$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

Players were sent on another break with nine players remaining and Fred Paradis still at the top. They will play three more levels before taking a 30-minute dinner break.

Seat 1: Jeevan Nomula – 555,000 (28 bb)
Seat 2: Nick Scholz – 720,000 (36 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 775,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Gabriel Fuller – 750,000 (38 bb)
Seat 5: Walter Thornton – 330,000 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Fred Paradis – 1,370,000 (69 bb)
Seat 7: Yan Jiang – 380,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Alexander Grassia – 1,285,000 (64 bb)
Seat 9: Jason Block – 675,000 (34 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th: $1,620

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

The Event 3 final table is underway with Fred Paradis leading and Alexander Grassia not far behind. Blinds are up to 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante and the average stack is about 753,000 (47 bb).

Seat 1: Jeevan Nomula – 385,000 (24 bb)
Seat 2: Nick Scholz – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Seat 3: Frank Weigel – 740,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Gabriel Fuller – 645,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Walter Thornton – 432,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Fred Paradis – 1,315,000 (82 bb)
Seat 7: Yan Jiang – 310,000 (19 bb)
Seat 8: Alexander Grassia – 1,200,000 (75 bb)
Seat 9: Jason Block – 625,000 (39 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th: $1,620

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 226

With the board reading and the pot already huge, Table 22 kept the action going. Jeffrey Kohlman was all in at risk for about 110,000 while Nashaat Antonious and Alexander Grassia were playing a side pot for 83,000 each.

The turn came , Antonious checked, Grassia announced all in and Antonious called at risk for 247,000.

Kohlman:
Antonious:
Grassia:

Kohlman flopped top pair top kicker, Antonious had an over pair of jacks, but Grassia flopped the nine-high straight and had both players drawing dead to the river to drag the massive pot.

Kohlman and Antonious were eliminated, Grassia stacked up to 1,100,000 and the field made it to the final table when Maurice Haynes was eliminated soon after.

10th: Maurice Haynes – $1,620
11th: Nashaat Antonious – $1,330
12th: Jeffrey Kohlman – $1,330
13th: Tony March – $1,130
14th: AJ Perez – $1,130
15th: Amie Martini – $970
16th: Chase Besuden – $970

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 226

It was a bit of a surprise to see AJ Perez walking to the payout desk since he hit the two-table redraw with a healthy stack.

“Look at Fred.” tournament staff said.

Fred Paradis looks like the recipient of Perez’s stack and jumped up to 981,000. Gabriel Fuller is still doing just fine with 785,000.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 226

It took less than one level to lose four players and trigger the two-table draw with 16 players remaining. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will catch up on the chip counts once things settle.

Table 21
Seat 1: Gabriel Fuller
Seat 2: AJ Perez
Seat 3: Nick Scholz
Seat 4: Tony March
Seat 5: Walter Thornton
Seat 6: Jason Block
Seat 7: Fred Paradis
Seat 8: Jeevan Nomula

Table 22
Seat 1: Yan Jiang
Seat 2: Nashaat Antonious
Seat 3: Amie Martini
Seat 4: Alexander Grassia
Seat 5: Maurice Haynes
Seat 6: Frank Weigel
Seat 7: Jeffrey Kohlmann
Seat 8: Chase Besuden

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,330
13th-14th: $1,130
15th-16th: $970
17th: Jake Ferro – $860
18th: Sean Boland – $860
19th: Thomas Gustafson – $860
20th: Michael Cohen – $860

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 226

The first break ended and action is back underway with 20 players remaining and levels are now 40 minutes for the duration. Gabriel Fuller is holding a pretty decent lead but some talent is trying to chase him down.

Blinds are up to 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante and the average stack is about 338,000 (34 bb).

