$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 4,017

After a flop of with about 800K in the pot, action checked to Dan Heimiller, who moved all in from the cutoff for 1,780,000. Ha Nguyen quickly moved all in over the top from the big blind for 2,255,000, and Tomas Brokl thought for a while before he folded under the gun.

Heimiller turned over for a pair of fives with a spade flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Nguyen’s — a flopped five-high straight.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Heimiller turned a spade flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Dan Heimiller  –  4,360,000  (55 bb)
Ha Nguyen  –  475,000  (6 bb)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,585,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.