$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24:  12,000/24,000/4,000 ante

After short-stacked Kent Taepakdee busted in 22nd place on the first or second half after dinner, James Salmon hit the rail in 21st place when he ran into the A-A of Nigel Murray.

Kent Taepakdee  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($2,075)
James Salmon  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($2,075)

Then Gil Morgensztern and chipleader Lisa Teebagy saw a flop of , and Morgensztern shoved the cutoff for 243,000 with (ace high). Teebagy called with (pair of queens), and Morgensztern needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn was the , the river was the , and Teebagy won the pot with her pair of queens to eliminate Morgensztern in 20th place.

Lisa Teebagy  –  2,825,000  (118 bb)
Gil Morgensztern  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($2,075)

Shortly after that, Denis Cyr hit the rail in 19th place, and the field was down to the final two tables.

Denis Cyr  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($2,075)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Phil Hernz
Seat 2.  Daniel Bouchard
Seat 3.  Ory Hen
Seat 4.  Armando Gutierrez
Seat 5.  Dominique Mosley
Seat 6.  Kenneth Watson
Seat 7.  Nigel Murray
Seat 8.  Lola Massad
Seat 9.  John Liu

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Oneil McCalla
Seat 2.  Gunther Rowohlt
Seat 3.  Zack Goodman
Seat 4.  Matt Wilkins
Seat 5.  Lisa Teebagy
Seat 6.  Jorge Rivera
Seat 7.  Christopher Nomikos
Seat 8.  Steven Bennett
Seat 9.  Kent Taepakdee

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 925,000 (39 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $2,449, and the next pay jump is $3,735 for 15th place.