$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 105

The board read with about 130,000 in the pot. A short-stacked Edge Bullock was already all in from under the gun, with side action remaining between Jean Laurent in the small blind and Matthew Kaplan in the big blind. Both checked the turn.

The river was the and both players checked again.

Here were all of the hands:

Laurent: 
Kaplan: 
Bullock: 

Kaplan had the high with a set of fours, while Laurent had the nut low to chop the pot and eliminate Bullock in seventh place.

Matthew Kaplan  –  310,000  (26 bb)
Jean Laurent  –  160,000  (13 bb)
Edge Bullock  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($2,150)

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 105

Seat 1:  Cody Manning  –  170,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2:  Shan Meruga  –  605,000  (61 bb)
Seat 3:  Long Nguyen  –  410,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4:  Steven Novak  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Seat 5:  Jean Laurent  –  205,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6:  Matthew Kaplan  –  230,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7:  Edge Bullock  –  70,000  (7 bb)

1st:  $16,320 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $10,200
3rd:  $6,120
4th:  $4,000
5th:  $3,090
6th:  $2,540
7th:  $2,150

8th:  Phil Hui  –  $1,875
9th:  Seyed Hosseini  –  $1,655
10th:  Guilherme Eggert  –  $1,655
11th:  John Holley  –  $1,460
12th:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  $1,460
13th:  Ronald Halperin  –  $1,300
14th:  David Shmuel  –  $1,300

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Emerson Ward and Mitch Garshofsky played heads-up for a few minutes before talking about numbers and soon reached a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Emerson Ward  –  2,330,000  (117 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky  –  610,000  (31 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Emerson Ward  –  $19,000
Mitch Garshofsky  –  $15,350

As the chip leader, Emerson Ward was the official Event 2 winner for $19,000.

A recap of the event will be written later tonight.

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Emerson Ward raised to 60,000 from the small blind, A.J. Kelsall three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind, Ward four-bet all in for effectively 1,150,000-ish and Kelsall called all in with , facing Ward’s .

The flop was , putting Kelsall well out in front with a set of jacks.

The turn was the , giving Ward a Broadway draw.

“Ten me! Ten me!” Ward chanted.

The river was the , giving Ward the ace-high straight to eliminate Kelsall in third place.

Emerson Ward  –  2,450,000  (123 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky  –  490,000  (25 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($7,950)

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 147

On the turn of a board with about 275,000 in the pot, William Riveron bet 150,000 from the cutoff. Emerson Ward raised to 380,000 from the button, Riveron reraised all in for about 470,000, and Ward called.

Riveron: 
Ward: 

Ward was ahead with a set of fours and held up through the river to eliminate Riveron in fourth place.

Emerson Ward  –  1,300,000  (87 bb)
William Riveron  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($4,825)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 980,000 (65 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $7,950.

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 147

After a series of raises, A.J. Kelsall was all in for 555,000 in the small blind against Emerson Ward on the button.

Kelsall: 
Ward: 

The board ran out , giving Kelsall a set of eights to double through Ward and into the chip lead.

A.J. Kelsall  –  1,140,000  (76 bb)
Emerson Ward  –  800,000  (53 bb)

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 147

Joseph Petrolino raised all in for 200,000 from the hijack, Mitch Garshofsky called all in for 155,000 from the cutoff, and A.J. Kelsall called in the big blind to put both at risk.

Petrolino: 
Garshaofsky: 
Kelsall: 

The board came , giving Garshofsky aces and treys to triple up to win the main pot.

Petrolino, meanwhile, was eliminated in the side pot by Kelsall.

Mitch Garshofsky  –  490,000  (33 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  590,000  (39 bb)
Joseph Petrolino  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($3,745)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is around 735,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $4,825.

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 147

A.J. Kelsall raised to 30,000 from the hijack, Judith Bielan three-bet all in for about 240,000 from the cutoff, and Kelsall called with , leading Bielan’s .

The board ran out , no help to Bielan, ending her tournament in sixth place.

A.J. Kelsall  –  640,000  (43 bb)
Judith Bielan  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,090)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 590,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,745.

$600 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 147

Seat 1:  Emerson Ward  –  1,360,000  (91 bb)
Seat 2:  A.J. Kelsall  –  360,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3:  Judith Bielan  –  210,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4:  Joesph Petrolino  –  230,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Mitch Garshofsky  –  95,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6:  William Riveron  –  665,000  (44 bb)

1st:  $20,850 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $13,500
3rd:  $7,950
4th:  $4,825
5th:  $3,745
6th:  $3,090

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is around 490,000 (32 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  569

Flight B of Event 1 drew 569 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,134 entries through two starting flights.

Play in Flight B will continue until 72 players remain. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Chip Counts Thru Flight A