$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 4,017

After a bit of a slow start for the first 15 minutes, there was a flurry of activity with eliminations and double-ups, and unfortunately we weren’t able to catch them all.

Here are the recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

17th:  Alex Kimpel  –  $14,100
18th:  Perla Ojeda  –  $14,100
19th:  Gregory Pessine  –  $14,100

20th:  Tomas Brokl  –  $11,600
21st:  Lee Connell  –  $11,600
22nd:  Alexandre Henry  –  $11,600
23rd:  Robert Morris  –  $11,600

With 16 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 6,275,000 (50 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,100 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,017

Marcelo Aagesen was all in for 1,150,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Gregory Pessine’s .

The board came , and Aagesen flopped a full house and turned a higher full house to win the pot with aces full of queens and double up in chips.

Marcelo Aagesen  –  2,500,000  (20 bb)
Gregory Pessine  –  300,000  (2 bb)

A short while later, Gregory Pessine was eliminated in 19th place.

Gregory Pessine  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($14,100)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 5,575,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,100 each.

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second of three bounty events on today’s schedule gets underway at 2 pm. This time we have a $600 buy-in Double Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em tournament with profit possibilities early in the day.

Players begin with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 41 Structure Sheet

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 4,017

Atanas Pavlov raised from middle position to 250,000, Antoine Sankari reraised from the cutoff to 650,000, and Alexandre Henry reraised from the button to 1,475,000 (which was most of his stack).

Pavlov moved all in for 2,575,000, Sankari folded, and Henry called all in for about 1,500,000 with .

Pavlov turned over , and Henry needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the aces held up for Pavlov to win the pot and eliminate Henry in 22nd place.

Atanas Pavlov  –  5,050,000  (40 bb)
Alexandre Henry  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($11,600)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,775,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,600 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 4,017

Robert Morris was all in from the hijack for 500,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Martin Culotta in the small blind.

The board came , and Morris flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Culotta won the pot with his pocket deuces to eliminate Morris in 23rd place.

Martin Culotta  –  6,500,000  (52 bb)
Robert Morris  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($11,600)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,575,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,600 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 4,017

Wayne Leonard was all in from the big blind for 1,575,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Lam Tran on the button.

The board came , and Tran flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Leonard won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Wayne Leonard  –  3,350,000  (27 bb)
Lam Tran  –  6,400,000  (51 bb)

With 23 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,375,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,600 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 4,017

Tomas Brokl raised UTG+1 to 250,000, Ha Nguyen reraised from the hijack to 650,000, and Sebastian Toro Henao min-reraised cut to 1,050,000. Brokl quickly folded, and Nguyen called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Nguyen checked, Henao bet 600,000, and Nguyen called fairly quickly.

The river card was the , putting a nine-high straight on the board, and Nguyen moved all in for 3,600,000. Henao went into the tank for a very long time, eventually asking if Nguyen would show, but Nguyen seemed non-committal.

Henao eventually folded, and Nguyen showed to simply play the board. Henao tapped the table in apparent respect of the bluff as Nguyen took the pot.

Ha Nguyen  –  7,475,000  (60 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao  –  5,400,000  (43 bb)

With 23 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,375,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,600 each.

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  12

Four early results are in with Landon Tice, Jonathan Jaffe, Nick Yunis, and Harvey Castro advancing to the next round. Tice is looking to improve on his performance last year by one spot after he finished runner-up to Chance Kornuth.

Kevin Rabichow vs Faraz Jaka
Giuseppe Iadisernia vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs David Forbes
Natasha Mercier vs Landon Tice
Elijah Berg vs Hertsel Levy Sakhai
Harvey Castro vs Scott Baumstein
David Chen vs Travis Greenwalt
Nick Yunis vs Brandon Kessous

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 4,017

The final 23 players have returned to their seats, and everything is set and ready to go. It’s time to shuffle up and deal!

With 23 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 4,375,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,600 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 4,017

The $600 Mid-Series Showdown is down to its last 23 players, three tables of players trying to take the top payout of more than a quarter of a million dollars.

Hectory Pacheco is going for his second win of the series and leads the field coming back.

Table 6
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Tomas Brokl  –  3,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3:  Ha Nguyen  –  5,200,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4:  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  6,775,000  (54 bb)
Seat 5:  Robert Morris  –  875,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6:  Alex Kimpel  – 3,825,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7:  Abraham Ramos  –  3,500,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8:  Martin Culotta  – 7,250,000  (58 bb)

Table 7
Seat 1:  Marcelo Aagesen  –  1,350,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2:  Perla Ojeda  –  2,050,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3:  Atanas Pavlov  –  3,075,000  (25 bb)
Seat 4:  Zachary Fischer  –  7,900,000  (63 bb)
Seat 5:  Antoine Sankari  –  4,775,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6:  Alexandre Henry  –  850,000  (7 bb)
Seat 7:  Hector Pacheco  –  13,650,000  (109 bb)
Seat 8:  Gregory Pessine  –  1,950,000  (16 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1:  Femi Fashakin  –  1,875,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Lam Tran  –  8,375,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3:  Lee Connell  –  1,450,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4:  Wayne Leonard  –  1,700,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Albert Son  –  5,175,000  (41 bb)
Seat 6:  David Frenkel  –  4,050,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7:  Liran Bracha  –  5,900,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8:  Joel Gossett  –  5,525,000  (44 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