$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

It’s been a very up-and-down day for Cord Garcia but fortunately for him his valley have been better than most people’s peaks in Event 10.  And Garcia is now finding himself back on the right side of the chip counts as he has once again just gone over the two million chip mark and looking to clear some space in front of him as well.

Of course, Garcia is used to having a ton of chips in front of him as he won the WSOP Colossus tournament finish with all of the 111,870,000 chips in play from the 22,374 entries in that tournament.

We’ll see if Garcia can rake in the 58,560,000 chips in play and take down this title to go along with his bracelet.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

The field returned from dinner to begin Level 24, and there are now 76 players remaining with an average chip stack around 770,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,650, and the next pay jump is for 72nd place.

1st:  $254,659
2nd:  $165,139
3rd:  $108,146
4th:  $91,939
5th:  $76,274
6th:  $60,756
7th:  $45,384
8th:  $30,744
9th:  $21,960
10-12th:  $14,640
13-15th:  $9,882
16-18th:  $7,540
19-27th:  $6,149
28-36th:  $5,197
37-45th:  $4,392
46-54th:  $3,660
55-63rd:  $3,221
64-72nd:  $2,928
73-76th:  $2,650

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante

Level 23 comes to an end, and the players take a 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume shortly after 8:15 pm.

With 84 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 700,000 (29 big blinds).

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

With a little over 500,000 already in the pot and a board of , Cangir Elcin fired out 160,000 more but Shawn Nguyen had other ideas and went all-in putting Elcin to a decision for his tournament life.

Elcin was stuck in a quandary trying to figure out what to do.  After going in the tank and failing to get any reaction from Nguyen to his line of questioning, the clock was called putting Elcin to the final test.

Elcin flipped a single chip into the middle making the call.  Nguyen said “Pair of Fives” and Elcin turned over for a pair of jacks to win the hand.  Nguyen showed officially ending the hand.

Elcin picked up the 1,240,000 chip pot and put himself back into contention as he went to the dinner break with 84 players still chasing the Event 10 Championship.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

With 88 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 665,000 (33 big blinds).

Cord Carcia has been on a bit of a roller coaster. He was the first player over a million in chips, and he was way over a million when nobody else even had half as many chips. But he took some hits to drop down to 540,000 about a level ago.

Since then, Garcia has rebounded big, capped off by playing three hands in a row against the player to his right. Garcia won the first hand, and in the second hand they got it all in on the turn with two aces on the board — Garcia had A-Q for trip aces, and his opponent turned over pocket fives for … well, pocket fives. Garcia doubled up to more than a million.

The next hand, the same player put in his last 200,000 or so with , and Garcia called with . The flop teased his opponent as the board came , but Garcia turned a heart flush to finish off his opponent and finish that stretch of action with more than 1.4 million in chips.

Cord Garcia  –  1,465,000  (73 bb)

Chipleader Peter Walsworth is the first player to reach 2 million in chips.

The overall chipleader appears to be Peter Walsworth, who has been among the big stacks for a while now. Luis Santoni moved all in under the gun for 370,000, and Walsworth called from middle position. The big blind folded , saying he would’ve called if Walsworth hadn’t. Santoni turned over , but he was dominated by Walsworth’s .

The board came , and Walsworth won the pot with his kings to bust Santoni and catapult to more than 2.1 million in chips.

Peter Walsworth  –  2,140,000  (107 bb)
Luis Santoni  –  Eliminated

Nancy Birnbaum was getting short when she moved all in over a raise from the small blind with . Her opponent called with , and the board came — Birnbaum doubled up to nearly 500K.

Nancy Birnbaum  –  489,000  (24 bb)

Cong Pham got it all in from the button for 463,000 with , and he was against the big blind, who had a similar stack and . The flop hit them both, but the turn was all Pham as it came , and Pham won the pot with trip tens. The stacks were counted down, and Pham had his opponent covered by about 30,000 in chips. Pham nearly doubled while his opponent was eliminated.

Cong Pham  –  930,000  (47 bb)

Jeffrey Trudeau is nearing the Millionaires’ Club after he eliminated a short stack on a bad beat. The short stack got it all in with , and Trudeau had . But the board came , and Trudeau won it with a pair of fours.

