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Renny Morales opened the action from early position and Daniel Perez three-bet shoved for 555,000 from the small blind. Eric Kolodny folded his big blind and Morales quickly called.

Perez:
Morales:

Morales needed a lot of help if he was going to send Perez out but the board ran clean for Perez. He doubled, Morales lost his new found chips, and he was gone three hands later.

Daniel Perez – 1,160,000 (46 bb)
Renny Morales – Eliminated in 10th Place ($929)

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 645

Action folded to Renny Morales on the button and he shoved for 320,000. Sean Shah called in the small blind to put him at risk.

Morales:
Shah:

Morales found a monster with his short stack but Shah caught a bit of the flop. Shah took the lead with kings up on the turn to leave Morales looking for an ace or a diamond. It was the on the river that kept him the game with a double.

Renny Morales – 690,000 (28 bb)
Sean Shah – 1,660,000 (66 bb)

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 645

The ten remaining players are in their last seats of the tournament with Sean Shah leading closely followed by Dean Corcoran.

Seat 1: Sean Shah – 1,980,000 (79 bb)
Seat 2: Richard Leger – 520,000 (21 bb)
Seat 3: Dave Phillips – 700,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Greg Rosen – 460,000 (18 bb)
Seat 5: Jose Ruiz – 1,375,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6: Richard Whitebrook – 1,325,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7: Daniel Perez – 605,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Eric Kolodny – 525,000 (21 bb)
Seat 9: Neal Corcoran – 1,805,000 (72 bb)
Seat 10: Renny Morales – 385,000 (15 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $20,436
2nd: $11,997
3rd: $7,779
4th: $5,418
5th: $3,909
6th: $3,135
7th: $2,399
8th: $1,703
9th: $1,238
10th: $929

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Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 645

On the first hand back from break, Mitchell Smith open-shoved from the cutoff for 295,000 and he was called by Dean Corcoran in the small blind.

Corcoran:
Smith:

Smith was dominated and the board could not save him. He was sent out in 11th place while the players redrew seats at the ten-handed final table.

Neal Corcoran – 1,805,000 (72 bb)
Mitchell Smith – Eliminated in 11th Place ($929)

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 645

The second break is here and the tournament reached the final table bubble with 11 players remaining. Sean Shah moved into the top spot with 1,690,000 followed by Jose Ruiz with 1,600,000 and Dean Corcoran with 1,455,000.

Once they lose one more player, they will redraw seats for the ten-handed final table.

12th: Steve Yagudaev – $929
13th: Joule Kadadu – $735
14th: Oscar Trestini – $735
15th: Richard Gress – $735

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 645

There was a bit of a slowdown over the last level with only three players hitting the rail. Keith Morea, Justin Sharpe, and Melisa Singh were the latest to exit and every else hit a pay jump.

16th: Keith Morea – $619
17th: Justin Sharpe – $619
18th: Melisa Singh – $619

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 645

Sean Shah took a bit of dip while Greg Rosen pushed his stack over one million. The 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship final table member is up to 1,035,000 but it’s still not good enough for first place.

Dean Corcoran continues to outpace everyone and he is sitting on 1,500,000 on the nose.

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 645

Another level down and another table broken. Event 24 is down to 18 players with nearly an hour before the second break of the day. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $619 but they still have some work to do before the $20K top prize is in play.

19th: Sebastian Gallego – $542
20th: Steven Lake – $542
21st: Carlos Torres Vazquez – $542
22nd: Gili Prizament – $542
23rd: Evgeniy Catane – $542
24th: Leonardo Clavel – $542
25th: Mohan Navani – $542
26th: Kevin Choe – $542
27th: Trung Van – $542

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Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 645

Sean Shah is the latest to challenge Neal Corcoran for the chip lead as the field continues to drop quickly. Corcoran still leads with 935,000 but Shah is up to 875,000 as we near the last two tables.

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 645

It took less than one level after the break for Event 24 to lose another table of players to get the field down to 27 players. Perhaps the most brutal of those bust outs was Cherie Thoman when she got her pocket kings all in on an eight-high board against Sebastian Gallego’s pocket nines.

Running straight cards gave Gallego a nine-high straight and she was stunned to exit in 28th place.

28th: Michael Yehudai – $464
29th: Cheri Thoman – $464
30th: Alon Nelson – $464
31st: Vitaly Chaika – $464
32nd: Bernard Cohen – $464
33rd: Stephen Ibrahim – $464
34th: Michael Bonsignore – $464
35th: Alfredo Guevara – $464
36th: Jose Reyes – $464