$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,017

Alexandre Henry moved all in under the gun for 340,000, and Antoine Sankari thought for a bit before he called from the big blind with .

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

The board came , and Henry rivered an unnecessary set of eights to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alexandre Henry  –  830,000  (8 bb)
Antoine Sankari  –  5,015,000  (50 bb)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,185,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,017

Marcelo Aagesen raised under the gun to 225,000, Zachary Fischer called from the hijack, and Gregory Pessine called from the big blind.

The flop came , Pessine checked, and Aagesen bet 525,000. Fischer called from the hijack, and Pessine folded.

The turn card was the , Aagesen checked, Fischer bet 500,000, and Aagesen thought for a while before he called.

The river card was the , Aagesen checked, Fischer moved all in for roughly 4,600,000, and Aagesen quickly folded. Fischer took the pot.

Zachary Fischer  –  7,450,000  (75 bb)
Marcelo Aagesen  –  2,625,000  (26 bb)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,185,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,017

Table 7
Seat 1:  Marcelo Aagesen  –  3,800,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2:  Perla Ojeda  –  1,800,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Atanas Pavlov  –  3,500,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4:  Zachary Fischer  –  5,800,000  (58  bb)
Seat 5:  Antoine Sankari  –  4,800,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6:  Alexandre Henry  –  400,000  (4 bb)
Seat 7:  Hector Pacheco  –  13,570,000  (136 bb)
Seat 8:  Gregory Pessine  –  1,900,000  (19 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Femi Fashakin  –  2,850,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2:  Lam Tran  –  7,350,000  (74 bb)
Seat 3:  Lee Connell  –  2,800,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4:  Wayne Leonard  –  1,700,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Albert Son  –  5,100,000  (51 bb)
Seat 6:  David Frenkel  –  2,350,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7:  Liran Bracha  –  6,300,000  (63 bb)
Seat 8:  Joel Gossett  –  4,400,000  (44 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Dan Heimiller  –  4,760,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2:  Tomas Brokl  –  2,050,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3:  Ha Nguyen  –  5,400,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4:  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  5,250,000  (53 bb)
Seat 5:  Robert Morris  –  2,900,000  (29 bb)
Seat 6:  Alex Kimpel  –  5,700,000  (57 bb)
Seat 7:  Abraham Ramos Padilla  –  2,100,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8:  Martin Culotta  –  2,700,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $252,680 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $175,000
3rd:  $130,000
4th:  $100,000
5th:  $73,000
6th:  $56,000
7th:  $42,500
8th:  $33,000
9th-10th:  $26,000
11th-12th:  $21,200
13th-15th:  $17,300
16th-19th:  $14,100
20th-23rd:  $11,600
24th:  $9,500

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 4,017

Brian Scott raised all in for 1,225,000 under the gun and Sebastian Toro Henao called in the cutoff with , leading Scott’s .

The board came , no help to Scott, ending his tournament in 25th place.

Sebastian Toro Henao  –  5,250,000  (53 bb)
Brian Scott  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($9,500)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,185,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 4,017

Albert Son was all in for 2,370,000 on the button against Tomas Brokl in the big blind.

Son:  ]
Brokl: 

The board ran out , safe for Son to double up.

Albert Son  –  4,890,000  (49 bb)
Tomas Brokl  –  3,100,000  (31 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,865,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 4,017

Wayne Leonard was all in from the small blind for 720,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Dan Heimiller in the big blind.

The board came , and Leonard spiked a seven on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Wayne Leonard  –  1,520,000  (19 bb)
Dan Heimiller  –  3,550,000  (44 bb)

With 27 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,720,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 4,017

Atanas Pavlov raised to 160,000 in the cutoff, Alex Kimpel three-bet to 425,000 in the big blind, and Pavlov called.

The flop was , Kimpel continued for 350,000, and Pavlov called.

The turn was the , Kimpel checked, Pavlov bet 235,000, and Kimpel called.

The river was the , Kimpel checked, and Pavlov checked behind.

Kimpel showed for fives and deuces, Pavlov mucked, and Kimpel collected the pot.

Alex Kimpel  –  4,600,000  (58 bb)
Atanas Pavlov  –  3,260,000  (41 bb)

With 27 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,720,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 4,017

With the final board showing on the river with about 2.4 million already in the pot, Martin Culotta moved all in from the cutoff, and Antoine Sankari called all in from the hijack for 1,260,000 with for an ace-high diamond flush.

Culotta showed for an ace-high bluff, and Sankari won the pot to double up in chips.

Antoine Sankari  –  4,920,000  (62 bb)
Martin Culotta  –  3,400,000  (43 bb)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,585,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 4,017

Albert Son raised to 240,000 from the button, Ha Nguyen reraised all in for 475,000 in the small blind, and Son called.

Son: 
Nguyen: 

The board came , giving Nguyen a set of nines to double up.

Ha Nguyen  –  1,110,000  (14 bb)
Albert Son  –  3,900,000  (49 bb)

The next hand, Nguyen saw a flop of , and got it all in from the button for 920,000 with for a pair of jacks with an open-ended straight draw. Wayne Leonard was under the gun with for a pair of kings with a gutshot straight draw, and Nguyen needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Nguyen turned trip jacks to win the pot and double up in chips for the second hand in a row.

Ha Nguyen  –  2,420,000  (30 bb)
Wayne Leonard  –  875,000  (11 bb)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,585,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 4,017

After a flop of with about 800K in the pot, action checked to Dan Heimiller, who moved all in from the cutoff for 1,780,000. Ha Nguyen quickly moved all in over the top from the big blind for 2,255,000, and Tomas Brokl thought for a while before he folded under the gun.

Heimiller turned over for a pair of fives with a spade flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Nguyen’s — a flopped five-high straight.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Heimiller turned a spade flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Dan Heimiller  –  4,360,000  (55 bb)
Ha Nguyen  –  475,000  (6 bb)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 3,585,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am, and the survivors will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play to a winner.