$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 3,687

Eric Valerio was just eliminated on a final board of .

Valerio’s finished with two pair, eights and sixes, but it fell short of the of Lucas Mendes, who won the pot with a higher two pair, kings and jacks, to eliminate Valerio in 20th place.

Lucas Mendes  –  2,800,000  (22 bb)
Eric Valerio  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($5,875)

With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,875,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,875 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 3,687

After a flop of , Vinny Monteiro moved all in from the big blind for about 600,000, and Kevin Payton called from the cutoff with for an overpair.

Monteiro turned over for a diamond flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Payton won the pot with his pocket jacks to eliminate Monteiro in 21st place.

Kevin Payton  –  5,200,000  (42 bb)
Vinny Monteiro  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($5,875)

With 20 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,675,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,875 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 3,687

Vinny Monteiro min-raised under the gun to 250,000, Ronald Glantz reraised UTG+1 to 750,000, and Derrick Foster moved all in from middle position for 1,100,000.

Michael Gulliford moved all in over the top from the small blind for 1,875,000, and Monteiro quickly folded.

Glantz asked for exact counts and tanked for a while before he folded, claiming he had ace-queen suited.

Foster turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Gulliford’s .

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Gulliford to win the pot and eliminate Foster in 22nd place.

Michael Gulliford  –  4,225,000  (34 bb)
Derrick Foster  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($4,995)

With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,500,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,875 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 3,687

The final 23 players return from break to begin Level 30, with increased blinds of 75,000-125,000 and a 125,000 ante. Now that the field is down to the final three tables, levels will increase from 40 minutes to one hour.

With 23 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,200,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,995 each.

Action is scheduled to play down to a winner tonight, or until the hard stop at 3:00 am.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 3,687

Table 7
Seat 1:  Kevin Cline  –  5,550,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2:  John Stevenson  –  6,975,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3:  Al Norman  –  5,075,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4:  Toan Pham  –  6,300,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5:  James Collins  –  2,700,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6:  Michael Dermer  –  2,550,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7:  Luke Brereton  –  3,050,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8:  Jose Vargas Mone  –  1,400,000  (11 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Adam Darkazalli  –  5,300,000  (42 bb)
Seat 2:  Kevin Payton  –  3,600,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Michael Weiss  –  675,000  (5 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Gulliford  –  1,150,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5:  Luis Hernandez  –  3,350,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6:  Vinny Monteiro  –  1,725,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7:  Ronald Glantz  –  3,375,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Derrick Foster  –  1,550,000  (12 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Alexander Perez  –  2,450,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Sean Dunleavy  –  2,825,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Jason Klass  –  4,000,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5:  Mihalache Cean  –  6,075,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6:  Lucas Mendes  –  2,575,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7:  Eric Valerio  –  1,100,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8:  Daniyal Gheba  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)
Seat 9:

Recent Eliminations
24th:  Rashid Middleton  –  $4,995
25th:  Scott Zakheim  –  $4,210
26th:  Reinaldo Vicentini  –  $4,210
27th:  Hector Mariani Garcia  –  $4,210

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 3,687

Reinaldo Vicentini raised all in for about 700,000 from the small blind and got action from Sean Dunleavy in the big blind.

Vicentini: 
Dunleavy: 

The board ran out , giving Dunleavy aces and nines with a ten kicker to eliminate Vicentini in 26th place.

Sean Dunleavy  –  2,800,000  (28 bb)
Reinaldo Vicentini  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($4,210)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 3,687

Miguel Capriles got it all in from the button for 85,000 with , but he was dominated by the of Luke Brereton, who was under the gun.

The board came — Capriles flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Brereton won the pot with his pocket jacks to eliminate Capriles in 29th place.

Luke Brereton  –  4,025,000  (40 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($3,555)

With 28 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,650,000 (27 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,555 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 3,687

Miguel Capriles (small blind) and Kevin Payton (big blind) got it all in preflop with nearly even stacks worth about 1.45 million each. Payton was in a dominant position with against the of Capriles.

The board came — Payton flopped a set of fives to Capriles’ gutshot straight draw, but Capriles missed his outs. Payton won the pot with his set.

Both chip stacks were counted down, and Payton had 1,430,000 to 1,515,000 for Capriles. Payton doubled up, leaving Capriles with less than a single big blind.

Kevin Payton  –  2,960,000  (30 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  85,000  (1 bb)

With 29 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,550,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,555 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 3,687

Adam Darakzalli raised from the button, Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin three-bet all in for 875,000 from the big blind and Darakzalli called with , racing with Mahzoun-Alzakerin’s .

The board ran out , giving, Darkazalli a set of eights to eliminate Mahzoun-Alzakerin in 30th place.

Adam Darkazalli  –  4,200,000  (42 bb)
Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($3,555)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 3,687

Ronald Glantz raised to 190,000 from early position, Jeremy Goureau three-bet all in for 900,000 from the next seat over and action folded back to Glantz who thought for about 10 seconds before he called.

Glantz: 
Goureau: 

The board ran out , no help to Goureau, ending his tournament in 32nd place.

Ronald Glantz  –  4,400,000  (55 bb)
Jeremy Goureau  –  Eliminated in 32nd Place  ($3,555)