$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,134

Richard Baker opened to 275,000 from under the gun, Phu Vo three-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff, Baker four-bet shoved for 2,600,000, and Vo called.

Baker: 
Vo: 

The board came down , giving Baker kings full of sevens to double through Vo.

Richard Baker  –  5,525,000  (44 bb)
Phu Vo  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with an 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,134

The players returned from break to begin Level 30, with increased blinds of 75,000-125,000 with a 125,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least six million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Willy Stadele  –  9,925,000  (79 bb)
2.  Phu Vo  –  7,325,000  (59 bb)
3.  Fabian Foster  –  7,050,000  (56 bb)
4.  Jorge Gomez  –  6,775,000  (54 bb)
5.  Donavon Wright  –  6,075,000  (49 bb)

With 30 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 4,085,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,465 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (about 2:20 am), and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with an 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,134

With the board showing , Phu Vo bet 900,000 from the small blind, Daniyal Gheba moved all in UTG for about 2.1 million, and Vo paused for a moment before he called with for two pair, eights and sevens.

Gheba turned over for a pair of jacks with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Vo won the pot with a full house, eights full of sevens, to eliminate Gheba in 31st place.

Phu Vo  –  7,575,000  (76 bb)
Daniyal Gheba  –  Eliminated in 31st Place  ($5,465)

With 30 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 4,085,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,465 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 30 (about 2:20 am), and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,134

Donavon Wright raised to 345,000 from early position, Justin Datloff three-bet all in for 1,185,000 from the button, and Wright called after a few moments.

Wright: 
Datloff: 

The board ran out , giving Datloff aces and nines to double up.

Justin Datloff  –  2,620,000  (26 bb)
Donavon Wright  –  4,400,000  (44 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 6,134

Peter Hsu raised to 250,000 from the hijack, Christopher Bissinger three-bet to 500,000 from the button, and Kamoru Yusuf four-bet all in from the big blind for about 3,600,000. Hsu folded and Bissinger called all in for about 1,500,000.

Bissinger: 
Yusuf: 

The board came down , giving Yusuf a set of queens on the river to eliminate Bissinger.

Kamoru Yusuf  –  5,500,000  (55 bb)
Christopher Bissinger  –  Eliminated in 33rd Place  ($5,465)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 6,134

WIlly Stadele raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, Lydia Waltonbaugh three-bet all in for 1,330,000 from the button, and Stadele called.

Stadele: 
Waltonbaugh: 

The board came down , giving Stadele jacks and nines on the river to eliminate Waltonbaugh.

Willy Stadele  –  7,250,000  (73 bb)
Lydia Waltonbaugh  –  Eliminated in 36th Place  ($5,465)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with an 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 6,134

Zak VanKeuren was all in from middle position for 2,890,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Peter Hsu on the button.

The board came , and VanKeuren paired his king on the flop and his ace on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

“That might be the biggest ace-king flip of my life,” said VanKeuren after the hand, at the final four tables of a tournament with a first prize of $282,775.

Zak VanKeuren  –  6,255,000  (63 bb)
Peter Hsu  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 3,400,000 (34 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,465 each.

The field will be playing until about 2:00 am tonight, and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 6,134

Rob Brown raised from the button, Peter Hsu moved all in from the small blind for about 2.5 million, and Brown called with .

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

The board came , and Hsu flopped an open-ended straight draw and turned a pair of deuces to win the pot and double up in chips.

After the hand, Brown looked up and said, “I hope you got that for the blog!”

A short while later, Nigel Murray said, “That’s the play of the month.”

Hsu laughed and said, “No it isn’t.”

Peter Hsu  –  5,250,000  (66 bb)
Rob Brown  –  2,750,000  (34 bb)

With 37 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 3,310,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,960 each.

The field will be playing until about 2:00 am tonight, and then return to finish the tournament tomorrow (Monday) at 3:00 pm EST.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 6,134

Eliud Rosa Escudero was all in for about 1,100,000 from under the gun against Justin Datloff on his direct left.

Escudero: 
Datloff: 

The board ran out , giving Datloff a set of tens to eliminate Escudero in 38th place.

Justin Datloff  –  4,500,000  (56 bb)
Eliud Rosa Escudero  –  Eliminated in 38th Place  ($4,960)