$560 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 19: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 45/452

It took nearly four full levels and two rounds of hand-for-hand, but the remaining 45 players in the $560 Deeper Stack are now in the money and assured at least $1,130. The gut-wrenching, bubble-bursting moment came when Haim Toorgeman was at risk preflop versus Scott Zakheim. Zakheim owned the advantage as far as chip stacks, but was in a world of hurt in regard to hand strength. Toorgeman held and was in great shape to double versus the of Zakehim. It took a couple minutes for the other tables to finish their hands, but when they did, the dealer burned and began to turn.

Before the flop even hit the felt, the revealed itself in the window. The table let out a collective groan as Zakheim improved to a set to take a commanding lead. Following the turn, the board laid giving Toorgeman outs to a straight as well. He was drawing live, but it proved to be in vain. The river completed with the and Toorgeman busted 46th sending the field into the money.

While start-of-day chip leader Daren Stabinski, Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Loni Harwood, Ory Hen, John Depersio, Abbey Daniels and Ray Ruszkowski are among those still alive, not everyone was so lucky. SHRP team members Jessica Dawley and Mukul Pahuja, Deep Stack Event 1 winner Steve McKoy and World Series of Poker gold bracelet winners Matt Waxman and Phil Hui are among those to bust shy of an in-the-money berth.

The current chip leader appears to be Kevin Curran. He leads the way with a stack of roughly 1,250,000 and sets the pace with the tournament’s top prize of $57,746 on the line.

We will provide another look at some of the event’s big stacks and updated glance at the results during the 40-minute dinner break which occurs at roughly 6:30 p.m. local time.

In the meantime, here’s a look at the tournament’s payouts:

1st – $57,746 + $1,650 Seat
2nd – $33,335
3rd – $20,340
4th – $16,385
5th – $12,882
6th – $10,735
7th – $8,588
8th – $6,554
9th – $4,520
10th-12th – $2,938
13th-15th – $2,260
16th-18th – $1,785
19th-27th – $1,401
28th-36th – $1,243
37th-45th – $1,130