$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  37 of 289

With the field one spot away from hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble (which was also the end-of-day bubble), Justin Haas down to just 15,000 in chips, and he would be forced all in from the big blind if/when it reached him.

That’s when Aria Homayoun Nejad got it all in from middle position for 92,000 with , and his opponent turned over in the hijack — a cooler situation so close to the Money Bubble.

The board came , and Homayoun Nejad won the pot with a flopped set of aces to double up in chips, knocking his opponent all the way down to just 12,000 in chips — this player would also be forced all in from the big blind in five hands.

Aria Homayoun Nejad  –  224,000  (28 bb)

A short while later, Charles Honkonen limped from middle position for 8,000 at another table, the player in the small blind moved all in for about 110,000, and Honkonen called with . His opponent turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Honkonen flopped a full house, fours full of jacks, to eliminate his opponent in 39th place.

Charles Honkonen  –  644,000  (81 bb)

At that point, the hands in progress would play to conclusion so the field could begin hand-for-hand play.

But one of those hands that was in progress had the player who ran kings into aces all in against four other players. As you might expect, the other four players checked all the way down, and when the hands were revealed, the short stack was eliminated in 38th place, bursting the Money Bubble before hand-for-hand play even began.

Meanwhile, the short stack everyone had originally been waiting for, John Haas, survived the flight with his 15,000.

The remaining 37 players began bagging up their chips for Day 2, where they will join the 14 survivors from Day 1A to play down to a winner. Every player that survived to Day 2 will finish in the money, and the prizepool and payouts will be posted later tonight.

Stay tuned for official chip counts from this Day 1B flight.