$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining:  8 of 478 6n3a4g

On a flop of with roughly 250,000 in the pot, John McDonald was in the big blind and check-called 300,000 from Rosario Simone in the hijack.

The turn was the , McDonald checked, Simone went all in for about 410,000, and McDonald called with for a flush.

Simone was drawing dead with , rendering the river moot.

John McDonald  –  2,340,000  (59 bb)
Rosario Simone  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($9,180)

With eight players remaining, the average stack is about 1,795,000  (45 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $12,160.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 478

Michael Wang raised to 60,000 from early position, Zhen Cai reraised all in for 720,000 from the hijack, Rosario Simone called in the small blind, and Wang folded.

Cai: 
Simone: 

The board ran out , giving Cai a pair of aces to double through Simone.

Zhen Cai  –  1,560,000  (52 bb)
Rosario Simone  –  720,000  (24 bb)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 478

Seat 1:  Michael Wang  –  5,280,000  (176 bb)
Seat 2:  John McDonald  –  1,580,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3:  Kharlin Sued  –  625,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:  Zhen Cai  –  720,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5:  Raminder Singh  –  1,230,000  (41 bb)
Seat 6:  Daniel Frederick  –  570,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7:  Rosario Simone  –  1,560,000  (52 bb)
Seat 8:  Armando Romero  –  2,010,000  (67 bb)
Seat 9:  Eric Siegel  –  645,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $90,695  + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $62,200
3rd:  $41,300
4th:  $28,355
5th:  $21,770
6th:  $18,145
7th:  $15,150
8th:  $12,160
9th:  $9,180

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 478

Play resumes at about 7:35 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Zhen Cai  –  885,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2:  Kharlin Sued  –  735,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  Daniel Frederick  –  465,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Michel Baroud  –  1,190,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5:  Jorge Galarza  –  400,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6:  Rosario Simone  –  885,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7:  Rich Alati  –  530,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Wang  –  2,800,000  (93 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Frederick Attias  –  585,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Armando Romero  –  1,585,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3:  Guy Naimi  –  330,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4:  Eric Siegel  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Nadya Magnus  –  710,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7:  Raminder Singh  –  1,125,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8:  John McDonald  –  1,035,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9:  David Mzareulov  –  315,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $90,695  + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $62,200
3rd:  $41,300
4th:  $28,355
5th:  $21,770
6th:  $18,145
7th:  $15,150
8th:  $12,160
9th-10th:  $9,180
11th-12th:  $7,575
13th-15th:  $5,980
16th:  $5,055

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 478

Krzysztof Spisak-Spisacki was all in for 275,000 from under the gun with against Michael Wang in the big blind holding .

The board ran out , safe for Wang to eliminate Spisak-Spisacki in 17th place.

Michael Wang  –  2,800,000  (112 bb)
Krzysztof Spisak-Spisacki  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($5,055)

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 478

As Event 16 players prepare for their 40-minute dinner break in a few minutes, we heard a commotion from Table 8. It turns out Nadya Magnus is announcing her return with a splash.

As told by the table, Raminder Singh flopped a set of aces, Magnus turned a straight to take the lead and added a straight flush on the river for overkill and sent her a huge double. She sits with 995,000 with two tables left and big money on the horizon.

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 478

Action has continued to blase along. Event 16 is down to 27 players shortly after another break and they redrew seats at the last three tables. They will play out these next three levels before taking a 40-minute dinner break and levels to up to 60 minutes after that.

Blinds are up to 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 530,000 (35 bb).

28th: Ryan Estrada – $2,690
29th: Kevin MacDonald – $2,690
30th: Craig Pollak – $2,690
31st: Farid Dridi – $2,690
32nd: Joe McCray – $2,690
33rd: Robert Lupo – $2,690
35th: Peter Kamaras – $2,690
36th: Julio Delgado – $2,690

37th: Neal Corcoran – $2,320
38th: Pasquale Caiazza – $2,320
39th: Jack Lieberman – $2,320
40th: Maroun Akiki – $2,320
41st: Aaron Flores – $2,320
42nd: Michael Chiappetta – $2,320
43rd: Brett Bader – $2,320
44th: Nancy Birnbaum – $2,320
45th: David Jackson – $2,320

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 478

Another level, another break, and another table shutdown in the march towards a champion. Nine more players took a walk to the payout desk to leave 45 in the field and each guaranteed at least $2,320.

46th: Barry Rosenkranz – $1,950
47th: Michael Graffeo – $1,950
48th: Nicholas Mahabee – $1,950
49th: Huicin Qiao – $1,950
50th: Shon Shlomo Perez – $1,950
51st: Chet Sickle – $1,950
52nd: Michael Wetcher – $1,950
53rd: Jamer Calderaro – $1,950
54th: Carlos Bermudez – $1,950

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 478

With 61 players returning already in the money, there was no waiting when they returned. They are getting the chips in, trying to double in a good spot. That meant a few were eliminated in the early action, including Hard Rock legend Sheddy Siddiqui.

55th: Dimitry Agrachov – $1,700
56th: Luis Gamboa – $1,700
57th: Lou Ojeda – $1,700
58th: David Inselberg – $1,700
59th: Anthony Askey – $1,700
60th: Sheddy Siddiqui – $1,700
61st: John DePersio – $1,700

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  61 of 478

The $1,100 Triple Stack tournament drew 478 entries over three starting flights to crush its $200,000 guarantee and set a talented field coming back for Day 2. They are all in the money and guaranteed at least $1,700 with all eyes on the $90K top prize.

They will play out the final 24:52 of Level 17 before going to 40 minutes levels until Level 24 when they increase to 60. Blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 and the average stack is 235,000 (39 bb) so settle in for a grind.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Eric Siegel – 800,000 (133 bb)
2. Michel Baroud – 595,000 (99 bb)
3. Christopher Agnello – 520,000 (87 bb)
4. Matthew Zarcadoolas – 459,000 (77 bb)
5. Zhen Cai – 455,000 (76 bb)
6. Armando Romero – 415,000 (69 bb)
7. Corel Theuma – 407,000 (68 bb)
8. Jorge Galarza – 406,000 (68 bb)
9. Julio Delgado – 391,000 (65 bb)
10. Kharlin Sued – 386,000 (64 bb)

Payouts