Level 18 (5,000/10,000/1,000)
Total Entrants: 313
Players Remaining 18
Average Stack: 348,000

Jon Lawson (pictured) used the max late-reg option on Day 1C and crawled to Day 2. With 18 players left in the RG Main Event, Lawson is peaking after finding a double against Kipp Smith. 

Jeff Tebben limped the hijack and Lawson raised to 30,000 from the small blind. Smith put in another raise to 100,000 and Tebben folded. Lawson shoved for about 180,000 total and Smith called with 10♣10♠. Lawson had him notched with JJ♠ and escaped trouble on the A♣KQ♠6♣6♠ board. Smith is below 10 big blinds.

The field is down to two tables and below is a look at the updated counts for the 18 remaining players. 

Table 14

  1. Corky Stott - 100,000
  2. Mickey Stuefen - 190,000
  3. Joseph Walters - 840,000
  4. Chris Horter - 195,000
  5. Jon Lawson - 385,000
  6. Dan Martin - 1,040,000
  7. Thomas Tackett - 235,000
  8. Jamie Kerstetter - 370,000
  9. Loran Hackman - 110,000

Table 15

  1. Lauren Kucks - 140,000
  2. Michael Connors - 150,000
  3. Bob Cosner - 140,000
  4. Jeff Tebben - 350,000
  5. Greg Jennings - 180,000
  6. Russell Licking - 260,000
  7. Mike Fouts - 1,130,000
  8. Andy Van Blair - 400,000
  9. Kipp Smith - 65,000
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