$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 3,687

Metin Basaran got it all in under the gun for 470,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Eric Valerio in the hijack.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Valerio to win the pot and eliminate Basaran in 37th place.

Eric Valerio  –  1,450,000  (18 bb)
Metin Basaran  –  Eliminated in 37th Place  ($3,045)

With 36 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,050,000 (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 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 3,687

In a battle of the blinds, Marc Duquette was all in for about 1,100,000 from the small blind against Luke Brereton in the big blind.

Duquette: 
Brereton: 

The board ran out , no help to Duquette, ending his tournament in 38th place.

Luke Brereton  –  4,100,000  (51 bb)
Marc Duquette  –  Eliminated in 38th Place  ($3,045)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 3,687

James Hamburger got it all in preflop from the big blind for about 970,000 against two other players — Eric Valerio (small blind), and John Stevenson (UTG).

Valerio and Stevenson checked to the river on a board of . Valerio checked, Stevenson bet 375,000, and Valerio folded.

Hamburger showed , but Stevenson turned over to win the pot with a flopped pair of aces, eliminating Hamburger in 40th place.

John Stevenson  –  6,500,000  (81 bb)
Eric Valerio  –  505,000  (6 bb)
James Hamburger  –  Eliminated in 40th Place  ($3,045)

With 39 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,890,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,045 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 3,687

The player on the button raised to 140,000, Alik Sitnyakovsky moved all in from the small blind for 680,000, and Richard Ganesh tanked for a while before he moved all in over the top from the big blind. The button folded.

Sitnyakovsky turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Richard Ganesh, who was under the gun.

The board came — Sitnyakovsky paired his nine on the turn, but Ganesh paired his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Sitnyakovsky in 42nd place.

Richard Ganesh  –  2,625,000  (44 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($3,045)

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,800,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,045 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 3,687

Rashid Middleton limped from early position, Mihalache Cean raised to 345,000 from middle position, Adam Darkazalli called from the hijack and Middleton called.

The flop was , Middleton checked, Cean shoved for 740,000 and Darkazalli isolated the pot with a shove of his own with for top two pair. Cean, however, was ahead with for a set of nines.

The turn gave Darkazalli a flush draw, but the river locked up the hand for Cean.

Mihalache Cean  –  2,665,000  (44 bb)
Adam Darazalli  –  3,000,000  (50 bb)
Rashid Middleton  –  2,000,000  (33 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 3,687

Kevin Cline got it all in from the hijack for 510,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Ashley Hine in the small blind.

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Cline to win the pot and double up in chips.

Kevin Cline  –  1,140,000  (19 bb)
Ashley Hine  –  750,000  (13 bb)

With 44 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,675,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,045 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 3,687

Metin Basaran got it all in from the cutoff for 235,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and Basaran turned a diamond flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Metin Basaran  –  620,000  (10 bb)
Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin  –  840,000  (14 bb)

With 47 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,570,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,740 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 3,687

The final 49 players have returned from dinner, and action begins in Level 27, with blinds at 30,000-60,000 with a 60,000 ante.

Here is the remaining prizepool at stake:

1st:  $183,320 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $120,270
3rd:  $90,425
4th:  $74,110
5th:  $59,225
6th:  $44,845
7th:  $33,460
8th:  $23,115
9th-10th:  $15,230
11th-12th:  $10,720
13th-15th:  $8,225
16th-18th:  $6,985
19th-21st:  $5,875
22nd-24th:  $4,995
25th-27th:  $4,210
28th-36th:  $3,555
37th-45th:  $3,045
46th-49th:  $2,740

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 3,687

Level 26 came to an end, and the players left for a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume about 8:24 pm EDT.

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 2.5 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Bryan Colon  –  4,340,000  (72 bb)
2.  Toan Pham  –  3,035,000  (51 bb)
3.  Adam Darkazalli  –  3,020,000  (50 bb)
4.  John Stevenson  –  2,850,000  (48 bb)
5.  Luis Hernandez  –  2,735,000  (46 bb)
6.  Luke Brereton  –  2,725,000  (45 bb)
7.  Alexander Perez  –  2,675,000  (45 bb)
8.  Philip Whitaker  –  2,535,000  (42 bb)

With 49 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,505,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,740 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 3,687

After a flop of , John Sarappa moved all in from the big blind for roughly 450,000, and Peter Muhlbek quickly called from middle position with for a set of eights.

Sarappa looked defeated and was slow to turn over his cards — for a pair of threes with a backdoor flush draw. Sarappa needed to catch something runner-runner to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the set of eights held up for Muhlbek to win the pot and eliminate Sarappa in 53rd place.

Peter Muhlbek  –  2,005,000  (40 bb)
John Sarappa  –  Eliminated in 53rd Place  ($2,740)

With 52 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,420,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,740 each.