Event 1: Elias Nassif Eliminated in 29th Place by Bryan Rosen

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 2,784

Elias Nassif
Elias Nassif

Bryan Rosen raised from the hijack to 100,000, Elias Nassif moved all in from the button for 405,000, and Rosen called with AdJh.

Nassif turned over KsKh, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10h9s8h8sAs, and Rosen flopped an open-ended straight draw and paired his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Nassif in 29th place.

Bryan Rosen  –  5,935,000  (119 bb)
Elias Nassif  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($7,500)

With 28 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,990,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Timothy Banks Doubles Thru David Nathaniel and Eliminates Dan Hughes

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 2,784

Timothy Banks
Timothy Banks

A three-way all in emerged with Dan Hughes all in from middle position for 570,000, Timothy Banks all in from the big blind for 760,000, and David Nathaniel had them covered on the button.

Hughes:  KdQh
Banks:  9h9s
Nathaniel:  KsQs

The board came As5s2d3d8d, safe for Banks to double through Nathaniel while eliminating Hughes in 30th place.

Timothy Banks  –  2,165,000  (43 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  1,280,000  (26 bb)
Dan Hughes  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($7,500)

Event 1: Recent Eliminations, 32nd-39th Places

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 2,784

Here is the most recent batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

32nd:  Benjamin Zamani  –  $6,300
33rd:  Antoine Asik  –  $6,300
34th:  Nathan Lee  –  $6,300
35th:  Javier Figueroa  –  $6,300
36th:  Baolong Nguyen  –  $6,300
37th:  Justin Trant  –  $6,300
38th:  Sergio Giha  –  $6,300
39th:  Michael Bruno  –  $6,300

With 31 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,795,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Antoine Asik Eliminated in 33rd Place by Bryan Rosen

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 2,784

Antoine Asik
Antoine Asik

Bryan Rosen raised from the button, Antoine Asik moved all in from the small blind for about 925,000, and Rosen called with AcQd.

Asik turned over KcJh, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 9c9d8d6sQs, and Rosen won the pot with two pair, queens and nines, to eliminate Asik in 33rd place.

Bryan Rosen  –  4,600,000  (92 bb)
Antoine Asik  –  Eliminated in 33rd Place  ($6,300)

With 32 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,740,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Benjamin Zamani Doubles Thru Javier Figueroa

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 2,784

Benjamin Zamani moved all in from UTG+1 for 355,000, and Javier Figueroa called from the big blind with QhQc. Zamani turned over As5s, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 9c6s2h9sAh, and Zamani turned a spade flush draw and paired his ace on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Benjamin Zamani  –  785,000  (16 bb)
Javier Figueroa  –  450,000  (9 bb)

With 35 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,590,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Bryan Rosen Leads the Field at the Break with 4,345,000

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 2,784

Bryan Rosen
Chipleader Bryan Rosen

The players return from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 with a 50,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least two million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Bryan Rosen  –  4,345,000  (87 bb)
2.  Danilo Alvarenga  –  3,870,000  (77 bb)
3.  Charlemagne Benjamin  –  2,930,000  (59 bb)
4.  Kenneth Frey  –  2,645,000  (53 bb)
5.  Jack Nathan  –  2,535,000  (51 bb)
6.  Ryan Hogan  –  2,425,000  (49 bb)
7.  Steven Richardson  –  2,385,000  (48 bb)
8.  Shon Perez  –  2,335,000  (47 bb)
9.  Ruben Torres  –  2,250,000  (45 bb)
10.  Mark Gruber  –  2,205,000  (44 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,545,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Michael Bruno Eliminated in 39th Place by Antoine Asik

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 2,784

Antoine Asik
Antoine Asik

Antoine Asik moved all in from the button for about 600,000, and Michael Bruno called all in from the small blind for about 300,000 with KcQd.

Asik turned over Ac7c, and Bruno needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 8c5d4d6h2h, and Asik turned an eight-high straight to clinch the pot and eliminate Bruno in 39th place.

Antoine Asik  –  985,000  (25 bb)
Michael Bruno  –  Eliminated in 39th Place  ($6,300)

With 38 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,465,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Bryan Rosen Takes a Pot Against Antoine Asik to Reach 4.4 Million

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 2,784

Bryan Rosen
Bryan Rosen

With the board showing 9s8c3d6c on the turn, Antoine Asik bet 225,000 from the small blind, Bryan Rosen raised from the button to 550,000, and Asik tanked for a while before he calls.

The river card was the Qd, Asik checked, Rosen bet 1,000,000, and Asik quickly folded. Rosen took the pot to surpass four million in chips.

Bryan Rosen  –  4,440,000  (111 bb)
Antoine Asik  –  600,000  (15 bb)

With 39 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,430,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Recent Eliminations, 40th-47th Places

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 2,784

Here is the most recent batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

40th:  Yaymel Bodes  –  $5,300
41st:  Tyler Kuhlman  –  $5,300
42nd:  Stuart Phillips  –  $5,300
43rd:  Joseph Soranno  –  $5,300
44th:  Hen Mizrahi  –  $5,300
45th:  Juan Gelez  –  $5,300
46th:  Robert Rogers  –  $5,300
47th:  Jessica Beyrer  –  $5,300

With 39 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,430,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.

Event 1: Elias Nassif Doubles Thru Hen Mizrahi; Mizrahi Eliminated in 44th Place by Ryan Hogan

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,447,680  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 2,784

Elias Nassif
Elias Nassif

Elias Nassif (UTG) just doubled up with AhKc against Hen Mizrahi’s KsQh in middle position. The final board showed Kh5c4s3c9d, and Nassif won the pot with a pair of kings and his ace kicker. Mizrahi was knocked down to less than a single big blind.

Elias Nassif  –  1,000,000  (25 bb)
Hen Mizrahi  –  30,000  (<1 bb)

Hen Mizrahi
Hen Mizrahi

The next hand, Hen Mizrahi called all in from UTG+1 for 30,000. Ryan Hogan called the big blind of 40,000, and Elias Nassif checked his option in the big blind. Any additional betting would go into the side pot worth 20,000.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of JcJd10d6d, Nassif checked, Hogan bet 60,000, and Nassif folded. Hogan took the side pot.

For the main pot, Mizrahi turned over 6s5h for two pair, jacks and sixes, but he’d need to improve to stay alive against Hogan’s AhAc.

The river card was the Kd, and Hogan won the pot with his higher two pair to eliminate Mizrahi in 44th place.

Ryan Hogan  –  1,450,000  (36 bb)
Hen Mizrahi  –  Eliminated in 44th Place  ($5,300)

With 43 players remaining from a field of 2,784, the average chip stack is around 1,295,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,300 each.

Action will continue tonight until about 2:00 am. Day 3 will begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm, and play down to a winner.