$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 122
Average Stack: 292,800

Matthew Silva raises to 12,000 on the button and Charlemagen Benjamin defends his big blind. The flop is and Benjamin leads out for 14,000.

Silva calls and the turn is the . Benjamin checks and Silva bets 20,000. Benjamin calls and the river is the . Benjamin checks and Silva bets 36,000.

Benjamin takes a minute in the tank before calling. Silva shows , good for a missed straight draw and Benjamin takes the pot with .

Charlemagen Benjamin – 310,000
Matthew Silva – 95,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 2,692
Average Stack: 17,950,000 (36 big blinds)

We caught the action with the full board already out and Jon Borenstein facing a 3 million chip bet. It read and Borenstein eventually called to see Salmon’s nut flush . He mucked his hand and Salmon now has more than half of the chips in play.

Seat 1: Jon Borenstein – 11,500,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5: James Salmon – 27,000,000 (54 bb)
Seat 6: Vitor Coelho – 15,300,000 (31 bb)

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 2,692
Average Stack: 17,950,000 (36 big blinds)

Defending champ James Salmon was the bottom stack coming back from break but that quickly switched.

After a few minutes pause at the top of Level 36 to discuss a deal, they were back underway and Salmon opened to 1 million from the button to get calls from the other two.

Vitor Coelho and Jon Borenstein checked the flop before Salmon fired 1.2 million. Coelho pulled the min-check/raise to 2.4 million, Borenstein folded, and Salmon popped it again to 5.8 million total. Coelho called to see the turn and Salmon moved all-in after Coelho checked. The move was for 6,625 million and Coelho let his hand go to give Salmon the lead.

Seat 1: Jon Borenstein – 18,000,000 (36 bb)
Seat 5: James Salmon – 21,100,000 (42 bb)
Seat 6: Vitor Coelho – 14,750,000 (30 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 122
Average Stack: 292,800

Matthew Silva raises to 13,000 from the cutoff and Charlemagen Benjamin three-bets to 31,000 out of the small blind. Silva calls and they see a flop of .

Benjamin bets 27,000 and Silva calls. The turn is the and Benjamin moves all in for about 110,000. Silva quickly folds and Benjamin takes the pot.

Charlemagen Benjamin – 235,000
Matthew Silva – 170,000

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 122
Average Stack: 292,800

Michael Laake raises to 12,000 from middle position and Dimitry Agrachov moves all in on the button for about 70,000. Laake calls and the cards are tabled.

Agrachov needs help with his against Laake’s . The board runs out and Agrachov takes sixth place for $6,166.

Michael Laake – 430,000
Dimitry Agrachov – Eliminated

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Returning to Level 36: 250,000/500,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 2,692
Average Stack: 17,950,000 (36 big blinds)

The last hand of the level was playing out even as the three remaining players rolled into the break. Then took a few minutes away from the break as well.

Jon Borenstein raised to 1 million from the small blind and James Salmon called to see the flop. They both checked and Borenstein fired 1.1 million after the turn. Salmon spite-called and Borenstein bet another 2.7 million when the river came .

Salmon went into deep thoughts and it looked like he was going to call quickly. Then he sat back and really took his time, finally giving Borenstein permission to call the clock. Salmon’s time was counted down and he finally called with queen-high .

And it was good.

Borenstein had promised to show no matter what and he tabled .

Seat 1: Jon Borenstein – 20,100,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: James Salmon – 13,775,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: Vitor Coelho – 19,950,000 (40 bb)

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 35: 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 2,692
Average Stack: 13,500,000 (34 big blinds)

Jon Borenstein sent a few millions chips over to James Salmon when his fell against and he was getting some ribbing from Marcus Stein across the table.

“That needle is probably going to cost me,” Stein said as he shipped in his last 2 million from the small blind on the next hand.

Borenstein quickly called in the big blind with to dominate Stein’s . Stein couldn’t catch up as the board ran to send him out in 4th place.

Marcus Stein – Eliminated in 4th place ($50,717)
Jon Borenstein – 19,000,000 (48 bb)

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 35: 200,000/400,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 2,692
Average Stack: 10,750,000 (27 big blinds)

It took two hands to get local favorite Lou Stadler off the final table.

In the first it was James Salmon all-in for 3.6 million with and Stadler called with . The flop was no good for Stadler and he was drawing dead after the turn.

He was left with only 1.1 million and moved all-in on the next hand with . Vitor Coelho called in the big blind with the dominant and hit the flop. The turn gave Stadler some chop outs but he was eliminated on the river.

Lou Stadler – Eliminated in 5th place ($42,076)
Vitor Coelho – 24,000,000 (60 bb)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Six Max (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 122
Average Stack: 244,000

Matthew Silva completes the small blind and Dimitry Agrachov moves all in out of the big blind. Silva calls and is all in for 66,000.

Agrachov shows and is flipping with Silva’s . The board runs out and Silva turns a king to double up.

Matthew Silva – 135,000
Dimitry Agrachov – 133,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 34: 150,000/300,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 2,692
Average Stack: 10,750,000 (36 big blinds)

Jon Borenstein took a good sized pot from Vitor Coelho to move further into the lead before Coelho did him one better.

We caught the action with those two heads up to the flop/turn and Coelho check/called a 1.4 million bet from Borenstein. Coelho checked dark before the river and Borenstein bet another 3.6 million.

After a short tank, Coelho called the bet and Borenstein quickly tabled . The big pair wasn’t good enough as Coelho showed his flopped trip queens with .

It was a big shift with the two big stacks going at each other in consecutive hands. They still hold a comfortable advantage over the other three.

Jon Borenstein – 15,700,000 (52 bb)
Vitor Coelho – 22,250,000 (74 bb)