$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 418

With the elimination of Jalal Farooq in 37th place, tournament staff broke another table to get us down to the last four of the tournament, and everyone is now guaranteed at least $3,600.

37th: Jalal Farooq – $3,105
38th: Joe McCray – $3,105
39th: Deonarine Itwaru – $3,105
40th: Igor Merda – $3,105
41st: Conor O’Neil – $3,105
42nd: Herbert Nairn – $3,105
43rd: Danny Fried – $3,105
44th: Joseph Rossi – $3,105
45th: Ian O’Hara – $3,105

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 418

Jalal Farooq opened to 35,000 from middle position and Hassan El Hakim three-bet to 95,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Farooq moved all in for 495,000. El Hakim took several minutes to think it through and called.

El Hakim:
Farooq:

A huge coin flip for a lot of chips. El Hakim was ahead with his pair of jacks and they held on the board to send Farooq out in 37th place.

Hassan El Hakim – 1,550,000 (103 bb)
Jalal Farooq – Eliminated in 37th Place ($3,105)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 418

Event 6 has leveled up again and they are close to dropping down to the last four tables. We have a tight race for the chip leader; Mike Chiappetta holds a tiny lead over Casey Crews with his 1,310,000 only a single 5K chip over Crews’s 1,305,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 550,000 (37 bb).

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 418

Dennis Rodriguez opened the action from the cutoff, Herbert Nairn shipped in for his remaining 45,000 from small blind, and Rodriguez called.

Rodriguez:
Nairn:

Nairn was ahead for the double but Rodriguez popped the flop for trip nines. The turn and river finished the board to send Nairn out in 42nd place.

Dennis Rodriguez – 760,000 (76 bb)
Herbert Nairn – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($3,105)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 418

A handful of players were sent to the payout desk after the break and the tournament is down to the last 45 players with everyone now guaranteed at least $3,105.

46th: Jacob Ristich – $2,905
47th: Adolfo Isoldi – $2,905
48th: Michael Graffeo – $2,905
49th: Diana Bernal – $2,905
50th: Kevin Love – $2,905
51st: John Fischer – $2,905
52nd: Michael Tait – $2,905
53rd: Charlemagne Benjamin – $2,905

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 418

Players returned to their tables after the extended break and we have a new leader. Steven McKoy took the most advantage of the long bubble and stacked up to 880,000 heading into the late stages of the tournament.

Carl Masters is still up there with 865,000 and Eric Bonin is playing 805,000 out front.

They will work their was through two more levels before taking a 40-minute dinner break.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 418

Shortly after the money bubble burst, the remaining players were sent on an extended 20-minute break to allow staff to color off the 1K chips.

They will return to blinds at 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 435,000 (44 bb).

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 418

With the deep stacks, no one was in a hurry to take a big chance. The bubble went for an hour with no major hands, 13 times around the felt with no knockouts or doubles.

But the 13th was a big, tough one.

Richard Leger opened the action from the button, Jeff Tomlinson moved all in from the big blind for 127,000 and Leger called. They had to wait until the rest of the tables finished before we could see the hands.

Leger:
Tomlinson:

Tomlinson was looking great for a double up and the flop was safe enough. The turn changed nothing but Leger spiked the two-out on the river to send Tomlinson out on a rough bubble.

Richard Leger – 335,000 (42 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 418

With 54 players remaining and 53 getting paid, tournament staff paused the clock to break a table and begin the hand-for-hand process.

The clock will remain paused with two minutes coming off for each hand dealt until one player is eliminated.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 418

Event 6 leveled up again as action slowed near the bubble. There are still 58 players in contention and Carl Masters continues to lead with now more than one million out front.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 360,000 (45 bb).