Event 1: Barbaro Diaz Stumbles, Vacates Top Spot

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 110 of 5,018

Ted McNamara (Davie, FL)
Ted McNamara (Davie, FL)

Ted McNamara got himself all in for just less than 1,100,000 on a four-bet preflop shove, and he was racing for his tournament life as chip leader Barbaro Diaz called to put him at risk.

McNamara: TcTh
Diaz: AsKs

The board ran out Qc7d5c3d6c, and McNamara won the race to double up. Diaz was flipping for a monster stack, but that loss sets him back into the pack a bit, overtaken by the aforementioned Damjan Radanov and McNamara, among others.

Ted McNamara – 2,200,000 (73 bb)
Barbaro Diaz – 2,050,000 (68 bb)