$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,184

Aleksandr Tishchenko got it all in from the big blind for 1,575,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Carlos Loving on the button.

The board came , and Loving paired his nine on the flop, but improved no further. Tishchenko won the pot with his pocket tens to double up in chips.

Aleksandr Tishchenko  –  3,375,000  (23 bb)
Carlos Loving  –  5,175,000  (35 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 5,975,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,560 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,184

Steve Karp raised from the hijack to 250,000, Oscar Castagna moved all in from the cutoff for 800,000, and Karp thought for a while before he called with .

Castagna turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Castagna flopped a gutshot straight draw, but never caught up. Karp won the pot with a pair of aces and his nine kicker to eliminate Castagna in 15th place.

Steve Karp  –  4,200,000  (28 bb)
Oscar Castagna  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($8,560)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 5,975,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,560 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 4,184

After a flop of , Sebastian Espinoza bet 375,000, and Johnathan Norris quickly called. The turn card was the , Espinoza bet 1,000,000, and Norris quickly called.

The river card paired the board with the , Espinoza checked, Norris bet 4,000,000, and Espinoza quickly called. Norris showed for trip kings to win the pot and increase his chip lead.

Johnathan Norris  –  28,800,000  (230 bb)
Sebastian Espinoza  –  7,300,000  (58 bb)

With 15 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 5,575,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,560 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 197

The $1,100 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH tournament drew 197 entries for the two-day event and 23 made it through to Day 2. Giuseppe Iadisernia leads a tough field coming back and they have a lot of work to get done to bank the $47,830 top prize.

Cards go back in the air at 2 pm and we will hit the highlights until they reach the final table.

Table 3
Seat 1:  Viktor Kovachev  –  117,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2:  Chris Backhouse  –  238,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3:  Raymond Sykes Jr.  –  105,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:  Howard Mash  –  144,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5:  Frank Brannan  –  60,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6:  Corey Wade  –  270,000  (54 bb)
Seat 7:  Greg Baird  –  148,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Olarte  –  50,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 4
Seat 1:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  494,000  (99 bb)
Seat 2:  Matt Lambrecht  –  337,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3:  Joseph Wertz  –  303,000  (61 bb)
Seat 4:  Marco Rodriguez  –  123,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5:  Paul Balzano  –  250,000  (50 bb)
Seat 6:  Chris McNally  –  156,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7:  Talesh Patel  –  144,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8:  Bin Weng  –  118,000  (24 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 5
Seat 1:  Clyde Maliauka  –  72,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Daniel Virkus  –  139,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4:  Mitch Garshofsky  –  156,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5:  David Nowling  –  90,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Joseph Rossi  –  130,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7:  Krasimir Yankov  –  237,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8:  Alexander Stewart  –  71,000  (14 bb)
Seat 9:

1st:  $47,830 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $31,800
3rd:  $19,500
4th:  $11,900
5th:  $9,200
6th:  $7,625
7th:  $6,600
8th:  $5,620
9th-10th:  $4,755
11th-12th:  $4,140
13th-14th:  $3,535
15th-16th:  $3,125
17th-18th:  $2,730
19th-20th:  $2,340
21st-22nd:  $2,055
23rd:  $1,885

24th:  Alexandre Sako  –  $1,885
25th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $1,885

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 4,184

Dusty Rudd moved all in from the cutoff for roughly 2.5 million, and Omer Rotman called all in from the small blind for about 1,650,000 with .

Rudd turned over , and Rotman needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Rotman flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Rudd won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate Rotman in 16th place.

Dusty Rudd  –  4,750,000  (38 bb)
Omer Rotman  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($6,940)

With 15 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 5,575,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,560 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 4,184

Greg Spinder moved all in under the gun for 650,000, and Johnathan Norris called from the big blind with .

Surprisingly, Spinder turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the aces held up for Spinder to win the pot and double up in chips.

Greg Spinder  –  1,500,000  (12 bb)
Johnathan Norris  –  22,300,000  (178 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 5,225,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,940 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 4,184

Steven Steinmetz moved all in under the gun for 600,000, Stewart Yancik moved all in over the top from middle position for roughly 3,000,000, and everyone else folded.

Steinmetz turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Yancik’s .

The board came , and Yancik won the pot with his ace to eliminate Steinmetz in 17th place.

Stewart Yancik  –  3,950,000  (32 bb)
Steven Steinmetz  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($6,940)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 5,225,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,940 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,184

Claudel Joseph moved all in from middle position for 525,000, Carlos Loving called from the cutoff, and Omer Rotman called from the big blind. Any further betting would create a side pot.

The flop came , Rotman checked, Loving bet 350,000, and Rotman called.

The turn card paired the board with the , and both players check.

The river card was the , and they check again. All three players turned over their cards.

Carlos Loving:    (kings and nines with an ace kicker)
Omer Rotman:    (kings and nines with a queen kicker)
Claudel Joseph:    (pair of kings)

Loving won the pot with two pair and his ace kicker to eliminate Joseph in 18th place.

Carlos Loving  –  6,800,000  (54 bb)
Omer Rotman  –  1,675,000  (13 bb)
Claudel Joseph  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($6,940)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 4,925,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,940 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,184

With the final board showing on the river and more than three million already in the pot, Dusty Rudd moved all in from the big blind for 1,350,000.

Claudel Joseph tanked for a while before he called from the hijack with for two pair, jacks and threes, but Rudd turned over to win the pot with a higher two pair, queens and threes. Rudd doubled up in chips.

Dusty Rudd  –  6,700,000  (54 bb)
Claudel Joseph  –  525,000  (4 bb)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 4,650,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,940 each.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,184

The final 18 players have returned to play down to a winner today. Action begins today in Level 30, with blinds at 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante, and with everything set and ready to go, it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Here is the starting lineup:

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Johnathan Norris  –  19,500,000  (156 bb)
Seat 2.  Greg Spinder  –  1,600,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Anthony DeCresci Jr.  –  1,175,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4.  David MacDonald  –  3,700,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Fabian Foster  –  9,550,000  (76 bb)
Seat 6.  Sebastian Espinoza  –  8,350,000  (67 bb)
Seat 7.  Steve Karp  –  3,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8.  Oscar Castagna  –  4,300,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9.  Chris Lewis  –  2,350,000  (19 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Omer Rotman  –  2,675,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Steven Steinmetz  –  925,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3.  Amin Akhlaghi  –  6,750,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4.  Claudel Joseph  –  3,700,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Stewart Yancik  –  1,925,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Marcus Bossard  –  2,925,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7.  Carlos Loving  –  5,925,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Dusty Rudd  –  3,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9.  Aleksandr Tishchenko  –  2,575,000  (21 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $205,535 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $136,500
3rd:  $100,200
4th:  $78,700
5th:  $61,000
6th:  $46,800
7th:  $35,300
8th:  $25,645
9th-10th:  $18,280
11th-12th:  $12,060
13th-15th:  $8,560
16th-18th:  $6,940

With 18 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 4,650,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,940 each.