Event 1: Dinner Break Until ~7:25 pm

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  118 of 4,699

Level 23 comes to an end, and the players take a 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:25 pm.

Here are some updates from late in Level 23:

Michael Larkin
Michael Larkin

A player moved all in under the gun for about 280,000, and Michael Larkin called all in from the button for 150,000 with AhJh. The UTG player turned over Ad10h, and Larkin needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 6h6c4d5d8d, and Larkin won the pot with his jack to double up in chips.

Michael Larkin  –  365,000  (15 bb)

At Table 17, Martins Ivanovs got it all in for 455,000 with AsKh, and he needed to improve to stay alive against his opponent’s 10h10d.

The board came Kd3h2sAdQd, and Ivanovs paired his king on the flop and his ace on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Martins Ivanovs  –  960,000  (38 bb)

A few minutes later at the same table, Michael Landress was all in for about 90,000 with As9s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AdJh of Michael Elbilia in the small blind.

The board came QdJc9hJd5s, and Elbilia won the pot with trip jacks to eliminate Landress in 120th place.

Michael Elbilia  –  1,440,000  (58 bb)
Michael Landress  –  Eliminated in 120th Place  ($2,075)

With 118 players remaining and the blinds about to increase to 15,000-30,000, the average chip stack is about 795,000 (27 big blinds).