$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,020

When the field reached the final three tables, they moved all three tables into the live stream room, and then the players left for their 45-minute dinner break. They are scheduled to return at 6:45 pm, and then one of the tables will be live-streamed on a 30-minute delay.

Here are the updated chip counts and seating assignments:

TABLE 73
Seat 1.  Jeff Schneider  –  2,490,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Matt Paul  –  2,570,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Eric Yanovsky  –  7,250,000  (60 bb)
Seat 4.  Kuang Hung Lee  –  5,050,000  (42 bb)
Seat 5.  Frank Brannan  –  10,350,000  (86 bb)
Seat 6.  Roni Zelichonok  –  2,595,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Leo Taffe  –  7,420,000  (62 bb)
Seat 8.  Shravan Kulshrestha  –  1,010,000  (8 bb)
Seat 9.  Davis Harari  –  3,325,000  (28 bb)

TABLE 74
Seat 1.  Zhen Cai  –  5,665,000  (47 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeremy Becker  –  2,460,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Victoria Livschitz  –  2,340,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Patrick Biancone  –  2,230,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Myles Mullaly  –  9,345,000  (78 bb)
Seat 6.  Logan Eisner  –  3,620,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Eric Kolodny  –  2,045,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Chad Tucker  –  1,040,000  (9 bb)
Seat 9.  

TABLE 75
Seat 1.  Jack Shea  –  2,370,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Neal Diaz  –  1,595,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Amato  –  8,220,000  (69 bb)
Seat 4.  Alejandro Bristol  –  6,565,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Andrew Moreno  –  3,865,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6.  Nelson Mari Sanchez  –  2,165,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Ory Hen  –  2,190,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Phil Rigby  –  2,180,000  (18 bb)
Seat 9.  George Hortelano  –  1,900,000  (16 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $103,620 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $71,000
3rd:  $52,000
4th:  $39,000
5th:  $29,500
6th:  $22,600
7th:  $17,400
8th:  $13,500
9th-10th:  $10,600
11th-12th:  $9,200
13th-15th:  $7,900
16th-19th:  $6,800
20th-23rd:  $5,900
24th-26th:  $5,000

With 26 players remaining from a field of 1,020, the average chip stack is around 3,925,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,000 each.

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 1,020

42nd: Jessica Cai – $3,600
43rd: Yaniv Yarkony – $3,600
44th: Eugene Kotlyarevskiy – $3,600
45th:  Paul Balzano  –  $3,600
46th: Michael Newman – $3,600
47th: Josuha Zucchet – $3,600
48th: Ernest Bush – $3,040
49th: Brent Hoover – $3,040
51st: Shane Santacroce – $3,040
52nd: Jared Gable – $3,040
53rd: Andrew Jones – $3,040
54th: James Weidenborner – $3,040

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 1,020

Players returned from their next break with 43 remaining and the payouts climbing. They will take a 45-minute dinner break after Level 25 and we will put one of the remaining tables on the Gorilla Gaming live-stream table.

Myles Mullaly leads the field after sending one player out during the last hand before the break, and another on the first hand back. He caught trip sevens against kings to become the first person over 5 million.

Myles Mullaly – 5,100,000 (64 bb)
Alejandro Bristol – 4,510,000 (56 bb)
Jeff Schneider – 4,275,000 (53 bb)
Eric Yanovsky – 4,200,000 (53 bb)

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 1,020

The Platinum Stack dropped to the last six tables as they rolled into Level 22. They will play out this level, take a short break, and plan their dinner break around 6 pm.

After the dinner break, one of the remaining tables will move to the Gorilla Gaming live-stream feature table.

