$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 115 of 1,634 6y2i44

After eliminating Hillel Stein in 116th place, former SHRP Player of the Year David Prociak opened to 28,000 from late position.

Roberto Bendeck three-bet to 90,000 and Prociak four-bet to 200,000. Bendeck let it go and Prociak said “I’ll show you one time” as he peeled up the .

He then jokingly said “I rarely do stuff like that so when I do I have to show”

Prociak is currently among the top of the leaderboard with his 1,550,000 stack.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 127 of 1,634

The first two levels after the bubble burst were a haze of activity and the Main Event is down to 127 in a hurry. We are only 100 knockouts away from calling it a day.

We lost a lot of wizards including Tristan Wade, Mark Dube, David Levi, Carlos Loving, and Ory Hen.

128th: Emory Oese-Siegel – $2,310
129th: Vincent Teutonico – $2,310
130th: Mark Wiser – $2,310
131st: Brandon Eisen – $2,310
132nd: Stuart Brown – $2,310
133rd: Jaya Malapati – $2,310
134th: David Levi – $2,310
135th: Matthew Lambrecht – $2,310
136th: Tristan Wade – $2,215
137th: Brandon Albrinck – $2,215
138th: Alexander Gambino – $2,215
139th: Erik Christensen – $2,215
140th: Sean Shah – $2,215
141st: Carlos Loving – $2,215
142nd: Andrey Kotelnikov – $2,215
143rd: Steve Katlin – $2,215
144th: Wade Walker – $2,215
145th: Ruth Ruffman – $2,120
146th: Bruno Fernandes – $2,120
147th: John Blevins – $2,120
148th: Daniel Nathaniel Jr – $2,120
149th: Ivan Starostin – $2,120
150th: Richard Plotsky – $2,120
151st: Raymond D’Argenia – $2,120
152nd: David To – $2,120
153rd: Jordan Joeckel – $2,120
154th: James Peterson – $2,025
155th: Justin Donato – $2,025
156th: Oktay Altinbas – $2,025
157th: David Swatscheno – $2,025
158th: Unclaimed – $2,025
159th: Danielle Dilenge – $2,025
160th: Almog Biton – $2,025
161st: Gil Aboddi – $2,025
162nd: Anthony Zinno – $2,025
163rd: Ory Hen – $1,930
164th: Artur Tishchenko – $1,930
165th: Mark Dube – $1,930
166th: Unclaimed – $1,930
167th: Ignas Jasinevicius – $1,930
168th: Joseph Villacci – $1,930
169th: Terry Moore – $1,930
170th: Jonathan Ounjian – $1,930
171st: Edgar Varas – $1,930
172nd: Michael Scoma – $1,835
173rd: Yung Lin – $1,835
174th: Chad Eveslage – $1,835
175th: Agop Rustemoglu – $1,835
176th: Nagui Yassa – $1,835
177th: Philip Consolo – $1,835
178th: Amir Shomron – $1,835
179th: Aaron Vaughan – $1,835
180th: Pejivian Niyati – $1,835
181st: Ebrahim Figueroa Noboa – $1,790
182nd: Dmitry Savelyev – $1,790
183rd: Joshua Tuner – $1,790
184th: Pasqual Caiazza – $1,790
185th: Peter Shonk – $1,790
186th: Joseph Montervino – $1,790
187th: Jose Nigaglioni – $1,790
188th: Joanna Skrukkerud – $1,790
189th: Richard Brzostowski – $1,790

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 149 of 1,634

Scott Zakheim moved all in for 119,000 from middle position and Matthew Smith called from late position.

It was a cooler situation as Zakheim tabled against Smith’s .

The board came out and Zakheim wound up with a  set of kings to double through Smith.

Scott Zakheim – 260,000
Matthew Smith – 45,000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 139 of 1,634

Jason Young opened to 21,000 from early position and Sean Shah moved all in for 107,000 from the small blind. Young shrug-called and Shah was ahead.

Shah:
Young:

Shah had Young outkicked but the gave him a lot of outs to sweat. The turn was a blank but Young made his heart flush on the river to send Shah out.

