$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 2,923
Average Stack: 769,000 (32 big blinds)

Bob Bounahra opened to 55,000 under the gun, and Ory Hen three-bet shoved for 201,000. Bounahra called, putting Hen at risk.

Bounahra:
Hen:

The board ran out , and Hen ran out a full house to double up.

Ory Hen – 474,000 (20 bb)
Bob Bounahra – 390,000 (16 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 400 ante
Players Left: 79 of 2,923
Average Stack: 740,000 (31 big blinds)

Mike Parekh raised under-the-gun and Eric Riley moved all in for about 240,000 from middle position. The big blind moved all in for less than Riley’s stack and Parekh calls.

Riley is in the lead with his against the big blind’s and Parekh’s . The flop was and Parekh flopped a set of fives to take the lead.

The turn was the , giving Parekh a full house, and the river was the to give Parekh quad fives and eliminate two players.

Mike Parekh – 1,540,000

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
End of Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 96 of 2,923
Average Stack: 609,000 (30 big blinds)

The field is on their 40-minute dinner break. There’s only one stack above the two-million-chip mark, and four more that have crested 1.5 million. Here’s the top of the leaderboard during the recess:

Ryan Van Sanford – 2,168,000 (108 bb)
Bundhit Intachai – 1,697,000 (85 bb)
Casey Kaplan – 1,686,000 (84 bb)
Asher Conniff – 1,595,000 (80 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 1,528,000 (76 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 96 of 2,923
Average Stack: 609,000 (30 big blinds)

Tomas Petru opened to 40,000 in early position, and a player behind him three-bet shoved for 197,000 total. When it folded back around to Petru, he asked for the count. “I guess that’s good news,” the short stack said. “I must be ahead.” When he learned the number, Petru called.

Petru:
Opponent:

“Maybe not,” the at-risk player said.

The board ran out , and Petru earned the knockout with a set of sixes.

Tomas Petru – 1,305,000 (65 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 2,923
Average Stack: 591,000 (30 big blinds)

About halfway through Level 23, the number on the board has ticked down into single digits with 99 players remaining. Everyone left is now guaranteed to earn at least $2,236.

There will be a 40-minute dinner break at the conclusion of this level.

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 2,923
Average Stack: 541,000 (34 big blinds)

Three players end up all in preflop. It’s Thila Narayanan (196,000) and Johanssy Joseph (218,000) both at risk, with Jackie Eichler (273,000) seeking a double knockout.

Narayanan:
Joseph:
Eichler:

The board ran out , and Narayanan scooped the main pot to triple up. Joseph won the small side pot to stay alive, and Eichler paid off both debts to leave herself with just a few big blinds.

Thila Narayanan – 630,000 (39 bb)
Jackie Eichler – 55,000 (3 bb)
Johanssy Joseph – 44,000 (3 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 126 of 2,923
Average Stack: 464,000 (29 big blinds)

“If he wins this one, you have to get him in the blog.”

Those were the words of someone at Table 24, in reference to Jonathan Gaviao, who was sweating his most recent in a series of all-ins. The Texas pro was down to just 3,000 chips during the last level, and he was at risk for his last 1,000 chip after posting the ante. Gaviao survived that shove, then several more thereafter, and he was all the way up to 126,000 prior to this hand.

Gaviao open-shoved that amount with , and he was called by an opponent with . The flop gave Gaviao a flush draw, and the turn guaranteed him yet another double up. The river was the meaningless .

A chip and a chair, and all that.

Jonathan Gaviao – 290,000 (18 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 150 of 2,923
Average Stack: 390,000 (33 big blinds)

Darren Rabinowitz opened with a raise in early position, and the small blind three-bet to 65,000. Rabinowitz called.

The flop came , and the small blind moved all in for about 145,000. Rabinowitz slid the chips forward and tabled in one motion, and the small blind’s needed to improve to keep him alive. The turn and river completed the board, sending another knockout pot to Rabinowitz.

Darren Rabinowitz – 770,000 (64 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 159 of 2,923
Average Stack: 368,000 (31 big blinds)

Players are back from the break and everyone is chasing the 2015 WPT World Champion. Asher Conniff holds a slim lead over fellow WPT winner Ryan Van Sanford with John Miller joining them as the only players over 1 million.

Notable counts:

Ryan Van Sanford – 1,080,000 (90 bb)
Asher Conniff – 1,031,000 (86 bb)
John Miller – 1,000,000 (83 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 993,000 (83 bb)
Oren Maimon – 965,000 (80 bb)
Tomas Petru – 939,000 (78 bb)
Artem Maksimov – 901,000 (75 bb)
Steve Legault – 893,000 (74 bb)
Matthew Wantman – 807,000 (67 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 693,000 (58 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein – 612,000 (51 bb)
Vitor Coelho – 471,000 (39 bb)
Mike Beasley – 454,000 (38 bb)
Jorie Damiani – 404,000 (34 bb)
James Salmon – 301,000 (25 bb)
Todd Breyfogle – 287,000 (24 bb)
Stewart Newman – 259,000 (22 bb)
Leonard Benitez – 221,000 (18 bb)
Hans Winzeler – 214,000 (18 bb)
John Pappas – 209,000 (17 bb)
Kathy Liebert – 193,000 (16 bb)
Cornel Cimpan – 169,000 (14 bb)
Sean Shah – 138,000 (12 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 128,000 (11 bb)

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
End of Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 2,923
Average Stack: 361,000 (36 big blinds)

Level 20 has just concluded, and the 162 remaining players are headed off for a 15-minute break. One of those not enjoying the break is 2007 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang, who was eliminated after three-bet shoving during the closing minutes of the level.

When the field returns, blinds will be 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante, putting the average stack at 30 big blinds.