$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 349

The second break is complete and we are back underway in the poker room. Luke Graham continues to lead the last 36 players with 1,330,000 but Mike Steinbacher is creeping up on him with 1,170,000.

They will play out two more levels before taking a 40-minute dinner break. After that, blind levels increase to 90-minutes long until the tournament is heads-up for the title.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 36 of 349

One minute before they went on the second break, Bradley Smith was eliminated in 37th place to get the field down to the last four tables of the tournament.

They broke Table 35, dispersed its players to new seats, then sent them on a 15-minute break.

37th: Bradley Smith – $2,670
38th: Jerry Wong – $2,670
39th: Theo Lawson – $2,670

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 349

We had seven players enter the Main Event this morning before the start of Day 2. One of those seven was former SHRP champ, and November Niner, Jerry Wong. Naturally, he had to battle a short stack but he made the money and a min-cash.

That was a nice $1,000 profit for a couple hours of work.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 349

We didn’t get the initial run of bust outs immediately following the money bubble, there’s a lot of money on the line and chips on the table.

Ian O’Hara was among the first group to walk to the payout desk while Luke Graham continued his hot run this afternoon by moving up to 1,400,000 in the previous level.

40th: Christopher Holtzhauer – $2,670
41st: Anthony Valiente – $2,670
42nd: James Kirvin – $2,670
43rd: Ian O’Hara – $2,670
44th: Richard Perea – $2,670

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 44 of 349

We were spoiled with the first two big money bubbles of the series, there was a double knockout on the first hand of tournaments for a quick burst. This time it went a little longer.

Nine hands and 20 minutes later after hand-for-hand began, Chris Bolek did the work. An opponent moved all in from under the gun and Bolek called from the button. It was a race with Bolek’s ahead of and the pair held as the board ran .

The knockout put the last 44 players in the money and we should see the pace pick up a bit.

1st: $111,196
2nd: $77,892
3rd: $50,078
4th: $32,431
5th: $24,997
6th: $20,678
7th: $17,354
8th: $14,213
9th: $11,119
10th – 12th: $9,371
13th – 15th: $7,957
16th – 18th: $6,570
19th – 21st: $5,471
22nd – 24th: $4,439
25th – 27th: $3,848
28th – 36th: $3,246
37th – 44th: $2,670

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 349

It didn’t take long after the break for the Main Event to go into hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble. Tournament staff paused the clock, broke a table, and began the process of putting the field into the money.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 349

The Main Event is back underway with 48 players remaining and 44 spots getting paid. We should see a little slowdown between now and the bubble before it picks back up.

Luke Graham is the new leader in the room and the closest to hitting one million in his stack. TK Miles continued to move up his stack and holds the second biggest count followed by Day 2 starting leader Jose Reyes.

Luke Graham – 920,000 (115 bb)
TK Miles – 880,000 (110 bb)
Jose Reyes – 850,000 (106 bb)
Chris Bolek – 727,000 (91 bb)
Bill Farnan – 721,000 (90 bb)
Ryan Gianquitti – 699,000 (87 bb)
John Gorsuch – 520,000 (65 bb)
Josh Milrad – 490,000 (61 bb)
Mike Steinbacker – 430,000 (54 bb)
Loni Harwood – 410,000 (51 bb)
Michael Newman – 360,000 (45 bb)
Josias Santos – 329,000 (41 bb)
Jonathan Hilton – 301,000 (38 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 255,000 (32 bb)
Jerry Wong – 210,000 (26 bb)
Howard Mash – 150,000 (19 bb)
Victor Figueroa – 113,000 (14 bb)
Manny Minaya – 90,000 (11 bb)

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 349

Main Event players are taking their first break of the day and the field is only four eliminations away from making some money.

We’ll peep the stacks and see who made big moves over the first two levels of the day.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 349

Josh Milrad was among the chip leaders returning for Day 2 and things were looking good over the first two levels. He was another player heading towards 800,000 when he hit a tough hand.

With the board reading , Milrad check-called a 50,000 bet and led for 100,000 after the river. His opponent quickly called and Milrad tabled for the turned set. But he was second best to the flopped set for a small dip.

Milrad dropped to around 630,000 but he picked up some pots after to start the climb back towards the top of the counts.

$1,650 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 63 of 349

Jon Brody knew he had a lot of work to do if he wanted to cash in the Main Event today, nevermind win it. His night did not end well in Flight C and he returned with only 25,000 in his bag. The seven Day 2 entries were handed twice as many chips.

But he’s moving in the right direction. After two doubles, Brody is up to 97,000 as the field quickly plays down towards the money bubble.