$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 4,783

In the first hand at the final table, Mike Hager was all in under the gun for about 2,200,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Vu Dang in the big blind.

The board came , and Dang flopped a full house, sixes full of queens, to win the pot and eliminate Hager in ninth place.

Vu Dang  –  6,500,000  (33 bb)
Mike Hager  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($20,100)

With eight players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 11,950,000 (60 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $25,500 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,783

After the elimination of Dejan Petkovic in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Brad Butcher  –  15,500,000  (78 bb)
Seat 2.  John Howe  –  23,000,000  (115 bb)
Seat 3.  Alejandro Exposito  –  11,125,000  (56 bb)
Seat 4.  Brendan Feinberg  –  6,000,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Vu Dang  –  4,200,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Mike Hager  –  2,200,000  (11 bb)
Seat 7.  Corey Dunbar  –  3,800,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  22,500,000  (113 bb)
Seat 9.  Jorge Gomez  –  8,500,000  (43 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts, followed by today’s eliminations:

1st:  $201,030 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $134,000
3rd:  $99,000
4th:  $74,000
5th:  $56,000
6th:  $43,000
7th:  $33,000
8th:  $25,500
9th:  $20,100

10th:  Dejan Petkovic  –  $20,100

11th:  Yilmaz Yosul  –  $15,900
12th:  Milan Gurung  –  $15,900

13th:  David Nathaniel  –  $12,600
14th:  John Ghosn  –  $12,600
15th:  Christopher Walters  –  $12,600

16th:  Chase Hounshell  –  $10,000
17th:  Otis James  –  $10,000
18th:  Jose Rivero  –  $10,000
19th:  Tal Rothman  –  $10,000

20th:  Dyanna Lopez  –  $8,100

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 10,625,000 (53 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,783

After the elimination of Dejan Petkovic in 10th place, there was a hand in progress at the other table that needed to finish before they could combine to a final table.

With the board showing on the turn, John Howe checked from the small blind, Mike Hager bet 1,800,000 from the big blind, and Howe called.

The river card paired the board with the , Howe bet 3,000,000, and Hager called. Howe showed to win the pot with trip nines, and Hager mucks.

John Howe  –  23,000,000  (115 bb)
Mike Hager  –  2,200,000  (11 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 10,625,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $20,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,783

With the board showing on the turn and 2,400,000 already in the pot, Dejan Petkovic checked, Brad Butcher bet 1,100,000, and Petkovic moved all in for 6,225,000.

Butcher quickly called with a slightly larger stack and showed for two pair, queens and jacks. Petkovic turned over for a pair of aces with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Butcher won the pot with his two pair to eliminate Petkovic in 10th place.

Brad Butcher  –  15,500,000  (78 bb)
Dejan Petkovic  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($20,100)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 10,625,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $20,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 4,783

The players return from break to begin Level 32, with increased blinds of 100,000-200,000 and a big blind ante of 200,000.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Mike Hager  –  7,650,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Alejandro Exposito  –  11,125,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3.  Sebastian Toro Henao  –  21,825,000  (109 bb)
Seat 4.  Vu Dang  –  4,275,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  John Howe  –  16,950,000  (85 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Corey Dunbar  –  3,900,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Jorge Gomez  –  8,800,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Dejan Petkovic  –  7,225,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4.  Brendan Feinberg  –  6,000,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Brad Butcher  –  7,875,000  (39 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts, followed by today’s eliminations:

1st:  $201,030 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $134,000
3rd:  $99,000
4th:  $74,000
5th:  $56,000
6th:  $43,000
7th:  $33,000
8th:  $25,500
9th-10th:  $20,100

11th:  Yilmaz Yosul  –  $15,900
12th:  Milan Gurung  –  $15,900

13th:  David Nathaniel  –  $12,600
14th:  John Ghosn  –  $12,600
15th:  Christopher Walters  –  $12,600

16th:  Chase Hounshell  –  $10,000
17th:  Otis James  –  $10,000
18th:  Jose Rivero  –  $10,000
19th:  Tal Rothman  –  $10,000

20th:  Dyanna Lopez  –  $8,100

With 10 players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 9,575,000 (48 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 4,783

With the final board showing , Sebastian Toro Henao checked, Yilmaz Yosul moved all in, and Henao quickly called with for a full house, kings full of sevens.

Yosul turned over for a queen-high bluff as he was eliminated in 11th place.

Sebastian Toro Henao  –  19,400,000  (129 bb)
Yilmaz Yosul  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($15,900)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 9,575,000 (64 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $20,100 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 4,783

Alejandro Exposito raised from the cutoff to 350,000, and John Howe called from the big blind.

The flop came , Howe checked, Exposito bet 250,000, and Howe called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Howe bet 700,000, and Exposito quickly called with for top two pair. Howe turned over to win the pot with a flopped set of eights.

Howe stood up and said, “How do you not go broke there?”

John Howe  –  15,500,000  (103 bb)
Alejandro Exposito  –  11,600,000  (77 bb)

It’s now been an hour and 20 minutes since the last elimination.

With 11 players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 8,700,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,900 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 4,783

John Howe raised from the cutoff to 400,000, and Mike Hager called from the button.

The flop came , Howe checked, Hager bet 500,000, and Howe called.

The turn card paired the board with the , Howe checked, Hager bet 2,000,000, and Howe quickly check-raised all in for 5,625,000.

Hager quickly called with for a flopped king-high flush, but Howe turned over for an ace-high flush. Hager was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Howe won the pot with his ace-high flush to double up in chips.

John Howe  –  13,425,000  (90 bb)
Mike Hager  –  8,000,000  (53 bb)

After losing nine players in the first 50 minutes of the day, nobody has busted in the hour following that.

With 11 players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 8,700,000 (58 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,900 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 4,783

Sebastian Toro Henao raised from the hijack to 250,000, and John Howe called from the button.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Henao bet 500,000, and Howe called. There was 1,825,000 in the pot at this point.

The river card was the , Henao checked, and Howe quickly moved all in for 6,200,000. Henao thought for a while, saying, “That’s a big bet.”

Henao thought for a little longer before he asked for an exact count, and it was 6,200,000. Henao asked if Howe would show his cards if Henao folded, but Howe didn’t seem to give a solid answer.

Henao went into the tank for a very long time. Several minutes at least. Henao counted out enough chips to call the 6.2 million, and if he called and lost, he still would have had a nice stack of about 12.55 million.

Henao eventually seemed to apologize for taking so long, but Howe didn’t seem concerned, saying, “It’s a big decision.”

A short while after that, Henao folded, and Howe immediately showed his for an ace-high bluff.

“Let’s go!” said Howe. “Power poker, baby.”

John Howe  –  8,025,000  (64 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao  –  18,750,000  (150 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 8,700,000 (70 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,900 each.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 4,783

Milan Gurung moved all in from the cutoff for 1,450,000, and Mike Hager called from the small blind with .

Gurung turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Hager flopped a set of sixes, Gurung turned a gutshot straight draw, and the river card missed. Hager won the pot with his set of sixes to eliminate Gurung in 12th place.

Mike Hager  –  12,600,000  (101 bb)
Milan Gurung  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($15,900)

The action has been coming fast today, as the field has lost nine of 20 players (45% of the field) in just the first 50 minutes of the day.

With 11 players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 8,700,000 (70 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,900 each.