$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 940

Here are the recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

11th:  Valentin Bezik  –  $12,000
12th:  Sheldon Gross  –  $12,000

13th:  Dapreesch Scates  –  $10,300
14th:  Chris Da-Silva  –  $10,300
15th:  Nicola Davimos  –  $10,300

16th:  Alexander Ziskin  –  $8,700
17th:  Michael Newman  –  $8,700
18th:  Alejandro Jauregui  –  $8,700
19th:  Aaron Mermelstein  –  $8,700

20th:  Changliang Deng  –  $7,400

With 10 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 2,820,000 (35 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $13,900 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until they reach a winner.

$400 America’s Champions Foundation Charity Event (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 48

Registration closed after the first break with 48 entries. The chipleader at the first break was Roberto Desogos, who led the field with 81,000 in chips (81 big blinds), and he received a Chipleader Bonus of $1,000 in cash.

The final nine players will finish in the money, and here are the payouts:

1st:  $5,000 + $3,500 Champoionship Seat
2nd:  $2,700
3rd:  $1,500
4th:  $1,200
5th:  $1,000
6th:  $800
7th:  $700
8th:  $600
9th:  $500

With 20 players remaining from a field of 48, the average chip stack is around 24,000 in chips (24 big blinds).

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 940

Level 26 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 9:53 pm.

With 20 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 1,410,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,400 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 940

Here are the recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

21st:  Gary Gelman  –  $7,400
22nd:  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  $7,400
23rd:  Benjamin Zamani  –  $7,400

24th:  Rafael Rodriguez Arang  –  $6,300
25th:  Dario Dussan Guzman  –  $6,300
26th:  Spencer Champlin  –  $6,300
27th:  Kevin Gomez  –  $6,300
28th:  Han Ming Feng  –  $6,300
29th:  Michael Forca  –  $6,300
30th:  Matthew McEwan  –  $6,300
31st:  Ernesto Rasse Gonzalez  –  $6,300

32nd:  Dylan Kahn  –  $5,200
33rd:  Tuan Nguyen  –  $5,200
34th:  Dien Le  –  $5,200
35th:  Jason Rocha  –  $5,200
36th:  T.J. Shulman  –  $5,200
37th:  Chad Roedersheimer  –  $5,200
38th:  Kaifan Wang  –  $5,200
39th:  Florian Ribouchon  –  $5,200

With 20 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 1,410,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,400 each.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 940

With the board showing on the turn and 1,725,000 already in the pot, Luis Ortiz moved all in from the hijack for 1,185,000.

Nicola Davimos tanked for a very long time before she called from the button with for a pair of kings with a gutshot straight draw. But Ortiz turned over for a set of sevens, and he needed to avoid a ten on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Ortiz won the pot with his set of sevens to double up in chips.

Luis Ortiz  –  4,095,000  (82 bb)
Nicola Davimos  –  165,000  (3 bb)

With 20 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 1,410,000 (28 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,400 each.

There will be a 45-minute dinner break after this level (around 9:05 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until they reach a winner.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 940

With the board showing on the turn and roughly 200K in the pot, Matthew McEwan bet 80,000 from the big blind, Ira Friedman raised from the button to 280,000, and McEwan tanked for a while before he called.

The river card was the , McEwan checked, Friedman moved all in for about 500,000, and McEwan went into the tank for a while before he folded. Friedman took the pot to surpass 1.2 million.

Ira Friedman  –  1,265,000  (42 bb)
Matthew McEwan  –  400,000  (13 bb)

A short while later, McEwan was eliminated in 30th place.

Matthew McEwan  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($6,300)

With 29 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 970,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

There will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 26 (around 9:00 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until they reach a winner.

$400 America’s Champions Foundation Charity Event (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

There is a charity event this evening, with a $400 buy-in and more than $15,000 in cash and prizes. The event will be raising money for America’s Champions Foundation, a non-profit founded by MMA fighter Colby Covington to support veterans, first responders, and their families.

Players begin with 10,000 in chips, and blind levels are 15 minutes. Registration remains open until the end of the first break, around 9:45 pm.

$1,000 Chipleader Bonus!  Whoever holds the chip lead at the first break will receive $1,000.

Come join the fun!

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 940

The players return from break to begin Level 24, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 with a 30,000 ante.

With 36 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 785,000 (26 big blinds). A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 1.2 million in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Scott Baumstein  –  1,690,000  (56 bb)
2.  Farid Dridi  –  1,670,000  (56 bb)
3.  Paul Snead  –  1,620,000  (54 bb)
4.  Maxwell Young  –  1,365,000  (46 bb)
5.  Maxime Chilaud  –  1,195,000  (40 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 785,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

There will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 26 (around 9:00 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until they reach a winner.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 940

Here is the most recent batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

40th:  David Finkelstein  –  $4,360
41st:  Eusebiu Jalba  –  $4,360
42nd:  Thomas Puccio  –  $4,360
43rd:  Darren Rabinowitz  –  $4,360
44th:  Michael Hunsucker  –  $4,360
45th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $4,360
46th:  Stuart Young  –  $4,360
47th:  Eugene Golubchik  –  $4,360

48th:  Josef Snejberg  –  $3,680
49th:  Robert Lebeau  –  $3,680
50th:  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  $3,680
51st:  Samuel Ganzfried  –  $3,680
52nd:  Yunkyu Song  –  $3,680

With 36 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 785,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

There will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 26 (around 8:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until they reach a winner.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 940

With the board showing on the turn and roughly 85K in the pot, the player in middle position bet 40,000, and Valentin Bezik called from the cutoff.

The river card was the , her opponent checked, Bezik moved all in for about 550,000, and her opponent stopped to think for a while.

Eventually, her opponent folded, and Bezik showed for the nuts — a king-high spade flush — as she took the pot.

Her opponent said the river card saved him, because he had ace-queen and flopped two pair, and if the three had been any other suit, he probably would have called.

Valentin Bezik  –  715,000  (36 bb)

With 38 players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 740,000 (37 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

There will be a 45-minute dinner break after Level 26 (around 8:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until they reach a winner.