$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 108

Ilya Dyment moved all in under the gun for 13,000, Dave Howard called from middle position, John Binns called from the hijack, and David Shmuel called from the big blind.

The flop came , and Shmuel bet 40,000. Howard thought for a while before he folded, and Binns folded to conclude the acxtion.

David Shmuel:    (queen-high flush, Royal Flush draw, 5-3 low draw)
Ilya Dyment:    (ten high, 6-4 low draw)

Dyment was in seriously bad shape, needing to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Dyment did improve to two pair with a 7-6 low, but it wasn’t enough. Shmuel scooped the pot with a queen-high flush and a wheel for the low to eliminate Dyment in eighth place.

David Shmuel  –  557,000  (46 bb)
Ilya Dyment  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,230)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 185,000 (15 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,415 each.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 108

Ilya Dement raised from the under the gun, Dave Howard three-bet all in for 69,000 from middle position and Dement called.

Howard: 
Dement: 

The flop was , giving Dement a set of treys to take the lead, while Howard picked up the nut-flush draw.

The turn gave Howard the nut-low draw, while the river gave Howard an ace-high flush to double up.

Dave Howard  –  153,000  (15 bb)
Ilya Dement  –  13,000  (1 bb)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 108

David Shmuel raised to 25,000 from early position and Walter Buss called all-in for about 23,000 from the big blind.

Shmuel:
Buss:

The flop came , giving Buss a pair of tens along with the nut-low draw.

The turn fell to give Buss aces and tens, but Shmuel made a low, along with a pair of aces. He also had outs to a scoop.

The river was the , giving Shmuel aces and kings with an eight-five low to scoop the pot and eliminate Buss in ninth place.

David Shmuel  –  505,000  (51 bb)
Walter Buss  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,085)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight F Entries:  629

The final starting flight is well underway, with a little more than an hour remaining before registration closes around 10:30 pm.

Flight F is already up to 629 entries, which means the total field is up to 3,568, and the prizepool is already worth more than $1.17 million.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000
Players Remaining:  9 of 108

Seat 1:  Chris Labrie  –  105,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Dave Howard  –  110,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3:  John Binns  –  485,000  (61 bb)
Seat 4:  Adam Farber  –  18,000  (2 bb)
Seat 5:  Ralph Broderick  –  50,000  (6 bb)
Seat 6:  Walter Buss  –  48,000  (6 bb)
Seat 7:  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  158,000  (20 bb)
Seat 8:  David Shmuel  –  203,000  (25 bb)
Seat 9:  Ilya Dyment  –  138,000  (17 bb)

1st:  $10,720 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $6,695
3rd:  $4,015
4th:  $2,625
5th:  $2,025
6th:  $1,665
7th:  $1,415
8th:  $1,230
9th:  $1,085

10th:  Salvatore Pipitone  – $1,085
11th:  Brandon Berkenfeld  –  $960
12th:  Cory Zeidman  – $960
13th:  Barak Zaken  – $850
14th:  Darrin Wright  – $850

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  81 of 801

Flight E came to an end with 81 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Ivaylo Sivinov, who bagged up 702,000 (117 big blinds). Everyone who bagged up chips will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play Day 2, where everyone will be in the money.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later this evening, but in the meantime, here is a look at the six players from this flight who bagged more than 400K:

1.  Ivaylo Sivinov  –  702,000  (117 bb)
2.  Domenic Pizziferri  –  566,000  (94 bb)
3.  James Doyle Avellanet  –  522,000  (87 bb)
4.  Eric Rivera  –  463,000  (77 bb)
5.  Daniel Aviles  –  456,000  (76 bb)
6.  Michael Dermer  –  443,000  (74 bb)

On the other end of the leaderboard is Solange Lucas, who survived this flight with just 3,000 in chips — half of a big blind.

Amazingly, Lucas won’t even be the short stack when Day 2 begins tomorrow, as Peter Pilz survived Flight B with a single 1K chip — just one-sixth of a big blind.

Solange Lucas  –  3,000  (0.5 bb)
Peter Pilz  –  1,000  (0.167 bb)

The final starting flight (Flight F) is already underway, with registration open until 10:30 pm.

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 1:00 pm, with the players battling over the prizepool that has already doubled the guarantee, worth more than $1 million and climbing.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  81 of 801

On the sixth hand of hand-for-hand play, action folded to Esbardo Hernandez in the small blind and he called all-in for his remaining 8,000 with , facing off against Michael Elkin in the big blind holding .

The board ran out , giving Elkin a flush to eliminate Hernandez on the money bubble.

Michael Elkin  –  153,000  (19 bb)
Esbardo Hernandez  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  82 of 801

On the second hand of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, a player in middle position raised to 18,000. Andrey Markov three-bet all in for 51,000 from the cutoff and the middle-position player called with , trailing Markov’s .

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

Andrey Markov  –  117,000  (20 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  82 of 801

On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Charles Blankenship opened to 16,000 from the hijack. Eric Rivera three-bet to 51,000 from the big blind and Blankenship four-bet all in for 238,000.

Rivera went into the tank for several minutes before folding face up. Blankenship showed as he was pushed the pot.

Charles Blankenship  –  298,000  (50 bb)
Eric Rivera  –  430,000  (72 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  83 of 801

The field is nearing the end-of-flight Money Bubble, with 83 players remaining, but only 81 can advance to Day 2. As soon as one more player is eliminated, the field will begin hand-for-hand play.

Here are some updated chip counts from the field:

Evan Teitelbaum  –  310,000  (52 bb)
Jeff Kessler  –  280,000  (47 bb)
Fernando Pages  –  230,000  (38 bb)
Frank Russo  –  220,000  (37 bb)
Maurice Hawkins  –  200,000  (33 bb)
Eric Piderit  –  170,000  (28 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  160,000  (27 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  150,000  (25 bb)
David Nathaniel, Jr.  –  60,000  (10 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  25,000  (4 bb)

With 83 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 193,000 (32 big blinds). This field is playing down to the final 81 players, and everyone who bags chips will finish in the money and advance to Day 2.