$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 384

Jessica Cai moved all in under the gun for 700,000, and Juan Mubarak thought for a while before he called from the small blind with .

Cai turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket fours held up for Mubarak to win the pot and eliminate Cai in 10th place.

Juan Mubarak  –  6,300,000  (32 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($7,200)

With nine players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 4,275,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Tanupat Punjarojanakul was all in from the small blind for 1,475,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Jessica Cai on the button.

The board came , and Cai flopped a set of nines, only to see Punjarojanakul turn a set of kings. Punjarojanakul won the pot with his higher set to double up in chips, knocking Cai down to just four big blinds.

Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  3,350,000  (17 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  700,000  (4 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Four players saw a flop of with 1,000,000 in the pot, and it checked to Dessiree Bennett, who bet 600,000 from the cutoff. Samuel Kim raised from the button to 2,200,000, and Chad Roedersheimer and Anibal Pabon folded from the blinds.

Bennett thought for a bit before she three-bet all in for 4,350,000, and Kim quickly called with for a gutshot straight draw with a club flush draw. But Bennett turned over for a pair of kings with a higher flush draw, and she needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Bennett won the pot with two pair, kings and fives, to double up into the chip lead.

Dessiree Bennett  –  9,700,000  (49 bb)
Samuel Kim  –  4,800,000  (24 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Level 26 comes to an end, and the players take a 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:57 pm EDT. Here are the official chip counts:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jessica Cai  –  1,825,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  2,375,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Sean Byars  –  2,950,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Juan Mubarak  –  3,675,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Wayne Leonard  –  2,100,000  (11 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Chad Roedersheimer  –  4,175,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Anibal Pabon  –  4,625,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Steve Blackmon  –  2,475,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Dessiree Bennett  –  4,950,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Samuel Kim  –  5,225,000  (26 bb)

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

1st:  $70,500 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $48,000
3rd:  $35,500
4th:  $26,500
5th:  $20,100
6th:  $15,400
7th:  $11,800
8th:  $9,200
9th-10th:  $7,200

11th:  Chris Da-Silva  –  $6,200
12th:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $6,200

13th:  James Wiley  –  $5,200
14th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $5,200
15th:  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  $5,200

16th:  Marcus Stein  –  $4,360
17th:  Brent Hoover  –  $4,360

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

After a flop of , Chris Da-Silva checked from the small blind, Anibal Pabon bet 325,000 from the button, and Da-Silva check-raised to 1,405,000, leaving himself just 160K behind.

Pabon three-bet all in, and Da-Silva waited for a hand to finish on the other table before calling all in for 1,565,000 with for a pair of jacks. But Pabon turned over for a pair of jacks with a higher kicker, and Da-Silva needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Pabon won the pot with two pair, queens and jacks, to eliminate Da-Silva in 11th place.

Anibal Pabon  –  5,200,000  (33 bb)
Chris Da-Silva  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($6,200)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,840,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 384

Chad Roedersheimer moved all in from the cutoff, and Nancy Birnbaum called all in from the button for about 665,000 with .

Roedersheimer turned over , and Birnbaum needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Birnbaum paired her nine on the river, but it wasn’t enough. Roedersheimer won the pot with his pocket jacks to eliminate Birnbaum in 12th place.

Chad Roedersheimer  –  6,270,000  (39 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($6,200)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,490,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 384

James Wiley was just knocked out in 13th place by Samuel Kim on a final board of .

Wiley had for a flopped two pair, but Kim had for a spade flush on the turn to win the pot. Wiley was eliminated in 13th place.

Samuel Kim  –  10,300,000  (64 bb)
James Wiley  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($5,200)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,200,000 (20 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 384

Chris Da-Silva completed the small blind for 120,000, Steve Blackmon moved all in from the big blind for 670,000, and Da-Silva thought for a while before he called with .

Blackmon turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Blackmon won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Steve Blackmon  –  1,460,000  (12 bb)
Chris Da-Silva  –  1,780,000  (15 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,955,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 384

Kevin MacDonald moved all in under the gun for about 325,000, and Sean Byars called from the big blind with . MacDonald turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Byars won the pot with a flopped set of jacks to eliminate MacDonald in 14th place.

Sean Byars  –  2,750,000  (23 bb)
Kevin MacDonald  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($5,200)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,955,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 384

The field is now down to 15 players, after we lost Marcus Stein in 16th place.

Marcus Stein  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($4,360)

A short while later, Samuel Kim raised from the hijack to 275,000, Sebastian Toro Henao moved all in from the big blind with a short stack, and Kim called with .

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

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Kim to win the pot and eliminate Henao in 15th place.

Samuel Kim  –  4,400,000  (37 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($5,200)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,745,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.