$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante Players Remaining: 21 of 4,699
Dorde Radisavljevic is a restaurant manager at YOLO in nearby downtown Fort Lauderdale, and while he plays cash games, this was his first poker tournament.
Radisavljevic was just eliminated in 26th place, and he seemed quite pleased with the result. That’s always nice to see.
Here is a list of the most recently eliminated players:
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 36 of 4,699
Not that long ago, David Prociak was a massive chipleader with 5 million in chips, but things turned sour rather quickly, and he was just eliminated in a three-way pot when his lost to two players who both held .
David Prociak – Eliminated in 38th Place ($3,915)
At Table 19, with the blinds at 50K-100K, Antonio Rey got it all in from the button for 750,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the big blind’s .
The board came , and Rey paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.
Antonio Rey – 1,650,000 (17 bb)
A few minutes later, Rey was involved in another all-in situation, this time as the big stack with against another player’s — and even though Rey caught an ace, his opponent won the pot with quad tens. That knocked Rey back down to 800K, nearly as low as he was before his double up.
Antonio Rey – 800,000 (8 bb)
A few minutes later, Rey moved all in UTG+1 for 800,000, and Michael Larkin moved all in over the top from middle position for 1,125,000 with . This time, Rey was in worse shape than before as he only had one overcard with his .
But the board came , and Rey paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up again, a little higher than before.
Antonio Rey – 1,850,000 (19 bb)
Rey is proud of the fact that he started Day 2 with just 30,500, worth about eight big blinds at the time. Not quite the chip-and-a-chair story of Pedro Catinchi, who is still alive at the final four tables, but it’s still a nice comeback as he goes deeper and deeper into the money.
At Table 9, after a flop of , Henry Hearns got it all in with (pair of sixes), but he was in trouble against Utnage’s , needing to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket jacks held up for Utnage to win the pot and eliminate Hearns in 37th place.
Tony Utnage – 450,000 (5 bb) Henry Hearns – Eliminated in 37th Place ($3,915)
Level 29 came to an end, and Level 30 began with increased blinds of 75K-125K. With 36 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.6 million (21 big blinds).
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 56 of 4,699
David Prociak has taken a commanding lead, and he is using it to his advantage. He’s sitting to the right of one of the other chipleaders, Victor Kovachev, who only has a little more than half of what’s in Prociak’s stack.
David Prociak – 5,000,000 (83 bb) Victor Kovachev – 2,855,000 (48 bb)
Leif Force is also still going strong with 2,750,000 (46 big blinds).
At Table 20, Landon Brown moved all in from the button for 440,000, and Song O. called from the big blind with . Brown turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Song O. won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Brown in 59th place.
Song O. – 2,450,000 (41 bb) Landon Brown – Eliminated in 59th Place ($3,305)
At Table 9, Shane Scorza raised, Susan Lichtenstein moved all in, and Scorza called with . Lichtenstein turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.
The flop brought two clubs to give Lichtenstein a flush draw, but she improved no further. Scorza won the pot with his pocket tens to eliminate Lichtenstein in 58th place.
Shane Scorza – 2,150,000 (36 bb) Susan Lichtenstein – Eliminated in 58th Place ($3,305)
A short while later at the same table, Michael Rizzuto got it all in from the button for about 540,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Michael Larkin in the small blind.
The pocket jacks held up for Larkin to win the pot and eliminate Rizzuto in 57th place.
Michael Larkin – 2,500,000 (42 bb) Michael Rizzuto – Eliminated in 57th Place ($3,305)
With 56 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,680,000 (28 big blinds). Here is a list of the recent eliminations:
57th: Michael Rizzuto – $3,305 58th: Susan Lichtenstein – $3,305 59th: Landon Brown – $3,305 60th: Daniel Rosenbaum – $3,305 61st: Elliot Goldman – $3,305 62nd: Richard Blume, Jr. – $3,305 63rd: David Modans – $3,305
64th: Larry James – $3,035 65th: Javier Sarache – $3,035 66th: Barry Sisselman – $3,035 67th: David Hass – $3,035