Event 5 Day 1B: Luiz Duarte Returns

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  72 (Total: 157)

Luiz Duarte

The entry count keeps pushing the Event 5 prize pool higher since the $200,000 guarantee has been reached and more are joining as we move deeper into the weekend.

Luiz Duarte is back in the Poker Room not long after a big run in Event 3. The Brazilian made the final table and a river five kept him from doubling when heads-up with eventual champ Aaron Valencia. He earned $35,480 for his runner-up finish and came into Event 5 on a roll.

Duarte is one of the more accomplished players in the room today with more than $1.2 million in career earnings. He has three Brazilian Series of Poker High Roller titles, he picked up R$710,000 ($281,408) for a second-place finish in the 2014 BSOP Millions Main Event, and another $129,312 for a second-place finish in the $109 Online Mini WPTDeepStacks series.