$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante
In the span of half a dozen hands, Kevin Curran found himself knocked down to less than a single big blind, and then bounced back to more than a million in chips.
Marcus Stein was the one who nearly felted Curran, and at that point everyone just expected him to bust within a hand or two. But he built his stack back to 325,000 before getting it all in against two other players — but he was in bad shape with 
against 
and T.J. Shulman’s 
.
But the board came 
— all three players made straights. The two bigger stacks chopped the side pot with five-high straights, while Curran tripled up by winning the main pot with a six-high straight.
As for Shulman, it was his second bad beat in a row, as he had pocket tens cracked by ace-deuce the previous hand.
Kevin Curran – 1,095,000 (14 bb)
T.J. Shulman – 700,000 (9 bb)
At the same table a few moments later, a player moves all in under the gun for 645,000, and the button mistakenly calls, not realizing it was an all-in bet. (Though the All-In button was in front of the player.) To make matters tougher on him, Marcus Stein moved all in over the top from the big blind for 1,670,000. The button tanked for a long time before he folded, claiming he had ace-ten.
The UTG player turned over 
, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 
of Stein.
The board came 
, and Stein won the pot with his queen to eliminate the other player and cross the 3-million mark.
In an earlier post, we mentioned that James Salmon won Event 1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown that was held this past April. The player who finished second was Marcus Stein, who would probably prefer to do one better than that result.
Marcus Stein – 3,100,000 (39 bb)
With that, the field redrew for random seats at the final three tables. With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.3 million (23 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $3,762, and the next pay jump is $4,624 for 18th place.