$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

David Hass moved all in under the gun for 805,000, and Richard Zipes called from the small blind with . Hass turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Zipes won the pot with his jack kicker to eliminate Hass in 22nd place.

Richard Zipes  –  3,650,000  (36 bb)
David Hass  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($5,443)

Rafael Reis raised UTG+1 to 250,000, Robert Georato moved all in from the cutoff for nearly 1,000,000, and Mike Beasley called all in from the small blind for 250,000. Reis tanked for a while before he folded. Beasley showed , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Georato’s .

The board came , and Beasley paired his nine on the flop to win the pot and triple up in chips.

Mike Beasley  –  955,000  (9 bb)
Robert Georato  –  720,000  (7 bb)

Georato would be eliminated in 21st place a few minutes later.

Robert Georato  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($5,443)

And here are the approximate chip counts of the remaining 20 players, with an average stack of about 2.5 million (25 big blinds):

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Mike Beasley  –  955,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael “Zombie” Tufaru  –  830,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Manfred Rosenow  –  1,500,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Rafael Reis  –  4,775,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  George Dolofan  –  1,700,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Michael “Turtle” Dunn  –  1,130,000  (11 bb)

TABLE 15
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Leonard Benitez  –  1,800,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Richard Zipes  –  3,650,000  (36 bb)
Seat 4.  Steven Cohen  –  2,025,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Adil Khan  –  3,350,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6.  Steven McKoy  –  3,480,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  Zo Karim  –  900,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8.
Seat 9.  Sam Mallard  –  1,100,000  (11 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Moe Maghraoui  –  1,500,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Cory Zeidman  –  900,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Stewart Newman  –  800,000  (8 bb)
Seat 6.  Kyle Sorel  –  9,100,000  (91 bb)
Seat 7.  Bradley Hinson  –  2,030,000  (20 bb)
Seat 8.  Sam Panzica  –  4,450,000  (44 bb)
Seat 9.  Benjamin Zamani  –  2,150,000  (21 bb)

The good thing about tournaments @shrpo is that most of the time you know a few people to root for in the end.

— Tristan Wade (@TristanCre8ive) April 13, 2015

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

Kyle Sorel continues to dominate this field, and he is nearing the 10-million mark as Level 30 begins with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a 15,000 ante.

Kyle Sorel  –  9,700,000  (97 bb)

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.25 million (22 big blinds).

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 29: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante

Kyle Sorel continues to build his chip stack higher and higher, and he is now up to about 7.5 million in chips — nobody else has 5 million.

Kyle Sorel  –  7,500,000  (93 bb)
Rafael Reis  –  4,900,000  (61 bb)
Sam Panzica  –  3,800,000  (47 bb)
Adil Khan  –  3,500,000  (43 bb)

And the recent eliminations:

23rd:  Steven Constantino  –  $5,443
24th:  Gil Barrett  –  $5,443
25th:  Matt Lessor  –  $5,443
26th:  Erik Christensen  –  $5,443
27th:  Oneil McCalla  –  $5,443

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante

There has been a flurry of bustouts since the break, and the field is already down to 27 players. They are now redrawing for random seats at the final three tables, and an updated seat map will be posted soon.

Steven McKoy got it all in preflop for 1,075,000 with , and he needed to hold to stay alive against Esther Foley, who had him slightly covered with . The board came , and the pocket queens held up for McKoy to win the pot and double up to about 2.3 million, knocking Foley down to just 150,000 in chips (2.5 big blinds). Foley was eliminated a short while later.

The last woman standing, Silvia Jordan, was eliminated a few spots later in 28th.

28th:  Silvia Jordan  –  $4,565
29th:  Gil Morgensztern  –  $4,565
30th:  Riley Fuller  –  $4,565
31st:  Esther Foley  –  $4,565
32nd:  Kevin Chan  –  $4,565
33rd:  Sean Shah  –  $4,565
34th:  Hayden Fortini  –  $4,565
35th:  Paulo Castro  –  $4,565
36th:  Gustavo Moscon  –  $4,565

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 27: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante

The field is down to 37 players, with an average chip stack around 1,340,000 (26 big blinds). When the field reaches the final 36, we’ll try to get a complete seat draw of the remaining players battling for the first prize of $215,244.

Adil Khan just busted a player to near the three-million-chip mark, with Khan’s holding up against his opponent’s on a board of .

That moves Khan into what appears to be second place at the moment — though the leaderboard has been changing quickly.

1.  Zo Karim  –  3,280,000  (65 bb)
2.  Adil Khan  –  2,910,000  (58 bb)
3.  Sam Panzica  –  2,885,000  (57 bb)
4.  Kyle Sorel  –  2,700,000  (54 bb)
5.  Michael “Turtle” Dunn  –  2,545,000  (50 bb)
6.  Steven McKoy  –  2,135,000  (42 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 26: 20,000/40,000/5,000 Ante

There are now seven players above the two-million-chip mark, and chipleader Sam Panzica is nearing the three-million mark.

The bustouts are slowing down a bit, and there are currently 43 players remaining, with the average chip stack around 1.15 million (28 big blinds).

1.  Sam Panzica  –  2,925,000  (73 bb)
2.  Zo Karim  –  2,475,000  (61 bb)
T-3.  Gustavo Moscon  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
T-3.  Kyle Sorel  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
T-3.  Michael Tufaru  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
6.  Stewart Newman  –  2,075,000  (51 bb)
7.  Steven McKoy  –  2,000,000  (50 bb)

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

In the first 30 minutes of this level, Zo Karim more than doubled his already-large chip stack to catapult into the chip lead with 2.7 million. Karim is one of the most experienced players in the field, with final tables on the World Poker Tour and at the World Series of Poker, along with more than $1.1 million in live tournament earnings.

Zo Karim  –  2,700,000  (90 bb)

Stewart Newman just busted a player to join the million-chip club. The small blind was all in with against Newman’s , and the board came to give Newman the knockout and a couple hundred thousand more chips.

Stewart Newman  –  1,250,000  (41 bb)

Here are several of the largest chip stacks from the field:

Zo Karim  –  2,700,000  (90 bb)
Sam Panzica  –  2,115,000  (70 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  2,100,000  (70 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  1,875,000  (62 bb)
Michael Tufaro  –  1,650,000  (55 bb)
Hayden Fortini  –  1,530,000  (51 bb)
Stewart Newman  –  1,250,000  (41 bb)

With 44 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,125,000 (37 big blinds).