$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,102

Day 2 came to an end with eight players still in the running for the title with Hector Pacheco holding a huge lead. He has 13 million of the 33 million in play at the final table but it’s a talented field trying to catch him.

They will return on Monday at 3 pm with 15: 57 remaining in Level 27 and Ryan Hogan has the button.

Seat 1: Paul Freedman – 4,410,000 (74 bb)
Seat 2: Vinny Monteiro – 3,070,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Arkadiy Pervyy Bakhtin – 2,230,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4: John Desoto – 2,970,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Hogan – 1,745,000 (29 bb)
Seat 6: Rafael Lima – 4,150,000 (69 bb)
Seat 7: Marc Duquette – 1,320,000 (22 bb)
Seat 8: Hector Pacheco – 13,105,000 (218 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $62,160 + Trophy
2nd: $43,630
3rd: $28,310
4th: $20,965
5th: $15,860
6th: $12,800
7th: $9,895
8th: $7,305

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,102

As the clock his 3 am, Event 1 was down to its last hand of the night. And it was an interesting one.

Ryan Hogan open-shoved for 325,000 then picked up calls from Rafael Lima, Marc Duquette, and Hector Pacheco. Arkadiy Pervyy Bakhtin was in the small blind and moved all in for 2,555,000 and the rest of the table folded.

Hogan:
Bakhtin:

Hogan was in great shape and pulled the quadruple up pot after the board.

The clock was paused with 15:57 in Level 27 and they will resume on Monday at 3 pm.

Ryan Hogan – 1,745,000 (29 bb)
Arkadiy Pervyy Bakhtin – 2,230,000 (37 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,102

The two biggest stacks at the final table played the biggest pot of the tournament so far. With the flop out and reading , all the chip went in the middle with similar-sized stacks.

Pacheco:
Hogan:

Hogan flopped top two against Pacheco’s aces and asked for a hold. The turn was and the river got a gasp from the table. The running threes gave Pacheco a bigger two pair, aces and threes versus kings and queens, to give him the massive pot.

The dealer and staff double-checked the counts and Pacheco was the all in player for 6,305,000 and Hogan was left with 355,000.

Hector Pacheco – 14,500,000 (242 bb)
Ryan Hogan – 355,000 (6 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,102

Rafael Lima opened to 150,000 from the cutoff and Marc Duquette three-bet to 300,000 from the button. The blinds folded, Lima called, and the flop came . Lima bet 300,000 and Duquette called.

The turn was and Lima moved all in for 1,750,000. Duquette thought for a moment and called.

Lima:
Duquette:

Duquette had the lead but had a lot of river outs to dodge with Lima holding a flush draw/open-ended straight draw. The river complete Lima’s queen-high straight and he celebrated before stacking up his double.

Rafael Lima – 4,850,000 (81 bb)
Marc Duquette – 990,000 (17 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,102

Players redrew their seats at the final table and cards are back in the air with Rya Logan leading followed closely by Hector Pacheco. They will finish playing the 77 minutes remaining in Level 27 before bagging for the night.

Seat 1: Paul Freedman – 2,300,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Vinny Monteiro – 2,900,000 (48 bb)
Seat 3: Arkadiy Pervyy Bakhtin – 4,100,000 (68 bb)
Seat 4: John Desoto – 2,100,000 (35 bb)
Seat 5: Ryan Hogan – 7,565,000 (126 bb)
Seat 6: Rafael Lima – 3,800,000 (63 bb)
Seat 7: Marc Duquette – 3,230,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Hector Pacheco – 7,100,000 (118 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $62,160 + Trophy
2nd: $43,630
3rd: $28,310
4th: $20,965
5th: $15,860
6th: $12,800
7th: $9,895
8th: $7,305

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,102

We caught the preflop action with Josh Phillips facing a bet of 830,000 from Ryan Hogan in the small blind. Phillips moved all in for 2,015,000, Hogan thought for a minute and called to put Phillips at risk.

Hogan:
Phillips:

Phillips was in great shape to double up but Hogan caught his queen on the flop. The board finished with the turn and river for the bad beat exit in ninth place.

Ryan Hogan – 7,565,000 (126 bb)
Josh Phillips – Eliminated in 9th Place ($7,305)

Tournament staff paused the clock and the last eight players are redrawing seats for the final table.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,102

On the first hand back from break, Matthew Zarcadoolas and Marc Duquette got their chips in the middle with similar stacks.

Duquette:
Zarcadoolas:

Zarcadoolas found a tough spot and could not find any help as the board ran out to end his day in 10th place.

Marc Duqette – 3,230,000 (54 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – Eliminated in 10th Place ($5,315)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,102

The 10 remaining players were sent on the last break of the night and return to 90-minute levels. Blinds were raised to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante and the average stack is 3,310,000 (55 bb)

Table 1
Seat 2: Ryan Hogan – 5,550,000 (93 bb)
Seat 3: John Desoto – 2,140,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Paul Freedman – 2,290,000 (38 bb)
Seat 6: Josh Phillips – 1,870,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Hector Pacheco – 7,230,000 (121 bb)

Table 2
Seat 4: Rafael Lima – 3,805,000 (63 bb)
Seat 5: Matthew Zarcadoolas – 1,530,000 (26 bb)
Seat 6: Arkadiy Pervyy Bakhtin – 4,200,000 (70 bb)
Seat 7: Vinny Monteiro – 2,875,000 (48 bb)
Seat 8: Marc Duqette – 1,550,000 (26 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $62,160 + Trophy
2nd: $43,630
3rd: $28,310
4th: $20,965
5th: $15,860
6th: $12,800
7th: $9,895
8th-9th: $7,305
10th: $5,315

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,102

Vinny Monteiro opened to 110,000 from the button and Skip McDonough moved all in from the big blind for 900,000. Monteiro called and the hands were tabled.

Monteiro:
McDonough:

McDonough was in a tough spot and it got worse when Monteiro paired his king on the flop. The turn and river finished the board to send McDonough out in 11th place.

Vinny Monteiro – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Skip McDonough – Eliminated in 11th Place ($5,315)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,102

Antonio Colon was moved into Federico Herrera’s spot to balance tables and quickly mixed it up with his short stack. He found a small double then picked up a hand in the small blind. It folded to him, he moved all in for ~590,000 with big slick but Ryan Hogan woke up in the big blind with a monster and called.

Hogan:
Colon:

Tough short stack blind-v-blind hand for Colon and he found no help on the run out to exit in 12th place.

Ryan Hogan – 4,600,000 (115 bb)
Antonio Colon – Eliminated in 12th Place ($4,295)