b>$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,853

Level 35 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:17 pm EST. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Dario Dussan  –  51,800,000  (104 bb)
Seat 2.  Darryll Fish  –  17,600,000  (35 bb)
Seat 3.  Billy Ward  –  14,300,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4.  Philip Toister  –  4,100,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Andrew Miller  –  800,000  (2 bb)
Seat 6.  Niall Costigan  –  7,900,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  Henry Billete  –  5,700,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8.  James Carroll  –  26,100,000  (52 bb)
Seat 9.  Quentin Jones  –  8,800,000  (18 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $278,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $184,000
3rd:  $136,000
4th:  $102,000
5th:  $77,000
6th:  $59,000
7th:  $45,000
8th:  $35,000
9th:  $27,500

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 15,225,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,853

With the board showing on the river and roughly 10 million already in the pot, James Carroll bet 6,400,000 from middle position, and chipleader Dario Dussan tanked for a while in the cutoff before he folded.

Carroll took the pot to reach about 25 million in chips.

James Carroll  –  25,000,000  (63 bb)
Dario Dussan  –  50,350,000  (126 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 15,225,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,853

Andrew Miller called all in from middle position for 400,000, Niall Costigan raised from middle position to 1,100,000, and Darryll Fish tanked for a while before he moved all in from the big blind. Costigan quickly folded, and Fish took the side pot.

Miller turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive against Fish’s .

The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Miller to win the pot and more than quadruple his chip stack to 1.8 million.

Andrew Miller  –  1,800,000  (5 bb)
Darryll Fish  –  18,300,000  (46 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 15,225,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,853

After the elimination of Josh Johnson in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Dario Dussan  –  53,000,000  (133 bb)
Seat 2.  Darryll Fish  –  17,900,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Billy Ward  –  13,700,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4.  Philip Toister  –  5,100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Andrew Miller  –  600,000  (2 bb)
Seat 6.  Niall Costigan  –  9,000,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7.  Henry Billete  –  8,650,000  (22 bb)
Seat 8.  James Carroll  –  20,050,000  (50 bb)
Seat 9.  Quentin Jones  –  8,975,000  (22 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by the recent eliminations:

1st:  $278,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $184,000
3rd:  $136,000
4th:  $102,000
5th:  $77,000
6th:  $59,000
7th:  $45,000
8th:  $35,000
9th:  $27,500

10th:  Josh Johnson  –  $27,500

11th:  Sean Phillippi  –  $22,100
12th:  Alberto Cifuentas  –  $22,100

13th:  Ievgen Smyrnov  –  $17,800
14th:  Aaron Pinson  –  $17,800
15th:  Joao Figueiredo  –  $17,800

16th:  Vlad Screciu  –  $14,400
17th:  John Depersio  –  $14,400
18th:  Matthew Haraway  –  $14,400
19th:  Alcides Gomez  –  $14,400

20th:  Alejandro Andion  –  $11,700
21st:  Chad Hamilton  –  $11,700
22nd:  Mehmet Siginc  –  $11,700
23rd:  Frank Weigel  –  $11,700

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 15,225,000 (38 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,853

Josh Johnson was all in from the big blind for about 6,500 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Dario Dussan on the button.

The board came , and Dussan won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to eliminate Johnson in 10th place.

Dario Dussan  –  46,125,000  (115 bb)
Josh Johnson  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($27,500)

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 15,225,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 6,853

Sean Phillippi was all in from the cutoff for about 11,500,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Dario Dussan on the button.

The board came , and the pocket kings hold up for Dussan to win the pot and eliminate Phillippi in 11th place.

Dario Dussan  –  47,850,000  (120 bb)
Sean Phillippi  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($22,100)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 13,700,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 6,853

Andrew Miller was all in from the small blind for about 600,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Niall Costigan in the big blind.

The board came , and Miller won the pot with the two pair on the board and his ace kicker to double up in chips.

Andrew Miller  –  1,600,000  (4 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  9,750,000  (24 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 12,450,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 6,853

Niall Costigan raised from the cutoff to 800,000, Philip Toister moved all in from the small blind for 2,650,000, and Costigan called with .

Toister turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Toister flopped a gutshot straight draw and paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Philip Toister  –  6,100,000  (15 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  10,750,000  (27 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 12,450,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 6,853

Philip Toister was all in from the big blind for 1,625,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Billy Ward in the small blind.

The board came — Toister flops two pair, Ward turns a lower two pair, and Toister rivers a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Philip Toister  –  3,650,000  (9 bb)
Billy Ward  –  14,775,000  (37 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 12,450,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 6,853

Alberto Cifuentas moved all in from the cutoff for about 4,200,000, and Dario Dussan quickly called from the big blind with . Cifuentas turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Cifuentas paired his queen on the flop, but improved no further. Dussan won the pot with two pair, kings and threes, to eliminate Cifuentas in 12th place.

Dario Dussan  –  28,475,000  (95 bb)
Alberto Cifuentas  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($22,100)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 12,450,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,100 each.