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.
Pre flop Meir Becker opened and Eric Riley moved all in pre flop for about 280k. Becker had him covered and made the call.
Riley: 44
Becker: A10
The board ran out 10 high for Becker’s pair of tens to win the hand and eliminate Riley in 25th place for $2,846.
With just under 13BB Nate Lindquist moved all in pre flop with pocket 6’s and called by Kat Khaterzai with A8. Khaterzai hit a pair to knock Lindquist out in 27th place for $2,846. Khaterzai is now 2nd in chips with about 3.1M. Mike Cerlante won close to 500k in a pot against Rishi Mehta who had flopped top pair and turned 2 pair and Cerlante had turned a flush. Cerlante now has about 3.6M in chips and is holding onto the chip lead.
With just 27 players remaining, the final 3 tables have just redrawn for new seats.
| 28 | James | Kaplan | $2,386 | Brooklyn, NY |
| 29 | Vinod | Avula | $2,386 | Freehold, NJ |
| 30 | Angel | Lopez | $2,386 | Cherry Hill, NJ |
| 31 | John | Trench | $2,386 | Langhorne, PA |
| 32 | Jonathan | Riegler | $2,386 | Philadelphia, PA |
| 33 | Shane | Lawler | $2,386 | Malvern, PA |
| 34 | Bartholomew | Golik | $2,386 | Brooklyn, NY |
| 35 | Joseph | Ritchie | $2,386 | Bensalem, PA |
| 36 | Daniel | Daconti | $2,386 | Mount Laurel, NJ |
Kat Khaterzai is the last woman standing. Currently 3rd in chips at about 2.5M she is just behind Solano who is at her table at the moment and about half a million from the chip lead. With over 500k in live earning Khaterzai has proven in the past to be a fierce competitor and is well on her way to a deep run.
The final 29 players are on a 15 minute color up break. Mike Ciarlante has taken the chip lead with 2.985M with Gilberto Solano and Kat Khaterzai close behind both around 2.5M in chips.
| 37 | Lingyu | Zen | $2,051 | Lake Hiawatha, NJ |
| 38 | Boris | Kravets | $2,051 | Feasterville Trevose, PA |
| 39 | Tiffany | Wong | $2,051 | North Bergen, NJ |
| 40 | Joseph | Reddick | $2,051 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 41 | David | Kilcoyne | $2,051 | Holland, PA |
| 42 | Metin | Adam | $2,051 | New York, NY |
| 43 | Matthew | Cerbone | $2,051 | West Harrison, NY |
| 44 | Roosevelt | Williams | $2,051 | West Hempstead, NY |
| 45 | James | Greenland | $2,051 | Denver, CO |