Table 11
Seat 1: Sean Boland – 157,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Chase Besuden – 123,000 (12 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Tony March – 422,000 (42 bb)
Seat 5: Jeevan Nomula – 268,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Frank Weigel – 172,000 (17 bb)
Seat 7: Nashaat Antonious – 354,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Amie Martini – 276,000 (28 bb)

Table 21
Seat 1: Fred Paradis – 429,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Jeffrey Kohlmann – 337,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Yan Jiang – 500,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Cohen – 190,000 (19 bb)
Seat 7: Alexander Grassia – 345,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Gabriel Fuller – 899,000 (90 bb)

Table 22
Seat 1: Walter Thornton – 391,000 (39 bb)
Seat 2: Maurice Haynes – 367,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Jake Ferro – 380,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: Nick Scholz – 427,000 (43 bb)
Seat 5: Thomas Gustafson – 63,000 (6 bb)
Seat 6: AJ Perez – 354,000 (35 bb)
Seat 7: Jason Block – 302,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,330
13th-14th: $1,130
15th-16th: $970
17th-20th: $860
21st: Toan Pham – $780
22nd: Michael Silva – $780
23rd: John McGuinness – $780
24th: Edgardo Rosario – $780

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 226

With 30 players returning and a few shorter stacks, the field quickly dropped down to the last three tables and the rest caught a pay jump. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will pick up chip counts on their first break coming up.

Table 11
Seat 1: Sean Boland
Seat 2: Chase Besuden
Seat 3: Michael Silva
Seat 4: Alexander Grassia
Seat 5: Jeevan Nomula
Seat 6: Frank Weigel
Seat 7: Nashaat Antonious
Seat 8: Amie Martini

Table 21
Seat 1: Fred Paradis
Seat 2: Toan Pham
Seat 3: John McGuinness
Seat 4: Jeffrey Kohlmann
Seat 5: Yan Jiang
Seat 6: Michael Cohen
Seat 7: Edgardo Rosario
Seat 8: Gabriel Fuller

Table 22
Seat 1: Walter Thornton
Seat 2: Maurice Haynes
Seat 3: Jake Ferro
Seat 4: Nick Scholz
Seat 5: Thomas Gustafson
Seat 6: AJ Perez
Seat 7: Jason Block
Seat 8: Tony March

1st: $16,860 + PPO Trophy
2nd: $11,220
3rd: $8,140
4th: $5,990
5th: $4,480
6th: $3,390
7th: $2,610
8th: $2,040
9th-10th: $1,620
11th-12th: $1,330
13th-14th: $1,130
15th-16th: $970
17th-20th: $860
21st-24th: $780

25th: Andre Gaddis – $720
26th: Jonathan Albert – $720
27th: George Decandio – $720
28th: Daniel Zappulla – $720
29th: Branden Rosario – $720
30th: Darren Rose – $720

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 226

The clock hit noon and cards went back in the air for Day 2 of PPO Event 3 with most of Level 15 to run. They will take a break at the end of Level 16 and blind levels increase to 40 minutes for the rest of the tournament.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 226

Event 3 was the last multi-flight tournament before the PPO Championship kicks off tomorrow and the $400 Deep Stack drew 226 entries to surpass its $50,000 guarantee easily.

We saw 30 players make it through to Day 2, which gets underway at noon with everyone in the money and guaranteed at least $720. But the big money is up top, with $16,860 set aside for the Event 3 champ.

AJ Perez leads the return, with Gabriel Fuller, Yan Jiang, Maurice Haynes, and Nick Scholz rounding out the top five. The stacks are deep, and they’ll start playing 40-minute levels after the first break, so still anyone’s game.

It will be a fun warmup before the Championship.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. AJ Perez – 663,000 (133 bb)
2. Gabriel Fuller – 549,000 (110 bb)
3. Yan Jiang – 539,000 (108 bb)
4. Maurice Haynes – 438,000 (88 bb)
5. Nick Scholz – 377,000 (75 bb)
6. Alexander Grassia – 370,000 (74 bb)
7. Nashaat Antonious – 287,000 (57 bb)
8. Fred Paradis – 285,000 (57 bb)
9. Edgardo Rosario – 271,000 (54 bb)
10. Sean Boland – 250,000 (50 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts