Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 2/172
Average Stack: 860,000 (29 bb)

Zach Zaffos raised to about 75,000 from the button, Sean Syed Shah reraised all in from the small blind for about 400,000 and Zaffos called.

Zaffos:
Shah:

The board came down , giving Zaffos tens full of eights to eliminate Shah in third place.

Zach Zaffos – 1,500,000 (50 bb)
Sean Syed Shah – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,612)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3/172
Average Stack: 573,000 (19 bb)

Sean Syed Shah raised to effectively 130,000-ish from the small blind and Robert Norris called all in from the big blind.

Shah:
Norris:

The board fell , giving Norris a king-high straight to survive.

Robert Norris – 275,000 (9 bb)
Sean Syed Shah – 410,000 (13 bb)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3/172
Average Stack: 573,000 (19 bb)

After taking the chip lead, Robert Norris raised to about 130,000 from the button. Zach Zaffos reraised all in for 485,000 from the small blind and Norris called with , slightly trailing Zaffos’ .

The board ran out , safe for Zaffos to double up and retake the chip lead.

Zach Zaffos – 1,015,000 (34 bb)
Robert Norris – 135,000 (4 bb)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3/172
Average Stack: 573,000 (19 bb)

Sean Syed Shah – 530,000 (18 bb)
Robert Norris – 475,000 (16 bb)
Zach Zaffos – 715,000 (24 bb)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3/172
Average Stack: 573,000 (24 bb)

Robert Norris raised all in from the cutoff for aboout 250,000 and Marcel Deschamps called all in from the small blind for roughly 150,000.

Norris:
Deschamps:

The board came down , pairing Norris’ king to eliminate Deschamps in fourth place.

Robert Norris – 430,000 (18 bb)
Marcel Deschamps – Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,890)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4/172
Average Stack: 430,000 (18 bb)

Zach Zaffos raised from the cutoff, Adewale Adeyemi three-bet shoved from the small blind for about 220,000 and Zaffos called.

Zaffos:
Adeyemi:

The board ran out , giving Zaffos a set of aces to eliminate Adeyemi in fifth place.

Zach Zaffos – 660,000 (28 bb)
Adewale Adeyemi – Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,167)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5/172
Average Stack: 344,000 (14 bb)

Zach Zaffos raised from the cutoff, Sean Syed Shah (who had chipped back up with a few no-call shoves and a double) three-bet shoved from the small blind for 301,000. Zaffos called with , racing with Shah’s .

The board came down , no help to Zaffos, securing the double for Shah back into the chip lead.

Sean Syed Shah – 630,000 (26 bb)
Zach Zaffos – 480,000 (20 bb)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 /3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5/172
Average Stack: 344,000 (17 bb)

Zach Zaffos raied to 42,000 from the cutoff, Eli Levy reraised all in from the button for about 165,000, Sean Syed Shah four-bet shoved with the biggest stack from the big blind and Zaffos called all in for 320,000.

Zaffos:
Levy:
Shah:

The board fell , and despite flopping a set, Levy’s set of sevens fell to Zaffos’ set of jacks to exit in 7th place. Zaffos, meanwhile, also doubled through Shah to take the chip lead.

Zach Zaffos – 850,000 (42 bb)
Sean Syed Shah – 75,000 (4 bb)
Eli Levy – Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,806)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 /3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/172
Average Stack: 246,000 (15 bb)

In a battle of the blinds, Matthew Yorra was all in from the small blind for about 75,000 with against Eli Levy in the big blind with .

The board came down , safe for Levy to score the elimination.

Eli Levy – 430,000 (21 bb)
Matthew Yorra – Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,445)

Event #5: $250 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 8,000/16,000 /2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/172
Average Stack: 246,000 (15 bb)

Robert Norris raised to 60,000 from middle position, Stephen Murray three-bet shoved for 88,000 from the cutoff and Norris called.

Norris:
Murray:

The board ran out , no help to Murray, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Robert Norris – 350,000 (22 bb)
Stephen Murray – Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,084)