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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 51 of 497
On Hand #2 on the money bubble, Vincenzo Lombardi was all in for 60,000 on a flop of 
with 
in early position against Sebastian Espinoza in middle position with 
.
The 
turn and 
river completed the board, giving Lombardi a wheel to double through Espinoza.
Vincenzo Lombardi – 180,000 (23 bb)
Sebastian Espinoza – 260,000 (33 bb)
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Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 51 of 497
The players have returned from break to begin Level 18, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante. The field is still on the Money Bubble with 51 players left, as no more than 50 can advance from this flight.
A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 350K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Henry Billete – 509,000 (64 bb)
2. Daniyal Gheba – 466,000 (58 bb)
3. Craig Pollak – 443,000 (55 bb)
4. Richard Yau – 421,000 (53 bb)
5. Ephy Uzan – 383,000 (48 bb)
6. Walter Bravo – 358,000 (45 bb)
With 51 players remaining from a flight of 497, the average chip stack is around 195,000 (24 big blinds). Action will continue until the field is down to 50 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.
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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 51 of 497
The field is down to 51 players, so hand-for-hand play is about to begin on the Money Bubble. No more than 50 players can advance to Day 2, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.
With 51 players remaining from a flight of 497, the average chip stack is around 195,000 (33 big blinds).
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Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 54 of 497
Henry Billete raised from the button, Ephy Uzan three-bet to 46,000, and Billete called.
The flop was 
, Uzan shoved for effectively 138,000, and Billete called all in with 
for a set of eights, leading Uzan’s 
.
The 
turn and 
river completed the board, safe for Bilete to double up.
Henry Billete – 380,000 (63 bb)
Ephy Uzan – 310,000 (52 bb)
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Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 55 of 497
A player raised UTG+1 to 13,000, Vincenzo Lombardi moved all in from the big blind for 52,000, and his opponent called with a slightly larger stack and turned over 
.
But Lombardi showed 
, and needed it to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
, and Lombardi won the pot with his queen kicker to double up in chips. His opponent was left with just a single big blind — 5,000.
Vincenzo Lombardi – 112,000 (22 bb)
Two hands later, that short-stacked player was in the big blind and forced all in for 5,000, which went in as the ante.
Craig Pollak raised from the cutoff to 10,000, and Jake Schwartz called from the small blind. So there was 5,000 in the main pot, and 20,000 in the side pot between Pollak and Schwartz.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of 
, Schwartz checked, Pollak bet 10,000, and Schwartz quickly called.
The river card was the 
, Schwartz checked, Pollak bet 25,000, and Schwartz called. All three players turned over their cards.
Craig Pollak: 
(ace-high straight)
Jake Schwartz: (ace-high straight)
Big Blind: 
(two pair, jacks and nines)
Pollak and Schwartz chopped the pot to eliminate the big blind in 56th place. (No more than 50 will advance from this flight to Day 2.)
Craig Pollak – 400,000 (80 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 200,000 (40 bb)
With 55 players remaining from a flight of 497, the average chip stack is around 181,000 (36 big blinds). Action will continue until the field is down to 50 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.
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Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 80 of 497
The players have returned from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.
A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 225K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Darryll Fish – 358,000 (90 bb)
2. Chen Turjeman – 314,000 (79 bb)
3. Daniel Edri – 300,000 (75 bb)
4. Luis Tobo – 281,000 (70 bb)
5. Mitch Gause – 262,000 (66 bb)
6. Craig Pollak – 237,000 (59 bb)
With about 80 players remaining from a flight of 497, the average chip stack is around 124,000 (31 big blinds). Action will continue until the field is down to 50 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.
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Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 85 of 497
After a flop of 
, Walter Bravo got it all in from the cutoff for 14,000 with 
(pair of kings), and needed it to hold to stay alive against the 
(heart flush draw) of the player in the hijack.
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bravo won the pot with two pair, kings and fives, to double up in chips.
Walter Bravo – 55,000 (18 bb)
The next hand, Bravo raised from the hijack to 8,000, and the big blind called.
The flop came , the big blind checked, Bravo bet 6,000, and the big blind check-raised to 22,000. Bravo thought for a bit before he said, “If you have it, you have it,” and Bravo three-bet all in for 47,000.
The big blind called and said, “I don’t have it,” as he showed 
for a diamond flush draw. Bravo turned over 
for two pair, and he needed it to hold to stay alive.
The turn card was the 
, the river card was the 
, and Bravo won the pot with his two pair, queens and jacks, to double up in chips for the second hand in a row.
Walter Bravo – 114,500 (38 bb)
With about 85 players remaining from a flight of 497, the average chip stack is around 117,000 (39 big blinds). Action will continue until the field is down to 50 players, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.
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Level 1: 100/100
Flight B of Showdown Event 21 kicks off at 6 pm and looking to build on a great start in Flight A. The first session drew 497 entries to put the $600 Deep Stack more than 25% toward the $1,000,000 guarantee with big fields expected this weekend.
It will get there and go much bigger.
Players start with 20K out front and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 after Level 24. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.
Flight B will play down until only 10% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
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Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 497
Another break has come and gone and we have another leader in Flight A. Event 11 champ Carlos Bermudez sits at the top with 200,500 followed by Max Romano, Bin Weng, and Barry Roth.
Carlos Bermudez – 200,500 (100 bb)
Max Romano – 186,500 (93 bb)
Bin Weng – 179,000 (90 bb)
Barry Roth – 163,000 (82 bb)
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Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 198 of 497
Registration closed for the first of six flights of Showdown Event 21 with 497 entries. They put $258,600 toward the $1,000,000 guarantee for an easy pace to get there and beyond.
Flight A will continue until 50 players remain and survivors will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money.
| Day/Time | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Thurs at 10 am | A | 497 | TBD |
| Thurs at 6 pm | B | — | — |
| Friday at 10 am | C | — | — |
| Friday at 6 pm | D | — | — |
| Sat at 10 am | E | — | — |
| Sat at 6 pm | F | — | — |
| Total | 497 | TBD |