Event 5: Down to 14

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 31: 60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante

Four players have been eliminated in the first 15 minutes or so of Level 31.

18th:  Cory Zeidman  –  $6,432
17th:  Moe Maghraoui  –  $6,432
16th:  Steven McKoy  –  $6,432

15th:  Adil Khan  –  $9,278

Adil Khan lost a lot of his chips in a hand against Michael “Zombie” Tufaro. Tufaro was all in under the gun for exactly 1,600,000 with QhJh, and Khan had him covered from the cutoff with AcKc.

But the board came 9d4d3d10dKh, and Tufaro rivered a king-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Michael “Zombie” Tufaro  –  2,560,000  (21 bb)
Adil Khan  –  2,065,000  (17 bb)

Khan was eliminated a short while after that.

The remaining 14 players are all guaranteed at least $9,278, and the next pay jump is $14,226 for 12th place. The average chip stack is currently about 3.5 million (29 big blinds).