$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 6,253

65th:  Aleksei Zhukov  –  $3,900
66th:  Bryan Munoz  –  $3,900
67th:  Wilford Lyons  –  $3,900
68th:  Vamsi Magam –  $3,900
69th:  Mohammed Kabir  –  $3,900
70th:  Manuel Mustafa  –  $3,900
71st:  Yuriy Kozinskiy  –  $3,900
72nd:  David Jackson  –  $3,900

73rd:  John Rhodes Jr.  –  $3,545
74th:  Oleksii Koiev  –  $3,545
75th:  Mauricio Fonseca  –  $3,545
76th:  Cornelius Rogers  –  $3,545
77th:  Francesco DiGiacomo  –  $3,545
78th:  Igor Skochilo  –  $3,545
79th:  Jay Blackman  –  $3,545
80th:  Stephen Ibrahim  –  $3,545
81st:  Prithvi Rudrappa  –  $3,545

82nd:  George Hortelano  –  $3,200
83rd:  Bill Oderat  –  $3,200
84th:  Juan Barragan  –  $3,200
85th:  Solange Lucas  –  $3,200
86th:  Noam Ben-Arie  –  $3,200
87th:  Aaron Schwartz  –  $3,200
88th:  Steven Novak  –  $3,200
89th:  Michael Hallen  –  $3,200
90th:  Ryan Leto  –  $3,200

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  68 of 6,253

A player in middle position limped in, Shawn Fagan raised from the cutoff, Mohammed Kabir reraised all in for 215,000 from the big blind, the limper folded, and Fagan called.

Fagan: 
Kabir: 

The board ran out , giving Fagan a pair of queens to eliminate Kabir.

Shawn Fagan  –  1,700,000  (34 bb)
Mohammed Kabir  –  Eliminated in 69th Place  ($3,900)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 6,253

After a series of raises, David Trager was all in for 3,030,000 from UTG+1 with against Mohammed Kabir (the chip leader at the dinner break) in middle position with .

The board ran out clean for Trager, securing the hefty double for him.

David Trager  –  6,185,000  (124 bb)
Mohammed Kabir  –  265,000  (5 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 6,253

After a flop of with about 675K already in the pot, Michael Mascitelli checked from the big blind, Carlo Rodriguez moved all in from the cutoff, and Mascitelli tanked for a while before he called all in for 735,000 with for a pair of nines.

But Rodriguez turned over , and Mascitelli needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Mascitelli rivered two pair to win the pot and double up in chips.

Michael Mascitelli  –  2,145,000  (43 bb)
Carlo Rodriguez  –  2,775,000  (56 bb)

With 72 players remaining from a field of 6,253, the average chip stack is around 1,735,000 (35 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,900 each. The next pay jump is $4,285 for 63rd place.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  73 of 6,253

Oleksii Koiev is all in from the big blind with , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the of Habib Jahangard in middle position.

The board came , and Jahangard won the pot with a flopped pair of aces to eliminate Koiev in 74th place.

Habib Jahangard  –  1,240,000  (25 bb)
Oleksii Koiev  –  Eliminated in 74th Place  ($3,545)

With 73 players remaining from a field of 6,253, the average chip stack is around 1,715,000 (34 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,545 each. The next pay jump is $3,900 for 72nd place.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 6,253

As recapped to us by Brandon Navarrete (along with a cell phone video of the eventual runout), he flatted an initial raise with , leading to a shorter stack three-betting all in with , another short stack four-betting all in with , and the initial raiser five-betting all in with .

Navarrete called with his kings, having the other three players covered.

The board ran out , safe for Navarrete to score the triple elimination and vault into contention for the chip lead.

Brandon Navarrete  –  5,240,000  (105 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  84 of 6,253

Solange Lucas raised all in for 360,000 from under the gun, and Dave Alfa called UTG+1.

Lucas: 
Alfa: 

The board came , giving Alfa a pair of aces to eliminate Lucas.

Dave Alfa  –  1,650,000  (33 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  Eliminated in 85th Place  ($3,200)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  85 of 6,253

Alcides Gomez  –  2,900,000  (58 bb)
David Shmuel  –  2,380,000  (48 bb)
Brandon Naverrete  –  2,220,000  (44 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  1,680,000  (34 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  1,250,000  (25 bb)
Dave Alfa  –  1,200,000  (24 bb)
Andre Bryan  –  1,070,000  (21 bb)
Christina Gollins  –  1,020,000  (20 bb)
George Hortelano  –  810,000 (16 bb)
Jermaine Gerlin  –  780,000  (16 bb)
Avery Bloom  –  650,000  (13 bb)
Adam Mammon  –  620,000  (12 bb)
Phil Hui  –  570,000  (11 bb)
Solange Lucas  –  360,000  (7 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 6,253

Charlemagne Benjamin raised to 120,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, and Joey DiPascale called in the big blind.

The flop was , and action checked to the middle-position player who bet 150,000. DiPascale folded, and Benjamin called.

The turn was the , Benjamin checked, the middle-position player bet 350,000, and Benjamin called.

The river was the , Benjamin went all in for 500,000, and his opponent called.

Benjamin tabled for sevens full of deuces, besting his opponent’s to double up.

Charlemagne Benjamin  –  2,435,000  (49 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  90 of 6,253

Level 25 came to an end, and the players left for their 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:32 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 2.95 million, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Mohammed Kabir  –  4,860,000  (97 bb)
2.  Carlo Rodriguez  –  3,430,000  (69 bb)
3.  Will Manzueta  –  3,350,000  (67 bb)
4.  Joey DiPascale  –  3,300,000  (66 bb)
5.  Shaun Morrow  –  3,090,000  (62 bb)
6.  Ron Prochak  –  3,040,000  (61 bb)
7.  Alex Ziskin  –  2,990,000  (60 bb)
8.  Guillermo Hamilton  –  2,945,000  (59 bb)

With 90 players remaining from a field of 6,253, the average chip stack is around 1,390,000 (28 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,200 each. The next pay jump is $3,545 for 81st place.