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Dustin Nelson raised to 110.000 from the hijack, Daniyal Gheba three-bet to 450,000 from the big blind, Nelson four-bet shoved with a covering stack and Gheba called all in for roughly 3,200,000.

Nelson:
Gheba: 

The board ran out , giving Nelson trip aces to eliminate Gheba and vault into the chip lead by about 40 big blinds.

Dustin Nelson  –  7,120,000  (142 bb)
Daniyal Gheba  –  Eliminated in 68th Place  ($4,925)

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Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 4,960

Nadya Magnus  –  2,700,000  (54 bb)
Hasan El Hakim  –  2,600,000  (52 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  2,550,000  (51 bb)
Mark Perry  –  2,100,000  (42 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  2,050,000  (41 bb)
Willie Muhammad  –  1,850,000  (37 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  1,800,000  (36 bb)
Ducarmel Beaubien  –  1,800,000  (36 bb)
Nino Natale  –  1,750,000  (35 bb)
Nick Ahmadi  –  950,000  (19 bb)
Igor Tretyakov  –  910,000  (18 bb)
Joseph Gotlieb  –  750,000  (15 bb)

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Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 4,960

Mike Chiappetta raised to 85,000  from the hijack, Farid Jattin three-bet all in for about 710,000 from the button and Chiappetta folded.

On the following hand, Chiappetta was in middle position and opened again. Jake Schwartz three-bet all in for 510,000 from the hijack and Chiapetta called with , racing with Schwartz’s .

The board ran out , giving Schwartz a set of sevens to double through Chiappetta.

Jake Schwartz  –  1,120,000  (28 bb)
Farid Jattin  –  895,000  (22 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  160,000  (4 bb)

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Return to Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 4,960

The players are in the midst of a 40-minute dinner break. Play resumes at about 7:13 p.m.

There are about 125 players remaining, and leading the way is Willie Muhammad with 2,325,000 (78 big blinds), followed by Nadya Magnus with 2,100,000  (70 big blinds).

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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  200 of 4,960

Another level in the books and Event 1 is down to 200 players in contention for the title. Nadya Magnus is the latest to run up a stack, up to 1,075,000 with fellow million-chipper Joshua Poe.

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 495,000 (25 bb) with 200 players remaining.

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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  244 of 4,960

The extended color up break came to an end and Farid Jattin continues to lead the field by a big margin. His 1,955,000 is good deal ahead of second-place Eric Siegel with 1,200,000 with a handful of other players over 1,000,000.

Farid Jattin – 1,955,000 (130 bb)
Eric Siegel – 1,200,000 (80 bb)
T.K. Miles – 1,155,000 (77 bb)
Mike Chiappetta – 1,125,000 (75 bb)
Nino Natale – 1,120,000 (75 bb)
Edgar Varas – 1,120,000 (75 bb)
Joshua Poe – 1,105,000 (74 bb)
Pedro Palacio – 1,025,000 (68 bb)

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,0000 ante and the average stack is about 410,000 (27 bb) with 244 players remaining.

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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  244 of 4,960

After a crazy start to the day, tournament staff sent players on a 20-minute break while they take the 1K chips out of play.

With 244 players remaining, the average stack will be about 410,000 (27 bb) with the blinds at 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 ante and everyone is guaranteed at least $1,475.

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Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  268 of 4,960

To give the pace some perspective, the math says Event 1 has lost an average of one player every 30 seconds since cards went in the air and that includes a 10-minute break where it wasn’t possible to lose a player. The action will have to slow down eventually but right now they are juicing the action.

Anthony Casas is another player on the better end of the deal, sitting with 910,000 in his stack with less than 30 minutes before the 1K color up break.

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Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  328 of 4,960

The field continues to shrink (while opening tables for Event 6) which means someone has to get chips while the payout line grows. Two more dangerous players are building chip castles including Jake Schwartz with 823,000 and Mark Perry with 790,000.

There’s still a lot of time left in the day to catch them but that won’t be an easy feat.

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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  396 of 4,960

Farid Jattin isn’t the only one building a stack this afternoon and David Vurgait’s run might be even more impressive. While he has yet to top a million, his 925,000 at the moment is a great increase on the 185,000 he began with at the start of the day.

The field is down under 400 and there’s no slowing yet.