$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 384

Wayne Leonard moved all in for 1,250,000, and Steve Blackmon called with . Leonard turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Blackmon won the pot with his ace to eliminate Leonard in sixth place.

Steve Blackmon  –  12,000,000  (48 bb)
Wayne Leonard  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($15,400)

With five players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 7,675,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $20,100 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 384

Dessiree Bennett raised UTG+1 to 600,000, Steve Blackmon called from the button, and Sean Byars moved all in from the big blind for 1,750,000. Bennett called, and Blackmon thought for a while before he folded.

Byars turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Bennett’s . (Blackmon said he folded pocket fours.)

The board came , and Bennett paired her king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Byars in seventh place.

Dessiree Bennett  –  14,000,000  (56 bb)
Sean Byars  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($11,800)

With six players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 6,400,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,400 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 384

Tanupat Punjarojanakul moved all in from the small blind for about 1,650,000, and Steve Blackmon called from the big blind with .

Punjarojanakul turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Blackmon to win the pot and eliminate Punjarojanakul in eighth place.

Steve Blackmon  –  10,675,000  (43 bb)
Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($9,200)

With seven players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 5,475,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,800 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 384

Chad Roedersheimer raised UTG+1 to 500,000, Dessiree Bennett reraised from middle position to 2,000,000, and Samuel Kim called all in from the hijack for 125,000. Roedersheimer folded.

Kim turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Bennett’s .

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Bennett to win the pot and eliminate Kim in ninth place.

Dessiree Bennett  –  11,700,000  (59 bb)
Samuel Kim  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($7,200)

With eight players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 4,800,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 384

Samuel Kim raised from the cutoff, Steve Blackmon moved all in from the big blind for 4,050,000, and Kim called with a similar stack and showed .

Blackmon turned over , and it was a race situation between similar stacks.

The board came , and Kim flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket nines held up for Blackmon to win the pot.

Both chip stacks were counted down, and Kim had 4,175,000 to Blackmon’s 4,050,000. Blackmon gets a full double-up, while Kim is knocked all the way down to a single small blind of 125,000.

Steve Blackmon  –  8,400,000  (42 bb)
Samuel Kim  –  125,000  (<1 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 384

Steve Blackmon raised from middle position to 500,000, Anibal Pabon moved all in from the hijack for 4,025,000, and Blackmon called all in for 1,875,000 with .

Pabon turned over , and Blackmon needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Blackmon lead the entire, winning the pot with a rivered full house to double up in chips.

Steve Blackmon  –  4,250,000  (21 bb)
Anibal Pabon  –  2,150,000  (11 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 384

After the elimination of Jessica in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Sean Byars  –  2,050,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Roedersheimer  –  6,775,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Dessiree Bennett  –  8,100,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4.  Wayne Leonard  –  1,000,000  (5 bb)
Seat 5.  Samuel Kim  –  4,500,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Juan Mubarak  –  6,300,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  3,350,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Steve Blackmon  –  1,875,000  (9 bb)
Seat 9.  Anibal Pabon  –  4,000,000  (20 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $70,500 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $48,000
3rd:  $35,500
4th:  $26,500
5th:  $20,100
6th:  $15,400
7th:  $11,800
8th:  $9,200
9th:  $7,200

With nine players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 384

Jessica Cai moved all in under the gun for 700,000, and Juan Mubarak thought for a while before he called from the small blind with .

Cai turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fours held up for Mubarak to win the pot and eliminate Cai in 10th place.

Juan Mubarak  –  6,300,000  (32 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($7,200)

With nine players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Tanupat Punjarojanakul was all in from the small blind for 1,475,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Jessica Cai on the button.

The board came , and Cai flopped a set of nines, only to see Punjarojanakul turn a set of kings. Punjarojanakul won the pot with his higher set to double up in chips, knocking Cai down to just four big blinds.

Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  3,350,000  (17 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  700,000  (4 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Four players saw a flop of with 1,000,000 in the pot, and it checked to Dessiree Bennett, who bet 600,000 from the cutoff. Samuel Kim raised from the button to 2,200,000, and Chad Roedersheimer and Anibal Pabon folded from the blinds.

Bennett thought for a bit before she three-bet all in for 4,350,000, and Kim quickly called with for a gutshot straight draw with a club flush draw. But Bennett turned over for a pair of kings with a higher flush draw, and she needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bennett won the pot with two pair, kings and fives, to double up into the chip lead.

Dessiree Bennett  –  9,700,000  (49 bb)
Samuel Kim  –  4,800,000  (24 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.