$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 288

Nelson Resendiz raised from the button to 125,000, Marco Townsend reraised from the small blind to 325,000, and Resendiz moved all in for about 595,000.

Townsend called with , and Resendiz turned over . Resendiz needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Resendiz flopped a set of eights, Townsend turned a double-gutshot straight draw, and the river card was a blank. Resendiz won the pot with a set of eights to double up in chips.

Nelson Resendiz  –  1,290,000  (26 bb)
Marco Townsend  –  365,000  (7 bb)

A few minutes later, after a flop of , Townsend moved all in from the big blind, and Victor Figueroa called from the button with for a pair of aces.

Townsend turned over for a pair of nines, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Townsend additional outs to a flush draw, and the river card was — the . Townsend rivered a diamond flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Marco Townsend  –  950,000  (19 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  815,000  (16 bb)

A short while later, Townsend had dropped down to 455,000, and he moved all in from the button. Nelson Resendiz called from the big blind with , and Townsend turned over . Townsend needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Townsend won the pot with a king-high diamond flush to double up in chips.

That was the last hand of Level 26, and the players took a 10-minute break. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Nelson Resendiz  –  1,925,000  (32 bb)
Seat 2.  Marco Townsend  –  985,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Victor Figueroa  –  1,415,000  (24 bb)