$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 19: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 32 of 244
Howard Mash raised to 80,000 from the button, Rafael Reis reraised all in with a covering stack from the big blind, and Mash called all in for 670,000 with 
, leading Reis’ 
.
The board came 
, safe for Mash to double up on the money bubble.
Howard Mash – 1,385,000 (46 bb)
Rafael Reis – 1,415,000 (47 bb)
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 48 of 244
The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000.
A scan of the field during the break turned up two players with at least a million in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Rafael Reis – 1,700,000 (85 bb)
2. Ariel Rosello – 1,085,000 (54 bb)
3. Niall Costigan – 980,000 (49 bb)
With 48 players remaining from a flight of 244, the average chip stack is around 510,000 (26 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 31 players, which will also be the Money Bubble. Players must bag chips for Day 2 to finish in the money.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 244
Registration closed for Flight C of the Mid-Series Showdown with 244 entries in the $800 Platinum stack, pushing the combined count to 742 and they have contributed $523,110 toward the $1,000,000 guarantee.
Play will continue until 31 players remain and they will move on to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.
| Day/Time | Flight | Entries | Advanced |
| Wednesday at 10 a.m. | A | 259 | 33 |
| Wednesday at 5 p.m. | B | 239 | 30 |
| Thursday at 10 a.m. | C | 244 | TBD |
| Thursday at 5 p.m. | D | — | — |
| Friday at 10 a.m. | E | — | — |
| Friday at 5 p.m. | F | — | — |
| Saturday at 10 a.m. | G | — | — |
| Saturday at 5 p.m. | H | — | — |
| Total | 742 | 63 |
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 300/500 with a 500 ante
The fourth of eight flights for the Mid-Series Showdown gets underway at 5 pm and it’s been a great turnout so far. The $800 Platinum Stack field already put more than $500,000 into the prize pool and they are going to crush the $1,000,000 guarantee.
Players sit with huge 100K starting stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 on Day 2 and 60-minutes in Level 27. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 11:45 pm.
Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and those with chips will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 245
Cards are back in the air after the third break and we have 245 entries showing on the clock. Tournament staff still have some accounting to get done before we have the official numbers.
Ariel Rosello is the leader as the field locks in, sitting behind a castle of 872,000 while no one else is over 700K.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 300/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 233
We’ve just about run our way through Level 12 which means another break is coming up soon. When they return, we will close registration for Flight C but there’s still plenty of time to join, incuding Flight D starting at the top of the hour.
They’ve already put more than $500K in the kitty so that $1,000,000 guarantee is going to get crushed this weekend.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Entries: 130
Another great turnout for the Mid-Series Showdown Platinum Stack is this thing is going to smash its $1,000,000 long before we close registration late Saturday evening.
A few friends in the field include Rafael Reis, last night’s Seniors champ Eric Siegel, runner-up Ruth Ruffman, Matthew Lambrecht, Scott Epstein, Matthew Zarcadoolas, and Richard Devivo.
Epstein looks like one of the early big stacks with just shy of 300,000 after four levels.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 120
Four levels are just about done for Flight C of the Mid-Series Showdown with a nice turnout on a Thursday morning.
They will return to play four more levels before the can get another breather and registration remains open until 4:45 pm. So plenty of time to join.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 300/500 with a 500 ante
The Mid-Series Showdown kicked off yesterday morning and the $800 Platinum Stack had a great start to the tournament. We had 498 entries over two starting flights, a clear pace to smash its $1,000,000 with a busy weekend on the horizon.
They start with huge 100K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 on Day 2 and 60 minutes in Level 27. Late registration is available until the start of Level 13 at 4:45 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time.
Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm.
Primary Event Schedule
10AM: Event 23 Day 1C – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 27 – $600 Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ NLH (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 28 – $1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
3PM: Event 29 – $400 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 23 Day 1D – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 30 – $400 Deep Stack Eight-Handed PLO (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
1PM: $200 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: $550 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-7)