$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,017

With the final board showing 10s] (with an open-ended straight-flush draw on the board), Albert Son checked from the small blind, and Sebastian Toro Henao bet 3,000,000 from the big blind.

Son tanked for a while before he folded, showing one card — the for an ace-high straight.

Henao showed one card — the for at least trip kings — as he took the pot.

Sebastian Toro Henao  –  14,500,000  (73 bb)
Albert Son  –  4,800,000  (24 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 7,725,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,017

Antoine Sankari was all in from the big blind for 3,250,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of David Frenkel in the small blind.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Sankari to win the pot and double up in chips.

Antoine Sankari  –  6,700,000  (34 bb)
David Frenkel  –  5,450,000  (27 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 7,725,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,017

The players return from break to begin Level 32, with increased blinds of 100,000-200,000 and a 200,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Marcelo Aagesen  –  2,425,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Atanas Pavlov  –  5,925,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4.  Zachary Fischer  –  10,500,000  (53 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Martin Culotta  –  3,875,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Hector Pacheco  –  26,050,000  (130 bb)
Seat 8.  Abraham Ramos  –  3,750,000  (19 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Femi Fashakin  –  6,475,000  (32 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  David Frenkel  –  9,125,000  (46 bb)
Seat 4.  Antoine Sankari  –  3,450,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Albert Son  –  9,575,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6.  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  13,075,000  (65 bb)
Seat 7.  Liran Bracha  –  2,050,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Joel Gossett  –  4,150,000  (21 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts, followed by recent eliminations:

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:  $17,300

14th:  Ha Nguyen  –  $17,300
15th:  Lam Tran  –  $17,300

16th:  Wayne Leonard  –  $14,100

With 13 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 7,725,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  7

The first match of the round finished with $600 T.O.R.S.E. winner Josh Heinzl ending the tournament for last year’s fourth-place finisher Landon Tice.

Heinzl will now wait for the winner of the Kevin Rabicho/Jonathan Jaffe match with a chance to go into the finals.

Second round:

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

First round:

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 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,017

In the final hand of Level 31, after a flop of , Ha Nguyen got it all in from the button for about 6,400,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the (pair of aces, club flush draw) of chipleader Hector Pacheco, who was UTG+1.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Pacheco clinched the pot on the turn with a club flush to eliminate Nguyen in 14th place.

Hector Pacheco  –  26,050,000  (174 bb)
Ha Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($17,300)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 7,725,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,017

Two cards were exposed as players were folding, the and the . Lam Tran moved all in from the small blind for 2,350,000, and David Frenkel waited for an exact count before he called from the big blind with .

Tran turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Tran caught a queen on the river, but the same card gave Frenkel an ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Tran in 15th place.

David Frenkel  –  9,600,000  (64 bb)
Lam Tran  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($17,300)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 7,175,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 4,017

Wayne Leonard moved all in from the button for about 2,500,000, and Sebastian Toro Henao called from the big blind with .

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

The board came , and Henao won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to eliminate Leonard in 16th place.

Sebastian Toro Henao  –  12,700,000  (85 bb)
Wayne Leonard  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($14,100)

With 15 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 6,700,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 4,017

Albert Son raised from the hijack to 325,000, Liran Bracha called from the button, and Femi Fashakin called from the big blind.

All three players checked to the turn on a board of , Fashakin checked, and Son bet 425,000. Bracha called, and Fashakin folded.

The river card was the , Son bet 975,000, and Bracha tanked for a while before he called. Son showed to win the pot with trip aces, and Bracha mucked.

Albert Son  –  10,700,000  (71 bb)
Liran Bracha  –  1,600,000  (11 bb)

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 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 4,017

Femi Fashakin raised from middle position to 300,000, Lam Tran reraised from the hijack to 950,000, and Fashakin thought for a while before he four-bet all in for 4,325,000.

Tran tanked for a long time before he folded, and Fashakin took the pot.

Femi Fashakin  –  5,650,000  (38 bb)
Lam Tran  –  3,000,000  (20 bb)

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.

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Players Remaining:  8

After a marathon match between Kevin Rabichow and Faraz Jaka, Rabichow came out on top and we have our second match lineups set to go.

They will get underway shortly and get one step closer to the finals and a $100K pay day.

Kevin Rabichow vs Jonathan Jaffe
Josh Heinzl vs Landon Tice
Hertsel Levy Sakhai vs Harvey Castro
David Chen vs Nick Yunis

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