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Level 12: Blinds 1000/2000/2000
Entrants: 274
Remaining: 120
Average Chips: 80,000
While Dzurenda was issuing felt on 10, Brad Russo has not been idle, either.
Russo cracks 600,000, now well ahead of Trevor.
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End of Level 11: Blinds 800/1500/1500
Entrants: 274
Remaining: 127
Average Chips: 75,000
Trevor Dzurenda, pink shirt, seems to create catastrophes.
Seat one opened with 
, and picked up the world on table 8, including Mike McGuinness and big stacked Trevor Dzurenda.
On the 
, Mike went for the throat with 
, but 
was waiting as a trap.
However, you can’t actually trap with the second best hand, technically. Trevor was there with the 
to collect two tournament lives, and hit 500,000 in chips.
He surpasses Brad, now just a table over.
Registration is over – time to make this bullet work.
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End of Level 10: Blinds 600/1200/1200
Entrants: 266
We are about to close out the registration period, here in our last primary event of the BFPO. You can still squeeze in (or maybe one more time!) for 15 more minutes.
The Chip leader Russo, right, in action.
With some handreading chops, Brad Russo takes down a tournament life, raise calling off 
against a limp raise from LP. Brad has 450,000 and has surpassed Trevor for the tournament big stack at break.
The Pokermantis doesn’t like that absurdly big 3 ball, but gambles. Rebuy! Jon Neale looks on, left.
Getting a ruling on 4. Protect your cards.
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Level 9: Blinds 500/1000/1000
Entrants: 237
Unfortunately, the Bounty Killer is bust.
Baitai, in an unusual move, stands before calling, knowing he is making a thin call. He bravely calls down with ace-high on the turn, but a piece of cheese, dominated by the Killer’s 
, has gotten there.
The Bank of Brad Russo, with 300,000, on 9 is up there with Trevor. Brad does it all, makes change, accepts deposits, takes one hour lunches, according to the table.
Everton Taylor, right, busts a bullet, getting it in good, naturally, AQ losing to AJ. That’s Carlos Matos in the one, who just captured Event 19. Sunny Patel wearing Giants watches on, and Barry L, foreground, is at this wacky table, too.
A level and half of registration is left – time to think about your mid-tournament strategy.
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Level 8: Blinds 400/800/800
Entrants: 215
On outer table 15, Wooyang now shoved his last 8 or so blinds with 
, igniting a firestorm that ended with four players out.
flatted behind, A.S. took a flyer with 
, the chip leader Dzurenda got in with 
, and a player with 
liked the spot as well.
On the flop 
, the players managed to get everything in and into a slew slew of sidepots for the dealer to sort out.
Sorting out the carnage.
For everyone’s convenience, Trevor, the chip leader already, covered them all and drilled the 
on the river after the turn brought the super blank 
.
It was Trevor’s turn to celebrate a straight, and slapped his hands. Four players knocked out in a single pot, including Wooyang and A.S.
The chip leader now rises to over 340,000.
Yum yum.
Wooyang reregisters, and is now seated next to Trevor.
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Level 7: Blinds 300/600
Entrants: 198
Trevor Dzurenda laughs despite losing this one to A.S.
Trevor has the early lead with over 220,000.
Filletti stands, all-in, and dodges the Straight Man’s outs. “I was about to stand up and yell,” he reports.
Baitai the Bounty Killer is on three, here collecting his due.
We take a short break at the end of this level.
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Level 6: Blinds 200/400
Entrants: 178
A player on table 2 or 3 leapt up in celebration. He had made a straight, and shouted across the room in excitement.
Victory.
The shock of the tournament ending so soon reverberated through the room. The Pokermantis asked if he could get his buy-in back.
However, it was established that this pot was not the end, to everyone’s relief.
Play goes on here in the early levels, still with registration open.
Wooyang Lin on table 15, with his trademark kidney card protector.
Abraham Korotki, northeast tournament legend, was willing to play on, just for fun, on table 6.
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End of Level 24: Blinds 10000/20000/20000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 3
Average: 1,990,000
The final four, Benhayun, Weprin, Matos, and Amoroso, from seat 1 around.
By seat with estimated chips midway through 25.
- x
- Sami Benhayun 800,000
- x
- Barry Weprin 1,700,000
- x
- Carlos Matos 2,700,000
- x
- x
- Ray Amoroso 1,500,000
Key pot: 3bet from the blinds from Matos.
Amoroso decided to fold to a double barrel in a three bet pot, facing pressure from Matos.
Under average now, he shoves the next hand and takes it down.
Benhayun, left, faces the music.
Benhayun is soon crippled and faces a tough choice from the blinds. Facing a shove from Barry, he gambles, hoping 
are live cards with his last 8 blinds. However, Weprin has shipped – crushed.
Sami takes 4th for $4,015.
Barry knocks out Sami, and it’s three left. A deal is in the air, and with Carlos well ahead, he will take the trophy and first place undisputed. A great run for Matos – his first Borgata title.
Ray Amoroso, Jackson, NJ, 2nd, $7,053.
Barry Weprin, Mamoroneck, NY, 3rd, $7052.
Carlos Matos, Bronx, NY, 1st, $14,000.
Having a great series already, it is only natural to find Carlos with tonight’s Deeper Stack trophy.
Congratulations to him, Ray, and Barry for their respective runs!
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End of Level 23: Blinds 10000/20000/20000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 4
Average: 1,492,000
The finalists by seat with estimated chips:
- Anon. – bust
- Sami Benhayun 900,000
- x
- Barry Weprin 1,600,000
- Ming Oei bust
- Carlos Matos 2,600,000
- x
- Paul Colwell bust
- Ray Amoroso 1,300,000
Our anonymous big stack, after a long and steady mid-stacked run, busts to Sami in a preflop flip – failing to improve against 
.
Then, it’s Ming’s turn, trapped into going with by depth, and felted by Sami’s .
Ming Oei, great run to sixth, $2,509.
Colwell, short all final table, finally busts, a nice ladder to fifth for $3,011.
Then, Sami oversteps, firing in barrels against Barry, who picks off a brave river bet on a board, ruining Benhayun’s momentum.
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End of Level 22: Blinds 10000/20000/20000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 7
Average: 852,000
Mike Dunn is the next out, as he and Carlos get the money in on 
.
As the PFR, Carlos naturally continued with into a fairly favorable board, 80,000. Mike responded with a raise to 200,000 leaving 400,000 back, and of course covered by the chip leader.
Carlos decided he did not want to b/c and face a jam with his draw, and stuffed on Mike. However, Dunn could not be happier with that, holding .
However the on the turn gave Carlos broadway, and with no improvement for Mike, he takes ninth for $1,129.
Carlos takes a small hit, though right before the short break. Sami gets in his 10 bigs with 
against Carlos’ , and spikes the river for a double.
Benhayun, grey cap, survives domination. On his left, Gary Wong, next on the chopping block.
“Well deserved!” he exclaims, still smarting from earlier beats to his once leading stack.
As the players dispute the break length, it’s Gary’s time to go, being felted by Amoroso’s in aggressive flop action. Another run from the dangerous and swingy Wong, 8th for $1506.
Amoroso gets his stack colored up at break.