those still in contention for a gold ring.

Event 2: Joshua Beckley Among Recent Eliminations

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Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 1,207

77th: Joshua Beckley – $900
78th: Thuy Beltran – $900
79th: Alex Prendes – $900
80th: Richard Leger – $900
81st: Uri Kadosh – $900
82nd: Janet Fitzgerald – $828
83rd: Jesse Delbene – $828
84th: Pedro Palacio – $828
85th: Rodolfo Miret – $828
86th: Tyler Woodward – $828
87th: Jason Schwartz – $828
88th: Pedrio Diaz – $828
89th: Joseph Di Chiaro – $828
90th: Landon Brown – $828
91st: Michael Rosenberg – $761
92nd: Tracy Scala – $761
93rd: Ory Hen – $761
94th: Steven Carswell – $761
95th: Hunter Ritchie – $761
96th: Amir Baron – $761
97th: David Kahan – $761
98th: William Farnan – $761
99th: Tyler Morgan – $761
100th: Michael Tomic – $701
101st: Abbey Daniels – $701
102nd: Charles Odenz – $701
103rd: Martin Ryan – $701
104th: Richard Rice – $701
105th: Raymond Nalbandian – $701
106th: Allan Bieler – $701
107th: Donovan Walker, Jr. – $701
108th: Sterling Scott – $701
109th: Steven Bennett – $645
110th: Raminder Singh – $645
111th: Jeffrey Cohen – $645
112th: Edward Mroczkowski – $645
113th: Dafney Adisson – $645

Additional results are available in the updates below.