$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 3,229

Everyone folded to Eliezer Gonzalez, who was forced all in from the small blind for 75,000 against Kevin Blewitt in the big blind. Gonzalez turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Blewitt’s .

The board came , and Gonzalez won the pot with his queen to more than double up in chips.

Eliezer Gonzalez  –  350,000  (2 bb)
Kevin Blewitt  –  12,100,000  (61 bb)

The next hand, Gonzalez moved all in from the button for 350,000, and Blewitt called from the small blind with . Gonzalez turned over , and needed his hand to hold again to stay alive.

The board came , and Blewitt paired his seven on the river to win the pot and eliminate Gonzalez in 12th place.

Kevin Blewitt  –  12,850,000  (64 bb)
Eliezer Gonzalez  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($14,530)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 3,229

The final 12 players are back in their seats and ready to play down to a winner today. Everyone is seated and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 3,229

Six starting flights and a long play down Day 2 were not enough to crown an Event 1 champion. At the end of the day, there were 12 players still in contention and they return to the Event Center today at 2 pm and we will crown our champion.

Kevin Blewitt comes into the bonus day with the chip lead but there are some tough players behind him including Raminder Singh, Craig Varnell, Devond Marshall, and Eliezer Gonzalez.

There is a lot of money up for grabs today with $291,665 awaiting the winner of the opening tournament.

They will return to blinds at 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 big blind ante and levels will increase to 60 minutes when the final table is formed with nine players remaining.

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Kayeen Ellis-Kemp  –  3,350,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  Devond Marshall  –  3,400,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Gress  –  7,050,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Mateusz Sikorski  –  4,900,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Raminder Singh  –  10,500,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Greene  –  2,800,000  (14 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Sean Remz  –  3,900,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  José Duarte  –  3,875,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3.  Craig Varnell  –  9,675,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Eliezer Gonzalez  –  975,000  (5 bb)
Seat 5.  Kevin Blewitt  –  11,800,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6.  Scott Weidema  –  2,350,000  (12 bb)

1st:  $291,665 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $189,380
3rd:  $123,235
4th:  $103,040
5th:  $83,360
6th:  $64,965
7th:  $46,995
8th:  $30,735
9th:  $21,325
10th-12th:  $14,530

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 3,229

Day 2 comes to an end with 12 players remaining, and their chip counts are verified before they bag up for the night. Kevin Blewitt bagged up 11,800,000 (59 big blinds) to take the chip lead into Day 3.

Here are their official chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool at stake:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Kayeen Ellis-Kemp  –  3,350,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  Devond Marshall  –  3,400,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Gress  –  7,050,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Mateusz Sikorski  –  4,900,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Raminder Singh  –  10,500,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Kevin Greene  –  2,800,000  (14 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Sean Remz  –  3,900,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  José Duarte  –  3,875,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3.  Craig Varnell  –  9,675,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Eliezer Gonzalez  –  975,000  (5 bb)
Seat 5.  Kevin Blewitt  –  11,800,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6.  Scott Weidema  –  2,350,000  (12 bb)

1st:  $291,665 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $189,380
3rd:  $123,235
4th:  $103,040
5th:  $83,360
6th:  $64,965
7th:  $46,995
8th:  $30,735
9th:  $21,325
10th-12th:  $14,530

And these were the final three eliminations of the night:

13th:  Donys Agnelli  –  $11,125
14th:  Bobby Consolo  –  $11,125
15th:  Loni Harwood  –  $11,125

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 2:00 pm, when they will play down to a winner.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 3,229

Raminder Singh raised from the hijack to 425,000, Devond Marshall moved all in from the big blind for 2,100,000, and Singh tanked for a long time before he called with . Marshall turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Marshall flopped a set of aces to clinch the pot and double up in chips.

Devond Marshall  –  4,425,000  (30 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  8,600,000  (57 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 3,229

Loni Harwood was recently eliminated in 15th place.

Loni Harwood  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($11,125)

A short while later, Bobby Consolo moved all in from UTG+1 for about 1,000,000, and José Duarte moved all in over the top from the button for more than 2.5 million with .

Consolo turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Duarte to win the pot and eliminate Consolo in 14th place.

José Duarte  –  4,000,000  (32 bb)
Bobby Consolo  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($11,125)

Consolo made a heck of a comeback today, bagging up 73K on Day 1, and then showing up two hours late because of a family emergency and arriving to less than two big blinds in his stack. But Consolo battled back, made it into the money, and just cashed for $11,125.

A few minutes later, after the blinds increased to 75K-150K, Duarte raised preflop to 350,000, and Craig Varnell called right behind him. Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Duarte bet 600,000, and Varnell called.

The river card was the , Duarte moved all in, and Varnell quickly folded. Duarte took the pot.

José Duarte  –  6,200,000  (41 bb)
Craig Varnell  –  5,100,000  (34 bb)

At the same table, Kevin Blewitt appears to have more than 11 million in chips, though they are in tall towers so it’s difficult to get an exact count.

Kevin Blewitt  –  11,000,000  (73 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 3,229

As we return our focus to Event 1, Raminder Singh and Kevin Blewitt have hit the 10-million-plus milestone. There are about 40 minutes remaining before Day 2 will come to an end.

With 15 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4.3 million (34 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $11,125 each, and the final four will make at least $103,040. First prize is a whopping $291,665.

Here are some of their updated chip counts:

Raminder Singh  –  11,600,000  (93 bb)
Kevin Blewitt  –  10,000,000  (80 bb)
Craig Varnell  –  5,950,000  (48 bb)
Sean Remz  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)
Kevin Greene  –  2,200,000  (18 bb)
Loni Harwood  –  2,200,000  (18 bb)
Bobby Consolo  –  1,400,000  (11 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 3,229

Here is the latest batch of players who have been eliminated in the money:

16th:  David Melman  –  $8,730
17th:  Jose Rivero  –  $8,730
18th:  Vincent Iannuzzi  –  $8,730

19th:  Charles Odenz  –  $7,105
20th:  Carlo Rodriguez  –  $7,105
21st:  Jonah Miller  –  $7,105
22nd:  Michael Graffeo  –  $7,105
23rd:  Ahmed Gomez Jr.  –  $7,105
24th:  Nissin Vaknin  –  $7,105
25th:  Tam Nguyen  –  $7,105
26th:  Roberto Berrocal  –  $7,105
27th:  Robert “Car Wash” Williams  –  $7,105

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 3,229

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least five million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Raminder Singh  –  8,625,000  (86 bb)
2.  Kevin Blewitt  –  6,925,000  (69 bb)
3.  Craig Varnell  –  6,225,000  (62 bb)
4.  Jose Rivero  –  5,325,000  (53 bb)

The players return from break to begin Level 29, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 with a big blind ante of 100,000.

With 24 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.7 million (27 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $7,105 each. The final 18 players will see a pay jump to at least $8,730 each.