$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 434

Another break has come and gone and cards are back in the air for the long stretch to the final table. Only 14 players remain but levels will now last 90 minutes until the tournament gets heads up.

Jessica Cai was among those cashing out, a great run as a late reg coming in with ten big blinds at the start.

Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,095,000 (44 bb).

15th: Ricky Larson – $3,205
16th: Gary Gelman – $2,630
17th: Yobanis Leyva Mendoza – $2,630
18th: Jessica Cai – $2,630

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 434

The dinner break got them going this evening and Event 3 dropped to the last two tables of the tournament with 18 players remaining. They are guaranteed at least $2,630 with pay jumps now coming more frequently.

While this was happening, Dennis Rodriguez continued his heater and stacked up a very nice castle worth 2,180,000.

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 910,000 (46 bb).

19th: Rinat Dinmukhametov – $2,190
20th: Nancy Birnbaum – $2,190
21st: Steve Smith – $2,190
22nd: Scott Selig – $1,850
23rd: Julian Gaviria – $1,850
24th: Cangir Elcin – $1,850
25th: Chao Huang – $1,515
26th: Volodymyr Tamarovych – $1,515
27th: Ron Campillo – $1,515

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 434

The dinner break ended and players returned to their seats, trying to play deeper into the tournament and hit the bigger money. Illia Shtondenko sits atop the field with 1,595,000 followed by T.K. Miles, Alex Okrushko, Dennis Rodriguez, and Rick Larson.

They will play two more 60-minute levels before they increase to 90 for the duration.

Illia Shtondenko – 1,595,000 (106 bb)
T.K. Miles – 1,490,000 (99 bb)
Alex Okrushko – 1,465,000 (98 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez – 1,205,000 (80 bb)
Rick Larson – 1,200,000 (80 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 434

With only a few minutes remaining before dinner break, Brian Estrella was eliminated in 28th place to trigger the three-table redraw with 27 in the field.

They took their new seats, played a few hands, and left the room for 40-minutes.

28th: Brian Estrella – $1,245
29th: Steve Karp – $1,245
30th: Richard Whitebrook – $1,245
31st: Tammy Ehrhart – $1,245
32nd: Juan Montoya Bernal – $1,245
33rd: Claude Elharrar – $1,245
34th: Caio Sobral – $1,245
35th: Zhen Cai – $1,245
36th: Roberto Bendeck – $1,245

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 434

Event 3 is nearing the next break which will be their 40-minute dinner. A three-table redraw is close so it’s a race to see which gets here first.

We have three players who topped one million in their stack. Illia Shtondenkco is up to 1,460,000, followed by Dennis Rodriguez with 1,350,000 and T.K. Miles with 1,150,000. Michael Newman is close to cracking that mark with 980,000.

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 434

The second break seemed to juice the action a little and the field is down to its last four tables with 36 remaining. They are now guaranteed at least $1,245 and the pay jumps are getting bigger for going deeper.

37th: Craig Pollak – $1,095
38th: Nigel Murray – $1,095
39th: Ido Ashkenazi – $1,095
40th: Antonio Colon – $1,095
41st: Jailyn Primus – $1,095
42nd: Joann Coliny – $1,095
43rd: Tyler Bentz – $1,095
44th: Axel Orellana Gomez – $1,095
45th: Luis Capella – $1,095

46th: Chandan Mathur – $960
47th: Tom Schafer – $960
48th: John Miller – $960
49th: Alex Polk – $960
50th: Brandon Duvdivani – $960
51st: Tuan Nguyen – $960
52nd: Yaroslav Nakonechnyy – $960
53rd: Jamie Rotellini – $960
54th: Kai Oki – $960
55th: Cuba Levenberry – $835

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 434

The color break ended and we found Michael Newman continued a huge Day 2 run. Starting as one of the last to register for the tournament this morning for ten big blinds to now leading the field with 920,000.

Not too bad.

Illia Shtondenkco is second with 780,000 followed by Julian Gaviria, Cangir Elcin, and Dennis Rodriguez.

Michael Newman – 920,000 (92 bb)
Illia Shtondenko – 780,000 (78 bb)
Julian Gaviria – 675,000 (68 bb)
Cangir Elcin – 675,000 (68 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez – 625,000 (63 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 434

The second break is almost upon us and players will take an extended 20-minute break while tournament staff pull all the 1K chips out of play.

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 434

Tournament staff were prepared to start hand-for-hand on the money bubble with 57 remaining and 55 getting paid. Then two players busted simultaneously, heads were counted, and the field was in the money without the stress of bubble play.

Everyone is guaranteed at least $835 with the bigger money coming later this evening.

1st: $45,565
2nd: $31,965
3rd: $20,555
4th: $13,855
5th: $10,655
6th: $8,845
7th: $7,410
8th: $5,990
9th: $4,555
10th-12th: $3,860
13th-15th: $3,205
16th-18th: $2,630
19th-21st: $2,190
22nd-24th: $1,850
25th-27th: $1,515
28th-36th: $1,245
37th-45th: $1,095
46th-54th: $960
55th: $835

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 434

Event 3 reached Level 18 as the pace slowed but the money bubble is finally nearing. They are two eliminations from the bubble and three from the money.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 283,000 (35 bb).