$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Remaining Flight E Players:  117 of 593

UTG was all in with pocket fives, and Adi Amit had him covered holding pocket kings on the big blind.

The final board read , and Amit stacked up 150,500 after collecting the pot.

Adi Amit – 150,500 (60 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Remaining Flight E Players:  123 of 593

Jeronimo Abalos was all in for about 13,000 from the cutoff with in the hole, and both UTG+1 () and the button () had him covered.

The final board read , and Abalos survived with 47,000 after collecting the pot.

Jeronimo Abalos – 47,000 (23 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Another flight of the mid-series $600 Deep Stack gets underway at 5 pm and we just how close we can get to the $2,000,000 guarantee before we roll out the massive fields on Saturday.

They’ll start with 20K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, jumping up to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 with Level 24. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  153 of 593

The next break ended and we have a new big stack to chase. Ron Katz leads the field with 279,000 with his closest competitor Mario Arribas holding 191,500. Kareem Marshall’s 173,000 and Lee Connell’s 159,500 are the other top stacks as we near the money bubble.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Flight E Players:  153 of 593

A player got all in with A-K offsuit, and Paul Nguyen had him covered holding pocket aces.

The final board read , and Nguyen stacked up 128,000 after collecting the pot.

Paul Nguyen – 128,000 (64 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries:  593

Registration closed for Flight E of Showdown Event 26 with 593 entries putting the combined total at 2,186 for the tournament. With three more big weekend flights to go, the $2,000,000 is a virtual lock to hit tomorrow.

Flight E will continue until 75 players remain and they will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries:  515

Level 8 is here and the clock is ticking to get in this field that has more than 500 entries with a lot more expected this weekend. They will play out this level, take a 15-minute break, and registration will close when they return at 2:30 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight E Entries:  390

The first break ended and we have moved into the afternoon with nearly 400 entries. The count is snowballing as we get deeper into the day and more people opt to try again.

Ahsan Rehman is the early leader and his 106,600 is the only stack over 100K. WPT champ (and two-time Hollywood winner) Alessio Isaia is doing just fine in the front of the room, stacked up to 82,000 and a dangerous player with chips.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight E Entries:  340

The morning hours are almost a thing of the past today and we will make our way into the afternoon as Flight E takes its first break. We have 340 entries so far and looking at somewhere near 500 before registration closes at 2:30 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight E Entries:  293

Flight E is on the verge of topping 300 entries this morning before the first break, a great start to the second weekend of the series. We are nearly halfway to the $2,000,000 guarantee with huge crowds expected tomorrow.

A few friends we found in early action include David “The Dragon*” Pham, Michael Wang, Noah Bitton, Eric Piderit, Allan Bieler, Richard Leger, Noah Schwartz, and Rafael Reis.

* not a real dragon