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Level 20: Blinds 6000/12000/12000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 55
Average Chips: 344,000
Joe Johnson has completed his comeback from the set over set cooler, and now has the chip lead heading toward the bubble play.
Joe Johnson now with 1,3000,000.
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End of Level 19: Blinds 5000/10000/10000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 65
Average Chips: 291,000
Dean Chimienti has 800,000.
Meanwhile, Shaun Hinklen has turned his average stack around, and has over 500,000 again. He first faded a flip, winning with 
against 
, then made 
work better than last time, flatting a raise, and then back shoving when Bill White squeezed from the blinds to 120,000, getting a fold and a win without showdown.
White’s big stack is now a thing of the past – he’ll have to rebuild his cooler chips to get even with Hinklein and Chimienti.
With 20 to the bubble, the money is in sight.
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End of Level 18: Blinds 4000/8000/8000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 80
Average Chips: 237,000
On nearby 3, Brad Fryman, celebrating his birthday, opened to 22,500, a fairly large raise that got folds all the way to Borgatapoker.com ambassador Katie Stone, who defended.
On 
, Katie checked, and Brad brought out the hammer, betting 50,000, just over pot. After some thought, Katie called.
Katie Stone, left, contemplate the flop bet while Brad studies her reaction.
The turn brought the 
, which Katie naturally checked, as was not a hand she was likely to have. Brad now lessened the sizing but continued, 75,000.
Katie jammed her remaining 150,000 and Brad snapped it off. Everyone had what they were representing, Katie with 
and Brad with 
. Drawing dead, Katie packed up while Brad apologized for the beat.
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End of Level 17: Blinds 3000/6000/6000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 110
Average Chips: 170,000
Joe Johnson, one of the big stacks with 500,000 at the break was cooled off for a nearly 800,000 pot in the last hand before dinner.
Joe opened and picked up Bill White and one other player. Hitting gin on 
, continued for 23,000, and must have been happy to see White raise him to 65,000. The other player folded, and Joe jammed over White, only to be snapped off by .
Bill White, right around 800,000. He’ll win this pot, too.
Johnson covered Bill, and still has an average stack after flying high during the last few levels.
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Level 17: Blinds 3000/6000/6000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 110
Average Chips: 170,000
Players have returned from dinner, and now begin the long night’s journey toward the money and then, the final table.
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End of Level 16: Blinds 2500/5000/5000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 120
Average Chips: 158,000
Great hand between Alfonso Creighton, left, and Nathan Grow.
Creighton opened and was three bet from the button by Grow. The 
went check check, but on 
the Grow found a delayed continuation bet on what could very well be a blank for his range Creighton eventually called but then had to face about 55,000 on the end when Grow shoved the 
, another card unlikely to help anyone.
A tough spot, getting three to one and a big stacks at play. Creighton took several minutes and folded. Grow flashed an unlikely card – a . Had he hit a set or simply turned a light 3 bet into a river bluff?
Both are at 200,000 at present and healthy.
Ralph Macri has since shot into the chip lead, surpassing Hinklen on his left, and Dennis Bacon.
Ralph explained his philosophy after some young punk tried to bluff him the other night at 1/2. “I’m over forty, I don’t fold. The further I have to drive here, the less I fold.”
Can’t argue with that.
Meanwhile, Bacon has scored again, and is up to 500,000.
Off to dinner break in a few minutes. Return at 9 PM.
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End of Level 15: Blinds 2000/4000/4000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 132
Average Chips: 143,000
Bacon takes the big blind and a short stack with it.
Big stack Dennis Bacon’s table had just broken when he took the big blind at a center table. With his chips just out of the rack, he faced an EP shove for about 10 blinds. Bacon thought for moment, then took the price with , knocking out an 
without drama – king on the flop.
Dennis moves to 450,000 plus, keeping up with Shaun Hinklen.
Meanwhile the floor has announced that the dinner break will come after level 16 and be one hour.
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Level 14: Blinds 1500/3000/3000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 170
Average Chips: 170
Shuan Hinklein on 5 is near 450,000.
Wooyang Lin is regular, and he’s got a stack to work with, as usual. Now at 250,000.
Meanwhile, reg on reg violence: Abraham Korotki has knocked out Istvan Szabo, and has a stack to play with now.
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Level 13: Blinds 1200/2500/2500 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 219
Average Chips: 79,000
On outer table 20, a new chip leader has emerged.
Dennis Bacon folds this one but is out in front.
Meanwhile Event 43, one of the BWPO’s final events, is starting on the other end of the Event Center – the double green chip bounty. Plenty of time to get in.
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Level 12: Blinds 1000/2000/2000 BB Ante
Entries: 474
Remaining: 239
Average Chips: 79,000
Dennis Novosel felts three opponents in one hand with a set of tens, AK, AQ, and a hopeful KQ. Men the Master is one of them.
Dennis shoots up to 200,000.
Where’d everybody go? That’s Gary Gelman across from Dennis.
Interesting spot: Vanna Nuon, with a strong calling range considering the action behind, debates what to do with this shove after the PFR folds. He lets it go – claiming a big ace that must have been trapping the EP raiser.
Lurking behind chip leader Harry is Joe Johnson, with 250,000. That’s James Mason in the background.