Event 1: Greg Rosen Doubles Through Clyde Maliauka

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  198 of 4,265

Greg Rosen

Clyde Maliauka opened the action from under the gun and Greg Rosen moved all in for 100K exactly. It folded back around to Maliauka and he called with the bigger stack.

Rosen: 8h8d
Maliauka: Ah5h

Rosen was ahead with his pair of eights and they held on the 7h5s4dJd4c board to double.

Greg Rosen – 240,000 (16 bb)
Clyde Maliauka – 230,000 (15 bb)

Event 1: Dario Dussan Leads the Field at the Break with 1,590,000

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  198 of 4,265

Dario Dussan
Dario Dussan

The players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 10,000-15,000 and a 15,000 ante.

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

1.  Dario Dussan  –  1,590,000  (106 bb)
2.  Moises Jattin  –  1,320,000  (88 bb)
3.  Ruben Puras  –  1,245,000  (83 bb)
4.  Thomas Lunnun  –  1,070,000  (71 bb)

With about 198 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 431,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,180 each.

Action will continue today until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Jorge Aristizabal Eliminated in 215th Place by Richard Riviello

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  214 of 4,265

Richard Riviello
Richard Riviello

Jorge Aristizabal was all in from the big blind with 4h4d, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the AcKd of Richard Riviello, who was under the gun.

The board came Kc8h6s10d10h, and Riviello paired his king on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Aristizabal in 215th place.

Richard Riviello  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Jorge Aristizabal  –  Eliminated in 215th Place  ($1,000)

With 214 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 399,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,000 each.

Action will continue today until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: Alexander Bergelson Doubles Up

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  234 of 4,265

Alexander Bergelson was all in from the button for 42,000 with Ah7h, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against UTG player’s KhQd.

The board comes AdKs2c7s4c, and Bergelson paired his ace on the flop and his seven on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Alexander Bergelson  –  114,000  (10 bb)

The tournament clock shows 234 players remaining from a field of 4,265, with an average chip stack around 365,000 (30 big blinds). Action will continue today until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.

Event 1: More Movers

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  297 of 4,265

Moises Jattin

The quick parade to the payout desk continued after the break and those chips have to go somewhere. We caught up to three more players making a big run.

Moises Jattin joined the million-chip club and sits with 1,072,000 while Event 10 champ Hector Pacheco is not far behind with 1,050,000. Bryce McVay is knocking on that door and playing with 980,000.

Bryce McVay
Hector Pacheco

Event 1: Dario Dussan Back to the Top

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  360 of 4,265

Dario Dussan

Herbert Nairn was the first over one million but starting Day 2 leader Dario Dussan caught him and passed him. While Nairn took a tiny dip to 925K, Dussan is up to 1,075,000 while Julian Pineda moved into second with 980,000.

Julian Pineda

Event 1: First Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  378 of 4,265

Stacks of Poker Chips

After nearly 90 minutes of fast action, things will finally settle soon. Not because they aren’t mixing it up but because tournament staff will send them on their first break of the day.

Nearly 200 players who started their day with chips, already ended their day with a payout slip.

Event 1: Herbert Nairn Quick to a Million

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  432 of 4,265

Herbert Nairn

We heard some celebrations from Table 15 and it was a joyous occasion for Herbert Nairn. The returning chip leader had 556,000 at the start of the day and Nairn topped one million in about 30 minutes.

After catching kings versus queens in a big hand followed by another knockout, he is up to 1,150,000 for a great start to his day.

Event 1: Dyanna Lopez Eliminated by Cuba Levenberry

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  511 of 4,265

Dyanna Lopez

In a four-way pot, the flop was 8s8h2h, it was checked to Charles Wardlaw and he bet 12,000. One fold from middle position and Dyanna Lopez moved all in for 75,000 from the small blind. Cuba Levenberry called in the big and Wardlaw folded.

Lopez: Ah9h
Levenberry: Qd8c

Levenberry flopped trip eights and Lopez needed a heart to double up. The 4d turn and Js were blanks and Lopez was eliminated.

Cuba Levenberry – 290,000 (73 bb)
Dyanna Lopez – Eliminated in 511st Place ($660)

Event 1: Cards in the Air for Day 2

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  535 of 4,265

Dario Dussan unbags his Day 2 chip lead

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Showdown Event 1 with 535 players remaining and all in the money. They will play the last seven minutes of Level 15 before blinds go up and levels last 40 minutes until Level 24 when they jump again to 60.