$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: Blinds 5,000/10,000/1,000 ante

Steven Lauffer was the quietest player at the final table but finally had to take a stand after climbing a few spots on the payout ladder.

It happened after Frank Simms shoved from middle position for 62,000 and action folded to Lauffer in the big blind with half that amount.

He called with and was at risk against Simms’ . The flop ran clean for Simms with but Lauffer added some chop outs on the turn. No love on the river and Lauffer was gone in 7th place for $885.

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante

They kept their foot on the gas and the next big hand saw Julian Gallo get a much needed double up with but Ian Pearson wasn’t so lucky.

He was stuck with just 31,000 and he open-shoved for every one of them. It folded around to Avi Hakmon in the small blind and he just called. Frank Simms considered a call in the big blind but let it go.

Pearson laughed and said “I’m live” as he rolled over and was against Hakmon’s . Pearson added a wheel draw on the flop but was sent out in 8th when the board completed . He picked up $658 for his efforts.

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000 ante

The madness unleashed by the Bruce MacGregor elimination continued just a few hands later when two players were at risk.

Mark Fowler had Avi Hakmon and Mike Green covered in chips but behind with cards. Green was ahead for the side pot with , Hakmon was ahead for the main pot with , and Fowler needed help for the double KO with .

The board ran out to award the pots how they were favored and Fowler dropped down to just a few thousand.

Two hands later and Fowler called an open to 25,000 from Frank Simms leaving just a few 1k chips in his stack. He put them in after the flop and Simms said he had to call.

Simms flopped top pair with and Folwer was drawing thin with . He couldn’t catch a set or the gutshot to go out in 9th place for $544.

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: Blinds 3,000/6,000/1,000 ante

The final table is set for Event 4 with 162,000 as the average stack. Chip counts to come shortly.

Seat 1. Adam Horowitz – 546,000
Seat 2. Steven Lauffer – 90,000
Seat 3. Pedro Arez – 409,000
Seat 4. Avi Hakmon – 68,000
Seat 5. Bruce MacGregor – 106,000
Seat 6. Frank Simms – 119,000
Seat 7. Ian Pearson – 59,000
Seat 8. Julian Gallo – 95,000
Seat 9. Mike Green – 37,000
Seat 10. Mark Fowler – 112,000

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

The stacks are deep and it took awhile to get one last bustout to form the final table.

Nick Costa was getting short and saw the flop along with Pedro Arez, who bet out 9,000 first to act. Costa moved all-in for 41,000 total and Arez took his time to think it out.

He eventually called with second pair/gut shot and Costa said, “I’m playing Jack junk again” as he turned over . The board finished to give Arez the hand, send Costa out in 11th, and form the final table.

Staff are redrawing for new seats.

$1,100 Six Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 7: Blinds 100/200/25 ante

The $1,100 buy-in 6-Max event is slowly making its way down closer to the money with just 31 remaining of the starting 93.

They’ve just returned from their third break of the day and schedule to play 10 full levels before bagging up.

David Dayan – 84,725
Raminder Singh – 83,775
Gregory Baird – 82,700
Joelle Guarino – 75,100
Mike Beasley – 63,375
Jonathan Marks – 60,425

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Lisa Levy is out of the tournament thanks to her final hand against Mike Green but the hand which did her in was against Julian Gallo.

Gallo was all-in with against Levy’s and he knocked her down near the felt, mostly thanks to the flop.

Levy was forced to take a shot with but couldn’t win a flip against Green’s pocket Fours.

“Julian G isn’t done yet,” Gallo declared. “Put that in the blog!”

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: Blinds 2,000/4,000/500 ante

It was a quick process getting down from 15 players to the money with 12 remaining.

Two of the last players to miss the money were Abbey Daniels and Marsha Wolak. Daniels’ went out in 14th when her couldn’t catch up to Frank Simms’ pocket Jacks depsite flopping the .

There were some talk among the final two table about a save for the bubble but Wolak was all-in shortly after the discussions broke down.

She open-shoved and made it past everyone except Steven Lauffer in the big blind. Wolak was ahead pre-flop with against but Lauffer caught right on the flop. She couldn’t find a two-outer and the field was in the money.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: Blinds 12,000/24,000/4,000 ante

The 72 remaining players alive in Event 1 have returned from their dinner break with the intention of collecting the top prize. Whether the tournament plays out tonight is another matter.

The top nine stacks during dinner represent everyone over 1,000,000 including leader Everett Gilmore with a nice cushion up top.

Everett Gilmore – 2,215,000
Ory Hen – 1,408,000
Benjamin Garcia – 1,380,000
Muhamet Perati – 1,227,000
Richard Clayton – 1,215,000
Daniel Francis – 1,160,000
Bradley Young – 1,066,000
Lee Pippen – 1,035,000
Kenneth Schockett – 1,029,000