$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 21 of 506
Chip leader Luis Miranda opened the button for 16,000 and the big blind and defended.
Flop:
The big blind checked. Miranda bet 20,000. It was back on the blind and he check-raised to 49,000. Miranda verified the amount of the bet, then called with little hesitation.
Turn:
The big blind lead for 55,000. Miranda took a few seconds, but ultimately called
River:
The third jack on the board elicited a bet of 85,000 from the big blind. Miranda insta-shoved and the big blind went into the tank. It wasn’t until a couple minutes later that Miranda called the clock. The big blind ran it down all the way to within the 10-second threshold before folding. Miranda drag the pot without showdown and now sits at 750,000 chips.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 23 of 506
The seat of Gil Morgensztern sat unattended during the restart. Starting the day with just over 95,000 chips, it wasn’t until moments ago that his abandoned stack found the felt. Despite being a no-show, Morgensztern earned a 24th-place finish along with $455 for blinding into the money.
Gil Morgensztern’s Stack – Eliminated in 24th place ($455)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante Players Remaining: 27 of 506
Barely two hours in the restart, the 54-player field has trimmed itself to just half that number. The remaining 27 are freshly redrawn to the final three tables. It appears Luis Miranda has the chip lead owning a stack of 470,000 good for 78 big blinds.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 34 of 506
According to the table, Carl Cajuste opened with a raise only to see Eli Levy jam. Cajuste, who had less chips than Levy, called and the hands were tabled.
Levy: Cajuste:
The flop improved neither player — . The turn, though, gave Cajuste lead when it came the . His moment in the sun was short lived as the dealer promptly burned and turned the marking one of Levy’s just two outs. The hand gave Levy a set and left Cajuste bust. He hit the rail 35th earning $395.
The remaining 34 players are now on their first 15-minute break of the night.
Eli Levy – 254,000 (50 bb) Carl Cajuste – Eliminated in 35th place ($395)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 36 of 506
On the third round of hand-for-hand, Leonid Shteyn’s was sent to the rail via Cesar Fuentes’ . It appeared Shteyn was all-in preflop while Fuentes and two other opponents battled it out for a side pot. The flop was and Fuentes bet with a pair of sixes. His opponents folded and it wasn’t until then than Shteyn saw the bad news. The turn and river were the and and Shteyn was officially the tournament’s bubble boy.
Fuentes now leads the way with the final 36 players in the money and guaranteed at least $395.
Cesar Fuentes – 500,000 (100 bb) Leonid Shteyn – Eliminated
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 38 of 506
Play continues to move along at quite the pace and one participant taking advantage of the chips getting in the middle is Jeff Fogel. Fogel, who began the day third in the counts, lead into a lone opponent on a board of to take down a sizable pot. The hand grew his stack to comfortably over 350,000 and it appears he’s now the chip leader.