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Level 22: Blinds 10000/20000/20000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 9
Average: 663,000
The shortstacks bust rapidly once in money, including Maureen and her husband.
The ten handed final table is made, and Ryan Hagerty takes 10th for $1,004, getting it in slightly ahead with 
but losing to its equity enemy, 
.
Ryan Hagerty, right, is out. Benhayun, left, is now under average stack.
Barry makes quad aces and gets bet into – good feeling.
The finalists by seat with estimated chips:
- Anonymous 540,00
- Sami Benhayun 300,000
- Gary Wong 250,000
- Barry Weprin 1,500,000
- Ming Oei 500,000
- Carlos Matos 2,000,000
- Mike Dunn 700,000
- Paul Colwell 125,000
- Ray Amoroso 600,000
Recent finishers:
11. Mark Medvin, $1004
12. Dax Funderburk $1004
13. Victor Filletti $878
First big action nine handed is Dunn doubling through Ming, over 
.
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Level 10: Blinds 6000/12000/12000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 12
Average: 497,000
The new chip leader, Barry Weprin, surrounded by Maureen and her husband Adrian – who just busted in 15th.
Barry made middle set sing when his opponent jammed running trips on 
into his sevens full for the pot of the tournament so far – a 1,100,000 pot plus swing to Barry, giving him 1,350,000, ahead of Carlos and Ming.
Latest finishers:
16. Darwin C.
17. Ray Tavella
18. Rafal Kordys
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Level 19: Blinds 5000/10000/10000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 18
Average: 331,000
The dealer points out the winning hand, while the bubble player walks away behind Darwin. That’s Gary in the left corner – he’s taken a big hit but makes the money.
The old chip leaders are not dead, but they are no longer. Carlos Matos has 1.2 million and no one is particularly close at the moment.
Ming Oei appears to have taken from Gary, and has about 750,000.
Big stacks together: Ray Amoroso has 720,000, on the right of leader Carlos.
That table, number 3, is now broken, and we have the final two with the cashing players redrawn.
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Level 17: Blinds 4000/8000/8000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 29
Average: 205,000
The chip leaders are moving it around. She Lok “Gary” Wong has dropped to 800,000, while Carlos Matos is up to 550,000 and very steadily rising.
Benhayun, on table three with Carlos, is just as steady, now at 700,000 and within site of Gary.
Matos peels his cards on 2.
Meanwhile, we continue to close in on the bubble, in part thanks to Maureen Bloechlinger. On table one, she just knocked out two players at once. She was completing the action when two short stacks got it in for about 8 blinds, and saw the 
.
“Sometimes you gotta have balls,” Maureen, who went for it and took down both, including one who was looking to steal with . It works until it doesn’t. Maureen is co-founder of The Poker League of Nations, the world’s largest women’s poker organization.
Maureen is up to 250,000 and set to fade the bubble now.
Short break at the end of 18 coming next.
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Level 17: Blinds 3000/6000/6000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 34
Average: 175,000
On now breaking table 5, the Pokermantis was in survival mode as usual. He had come back from 1,000 chips, and then 13,000 to reach a shove stack of 11 big blinds here in level 16.
The Pokermantis, back from a blind, making it work.
The unfortunate end for everyone’s favorite short stacker came at the hands of Almighty final tablist Nahn Cao. The Mantis dared to raise to 2.2x, 12,000, and somehow picked up three callers. Immediately behind, Cao should be fairly strong to take this line, and perhaps the others merely felt themselves priced in.
On 
, the small blind checked, and with about 50,000 in the pot and the same the same back, Mantis checked. Cao now fired 27,000 into the 50,000, a great sizing but likely committing as he himself had less than 25 blinds.
One caller counted out a raise, then folded, and the other mucked as well.
The Mantis pondering the lead from Cao.
Now the Mantis, who had folded the flop a VPIP earlier, said he had to count his outs. He took another thirty seconds, stacked his remaining ten blinds in a column and shoved, leaving Cao about 5 more blinds to call.
Apparently Nanh was lighter than he should be, because there was no snap despite getting 5:1 on his call. What had he bet? At last, he put in the chips, and the dramatic hand played out, the Mantis having trapped Cao, his 
far ahead of Cao’s .
However, the Mantis was not to be long for our tournament. The turn brought a cruel 
and 
, crushing the Mantis like a bug.
That awkward moment when your fans want a pic.
