Event 3: Gil Levy Eliminated by Kyle Lazzaro

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 507

Gil Levy

Kyle Lazzaro was working a short stack on Table 45 and moved all in. Gil Levy was nearly down to the felt and called at risk for 125,000. The rest of the table folded for the short stack battle.

Lazzaro: AsKh
Levy: AcJc

Levy ran into a bigger ace, missed the KsQcQd flop, and was asking the dealer for a chop after the Qh turn. It wasn’t meant to be and he was eliminated after the 3h river.

Kyle Lazzaro – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Gil Levy – Eliminated in 14th Place ($3,430)

Event 3: Stuart Greenbaum Eliminated by Marco Rodriguez

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 507

Stuart Greenbaum

Stuart Greenbaum was battling all night long, working his stack while others were sent to the payout desk. With the board reading As8c2cTs, he was all in for about 450,000 against Marco Rodriguez.

Greenbaum: Ad3d
Rodriguez: AcQs

Greenbaum paired his ace on the flop but had kicker issues that could be fixed on the Kh river to send him out.

Marco Rodriguez – 2,200,000 (73 bb)
Stuart Greenbaum – Eliminated in 15th Place ($3,430)

Event 3: Ivan Ruban Leads After Break

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 507

Ivan Ruban

Players are back in their seats after another break. Ivan Ruban sits atop the counts with 2,600,000 after his kings sent Shawn Mohamed out. Michael Johnson is second with 2,495,000 and a lot of players hovering right below.

Blinds are up to 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the averages stack is about 1,2700,000 (42 bb).

Event 3: Mohammad Mansour Eliminated by Shawn Mohamed

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 507

Shawn Mohamed

Shawn Mohammed opened to 65,000 and picked up calls from Mohammad Mansour on the button and Carlos Rojas in the big blind. The flop came Qc6s4c and Mansour ended with his 425,000 in the middle against only Mohamed.

Mansour: 7d7h
Mohamed: 4s4h

Mohamed flopped a set of fours for the lead and Mansour could not miracle a save on the Ad turn or the Th river to go out in 19th place.

Tournament staff broke another table and there are two remaining.

Shawn Mohamed – 1,100,000 (44 bb)

19th: Mohammad Mansour – $2,430
20th: Mark Nimirovsky – $2,430
21st: Zachary Mullennix – $2,430

22nd: Jose Rodriguez – $2,035
23rd: Aristoteles Neto – $2,035
24th: Alon Yehudai – $2,035

25th: Rasam Mohammadian – $1,750
26th: Anthony Church – $1,750
27th: Stewart Yancik – $1,750

Event 3: Dejan Petkovic Leads After Break

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 507

Dejan Petkovic

Event 3 players were sent on another break after Level 22 and back in action with levels now lasting 90 minutes until they reach heads-up.

Dejan Petkovic is taking his turn at the top of the counts and leads with 2,160,000. He closely followed by Michael Johnson with 2,095,000 and Kyle Lazzaro is comfy with 1,735,000.

Event 3: Michael Johnson Eliminates Two

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 507

Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson opened the action from early position and Stewart Yancik moved all in for 205,000 from middle position. Anthony Church reshipped for 370,000 from the big blind. Johnson thought for a few minutes and called having both players covered.

“Let’s gamble!”

Church: AhQs
Yancik: KhQd
Johnson: 7d6d

Yancik was in the worst shape of the three but took the lead when he paired his king on the KcTh7s flop. Johnson also connected with the flop and made two pair on the 6h turn. The board finished with the As river for Johnson to send both players out.

Michael Johnson – 1,700,000 (85 bb)
Anthony Church – Eliminated in 26th Place ($1,750)
Stewart Yancik – Eliminated in 27th Place ($1,750)

Event 3: Three-Table Redraw

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 507

Solange Lucas finished in 31st place

It took less than 15 minutes to lose a handful of players to get the Event 3 field down to the last three tables. That leaves 27 in contention and everyone is now guaranteed at least $1,750.

28th: Brandon Noe – $1,500
29th: Alexander Perez – $1,500
30th: Joseph Petrolino – $1,500
31st: Solange Lucas – $1,500
32nd: John Depersio – $1,500
33rd: Aliaksei Tsiareskha – $1,500
34th: Nick Yunis – $1,500
35th: Willie Fife – $1,500
36th: Thomas Gari – $1,500

Event 3: Kyle Lazzaro Leads After Dinner

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 507

Kye Lazzaro

Cards are back in the air following the dinner break and Kyle Lazzaro is the latest player to top the counts. He is up to 1,700,000 followed by five other players sporting seven-digit stacks.

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 650,000 (44 bb).

Kyle Lazzaro – 1,700,000 (113 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 1,580,000 (105 bb)
Gil Levy – 1,410,000 (94 bb)
Carlo Rojas – 1,380,000 (92 bb)
Andre Bryan – 1,075,000 (72 bb)
Steven Cohen – 1,000,000 (67 bb)