$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 78 of 2,570

Regina Cassab moves all in from the small blind for about 180,000 and Tony Li calls from the big blind.

Li shows and is the lead against Cassab’s . The board runs out and Li drags the pot with ace-high. Cassab hits the rail in 79th place and takes home $1,396 for her efforts.

Tony Li – 1,400,000 (58 bb)
Regina Cassab – Eliminated 

$360 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 93 of 2,570

There is about 500,000 in the pot on the river with a completed board of .

Carlos Bernudz moves all in from early position for 628,000 and his opponent in the hijack goes into the tank. After several minutes and some talking to himself, the hijack mucks his hand.

“He’s got a pocket queens,” says another player at the table. “I’d bet anything on it.”

Bernudz flashes the as he collects the pot and moves over the million chip mark.

Carlos Bernudz – 1,128,000

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 112 of 2,570

Event 1 players are heading on their 40-minute dinner with 112 players remaining. The pace of play slowed down but we expect that to change when they return when the average stack will be 23 big blinds.

We’ll take the time during the extended time away from the tables to find our big stacks and notable names.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 138 of 2,570

Players are back from their second break of the day, on that was a little more relaxed than the last break now that they are in the money.

We found two players stacked up in seven-digit territory. “King Tony” Li was an early chip leader during his starting flight and he’s back up top today with less than 140 players remaining. He’s followed closely by two-time WPT final table member Daniel “wildman75” Buzgon with Marc Levy close to hitting the mark as well.

Starting Day 2 leader Avi Kalmis is still going strong with 675,000 though the leaders have pulled away from him.

Top ten stacks:

Tony Li – 1,040,000 (87 bb)
Daniel Buzgon – 1,000,000 (83 bb)
Marc Levy – 920,000 (77 bb)
Doug Neidermeyer – 855,000 (71 bb)
Anthony Astarita – 804,000 (67 bb)
Gary Viebahn – 804,000 (67 bb)
Michael Eddy – 760,000 (63 bb)
Pavel Veksler – 740,000 (62 bb)
Carlo Rodriguez – 696,000 (58 bb)
Paul Campbell – 689,000 (57 bb)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 153 of 2,570

Level 20 concluded, and the field was sent sent on a 15-minute break. With 153 players left, the average stack will be about 28 big blinds entering the new level.

A list of big and notable chip counts will be posted here shortly.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 194 of 2,570

There is a parade of players to the payout desk after the money bubble burst, including David Nathaniel.

But he’s probably not too broken up about it right now.

Nathaniel began the day with 127,000 but that was quickly whittled down to a tiny stack. He watching the hand-for-hand process continue while he eventually was down to a single 1K ante chip. Good new for him, there were all-in hands called on three other tables.

With the double bubble knockout, Nathaniel slid into the money and his tablemates rejoiced with him.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 251 of 2,570

Bob Gelin got his last 20,000 into the pot preflop on a three-bet shove, and he found action from both Willie Wiggins (small blind) and the original raiser (middle position). The board ran out , with the two live players checking it all the way down.

Wiggins:
Raiser:
Gelin:

Gelin’s ace-king did not improve, and he was eliminated at the hands of Wiggins.

There was still hope for Gelin, though, as another hand was in progress at an adjacent table. John Kwon was all in versus Daniel Garon on an flop. Kwon showed , but Garon’s had out-flopped him. The turn and river were both blanks, and Kwon was eliminated.

Gelin and Kwon shared the bottom payout, earning $324 apiece.

John Kwon – Eliminated in 251st place ($324)
Bob Gelin – Eliminated in 250th place ($324)

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 251 of 2,570

The number on the board has just ticked down to 251 players remaining, bringing the field onto the direct money bubble. The next player eliminated will go home empty handed, while the final 250 will all be guaranteed to earn at least $648.

Play is currently hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts.

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 252 of 2,570

With a raise and a call in front of him, the player in the small blind moved all in for just over 100,000 total, and Marc Stein called all in for 97,000 from the big blind.

Small blind:
Stein:

The player on the button said he folded the other two nines, so the small blind needed something other than a set to survive. The board ran out , though, and Stein’s kings held to earn him the double-up.

Marc Stein – 230,000 (38 bb)