55th: Scott Baumstein – $3,040

56th: Gary Herstein – $2,540
58th: Kao SaeChao – $2,540
59th: John Morris – $2,540
60th: Ido Ashkenazi – $2,540
61st: Jake Cody – $2,540
62nd: Noah Schwartz – $2,540
63rd: Steven Berman – $2,540

64th: Paul Lacroix – $2,120
65th: Ian Siegel – $2,120
66th: Justin Fawcett – $2,120
67th: Albert Gil – $2,120
68th: Keith Saunders – $2,120
69th: Guillermo Reyes Cardoso – $2,120
70th: David Jackson – $2,120
71st: Borja Iglesias Jato – $2,120
72nd: Constantinos Psallidas – $2,120
73rd: Eugene Katchalov – $2,120
74th: Nitis Udornpim – $2,120
75th: George Rovero Spyropoulos – $2,120

76th: Ian Kramer – $1,800
78th: Stefan Haqq – $1,800
79th: Judy Bielan – $1,800
80th: Cameron Storto – $1,800
81st: Bin Weng – $1,800

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  75 of 1,020

82nd: Shawn Stern – $1,800
83rd: Brandon Miller – $1,800
84th: Ronald Kratz – $1,800
85th: Alex Anton – $1,800
86th: Anthony Merrill – $1,800
87th: Daniyal Gheba – $1,800
88th: Philip Capron – $1,800
90th: James Romero – $1,560
91st: Spencer Champlin – $1,560
92nd: Scott Zakheim – $1,560
93rd: David Oshry – $1,560
94th: Chance Kornuth – $1,560
95th: Levi Berger – $1,560
97th: Renato Puertas – $1,560
98th: Dante Cianfarra – $1,560
99th: Peter Vitantonio – $1,560
100th: Kyle Taddei – $1,560
101st: Fred Paradis – $1,560
102nd: Carlos Dorca – $1,560

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  75 of 1,020

Players returned to their seats with all the 1K chips out of play and more of the pretty 100K chips in action.

Eric Yanovsky is the new leader of the Platinum Stack with 2,945,000 but it’s a close race at the top with Frank Brannan, Victoria Livschitz, Jeremy Becker, and Andrew Brinkley rounding out the top five.

Eric Yanovsky – 2,945,000 (74 bb)
Frank Brannan – 2,870,000 (72 bb)
Victoria Livschitz – 2,730,000 (68 bb)
Jeremy Becker – 2,655,000 (66 bb)
Andrew Brinkley – 2,575,000 (64 bb)

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  85 of 1,020

After 100 minutes of fast-paced play, the remaining 85 players are taking a 15-minute break from the action. They’ll return and keep playing down toward the big money, final table, and eventual champ.

Later this evening, around 7 pm, one of the remaining tables will get a chance to play on the Gorilla Gaming live-stream feature table.

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  102 of 1,020

103rd: Pasquale Calabria – $1,420
104th: Josias Santos – $1,420
105th: Cory Rock – $1,420
106th: Benjamin Moschel – $1,420
107th: Vanessa Kade – $1,420
108th: Michael Liang – $1,420
109th: Yuan Yu – $1,420
110th: Mica Lamar – $1,420
111th: Nicholas Seward – $1,420
112th: Michael Chiappetta – $1,420
113th: Mike Beasley – $1,420
114th: Eric Siegel – $1,420
115th: Christiano Souza – $1,420
116th: John Malvasio – $1,420
117th: Chad Summers – $1,420
119th: Rickey Welch – $1,420
120th: Anthony Squicciarini – $1,420
121st: Chase Carlin – $1,420
122nd: Gary Gelman – $1,420
123rd: Timothy Tobey – $1,420
124th: Lawrence Travers – $1,420
125th: Eric Valerio – $1,420
126th: Moshe Refaelovitz – $1,420
127th: Paul Zappulla Jr – $1,420
128th: Solange Lucas – $1,420
129th: Kharlin Sued – $1,420

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  129 of 1,020

Local favorite Solange Lucas had a dream to give us a great story.

She made the money in her flight, coming into Day 2 with 100,000 in her bag. A starting stack.

And she drew the big blind on the first hand.

Lucas found nothing in the blinds worth playing, picked up a little later and went with it. Unfortunately for her, Fred Paradis had in the small blind and sent her out after the board.

Fred Paradis – 325,000 (13 bb)
Solange Lucas – Eliminated in 128th Place ($1,420)

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  129 of 1,020

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the Platinum Stack with 129 players remaining and they are in the money.

They will play out the last 20 minutes of Level 17 before levels increase to 40 minutes each.