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In Hand #27 of hand-for-hand play two spots from the money, Joe McKeehen moved all in from the small blind, and Christopher Frank called all in from the big blind with .

McKeehen turned over , and Frank needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and McKeehen paired his five on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Frank in 13th place.

Joe McKeehen  –  1,170,000  (47 bb)
Christopher Frank  –  Eliminated

Hand-for-hand play will continue on the Money Bubble until one more player is eliminated, and then action will continue tonight until nine players remain for tomorrow afternoon’s final table.

With 12 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 615,000 (25 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 74

In Hand #26 of hand-for-hand play two spots from the money, Jesse Lonis raised all in for 235,000 from the hijack, and Joe McKeehen called in the big blind.

Lonis: 
McKeehen: 

The board came down , safe for Lonis to double up.

Jesse Lonis  –  510,000  (26 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  985,000  (49 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 570,000 (29 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 74

In Hand #15 of hand-for-hand play two spots from the money, Philip Shing min-raised UTG+1 to 40,000, Marius Gierse moved all in from the big blind for 480,000, and Shing called with .

Gierse turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gierse spiked a six on the river to win the pot with a full house, sixes full of aces, to double up in chips.

Marius Gierse  –  990,000  (50 bb)
Philip Shing  –  720,000  (36 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 570,000 (29 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 74

After some potential stalling, hand-for-hand play began two spots away from the money, with 13 players remaining.

They played six hands without any all-in-and-call situations before Level 15 came to an end, and they took a 15-minute break.

Here are the official chip counts:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Justin Saliba  –  415,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Philip Shing  –  1,155,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  Martin Stausholm  –  335,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Gytis Lazauninkas  –  280,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Galen Hall  –  345,000  (17 bb)
Seat 7.  Leon Sturm  –  555,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Marius Gierse  –  650,000  (33 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Christopher Frank  –  335,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jesse Lonis  –  310,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  120,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6.  Corey Wade  –  275,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7.  Aram Oganyan  –  1,645,000  (82 bb)
Seat 8.  Joe McKeehen  –  980,000  (49 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 570,000 (29 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 15:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 74

Philip Shing got it all in from the big blind for 313,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Marius Gierse on the button.

The board came , and Shing paired his five on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Philip Shing  –  650,000  (41 bb)
Marius Gierse  –  655,000  (41 bb)

Shortly after Shing’s double up, Ben Lamb was eliminated in 14th place by Joe McKeehen at the other table.

Joe McKeehen  –  850,000  (53 bb)
Ben Lamb  –  Eliminated

With 13 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 569,000 (36 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 15:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 74

Jesse Lonis raised from the button to 36,000, Jeremy Ausmus moved all in from the small blind for 100,000, and Corey Wade called from the big blind. Lonis tanked for a while before he also called.

The flop came , Wade bet 70,000, and Lonis quickly folded.

Ausmus turned over for ace high, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Wade’s .

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Ausmus paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and triple up in chips.

Jeremy Ausmus  –  316,000  (20 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  395,000  (25 bb)
Corey Wade  –  250,000  (16 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 529,000 (33 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 15:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 74

Bryn Kenney got it all in from the button for about 180,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of chipleader Aram Oganyan, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and Oganyan turned a spade flush to win the pot and eliminate Kenney in 15th place.

Aram Oganyan  –  1,510,000  (94 bb)
Bryn Kenney  –  Eliminated

While this hand was in progress, Norbert Szecsi was eliminated in 16th place at the other table.

Norbert Szecsi  –  Eliminated

With 14 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 529,000 (33 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 14:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 74

Erik Seidel raised from the cutoff, Aram Oganyan reraised from the small blind, and Seidel moved all in for roughly 400,000.

Oganyan called with , and Seidel turned over . Seidel needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and both players flopped sets, with Oganyan winning the pot with his set of aces to eliminate Seidel in 19th place.

Aram Oganyan  –  1,200,000  (100 bb)
Erik Seidel  –  Eliminated

A minute or two after Seidel busted, Matthew Wantman was eliminated in 18th place, and the field is now on the precipice of the final two tables.

Matthew Wantman  –  Eliminated

With 17 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 435,000 (36 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 14:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 74

Gergely Kulcsar got it all in from the cutoff with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Gytis Lazauninkas, who was under the gun.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Lazauninkas to win the pot and eliminate Kulcsar in 20th place.

Gytis Lazauninkas  –  490,000  (41 bb)
Gergely Kulcsar  –  Eliminated

With 19 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 389,000 (32 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

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Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 74

Christopher Frank min-raised UTG+1 to 20,000, Aram Oganyan called from the hijack, and Brandon Wilson moved all in from the cutoff for 290,000.

Frank quickly folded, and Oganyan asked for an exact count and thought for a bit before he called with .

Wilson turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Oganyan flopped a pair of jacks with a heart flush draw, and both players turned a gutshot straight draw. But the river card was another heart, giving Oganyan an ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Wilson in 21st place.

Aram Oganyan  –  885,000  (89 bb)
Brandon Wilson  –  Eliminated

With 20 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 370,000 (37 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.