2019
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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 7
Mel Berfond
It folded around to Walter Sarmiento in the hijack and he announced all in. Mel Berfond was in the small blind and called for his last 300,000 before AJ folded his big.
Sarmiento: 
Berfond: 
Berfond was dominated but took the lead on the 
flop. The 
turn changed nothing but the 
river was bad news for Berfond. Both made aces and nines and Sarmiento’s queen kicker played to send Berfond off his second final table of the series.
Walter Sarmiento – 1,610,000 (27 bb)
Mel Berfond – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,048)
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Level 26: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 8
Action folded around to Gilanthony Bertin in the small blind, he limped, and Ivan Mirkovich checked his option in the big. The flop came 
, Bertin checked, and Mirkovich moved all in for 340,000. After a quick minute to think about it, Bertin called with the bigger stack.
Mirkovich: 
Bertin: 
Mirkovich was ahead with a pair of nines and needed to fade the over cards and clubs. The 
turn was safe and he had his double after the 
river.
Ivan Mirkovich – 860,000 (14 bb)
Gilanthony Bertin – 950,000 (16 bb)
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Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 8
Harold Cubillos
Harold Cubillos had only three big blinds coming back from break but found a quick double up to get a little breathing room. Soon after, he moved all in for 300,000 from the small blind after Walter Sarmiento opened to 155,000 and AJ called on the button. Sarmiento four-bet shoved to get AJ to abandon his 155,000 in the pot.
Sarmiento: 
Cubillos: 
Cubillos needed a lot of help but could not find a save as the board ran out 
to send him out in ninth place.
Walter Sarmiento – 1,305,000 (26 bb)
Harold Cubillos – Eliminated in 9th Place ($698)
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Level 25: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 9
Seat 1: Mel Berford – 780,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: AJ – 1,330,000 (27 bb)
Seat 3: Harold Cubillos – 165,000 (3 bb)
Seat 4: Jose Centeno – 580,000 (12 bb)
Seat 5: Gilanthony Bertin – 1,310,000 (26 bb)
Seat 6: Ivan Mirkovich – 585,000 (12 bb)
Seat 7: Walter Sarmiento – 520,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Edgar Vutan – 635,000 (13 bb)
Seat 9: Matthew Rosenbaum – 2,485,000 (50 bb)
Remaining payouts:
1st: $9,781
2nd: $5,762
3rd: $3,317
4th: $2,689
5th: $2,095
6th: $1,746
7th: $1,397
8th: $1,048
9th: $698
10th: Ben Wachstein – $454
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Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 12
Steve Prager made another DSC deep run
Action slowed way down and players are holding on tight to their chips but the stacks are getting very shallow. We don’t expect it to be much longer before we have 10 players remaining for the final table.
13th: Andrew DeFrancesco – $384
14th: Leonard Battaglia – $384
15th: James Wu – $384
16th: Julio Clavell – $349
17th: Kumar Shail – $349
18th: Steve Prager – $349
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Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 18
After a quick break to color off the 1K chips, they returned to action and quickly lost enough players to trigger the two-table redraw with 18 players remaining. They were also shifted closer to the payout desk to make it quicker to hit the cage.
19th: Joseph Gergus – $314
20th: Rafik Takla – $314
21st: Jacob Maus – $314
22nd: Shamshair Alli – $314
23rd: Leon Motola – $314
24th: David Bobillot – $314
25th: Dennis Lisovskiy – $314
26th: David Melillo – $314
27th: Ronald Landy – $314
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Level 20: 8,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 27
Edgar Vutan
Even with the blinds going up mid-bubble, it still took six hands before we had the first all-in called. It happened when a short-stacked players moved all in for 86,000 and Edgar Vutan called in the small blind to put him at risk. Then they had to wait for the other three tables to finish as the word spread. Once they were complete, the hands were tabled.
Vutan: 
Opponent: 
Vutan was in dominating position, both paired their king on the 
flop, but the bubble burst after the turn and river completed the board.
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Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 28
It took a little longer to get there than anticipated but Event 4 hit the money bubble with a few minutes remaining in Level 19. Tournament staff paused the clock and issued the money bubble instructions. They would play one hand at each table, with two minutes coming off for each, and they would continue that way until one player was eliminated to put them in the money.
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Level 18: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 36
Mel Berfond
One level after the dinner break, Event 4 is down to the last four tables with 36 players remaining. Some of that was due to Mel Berfond.
He sent a tablemate to the rail in 37th place and tournament staff broke a table to fill in the seats. Berfond picked up a nice cash to start the series, he finished in fourth place at the Event 1 final table for a $5,020 payday.
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Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Total Entries: 240
Players Remaining: 47
The dinner break is complete and the 47 remaining players are back in their seats. The first milestone will be the money bubble and it will get here when only 28 are still around.