The Twitternet: D'Angelo Rising

Level 9: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Hit my rush. 180k stack now after AK beats David chius AQ for 120k pot. @worldpokertour #WPTChampionship

— Ryan D'Angelo (@g0lfa) May 20, 2013

Barry Shulman Eliminated

Level 9: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Barry Shulman moves all in for 15,000 and Ryan D'Angelo calls. Shulman holds J7 and D'Angelo holds 109. The board reads K9358 and Shulman is eliminated. D'Angelo is up to 60,000 after the hand.

Ryan D'Angelo - 60,000 (30 bb)
Barry Shulman - Eliminated

Recent Eliminations

Level 9: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Nick Schulman, Sandor Demjan, Chris Bjorin, David Fuss, David Chiu, and Dominik Nitsche have been eliminated.

Unofficial Field Size

Level 9: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

The registration period has come to a close and there are 146 entries in the WPT World Championship. Prize pool information will be released later this evening. Phil Ivey was the 146th entry in the event.

Level 9 Begins (146 Entrants)

Level 9: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

The players return from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a 300 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the unofficial field size is 146 players. The official prizepool information should be released by the casino staff soon.

With 92 players remaining from an unofficial field of 146 entrants, the average chip count is about 159,000 (79 big blinds).

Giorgio Medici Eliminated By Steven Silverman

Level 8: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Picking up the action after a T92 flop, Steven Silverman and Giorgio Medici exchange a few bets and raises before Giorgio calls all in for about 175,000 with QT. SIlverman tables AQ for the ace-high flush and locks up the pot after the 8 turn.

Steven Silverman - 470,000 (293 bb)
Giorgio Medici - Eliminated

Giorgio Medici vs. Marvin Rettenmaier

Level 8: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Giorgio Medici raises from under the gun and Marvin Rettenmaier three-bets from the cutoff. Medici calls and the flop falls J82.

Medici check-calls 11,200 on the flop and another 17,600 after the 7 turn. Both players check the K river and Medici tables QJ.

Rettenmaier has it beat with QQ and wins the pot.

Marvin Rettenmaier - 384,000 (240 bb)
Giorgio Medici - 200,000 (125 bb)

Season XI WPT Champions Club: Paul Klann

Level 8: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Paul Klann joined the WPT Champions Club when he won the WPT L.A. Poker Classic earlier this season, earning $1,004,090. It was the biggest score of his career, and he followed it up with an 11th-place finish at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star to shoot up the WPT Player of the Year standings.

Klann has 1,850 points in the WPT Player of the Year race, which makes him the closest contender to Matt Salsberg. (Paul Volpe has more points than Klann, but Volpe isn't playing this event so he has no chance of catching Salsberg.)

Klann can catch Salsberg in the points race by finishing sixth place or higher, so if he makes the televised WPT Final Table (and Salsberg doesn't cash), he will win the WPT Player of the Year award.

The Twitternet: Re-Shifting Sands

Level 8: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Things went as bad as possible during my first entry. Finally busted AA to QQ aip. Re-bought and won first two hands. Have 160k. #WPTChamp

— David Doc Sands (@Doc_Sands) May 20, 2013

Barry Shulman Doubles Thru Shawn Cunix

Level 8: 800-1,600, 200 ante

Barry Shulman doubled up thru Shawn Cunix when his K3 made quads on a board reading KK32K. Shulman was all in for 17,400 and he is up to 40,000 after the hand while Cunix is down to 45,000.

Barry Shulman - 40,000 (25 bb) 
Shawn Cunix - 45,000 (28 bb)