Jeffrey Trudeau  –  960,000  (48 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante

A couple of players on Table 8 might just be in need of a color-up.

Eric Becks has a mountain of chips in front of him as he now stands at 1,940,000 is having a hard time reaching around his massive stack.

TJ Shulman is having to resort to going over the top of his huge stack which he vows to keep until the official color up.  Shulman stands at 1,200,000.

86 players remain in the chase for the Event 10 title.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

With 127 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 460,000 (29 big blinds). As you’d expect, the number of players in the millionaires’ club is growing, as there are now seven players with at least 1 million in chips.

1.  Raj Vohra  –  1,585,000  (99 bb)
2.  David Nefzger  –  1,375,000  (86 bb)
3.  Peter Walsworth  –  1,320,000  (83 bb)
4.  Pablo Ortiz  –  1,215,000  (76 bb)
5.  Cord Garcia  –  1,165,000  (73 bb)
6.  Chris Boegler  –  1,150,000  (72 bb)
7.  Sheddy Siddiqui  –  1,130,000  (71 bb)

Dusty Nelson was knocking on the door of a million in chips at the last break (when he had 936K), but he’s been trending downward. He recently doubled up a short stack that was all in with J-J against Nelson’s 8-8 — if Nelson had come from behind, he’d have joined the Millionaires’ Club. But the pocket jacks held up (turning a set of jacks), and Nelson dropped down to 620,000.

Dusty Nelson  –  620,000  (39 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

The remaining 154 players or so return from break to begin Level 21, with blinds at 6,000-12,000 and a 2,000 ante. The average chip stack is about 380,000 (32 big blinds).

Scanning the field during the break revealed nine players with at least 800,000 in chips, and three with at least 1 million. Here’s the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Cord Garcia  –  1,357,000  (113 bb)
2.  Mukul Pahuja  –  1,121,000  (93 bb)
3.  David Nefzger  –  1,034,000  (86 bb)
4.  Edgar Varas  –  954,000  (80 bb)
5.  Dusty Nelson  –  936,000  (78 bb)
6.  Raj Vohra  –  902,000  (75 bb)
7.  Tony Delacruz  –  863,000  (72 bb)
8.  Pasquale Caiazza  –  821,000  (68 bb)
9.  Jeffrey Trudeau  –  812,000  (68 bb)

Shortly before the break, Dermot Blain (here all the way from Ireland) was all in for his tournament life. Cong Pham raised from the hijack to 22,000, Blain moved all in for 89,000, and Pham thought for a bit before he called with . Blain turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for Blain to double up in chips.

Dermot Blain  –  202,000  (17 bb)
Cong Pham  –  470,000  (39 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Now that the field is in the money, it’s a good time to take a look at the notable players that are at or near the top of the leaderboard. (Nobody seems too close to Cord Garcia yet.) With 196 players remaining, the average chip stack is just under 300,000  (30 big blinds).

Cord Garcia  –  1,195,000  (149 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  730,000  (91 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  725,000  (91 bb)
Tom Nguyen  –  675,000  (84 bb)
T.J. Shulman  –  650,000  (81 bb)
Mark Darner  –  615,000  (77 bb)
Lydia Waltonbaugh  –  600,000  (75 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui  –  540,000  (68 bb)

Mukul Pahuja has been on fire lately, with seven six-figure cashes in the past two years. His run started with the inaugural 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, where Pahuja finished third in the main event to earn $872,625 — still the biggest score of his career.

Pahuja followed his breakout performance at SHRPO by winning the WPT’s Player of the Year race in dominating fashion, with three top-4 finishes in WPT events. Pahuja then closed out his 2014 by winning a WSOP Circuit Championship.

Now Pahuja is back where his great run began, at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

While the money bubble was going down, Miguel Cieri and Michael Moreno were waiting to expose their hands at the other table. Cieri was all-in for 277,000 but didn’t seem to be sweating it very much. We saw why when he finally tabled his .

Moreno’s premium was dominated and stayed that way as the low board ran out. He was left with just 20,000 but slid into the money thanks to the bubble bursting.