Event 1: James Ensign Flops a Set of Sevens to Double Up

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  162 of 6,134

James Ensign
James Ensign

After a flop of Qs9h7c with about 180,000 already in the pot, James Ensign was all in for 470,000 with 7s7h, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the small blind’s Jd9d for a pair of nines.

The small blind needed to catch something runner-runner, but the turn card was the 3d, the river card was the 2c, and Ensign won the pot with his set of sevens to double up in chips.

James Ensign  –  1,120,000  (45 bb)

With about 162 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 755,000 (30 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,620 each.

Event 1: Matthew Zarcadoolas Eliminated by Chipleader Michael Scoma; Scoma Up to 3.25 Million

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  167 of 6,134

Michael Scoma
Michael Scoma

With the board showing 6d5h2hKh on the turn, Michael Scoma checked from the big blind, Matthew Zarcadoolas bet 160,000 from middle position, and Scoma check-raised all in.

Zarcadoolas thought for a while before he called all in for 535,000 with AcKd for a pair of kings.

Scoma turned over Ah4d for a heart flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and Zarcadoolas needed his pair to hold to stay alive.

The river card was — the 4h.

Scoma completed his heart flush on the river to win the pot and eliminate Zarcadoolas in 168th place.

Michael Scoma  –  3,250,000  (130 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  Eliminated in 168th Place  ($1,420)

With 167 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 735,000 (29 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,420 each.

Event 1: Michael Scoma Knocks Out Two Players; Shane Barnard (197th) and Moura Willyam (198th)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  196 of 6,134

Michael Scoma

After a flop of QdJc10s, Moura Willyam got it all in from the hijack for about 205,000 against two other players — Shane Barnard in middle position, and Michael Scoma on the button. Any additional betting would create a side pot.

The turn card was the 9d, Barnard bet 190,000, and Scoma moved all in. Barnard was clearly not happy, and asked, “Do you have ace-king?” as he called all in for about 250,000.

All three players turned over their cards, and Scoma did, indeed, have ace-king.

Michael Scoma:  AsKd  (ace-high straight)
Shane Barnard:  KhQs  (king-high straight)
Moura Willyam:  QhJh  (two pair, queens and jacks)

The river card was the 4h, and Scoma won the pot with his ace-high straight to eliminate both players on the same hand.

Michael Scoma  –  2,625,000  (131 bb)
Shane Barnard  –  Eliminated in 197th Place  ($1,215)
Moura Willyam  –  Eliminated in 198th Place  ($1,215)

With 196 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 625,000 (31 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,215 each.

Event 1: Michael Tweedlie Doubles Thru Jorge Gomez; Chris Lewis Takes the Lead with 2.4 Million

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  225 of 6,134

Michael Tweedlie

Jorge Gomez raised under the gun to 40,000, Michael Tweedlie moved all in from middle position for 120,000, and Gomez called with AsQd.

Tweedlie turned over 8s8c, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came 6s4h2h3c2d, and the pocket eights held up for Tweedlie to win the pot and double up in chips.

Michael Tweedlie  –  280,000  (19 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  665,000  (44 bb)

Meanwhile, Chris Lewis has popped up with a huge chip stack worth 2.4 million, which appears to top the leaderboard at the moment.

Chris Lewis  –  2,400,000  (160 bb)

With about 225 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 545,000 (36 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,215 each.

Chris Lewis

Event 1: Diego Fernandez Eliminated by Eddy Gibbs

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  227 of 6,134

Diego Fernandez (left) versus Eddy Gibbs (right)

After a middle position limp, Diego Fernandez moved all in for 295,000 from the button. Eddy Gibbs thought for a minute and shoved over the top from the small blind with his big stack to get folds from the big blind and the OG raiser.

Gibbs tabled AhQs and Fernandez wasn’t in a hurry to show his dominated Ac8c. The dealer ran out the 7c5s3d9dKc board to send Fernandez out and Gibbs up to 2,000,000 on the dot.

Eddy Gibbs – 2,000,000 (133 bb)
Diego Fernandez – Eliminated in 228th Place ($1,165)

Event 1: Lydia Waltonbaugh Leads at Second Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  260 of 6,134

Lydia Waltonbaugh

The second break came to an end and we have a new leader in the room. Lydia Waltonbaugh sits at the top with 1,595,000 to set the pace as we get deeper in the day. Boris Kravets is also moving up the charts with 1,325,000 followed by another big group just over one million.

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 470,000 (31 bb).

Boris Kravets

Event 1: Oniel McCalla Eliminated by David Vurgait

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  324 of 6,134

David Vurgait (left) versus Oniel McCalla (right)

David Vurgait opened the action from the cutoff and Oniel McCalla moved all in for 141,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Vurgait called with the bigger stack.

Vurgait: KsKc
McCalla: AdJs

McCalla needed to catch an ace or some magic but missed the Qd4h3h4d6d board to exit in 325th place.

David Vurgait – 480,000 (40 bb)
Oniel McCalla – Eliminated in 325th Place ($1,065)

Event 1: Jerry Wong Jumps to the Top

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  350 of 6,134

Jerry Wong

Back out among the tables, we noticed that David Dowdy was no longer over a million and down quite a bit to 260,000. It looks like most of the damage was done by Jerry Wong (who doubled his short stack earlier) and now leads with 1,130,000.

James Calderaro is also having a good time as players drop around him and up to 897,000 as the pay jumps increase.

James Calderaro

Event 1: Nigel Murray Leads; Three Over One Million

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  420 of 6,134

Nigel Murray

A quick walk among the tables on break found three players with stacks in seven-digit territory.

Nigel Murray began the day eighth out of 614 players but now sits at the top with 1,182,000. Not far behind is David Dowdy who began the day in third place and now only a few chips behind Murray with 1,175,000. Eddy Gibbs came into Day 2 with the chip lead and still doing just fine with 1,094,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 292,000 (29 bb).

David Dowdy
Eddy Gibbs