Cao gets back to health, and the table breaks – the money is still not quite near, but we’re at four table.
Oei and Wong: on the big stack table.
Meanwhile, perennial danger Gary Wong has just flushed out Bounty finalist Dan Walsh, hearts over hearts. The 600,000 chip pot, very big for this level, puts Gary in a commanding lead with 1,100,000.
Oei, up and down all tournament, takes a small one from him next, but Wong has chips to spare and still have a million.
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Level 15: Blinds 2000/4000/4000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 44
Average: 135,000
The players have returned. Five tables left, each table moves to nine-handed.
Back in action in the center of the TTA.
Benhayun still leads, now with about 600,000.
Payouts:
- $14,805
- 8,281
- 5,019
- 4,015
- 3,011
- 2,509
- 2,008
- 1,506
- 1,129
- – 12. 1,004 13. – 15. 878 16. – 18. 753
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End of Level 14: Blinds 1500/3000/3000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 50
Average: 120,000
Benhayon busts Gary Kosakowski, giving him nearly 540,000 and the likely lead at break.
Gary’s demise helps break table 6, and Sami moves to five.
Mike Dunn, also above 500,000 now, moves to 2.
Awaiting Dunn is the aggressive She Lok “Gary” Wong, also over 500,000.
We return from break at 7:55 p.m.
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Level 14: Blinds 1500/3000/3000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 60
Average: 99,500
Well off the money, the players are fighting to accumulate here in mid-levels of the Deeper Stack.
Always working, Gary Kosakowski on 6 bet-calls against Sami Benhayun, right.
In their first pot, Kosakowski got a full double to nearly 160,000 with the nut flush against the big stacked Sami.
However, Benhayun struck back, raised a turn lead from Gary on 
, then shoving the 
on the river. Gary snap folded, perhaps holding a big club that checked flop and semi-bluffed turn.
Sami moves back to 330,000 and is one of the big stacks.
On 12, another big stack has developed.
Preferring not to be named, this player has reached over 350,000, here pondering a board from the button…
The big stacked player declined to cbet in position on a paired ace board, allowing the blinds to have at it.
…and Ming Oei takes the pot with trap from the blinds, AJ for good trips.
Oei is fighting for his tournament though – that big stack is now gone and he’s under the average.
Familiar face this BFPO: Carlos Matos continues to perform this series, with final tables and cashes. He’s around 250,000 and in contention today.
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Level 12: Blinds 1000/2000/2000 bb ante
Entries: 199
Remaining: 80
Average: 75,000
We pick up coverage of the Deeper Stack post-registration.
Mike Dunn, left, has current chip lead with 300,000. Steven Brouillette, a Deep Stack champ himself, looks like he’s the one having all the fun, though.
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End of Level 22: Blinds 8000/15000/15000 bb ante
Entrants: 71
Remaining: 2
Average: $710,000
Brock jams over a raise for his last 500,000 and puts Dan to thinking, eventually folding .
“Damn it,” he mutters as Brock shows him the .
Then, more chips for Brock when he check calls turn on a dynamic board with a weak showdown hand and is good. Walsh found a protection bet on the turn, but it was too weak at showdown after all. He pitches the 
in disappointment, as Brock shows on 
.
This pot gives Brock the lead back.
Then, the tournament could be over. They get it in on 
, and Dan is flummoxed. He has 
but Brock has . His tournament is saved, however, by the eight pairing and forcing a chop.
Dan gets in a min check raise in an interesting spot where Brock is unlikely to have much on 
– and gets a fold, but it might not be what he wanted, especially considering the ornate checking motion he gave before letting Brock bet.
Then, Dan has a huge double up opportunity, versus 
, but an ace on the river gives the preflop action all to Brock. Dan is crippled.
He fades his first all in, and manages surviving another hand.
Then, Brock shoves , and Dan calls it off with a suited connector.
The flop brings both pairs, but Brock leaves Dan dead to a gutter, turning trips. The river fills Wilson up, and it’s over, 
over on 
.
Dan Walsh, Boynton Beach, FL, 2nd – $13,085
Dan played big, bounty taking pots and made a great run to heads-up.
Brock Wilson, Trenton, MI, 1st – $24,105
Very strong run for Brock. The heads-up call with third pair on the understanding Dan likely had far too many bluffs was especially impressive, and part of what make him a worthy Bounty champ.
Congrats to both players!