Jason Young – 647,000 (65bb)
Sean Shah – Eliminated in 140th place ($2,215)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 154 of 1,634

Justin Donato put his 135,000 stack in the middle from early position and Todd Altinbas called all in for less (122,000). It folded around to Rex Clinkscales in the big blind and he called with a bigger stack monster.

Clinkscales:
Donato:
Altinbas:

Clinkscales had both players dominated and barely broke a sweat on the board to send two players out while building his stack.

Rex Clinkscales – 592,000 (59 bb)
Justin Donato – Eliminated in 155th place ($2,025)
Todd Altinbas – Eliminated in 156th place ($2,025)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 154 of 1,634

Eddy Sabat opened to 17,000 from under the gun and early position shoved for 85,000. Sabat called with and was flipping against his opponent’s .

The board came and his opponent flopped an ace to double through Sabat.

Shortly after a Sabat called all in for 26,000 against his opponents under the gun 56,000 shove.

Sabat held and was in the lead against . The lead was short-lived as the flop came .

The  turn, changed nothing, but the river brought the and Sabat spiked a two-outer to stay alive.

Eddy Sabat – 75,000 (9 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 189 of 1,634

The first round of eliminations went down quickly after the money bubble and they’ve had two pay jumps since. Notable among those hitting the payout desk were Yigal Hen, Luke Vrabel, and Kevin Blewitt. Ultimate Re-Entry third-place finisher Jeff Colpitts survived the money bubble with 12,000 on the button and slid into the money.

190th: Marc Duquette – $1,740
191st: Daniel Silva – $1,740
192nd: Antonio Arencibia Monduy – $1,740
193rd: William Handwerker – $1,740
194th: Edward Mallon – $1,740
195th: Steven McNally – $1,740
196th: Thang Phu – $1,740
197th: Stanley Sanders – $1,740
198th: Yigal Hen – $1,740
199th: Kevin Blewitt – $1,695
200th: Jordan Kasimow – $1,695
201st: Danielle Salters – $1,695
202nd: Luke Vrabel – $1,695
203rd: Ismael Cabrera – $1,695
204th: Michael Morton – $1,695
205th: Jeffrey Colpitts – $1,695

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 189 of 1,634

Steve Karp opened from under the gun and both blinds called. The flop came , the small blind led, the big blind and Karp both called.

The turn brought the , the small blind bet 20,000 and the big blind called. Karp raised to 65,000 and only the big blind called.

The river was the , big blind checked and Karp bet 71,000. The big  blind check-shoved for 110,000 and Karp snap called.

Karp turned over for a set of queens and was good against his opponent’s .

Steve Karp – 400,000 (50 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 205 of 1,634

Tournament staff paused the clock with the field two away from the money to begin hand-for-hand play. Nothing exciting on the first hand but there were two all-ins called on the second.

On Table 6, Jeff Niedelman and Skip McDonough were in the blinds and McDonough had his last 144,000 in the middle at risk.

Niedelman:
McDonough:

“It’s not even suited!” McDonough joked.

He had an over, missed the flop, and Niedelman improved on the turn. Any heart or queen would save McDonough but the sent him out on the bubble.

Jeff Niedelman – 510,000 (85 bb)
Skip McDonough – Eliminated

On Table 28, another battle of the blinds saw Matthew Smith heads up to the flop. The small blind checked, Smith put her all-in for 53,000 and the bet was called.

Smith:
Opponent:

The eights were ahead but she needed to fade Smith’s open-ended straight draw and over card. The turn changed nothing but the river completed the straight to send two players out and put the rest of the field in the money.

Matthew Smith – 220,000 (37 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 216 of 1,634

In a battle of the blinds, Juan Garcia moved all in from the small blind after the flop. Todd Altinbas called from the big blind with the bigger stack.

Garcia:
Altinbas:

Garcia was in trouble with top two against Altinbas’ flopped flush but Garcia found good news on the turn to improve to a full house. Altinbas had two straight flush outs but the river sent the double to Garcia.

Juan Garcia – 310,000 (52 bb)
Todd Altinbas – 84,000 (14 bb)