$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 137

Iman Nikmaram moved all in button for 85,000, and Tommy Tran called from the small blind.

Tommy Tran:  
Iman Nikmaram:  

The board came , and Tran won the pot with a full house, tens full of eights, to eliminate Nikmaram in fourth place.

Tommy Tran  –  660,000  (26 bb)
Iman Nikmaram  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,915)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 137

Sean Shah (hijack) and David Moreno (button) got it all in preflop with exactly 270,000 each, so unless they chopped the pot, one player would be knocked out while the other would double up to 580,000.

David Moreno:  
Sean Shah:  

The board came , and Moreno won the pot with a flopped set of aces to double up and eliminate Shah in fifth place.

David Moreno  –  580,000  (23 bb)
Sean Shah  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,895)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  427 of 2,783

Flight A:  400 Entries; 67 Advanced
Flight B:  336 Entries; 51 Advanced
Flight C:  438 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight D:  419 Entries; 73 Advanced
Flight E:  592 Entries; 82 Advanced
Flight F:  598 Entries; 89 Advanced
Flight G:  Saturday at 11 am
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 pm
Day 2:  Sunday at noon

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 137

After a flop of , Tommy Tran bets 40,000 from the small blind, and Wilfor Marentes Pinto moves all in from the big blind for 210,000. Hyndi Khomutetsky folds in the cutoff, and then Tran goes into the tank for a very long time.

Eventually, Tran calls, and both players show their cards.

Tommy Tran:    (pair of kings gutshot straight draw)
Wilfor Marentes Pinto:    (pair of nines)

Tran is ahead, and he called out for a seven to complete his straight. Sure enough, the turn card was the , and Tran briefly celebrated before realizing that Pinto picked up a diamond flush draw. “No diamond!”

The river card was the , and Tran won the pot with his nine-high straight to eliminate Pinto in sixth place.

Tommy Tran  –  620,000  (31 bb)
Wilfor Marentes Pinto  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,205)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  6 of 137

Kenny McCollough was all in from the small blind for about 100,000, against Wilfor Marentes Pinto in the hijack, and they turn over their cards.

Wilfor Marentes Pinto:  
Kenny McCollough:  

The board came , and Pinto wins the pot with two pair, kings and queens, to eliminate McCollough in seventh place.

Wilfor Marentes Pinto  –  345,000  (17 bb)
Kenny McCollough  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,730)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  7 of 137

The final eight players return from break, and here are their official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  410,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Kenny McCollough  –  120,000  (6 bb)
Seat 3.  Iman Nikmaram  –  155,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  Steve Roth  –  30,000  (2 bb)
Seat 5.  Sean Shah  –  235,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Tommy Tran  –  410,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Wilfor Marentes Pinto  –  220,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8.  David Moreno  –  65,000  (3 bb)

In the first hand of Level 23, Steve Roth gets it all in from middle position for 30,000 against Sean Shah in the hijack.

Sean Shah:  
Steve Roth:  

The board came , and Shah wins the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate Roth in eighth place.

Sean Shah  –  295,000  (15 bb)
Steve Roth  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,400)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  89 of 598

Flight F has come to an end with 89 survivors from a field of 598, and the two chipleaders were seated side-by-side at the end of the day.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here are the three players who bagged up at least 350K each:

1.  John Two-Bears  –  400,000  (100 bb)
2.  Seyed Vahid Hosseini  –  386,000  (97 bb)
3.  Kevin Greene  –  350,000  (88 bb)

There are already 2,783 entries in this event, and the final two starting flights will begin tomorrow at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm. The prizepool is already worth nearly $950,000, and the field should surpass the $1 million guarantee early in the morning flight.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 137

Sean Shah raises from early position to 32,000, and Iman Nikmaram calls from one of the blinds.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , Nikmaram checked, Shah bet 20,000, and Nikmaram called.

Shah showed to win the pot with a flopped royal flush in spades, and Nikmaram said, “That’s overkill” as he mucked his cards. Nikmaran would later say he had flopped two pair.

Sean Shah  –  215,000  (18 bb)
Iman Nikmaram  –  275,000  (23 bb)

A short while later, after a flop of , Shah checks the small blind, Tommy Tran bets 30,000 from the big blind, and Shah pot-raises to 154,000, with just 10,000 more behind.

Tran goes into the tank, eventually asking himself out loud, “Do I want to race right now?”

After a little more thought, Tran says, “Let’s race,” and he calls.

Sean Shah:    (pair of sixes)
Tommy Tran:    (pocket aces, pair of sixes)

Shah was pretty dominated in this spot, but the turn card was the , and the river card was the . Shah turned two pair, queens and sixes, to win the pot and double up into the chip lead.

Sean Shah  –  400,000  (33 bb)
Tommy Tran  –  155,000  (13 bb)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/10,000
Players Remaining:  8 of 137

With the blinds at 4,000-8,000, Gabriel Ramos raised under the gun to 23,000, Kenny McCollough reraised from the big blind to 73,000, and Ramos thought for a while before he called.

The flop came , McCollough moved all in for 42,000, and Ramos called.

Gabriel Ramos:    (pair of jacks)
Kenny McCollough:    (pair of kings)

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for McCollough to win the pot and double up in chips.

Kenny McCollough  –  26,000  (3 bb)
Gabriel Ramos  –  234,000  (29 bb)

After the blinds increased to 5,000-10,000, Ramos moved all in from middle position for 26,000, and David Moreno called from the big blind.

David Moreno:  
Gabriel Ramos:  

The board came , and Ramos flopped two pair, tens and nines, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gabriel Ramos  –  57,000  (6 bb)
David Moreno  –  31,000  (3 bb)

A few hands later, Ramos raised from the button to 35,000, Iman Nikmaram raised from the small blind, and Ramos called all in for about 62,000.

Iman Nikmaram:  
Gabriel Ramos:  

The board came , and Nikmaram won the pot with a higher two pair, jacks and sevens, to eliminate Ramos in ninth place.

Iman Nikmaram  –  350,000  (35 bb)
Gabriel Ramos  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,170)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  4,000/8,000
Players Remaining:  9 of 137

The PLO event was stuck at 13 players for more than an hour, but they eventually broke thru that wall, and the final nine players have just redrawn for random seats at the final table.

Here is the updated seat draw with their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  345,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Kenny McCollough  –  115,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3.  Gabriel Ramos  –  155,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Iman Nikmaram  –  268,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5.  Steve Roth  –  109,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Sean Shah  –  149,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Tommy Tran  –  250,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8.  Wilfor Marentes Pinto  –  128,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  David Moreno  –  70,000  (9 bb)

Here is the remaining prizepool at stake, followed by the players who have finished in the money so far:

1st:  $11,705 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $7,805
3rd:  $5,455
4th:  $3,915
5th:  $2,895
6th:  $2,205
7th:  $1,730
8th:  $1,400
9th:  $1,170

10th:  Trenton Pippin  –  $1,170
11th:  Federico Herrera  –  $1,010
12th:  Brandon Sinawi  –  $1,010
13th:  Aaron Kupin  –  $905
14th:  Christopher Back  –  $905
15th:  David Carvara  –  $840
16th:  Hossein Ghodosi Fard  –  $840
17th:  Stewart Yancik  –  $810
18th:  Joshua Adkins  –  $810