The $1,700 Championship NLH $500,000 GTD Is Down to the Final 18 Follow the Live Updates at WSOP.Com

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The field is down to the final 18 players and it's Dan Chalifour out in front looking to improve on his fourth place finish last year in this very event.

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Championship: Dan Chalifour Leads the Final 18

$1,700 NLH Championship Ring Event (One Re-Entry)

$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 22:8,000/16,000/16,000 BB Ante

Total Entries: 468

Players Remaining: 18

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Dan Chalifour

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count
1	1	Naichang Chen	720,000
1	2	Gordon Wilcox	980,000
1	3	Ralph Macri	1,020,000
1	4	Sean Thomson	870,000
1	5	Juan Carlos Ramirez Parodi	645,000
1	6	Gregory Nerenberg	665,000
1	7	Jeremy Barron	475,000
1	8	Chico Pho	365,000
1	9	Giuliano Lentini	580,000
2	1	Andrew Lauer	265,000
2	2	Maurice Hawkins	945,000
2	3	Andrew Ostapchenko	1,030,000
2	4	Justin Carey	1,090,000
2	5	Dan Chalifour	1,850,000
2	6	David Plotkin	590,000
2	7	Joseph Rudy	1,150,000
2	8	Luke Vrabel	380,000
2	9	Tsz Shing	390,000

Championship: Ramirez-Parodi Climbs Over Half a Million

$1,700 NLH Championship Ring Event (One Re-Entry)

$500,000 Guaranteed

Level 22: 8,000/16,000/16,000 BB Ante

Total Entries: 468

Players Remaining: 22

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Juan Ramirez-Parodi

The players have returned from dinner break and Juan Ramirez-Parodi has moved over the half a million chip mark. It's been a steady climb for Ramirez-Parodi throughout the day and he looks to continue his upward trend throughout the night.

Ramirez-Parodi is representing his home country of Venezuela with his hat and he joked "I'm always the last Venezuelan standing" after scooping his latest pot.