6 Handed Mike Ciarlante raised UTG to 40k and called by Kat Khaterzai on the button and Meir Becker and Joe Reddick in the blinds.
Flop: Q♣6♦9♠ blinds check and Ciarlante bets 135k and Khaterzai calls and the blinds fold.
Turn: 2♦ both players check
River: Q♠ Ciarlante bets 185k, and Khaterzai calls with KJ for King high.
Ciarlante shows his A♥8♥ with Ace high to win the hand
Pre Flop Yuriy Kurdynskyy moved all in for less than 10BB and was called by Mike Ciarlante.
Kurdynskyy: A5
Ciarlante: 55 which held up to knock out Kurdynskyy in 14th place for $4,395
Pre flop Nathan Thrush raised to 275k leaving just 40k behind, Mortarella in the blinds made the call.
Flop: K107 Mortarella bets to cover Thrush and Thrush quickly calls
Mortarella: A10
Thrush: Q10
Thrush needs a Q or running straight cards and neither come for Mortarella’s kicker to play and eliminate Thrush in 15th place for $4,395.
Pre flop Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan open jammed all in for about 350k and Brian Deutschmeister went all in over top and action folded around.
Deutschmeister: AQ
Sivaramakrishnan: AJ he gets no help from the board and is eliminated in 17th place for $3,558.
A couple hands later Gilberto Solano went all in pre flop for about 400k and called by Patrick Mortarella.
Solano: 33
Mortarella: JJ
Jacks held up for Mortarella and Solano took 16th place for $3.558.
UTG+1 Brian Gelman raised to 60k, Rishi Mehta went all in for 495k, and Gelman called.
Mehta: 99
Gelman: AQ
The board runs out no help to Gelman for Mehta’s pocket nines to hold and get the double up and leave Gelman with about 650k in chips.
Pre flop action folded around to Gilberto Solano in the SB who just called, David Zemel raised to 100k, Solano moved all in, covering Zemel’s 985k which he called.
Solano: AQ
Zemel: KK
Board is no help for Solano and Zemel gets the double up to stay alive.
Pre flop Leno Thomas moved all in for about 10 BB and was called by Anonymous.
Thomas: A8
Anonymous: JJ
No help for Thomas and Anonymous wins the hand and knocks out Thomas in 18th place for $3,558.
Pre flop Patrick Martorella raised on the button to 60k, Sridhar Sangannagari re-raised to 220k, and Martorella tanks for a couple minutes and then makes the call.
Flop: 9♥5♦7♦ Sangannagari goes all in for about 640k and Martorella quickly calls with about 800k total
Sanannagari: AQ
Martorella: 55 for a set
Board runs out 6 and a Q to give Sangannagari top pair but its not enough to win the hand and he’s eliminated in 19th place for $2,846.
| 19 | Sridhar | Sangannagari | $2,846 | West Windsor, NJ |
| 20 | Alexander | Rocha | $2,846 | |
| 21 | Kyle | Brock | $2,846 | Willow Grove, PA |
| 22 | Jeremy | Barnett | $2,846 | Hammonton, NJ |
| 23 | Allyn | Marshall | $2,846 | Deal, NJ |
| 24 | Ori | Grabow | $2,846 | New York, NY |
| 25 | Eric | Riley | $2,846 | Boynton Beach, FL |
| 26 | Michael | Conoran | $2,846 | Dover, NJ |
| 27 | Nathaniel | Lindquist | $2,846 | Philadelphia, PA |
With 18 Players remaining, the final 2 tables have redrawn for new seats.
The final 20 players are on a 1 hour dinner break. These last couple levels Mike Cerlante has managed to not only hang onto his chip lead but also has grown it by over 75% and not has 5.345M going into dinner break. Play will resume at 8:40pm with the field playing through 4 more levels tonight through level 26 or until a final table is reached (whichever is sooner).
Pre flop UTG Rishi Mehti raised to 50k, chip leader Mike Cerliante called, followed by Meir Becker in the hijack, Gilberto Solano re raised on the button to 175k, and all 3 players called.
Flop: 9♠5♣J♦ action checks back to the raiser and Solano bets 400k, Mehti folds and Cerlante moves all in. Becker folds and Solano tanks a couple minutes as Cerlante is the only player at the table that can take him out and eventually makes the fold. Cerlante shows pocket 5’s for bottom set.
