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Event 5: Chip Counts at Break

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 242

Table 20
Seat 1: Cesar Florin – 440,000
Seat 2:
Seat 3: Luis Rivera – 250,000
Seat 4:
Seat 5:
Seat 6:
Seat 7: Neil Blumenfield – 1,155,000
Seat 8: Anthony Moreda – 520,000
Seat 9: Christopher Hughes – 435,000

Table 27
Seat 1: Donald Abdelhay – 340,000
Seat 2: Alain Teffaud – 530,000
Seat 3: David Esquijarosa – 545,000
Seat 4: Luis Mantilla – 325,000
Seat 5:
Seat 6: Trent Smith – 270,000
Seat 7:
Seat 8:
Seat 9:

Event 5: Michael Tait Eliminated by Neil Blumenfield

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 242

Michael Tait raised all in for 220,000 from the button and Neil Blumenfield thought a for a bit before he called from the small blind.

Tait: QcJh
Blumenfield: KdQs

The board ran out Qd5h8d4c7h, not enough help to Tait, ending his run in 11th place.

Neil Blumenfield – 895,000
Michael Tait – Eliminated in 11th Place ($999)

Event 5: Hector Pacheco Eliminated by Neil Blumenfield

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 242

Neil Blumenfield raised to 35,000 from the cutoff, Hector Pacheco three-bet all in for 185,000 from the big blind and Blumenfield called with JhJs, leading Pacheco’s Ac4h.

The board ran out 9sKh2c6d5h, safe for Blumenfield to score the elimination.

Neil Blumenfield – 850,000
Hector Pacheco – Eliminated in 12th Place ($999)

Event 5: Zoltan Czinkota Eliminated by Cesar Florin

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 242

In a limped pot with the flop reading 8c6h4c, Zoltan Czinkota was all in from the button for about 190,000 against Cesar Florin in the big blind.

Czinkota: 9s8h
Florin: Jd8d

The 3s turn and 3c river completed the board, no help to Czinkota, locking up the pot for Florin.

Cesar Florin – 550,000
Zoltan Czinkota – Eliminated in 13th Place ($859)

Event 5: James Schwamman Eliminated by David Esquijarosa

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 242

David Esquijarosa raised to 50,000 from under the gun and James Schwamman called from the button.

They checked to the turn of an AcAs8s3s board where Esquijarosa bet 50,000. Schwamman raised all in for 125,000 and Esquijarosa called with JcJd, leading Schwamman’s 10s10h.

The river was the 3d, safe for Esquijarosa to score the elimination.

David Esquijarosa  – 525,000
James Schwamman – Eliminated in 15th Place ($859)

Recent Eliminations
14th: Lazaro Rodriguez – $859

Event 5: Updated Seat Map

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 242

Table 20
Seat 1: Hector Pacheco – 170,000
Seat 2: Luis Mantilla – 285,000
Seat 3: Luis Rivera – 400,000
Seat 4:
Seat 5: Lazaro Rodriguez – 345,000
Seat 6: Michael Tait – 225,000
Seat 7: Neil Blumenfield – 635,000
Seat 8: Anthony Moreda – 250,000
Seat 9: Christopher Hughes – 120,000

Table 27
Seat 1: Donald Abdelhay – 340,000
Seat 2: Alain Teffaud – 750,000
Seat 3: David Esquijarosa – 300,000
Seat 4:
Seat 5: Zoltan Czinkota – 290,000
Seat 6: Trent Smith – 265,000
Seat 7:
Seat 8: Cesar Florin – 405,000
Seat 9: James Schwamman – 145,000

Recent Eliminations
16th: Alan Levin – $719
17th: Milton Miranda Jr – $719
18th: Iuri Leite – $719

Event 5: Robert Leff Eliminated by Cesar Florin

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 242

A series of raises between Cesar Florin in the cutoff and Robert Leff in the small blind resulted in Leff all in for 168,000.

Florin: JdJh
Leff: KdKh

The board ran out 8sJs8cQsAs, giving Florin jacks full of eights to eliminate Leff.

Cesar Florin – 351,000
Robert Leff – Eliminated in 19th Place ($591)

Recent Eliminations
20th: Jairo Carrillo – $591
21st: Alejandro Rodriguez – $591
22nd: Richard Harris – $468
23rd: Prosper Azoulay – $468
24th: Benjamin Taft – $468

Event 5: William Stanton Eliminated by Luis Rivera

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 242

With about 40,000 in the pot and the flop reading 5d9d4c, Luis Rivera bet 20,000 from the big blind and William Standon raised all in for 73,000 from the hijack.

Rivera called with 5h4h for bottom two pair, leading Standon’s 7s6s for an open-ended straight draw.

The Kh turn and Kd river completed the board, no help to Stanton, locking up the pot for Rivera.

Luis Rivera – 485,000
William Stanton – Eliminated in 27th Place ($410)

Recent Eliminations
25th: Allan Bieler – $410
26th: Steve Karp – $410
28th: Kevin Chan – $350
29th: Nicholas McAlister – $350
30th: Daniel Couzens – $350
31st: Joshua Milrad – $350

Event 5: Donald Abdelhay Sends the Field into the Money

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 242

Donald Abdelhay limped from the cutoff, Jairo Carrillo did the same from the button, the player in the small blind completed and Luis Rivera Pena checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was 10c2c4s, the small blind led for 10,000 and only Abdelhay called.

The turn was the 6c, the small blind bet 50,000 and Abdelhay called.

The river was the As, the player in the small blind shoved for about 120,000 and Abdelhay called immediately with 2d2s  for a set of deuces, besting his opponent’s 10d6d to win the pot and send the remaining players into the money.

Donald Abdelhay – 505,000

Event 5: Chip Counts from Around the Room

$250 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 242

Neil Blumenfield – 145,000
Zoltan Czinkota – 123,000
Michael Tait – 98,000
Steve Karp – 86,000
Carlos Rodriguez – 83,000
Marc Sacheli – 76,000
Solange Lucas – 72,000
Michael Newman – 64,000
Kevin Chan – 43,000
Scott Baumstein – 36,000
Allan Bieler – 34,000
Raminder Singh – 32,000
Ory Hen – 30,000
Ken Taffaro – 28,000