$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining:  63 of 4,529 5x6n3v

With 63 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 1,440,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,090 each, and the next pay jump is $5,690 for 54th place.

Here is a list of the players who have recently been eliminated, along with their payouts:

64th:  Andrew Zhu  –  $4,540
65th:  Wagner Wysotchanski  –  $4,540
66th:  Kyle Flickinger  –  $4,540
67th:  Judith Bielan  –  $4,540
68th:  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  $4,540
69th:  Raghu Gudala  –  $4,540
70th:  Fernando Rodriguez Vazquez  –  $4,540
71st:  Shawn Lucas  –  $4,540
72nd:  David Lang  –  $4,540

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 4,529

With 72 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 1,260,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $4,540 each, and the next pay jump is $5,090 for 63rd place.

Here is a list of the players who have recently been eliminated, along with their payouts:

73rd:  Brian Sham  –  $4,040
74th:  Alejandro Funes  –  $4,040
75th:  Renny Barrett  –  $4,040
76th:  Ian Glazer  –  $4,040
77th:  Djon Palushaj  –  $4,040
78th:  Jake Schwartz  –  $4,040
79th:  Charles Dawson  –  $4,040
80th:  Daniel Pearlman  –  $4,040
81st:  Joshua Whitney  –  $4,040

82nd:  Jairo Velasquez  –  $3,590
83rd:  Almog Biton  –  $3,590
84th:  Chad Reynolds  –  $3,590
85th:  Shane Raikes  –  $3,590
86th:  Dmitriy Konikov  –  $3,590
87th:  David Mzareulov  –  $3,590
88th:  Ronnie Bardah  –  $3,590
89th:  Narimaan Ahmadi  –  $3,590
90th:  Vincent Guerra  –  $3,590

91st:  Ryan Jones  –  $3,190
92nd:  Krista Farrell  –  $3,190
93rd:  Jackson Martin  –  $3,190
94th:  Lorenzo Aybar  –  $3,190
95th:  Michael Gulliford  –  $3,190
96th:  Luckenson Pericles  –  $3,190
97th:  Leonid Kaplin  –  $3,190
98th:  Robert Capote  –  $3,190
99th:  Abbey Daniels  –  $3,190

100th:  Rafael Fernandes Junio  –  $2,840
101st:  Jeffrey Slayton, Jr.  –  $2,840

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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  77 of 4,529

Ed Py raised to 115,000 from middle position, Jake Schwartz three-bet all in for 495,000 from the cutoff and Py thought for a bit before he called all in for 415,000.

Py:
Schwartz:

The board came down , giving Py queens and jacks on the river to double through Schwartz, who was eliminated the following hand.

Ed Py – 930,000 (23 bb)
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated in 78th Place ($4,040)

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 4,529

Joseph Rossi – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Will Givens – 1,850,000 (62 bb)
Lunique Petiote – 1,830,000 (61 bb)
Steven McKoy – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan – 1,450,000 (48 bb)
Jeff Trudeau – 1,400,000 (47 bb)
Aaron Massey – 1,350,000 (45 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Nick Ahmadi – 950,000 (32 bb)
Chad Reynolds – 930,000 (31 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – 900,000 (30 bb)
Chris Conrad – 750,000 (25 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski – 750,000 (25 bb)
Steve Karp – 650,000 (22 bb)
Ronnie Bardah – 630,000 (21 bb)
Nigel Murray – 600,000 (20 bb)
Seneca Easley – 580,000 (19 bb)
Nadya Magnus – 500,000 (17 bb)
Jon Brody – 430,000 (14 bb)

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 4,529

The players return from dinner to begin Level 24, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 with a big blind ante of 30,000.

With 101 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 895,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,840 each, and the next pay jump is $3,190 for 99th place.

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 4,529

Here are the most recent eliminations, along with their payouts:

102nd:  Eric Afriat  –  $2,840
103rd:  Joseph Sylvester  –  $2,840
104th:  Wilfor Marentes Pinto  –  $2,840
105th:  Benjamin Rascona  –  $2,840
107th:  Fred Goldberg  –  $2,840
108th:  Michael Goldfarb  –  $2,840

109th:  Patrick Michaud  –  $2,540
110th:  Emmanuel Dimaano, Jr.  –  $2,540
111th:  Michael Decesare  –  $2,540
112th:  Zachary Canu  –  $2,540
113th:  Ernest Perry  –  $2,540
114th:  Michael Kurimsky  –  $2,540
115th:  Jeff Rodriguez  –  $2,540
116th:  Aaron Valencia  –  $2,540
117th:  David McMahon  –  $2,540

118th:  Sergio De Benedictis  –  $2,340
119th:  Peter Pilz  –  $2,340
120th:  Damon Wilson  –  $2,340
121st:  Allan Talley  –  $2,340
122nd:  Ricardo Alves De Lim Tavares  –  $2,340
123rd:  Gary Gelman  –  $2,340
124th:  Ryan Welsh  –  $2,340
126th:  Ryan Bunes  –  $2,340

127th:  Andrew Koski  –  $2,160
128th:  Ian Mandell  –  $2,160
129th:  Julio Sanchez  –  $2,160
130th:  Brandon Guillory  –  $2,160
131st:  Carl Cajuste  –  $2,160
132nd:  Jessica Meir  –  $2,160
133rd:  Matthew Reed  –  $2,160
134th:  Marcus Stein  –  $2,160
135th:  Harry Misner  –  $2,160

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Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 4,529

Level 23 came to an end, and the players left for their 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:50 pm EDT.

With 101 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 895,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,840 each, and the next pay jump is $3,190 for 99th place.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least two million in chips, and here are the top five:

1.  Sergio Giha  –  2,845,000  (95 bb)
2.  Richard Newton  –  2,440,000  (81 bb)
3.  Joseph Rossi  –  2,165,000  (72 bb)
4.  Steven McKoy  –  2,035,000  (68 bb)
5.  Trevan Hansen  –  1,920,000  (64 bb)

And here are a couple of the other big stacks in the field:

Lunique Petiote  –  1,835,000  (61 bb)
Zachary Eichenbaum  –  1,750,000  (58 bb)

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 4,529

Shawn Lucas limped under the gun for 25,000, Lunique Petiote raised from middle position to 75,000, and Benjamin Rascona moved all in from the button for 175,000.

Lucas folded, and Petiote called with . Rascona turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Petiote won the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, to eliminate Rascona in 105th place.

Lunique Petiote  –  1,900,000  (76 bb)
Benjamin Rascona  –  Eliminated in 105th Place  ($2,840)

With 104 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 870,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,840 each, and the next pay jump is $3,190 for 99th place.

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  113 of 4,529

Seneca Easley was all in from the big blind for 365,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against his opponent’s in the hijack.

The board came , and Easley paired his king on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Seneca wants his wife Shanna (who’s reading the updates at home) to know that he really is here at the tournament, and he’s doing quite well at the moment, having locked up at least $2,540, with a shot at the first prize of $352,200.

Seneca Easley  –  770,000  (31 bb)

With 113 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 800,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,540 each, and the next pay jump is $2,840 for 108th place.

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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  126 of 4,529

In the last hand of Level 22, with the blinds at 10,000-20,000, Event 1 champion Joseph Rossi raised under the gun to 45,000, Andrew Koski moved all in from UTG+1 for 325,000, and Rossi tanked for a while before he called with .

Koski turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Rossi to win the pot and eliminate Koski in 127th place.

Joseph Rossi  –  1,750,000  (70 bb)
Andrew Koski  –  Eliminated in 127th Place  ($2,160)

With 126 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 720,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,340 each, and the next pay jump is $2,540 for 117th place.