$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second of four Event 9 starting flights gets underway at 5 pm in the Seminole Ballroom. The tournament is a $600 buy-in tournament with four starting flights over two days and a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm and Flight B will come to an end after Level 14. Anyone still in the game will bag up their chips for a Day 2 return.

• $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 111

There were no major pots over the first 30 minutes but Schahin Ghiai was able to extend his lead to hold more than half of the chips in play.

Seat 2: Schahin Ghiai – 1,240,000 (103 bb)
Seat 5: Zhi Cheng Wu – 510,000 (43 bb)
Seat 7: Tomas Soderstrom – 470,000 (39 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $34,105 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $21,015
3rd: $12,595

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 4,699

Richard Leger moved all in under the gun for 3,300,000, and Ben Boston called from the cutoff with .

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

The board came — Leger flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned a spade flush draw, but he improved no further. Boston won the pot with two pair, kings and sevens, to eliminate Leger in seventh place.

Ben Boston  –  22,200,000  (44 bb)
Richard Leger  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($39,605)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 15,675,000 (31 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $55,585.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 4,699

Stuart Hankin moved all in from the button for 4,450,000, and Ben Boston called from the small blind with .

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

The board came , and Boston flopped a set of sevens and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Hankin in eighth place.

Ben Boston  –  19,400,000  (39 bb)
Stuart Hankin  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($27,625)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 13,425,000 (27 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $39,605.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 111

Level 19 came to an end and tournament staff sent the three remaining players on a 15-minute break. Schahin Ghiai leads, Tomas Soderstrom moved into second place, and former leader Zhi Cheng Wu is third.

Seat 2: Schahin Ghiai – 1,030,000 (86 bb)
Seat 5: Zhi Cheng Wu – 497,000 (41 bb)
Seat 7: Tomas Soderstrom – 684,000 (57 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $34,105 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $21,015
3rd: $12,595

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 4,699

Leif Force moved all in from the hijack for 6,350,000, and Ben Boston called from the cutoff with a slightly larger stack and showed .

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

The board came — Force flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Boston won the pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Force in ninth place.

Ben Boston  –  14,900,000  (30 bb)
Leif Force  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($16,440)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 11,750,000 (24 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $27,625.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,699

The final nine players return from break to begin Level 36, with increased blinds of 250,000-500,000 and a 500,000 ante. With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 10.45 million (21 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  John Two-Bears  –  10,000,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Song O.  –  19,500,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Stuart Hankin  –  5,700,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4.  Leif Force  –  6,350,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Ben Boston  –  7,300,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Ronald Campillo  –  11,900,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Mancilla  –  16,725,000  (33 bb)
Seat 8.  Pedro Catinchi  –  8,425,000  (17 bb)
Seat 9.  Richard Leger  –  8,100,000  (16 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,699

John Two-Bears raised under the gun to 1,200,000, Ben Boston moved all in from the hijack for 3,900,000, and Two-Bears called with . Boston turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fours held up for Boston to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ben Boston  –  8,800,000  (22 bb)
John Two-Bears  –  10,000,000  (25 bb)

A short while later, Pedro Catinchi and Song O. have built up a huge pot (~9 million) with the flop showing . Catinchi checked, and Song O. moved all in for 4,700,000.

Catinchi asked for an exact count and thought for a bit before he said, “I think you missed,” and he called with .

But Song O. didn’t miss — he turned over .

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the aces held up for Song O. to win the biggest pot of the tournament so far and double up into the chip lead.

Song O.  –  18,400,000  (46 bb)
Pedro Catinchi  –  8,450,000  (21 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,699

After the elimination of Gilles Dalco in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  John Two-Bears  –  11,900,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Song O.  –  6,500,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Stuart Hankin  –  7,600,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Leif Force  –  7,350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Ben Boston  –  4,100,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Ronald Campillo  –  15,500,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Mancilla  –  16,600,000  (42 bb)
Seat 8.  Pedro Catinchi  –  16,725,000  (42 bb)
Seat 9.  Richard Leger  –  5,800,000  (15 bb)

As a reminder, chipleader Pedro Catinchi was down to just 1/4 of a big blind yesterday before the dinner break, and he has made an epic comeback to make it to the final table as chipleader. (Click here for more on Catinchi’s comeback.)

And here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $253,410 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $164,230
3rd:  $110,720
4th:  $90,730
5th:  $72,360
6th:  $55,585
7th:  $39,605
8th:  $27,625
9th:  $16,440

Now that they are at the final table, levels will increase to one hour.

$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 111

It was three-way to a flop and Tomas Soderstrom bet 10,000. Schahin Ghiai folded, Zhi Cheng Wu thought for a second and called. Both players checked the turn and Cheng Wu led out for 40,000 after the river. Soderstrom raised to 112,000 and Cheng Wu quickly called. He flipped over for the king-high straight and Soderstrom mucked.

Soon after, Cheng Wu limped his button and Soderstrom moved all in for 178,000 from the small blind. Ghiai folded and Cheng Wu called.

Soderstrom:
Cheng Wu:

Soderstrom was in great shape, had a small blip when they all saw the in the window but he also paired on the flop. The turn was and the river gave Soderstrom the overkill nut flush to double up.

Tomas Soderstrom – 381,000 (38 bb)
Zhi Cheng Wu – 875,000 (88 bb)