$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

The next hand after John Orfanos doubled thru Richard Gayler, Gayler raised from the button to 40,000, and Orfanos called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , and Orfanos moved all in for 82,000. Gayler thought for a while before he called, and they turned over their cards.

Richard Gayler:    (pair of nines)
John Orfanos:    (two pair, nines and deuces)

The river card was the , and Orfanos won the pot with his two pair to double up in chips.

John Orfanos  –  252,000  (16 bb)
Richard Gayler  –  1,862,000  (116 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 753,000 (47 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $24,634.

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 770

57th: Jonathan Marcu – $290
58th: Braian Bezemer – $290
59th: Marco Rodriguez – $290
60th: Richard Paradis – $290
61st: Willie Wiggins – $290
62nd: Marcelo Opazo Costa – $290
63rd: Cherie Thoman – $290
64th: Markus Petteway – $290

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

John Orfanos was all in from the big blind for 61,000 against Richard Gayler on the button.

Richard Gayler:  
John Orfanos:  

The board came , and Orfanos won the pot with trip jacks to double up in chips.

John Orfanos  –  130,000  (8 bb)
Richard Gayler  –  1,975,000  (123 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 753,000 (47 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $24,634.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

John Orfanos was all in from the big blind for 67,000 against Richard Gayler on the button.

Richard Gayler:  
John Orfanos:  

The board came , and Orfanos won the pot with two pair, queens and jacks, to double up in chips.

John Orfanos  –  140,000  (12 bb)
Richard Gayler  –  1,760,000  (147 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 753,000 (63 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $24,634.

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 64 of 770

65th: Steven Thoman – $260
66th: Jean Deromedi Delplanoue – $260
67th: Richard Ganesh – $260
68th: Keld Curtis – $260
69th: Haim Toorgeman – $260
70th: Carlos Yepez – $260
71st: Danilo Parada Echevarria – $260
72nd: Patrick Pigford – $260

73rd: Joseph Gotlieb -$240
74th: Konstantin Pogodin – $240
75th: Jestin Nevarez – $240
76th: Christopher Young – $240
77th: Paul Oken – $240
78th: Philip Whitaker – $240
79th: Anthony Bennett – $240
80th: Patricia Conrad – $240

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 113

Richard Gayler completed the small blind to 12,000, and James Hurley checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Gayler checked, Hurley bet the pot, and Gayler check-raised all in. Hurley called, and they turned over their cards.

Richard Gayler:    (flush draw, gutshot straight draw)
James Hurley:    (two pair, kings and sixes)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Gayler rivered a diamond straight to win the pot and eliminate Hurley in fourth place.

Richard Gayler  –  1,765,000  (147 bb)
James Hurley  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($15,280)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 753,000 (63 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $24,634.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 113

Elliott Kampen was all in preflop against Sean Shah.

Sean Shah:  
Elliott Kampen:  

The board came , and Shah won the pot with two pair, tens and sevens, to eliminate Kampen in fifth place.

Sean Shah  –  336,000  (34 bb)
Elliott Kampen  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($11,978)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 565,000 (57 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $15,280.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 113

Artem Maksimov got it all in against chipleader Richard Gayler.

Richard Gayler:  
Artem Maksimov:  

The board brought two tens for Maksimov, but it also brought three spades to give Gayler the winner with a spade flush. Maksimov was eliminated in sixth place as Gayler increased his chip lead even further.

Gayler now has 68.6% of all the chips in play.

Richard Gayler  –  1,550,000  (155 bb)
Artem Maksimov  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($9,944)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 452,000 (45 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $11,978.

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 113

John Orfanos limped from the cutoff for 10,000, Haim Or Krief limped from the button, and Richard Gayler raised from the big blind to 45,000. Orfanos folded, and Krief called.

The flop came , Gayler bet 55,000, and Krief called.

The turn card was the , Gayler bet 215,000, and Krief quickly called.

The river card was the , Gayler moved all in, and Krief quickly called all in for about 350,000.

Richard Gayler:    (full house)
Haim Or Krief:  mucked

Gayler won the pot with a rivered full house, queens full of deuces, and Krief mucked his cards in anger as he went from second in chips to eliminated in seventh place.

Gayler now has a massive chip lead, with about 63% of all the chips in play.

Richard Gayler  –  1,429,000  (143 bb)
Haim Or Krief  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($8,079)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 377,000 (38 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $9,944.

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 80 of 770

81st: Christopher Williams – $220
82nd: Alain Boucher – $220
83rd: Charles Fleury – $220
84th: Elias Nassif – $220
85th: Bobby Pierre – $220
86th: Carl Cajuste – $220
87th: Andre Bryan – $220
88th: Corey Segall – $220

89th: Ory Hen – $205
90th: Martins Polakovs – $205
91st: Daniel Hallowel – $205
92nd: Billy Michel – $205
93rd: Juan Da Costa -$205
94th: Frederick Allenspach – 4205
95th: Elisa Hawes – 4205
96th: Mark Howey – $205
97th: Minh Nguyen – $205