Event 1: Martin Padneto Takes a Pot, Leads the Field

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 2,570

Martin Padneto
Martin Padneto

There was about 800,000 in the middle on a flop of Kd4s3h and the player under the gun bet 335,000.

Martin Padneto called on the button and the turn was the 8s. Both players checked and the river was the 3c. Both players checked again and the under-the-gun player announces “queen-high.”

Padneto shows KcTd and wins the pot with a kings and threes. He drags the pot and takes the chip lead. He’s the only player with more than 6 million in chips.

Martin Padneto – 6,500,000 (81 bb)

Event 1: Unique Petiote Pulling Away

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 2,570

Unique Petiote
Unique Petiote

Unique Petiote raised and another player at the table moved all in for about 800,000. Petiote called and the cards were tabled.

Petitote got up from the table and showed AhAd and was in the lead against his opponent’s ThTs.

The entire table begins to roar about Petiote’s hand and talked about how he had just knocked out a player the previous hand with pocket aces against ace-ten.

“How do you have aces again?” asked another player at the table. “You’re never supposed to have aces there.”

The board ran out KhKd9sQc6c and Petiote’s rockets held up for the second time in a row and he moves over the 5 million chip mark. He starts to open up a sizable chip lead over the rest of the field.

“I told you that when they start to come, they are going to come fast,” said Sam Wynder after coming over from another table to take a look at the action.

Unique Petiote – 5,100,000 (85 bb)

Event 1: Nigel Murray Eliminated by Mike Cohen

$360 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 2,570

The very next hand after folding pocket nines, Nigel Murray got all in preflop for about 550,000 against Mike Cohen.

Cohen showed KdKh and was in the lead against Murray’s QxJx.

The board ran out As9c8dQs8c and Cohen’s kings held up to eliminate Murray in 41st place. Murray netted $2,313 for his efforts and Cohen chipped up.

Mike Cohen – 1,900,000 (32 bb)
Nigel Murray – Eliminated 

Event 1: Nicholas Mahabee Sends One Home

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 2,570

Nicholas Mahabee
Nicholas Mahabee

A player moves all in for 265,000 from under-the-gun and Nigel Murray calls from early position. Action folds around to Nicholas Mahabee in the cutoff, who makes it 625,000.

Action folds back to Murray who goes into the tank for a minute before folding pocket nines face-up.

Mahabee shows 8s8h and is in the lead against the all in player’s Kd5d. The board runs out AhJs5cTd8d and Mahabee sends another player to the rail, while chipping up in the process.

Nicholas Mahabee – 2,850,000 (47 bb)
Nigel Murray – 560,000 (9 bb)

Event 1: Ryan Brown vs. Daniel Buzgon

$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 2,570

There was about 250,000 in the middle on the turn with the board reading Td6h5d5c and Ryan Brown bet 110,000 out of the big blind.

Daniel Buzgon called on the button and the river is the 3h. Brown bet 150,000 and Buzgon called.

Brown tabled Tc7d and Buzgon mucked his hand. Brown takes the pot with tens and sevens and passed Buzgon to become the biggest stack at their table.

Ryan Brown – 2,400,000 (48 bb)
Daniel Buzgon – 2,350,000 (47 bb)

Event 1: Tony Li Leading Final 49

$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 2,570

With level 26 nearing an end and only 49 players remaining, it’s Tony Li with the chip lead. He’s sitting with just over 3,000,000 in chips and is the only player to hit the 3 million chip milestone.

Daniel Buzgon is in second with 2,650,000 in chips and is only one of two players who have crossed the 2 million chip plateau. Unique Petiote is the other player over 2 million with 2,400,000. Joey Veta is just one small pot away from the crossing the plateau, sitting with 1,950,000 and is in fourth place.

Event 1: Brian Phillis Climbing the Counts

$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 2,570

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The player in the cutoff raised to 85,000 and Brian Phillis called on the button.

They were heads-up to a flop of Ts7c6h and the cutoff bet 125,000. Phillis called and the Js came on the turn.

The cutoff bet again, this time 145,000 and Phillis wasted little time before moving all in for effectively the cutoff’s remaining 770,000. The cutoff takes a few moments of thought before tossing his hand into the muck.

Phillis mucks his hand and takes the pot. He is one of the bigger stacks remaining in the field as the level nears an end.

Brian Phillis – 1,800,000 (45 bb)

Event 1: Wally Maddah Eliminated

$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 2,570

Seminole Hard Rock Ambassador Wally Maddah got the last of his chips into the middle preflop with 4x4x against his opponent’s QxJx.

The flop was 7x7x3x and Maddah kept the lead, but the Jx fell on the turn and Maddah was left drawing to two outs.

The river was another seven and both players made a full house, but Maddah was eliminated with a smaller one. Maddah hits the rail in 56th place and takes home $1,696.

Wally Maddah – Eliminated 

Event 1: Sam Wynder Doubles Up

$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 2,570

Sam Wynder
Sam Wynder

After a couple raises preflop, Sam Wynder gets his last 855,000 into the middle from the cutoff against a player in early position.

“I need diamonds dealer,” says Wynder’s opponent as he tables AdKd.

Wynder shows AcAs and is in the lead. The board runs out clean for Wynder as it comes Th5d5cQhTd and Wynder earns a double up.

Wynder nears the two million chip mark and looking for another big score at the Hard Rock. Wynder came in fifth in last May’s Deep Stack Main Event for $32,480.

Sam Wynder – 1,750,000 (58 bb)