$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 93
Average Stack: 613,000 (31 bb)

The tournament dropped under 100 players after the break and the average stack has moved over 30 big blinds for the first time today. Raminder Singh, TJ Shulman, and Johnny Tang continue to set the pace with Philly-native Thai Ha-Quang moving into contention.

James Newbold is the new owner of a million chip stack after he caught against Jason Young. They put the chips in the middle after Young flopped top set and Newbold the nut flush draw. His card hit to knock Young down to less than five big blinds at the break and put himself over 1.5 million.

Million chippers:

Raminder Singh – 1,833,000 (92 bb)
TJ Shulman – 1,778,000 (89 bb)
Johnny Tang – 1,685,000 (84 bb)
Thai Ha-Quang – 1,576,000 (79 bb)
Luis Zedan – 1,574,000 (79 bb)
James Newbold – 1,327,000 (66 bb)
Mark Johnson – 1,240,000 (62 bb)
Ronald Campillo – 1,160,000 (58 bb)
Edgar Varas – 1,102,000 (55 bb)
Gedeminas Kiuberis – 1,021,000 (51 bb)

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 108
Average Stack: 528,000 (28 bb)

The pace has slowed considerably as the stacks deepen and the payouts grow. Raminder Singh quietly moved to the top of the counts and the camera-shy former champion sits with ~1.7 million.

TJ Shulman joined him with a similar amount after knocking out Brandon Miller and a short stack. His was good with a Queen in the window against the other two holding .

Jason Young is also trending north as he took an opponent to value town with Kings versus Sevens. The WSOP bracelet owner is up to 800,000 and moving up the ladder.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 126
Average Stack: 452,000 (25 bb)

It didn’t take long for more than one player to jump their stacks in seven-digit territory with TJ Shulman getting there first. But he’s no longer our leader as Gedeminas Kiuberis is closing on 1.5 million in Level 19.

Johnny Tang and Raminder Singh are also wielding big stacks, each with 1.3 million as the field gets down to 126 players remaining.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 144
Average Stack: 396,000 (33 bb)

Jason Young took a seat next to TJ Shulman (good luck getting a word in Table 22) not long before a small, cute hand played out. It was three-handed when Shulman and an Brandon Miller found out they were chopping a pot, while sending Laddavan Gaddah out, with trip Kings.

Shulman had against and the last two Kings came on the flop. The Gaddah’s short stack KO wasn’t a big boost to either stack but it gave Shulman a chance to ask how many Kings were in the deck.

We have 144 remaining midway through the 18th level with former WSOP Ladies Champion Marsha Wolak among the recently departed.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 189
Average Stack: 352,000 (29 bb)

TJ Shulman was indeed the chip leader as the break rolled around, only a few chips short of becoming the first player over 1 million. James Salmon and Ronald Camillo are the two other players over 900,000 with Raminder Singh not far behind.

Salmon has Event 1 history here in the past. He won the opening event of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown over 1,200 other entrants.

Top and notable stacks:

TJ Shulman – 984,000 (82 bb)
James Salmon – 930,000 (78 bb)
Ronald Camillo – 924,000 (77 bb)
Raminder Singh – 883,000 (74 bb)
Gedeminas Kiuberis – 824,000 (69 bb)
David Price – 742,000 (62 bb)
Vasilii Leshchenko – 721,000 (60 bb)
Andrew Kay – 714,000 (60 bb)
Kevin Ho – 666,000 (56 bb)
Scott Giesse – 652,000 (54 bb)
Lazaro Rodriguez – 652,000 (54 bb)
Arthur Peacock – 651,000 (54 bb)
Mohd Eid – 643,000 (54 bb)
Brandon Berkenfeld – 627,000 (52 bb)
Roberto Alberro – 615,000 (51 bb)
Olvenso Savoie – 615,000 (51 bb)
Johnny Tang – 614,000 (51 bb)
Kent Taepakdee – 607,000 (51 bb)
Richard Hutchings – 600,000 (50 bb)
Chad Freedman – 458,000 (38 bb)
Jason Young – 428,000 (36 bb)
Jean “Prince” Gaspard – 418,000 (35 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 341,000 (28 bb)
Steven Bennett – 198,000 (17 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 166,000 (14 bb)
Matt Affleck – 154,000 (13 bb)
Luke Brereton – 149,000 (12 bb)

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 18: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 189
Average Stack: 302,000 (25 bb)

After the craziness of the restart, players now have a chance to take a quick breather to settle themselves down.

The field lost 160 players in 80 minutes of play, that averages out to two eliminations per minute.

One player every 30 seconds.

We’ll take our first look at the new big stack and check in with our leaders.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 17: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 220
Average Stack: 260,000 (26 bb)

It’s tough to tell in all the craziness at the moment but it appears TJ Shulman has taken the lead with more than 125 players eliminated in the first hour.

His stack is over 800,000 even after sending 100,000 over to a short stacked opponent. Shulman put the Flight G field in the money with a come-from-behind win but couldn’t pull it off this time with against .

This continuing list of players hitting the rail include Stewart Newman, Zo Karim, and Nancy Birnbaum.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 17: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 279
Average Stack: 204,000 (20 bb)

It’s all hands on deck for the tournament staff as the blistering pace continues. The rough count (because it literally changes by the second) stands at 279 remaining after 23 minutes of action.

Among those in the long payout line were Nancy Birnbaum, Zo Karim, Brandon Byars, and Steven McKoy.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 16: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 327
Average Stack: 174,000 (22 bb)

We predicted a quick parade out the door and it’s going faster than anticipated. The field dropped two tables from the field (and in the process of breaking another) in the first five minutes and they yells of “Payout!” are ringing across the room.

Sometimes short stacks were just running into coolers. Willie Wiggins probably thought his would get him over 100,000 but he ran into Eric Rivkin’s . The aces held and Rivkin moved up to 152,000.

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 16: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 345
Average Stack: 166,000 (21 bb)

Players are taking their seats and we’re just about ready to restart the Ultimate Re-Entry tournament. We have 345 players remaining of the starting 4,075 entrants and they are already in the money before the first card goes in the air.

We expect a lot of activity at the start as players try to double their short stack or hit the payout desk. Hour-long levels on Day 2 will deepen the stacks quickly but there will be a line to get paid in the beginning.

Chad Freedman bagged up the biggest stack in Flight A and he stayed there after all eight flights were complete. His 639,000 is slightly ahead of Richard Whitebrook’s 636,000 and former Seminole Hard Rock Poker champion Raminder Singh.

Play will resume with 23 minutes 24 seconds remaining in Level 16.

• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments (by table)
• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments (by name)
• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Payouts