$150 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry) 31y41
Level 24: Blinds 20k/40k/5k ante
Christian Rodriguez was the chip leader when the final table formed and now he’s the first to bust out.
Most of his chips went to David Owen, when David’s AK ran down Christian’s pocket Queens. Now David is the chip leader and Christian is on the rail in 10th place, earning $874.
$150 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: Blinds 15k/30k/5k ante
Earning $874
11th – Lisa Levy
12th – Brian Raik
They’ve reached the final ten players and have moved to a single table. Here’s the lineup with some rough chip counts:
Seat Player Chips
$150 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante
Earning $706:
13. Danit Dayan
14. Donald Mathews
15. Walid Maddah
Earning $605:
16. Paulette Pipitone
17. Ngoc “Angel” Vu
18. Hollander Preap
Earning $504:
19. Paul Smerdon
20. Jonathan Shapiro
21. Oktay Altinbas
22. Arthur Holmes
23. Jeremy Goureau
24. Robert Castro
25. Gregory Marcus
26. Mark Robinson
27. Paul Gregory
$200 Buy-In Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $50K Guaranteed
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K/ 1K ante
With 33 players remaining, we’re only 6 bustouts away from the money. Average stack is 157K.
$150 No-Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante
Angel Vu, the current Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Points leader (as of 9/1) busted out of this event in 17th place ($605) and is now in Event 70, the last secondary event of the series.
There are still a few ladies in this event as they’re down to the final two tables. One of them is Dani Dayan (Miami, FL) who is playing with a little help from a friend. Her Yorkie, Shemesh, is sweating her from his stylish travel bag.
$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 35: Blinds 150k/250k/50k ante
Once Colman took the commanding lead, it was just a few more hands before more fireworks. They were coming up on the next level jump and a 30-minute dinner break when Leah was at risk again.
Mike Leah opened to 600,000 from the button and Dan Colman three-bet to 1,500,000. Leah checked his cards before moving all-in for 11,650,000 total. Colman snap called with 
but Leah had two live cards 
.
Colman stood up for the runout while Leah leaned back in his seat, confident of a double.
The dealer was unkind to Leah as it ran out 
to push all the chips towards Colman.
Leah was a popular favorite to win the Championship but it was Dan Colman continuing his fantastic 2014. Leah’s runner-up finish will pay him $1,047,638 while Colman picks up the top prize of $1,446,710 and the Championship.
$5,300 Championship NLH $10 Million Guaranteed (Re-Entry)
Level 35: Blinds 150k/250k/50k ante
On what could be a game changer in this championship heads-up match, Colman hits big.
With Leah on the button, he min-raised to 600,000 and Colman called.
The flop came 
. Colman checked and Leah bet out 600,000. Colman then goes over the top to 1.6 million and Leah calls.
With a 
on the turn, Colman bets 2.8 million and Leah calls.
After a 
on the river, Colman quickly put in a bet of 6 million. Leah took some time to make a critical decision and finally maked the call.
Colman showed 
for the full house and jumped into a huge chip lead here in this championship event for over $1.4 million.
Dan Colman: 34,850,000
Mike Leah: 10,150,000
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End of Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400/ 400 ante
They’re racing off the black chips as players go on a 10 minute break. When they come back, they’ll be at Level 16: 1500/3K/ 500 ante. Average stack is 97K for the 53 players remaining.
