$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

Albert Son raised to 240,000 from the button, Ha Nguyen reraised all in for 475,000 in the small blind, and Son called.

Son: 
Nguyen: 

The board came , giving Nguyen a set of nines to double up.

Ha Nguyen  –  1,110,000  (14 bb)
Albert Son  –  3,900,000  (49 bb)

The next hand, Nguyen saw a flop of , and got it all in from the button for 920,000 with for a pair of jacks with an open-ended straight draw. Wayne Leonard was under the gun with for a pair of kings with a gutshot straight draw, and Nguyen needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Nguyen turned trip jacks to win the pot and double up in chips for the second hand in a row.

Ha Nguyen  –  2,420,000  (30 bb)
Wayne Leonard  –  875,000  (11 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.