$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 398

Ronnie Day open-shoved for 525,000 from early position and Karl Manouchakian called from the hijack. The rest of the table folded and the cards were tabled.

Day:
Manouchakian:

Day needed help against Manouchakian’s kings and found it when he paired his ace on the flop. He took the lead and doubled up when the board finished turn and river.

Ronnie Day – 1,200,000 (20 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – 730,000 (12 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 398

Seat 1: Ethan Blauner – 285,000 (6 bb)
Seat 2: Fred Paradis – 1,800,000 (36 bb)
Seat 3: Ronnie Day – 500,000 (10 bb)
Seat 4: Jacob Naumann – 1,980,000 (40 bb)
Seat 5: Karl Manouchakian – 1,525,000 (31 bb)
Seat 6: Manny Minaya – 1,600,000 (32 bb)
Seat 7: Nick Ahmadi – 1,500,000 (30 bb)
Seat 8: Christopher Mo – 2,600,000 (52 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $42,920 + Trophy
2nd: $30,080
3rd: $19,340
4th: $12,870
5th: $9,905
6th: $8,200
7th: $6,885
8th: $5,590

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 398

Not much happened during Level 25 but that changed halfway through Level 26. Enzo Romano put his short stack in the middle with but ran into Nick Ahmadi’s and could not find a save to exit in 10th place.

At the other table, Timony Pettus was all-in for 310,000 and Christopher Mo called to put him at risk as well.

Mo:
Pettus:

Pettus was ahead with big slick but Mo paired his eight on the flop. The board finished turn and river and the final table was set with eight players.

9th: Timothy Pettus – $4,295
10th: Enzo Romano – $3,615
11th: Richard Rossi – $3,615

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 398

Event 6 was sent on another break with 11 players remaining and Christopher Mo leading. He is up to 2,320,000 with Karl Manouchakian in second with 2,150,000. Nick Ahmadi’s 1,450,000 and Enzo Romaro’s 1,425,000 also have them sitting comfy.

Blinds increase to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 and the average stack at 1,085,000 (27 bb).

12th: Nicolas Scholz – $3,615
13th: Greg Joslyn – $3,030
14th: Olamide Otti – $3,030
15th: Federico Herrera – $3,030
16th: Nick Sena-Hopkins – $2,485

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 398

At the same time Ryan Parsa was going out in 18th place, there was another huge hand playing on the other table.

With the flop out and reading , three players put their stacks in the middle. Larry Eckhardt was the shortest stack with 656,000 and Karl Manouchakian was second biggest with 580,000 against Christopher Mo’s big stack.

Mo:
Manouchakian:
Eckhardt:

Eckhardt was best preflop but both Mo and Manouchakian flopped sets. Manouchakian was still in rough shape with his bottom set against Mo’s set of fours, nothing changed on the turn, but he nailed the one-out, case deuce river to nearly triple up while sending Eckhardt out in 16th place.

Karl Manouchakian – 1,725,000 (69 bb)
Christopher Mo – 1,600,000 (64 bb)
Larry Eckhardt – Eliminated in 16th Place ($2,485)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 398

Sheng Han opened for his entire 220,000-chip stack, it folded around to Nick Ahmadi in the big blind and he called.

Ahmadi:
Han:

Han had bad kicker problems and the gave Ahmadi the overkill nut flush to send Han out in 19th place.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the last two tables.

Nick Ahmadi – 680,000 (27 bb)

19th: Sheng Han – $2,070
20th: Michael Hernandez – $2,070
21st: Jason Kapoor – $2,070

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 398

Karl Manouchakian opened to 45,000 from the cutoff and Jacob Naumann moved all in for 115,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Manouchakian called.

Naumann:
Manouchakian:

It was a flip and Naumann needed to catch to double. He did not pair the flop but picked up a small gutshot in addition to his overs. The turn filled his straight but Manouchakian turned a set of nines. The river did not pair the board and Naumann had his double.

Jacob Naumann – 280,000 (14 bb)
Karl Manouchakian – 680,000 (34 bb)

22nd: Hamid Izadi – $1,740
23rd: John Ostberg – $1,740
24th: Christian Roberts – $1,740
25th: Brandon Miller – $1,450
26th: Hazem Uhieddin – $1,450
27th: Bryce Williams – $1,450

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 398

Massimo Dirienzo, fourth-place finisher in our huge WSOP Circuit opening event, was unable to run up his stack and was eliminated in 28th place by Ronnie Day. That triggered a three-table redraw and the 27 remaining players were moved to new seats.

28th: Massimo Dirienzo – $1,180
29th: Ken O’Donnell – $1,180
30th: Derek Nold – $1,180
31st: Frank Menendez – $1,180

Remaining payouts:

1st: $42,920 + Trophy
2nd: $30,080
3rd: $19,340
4th: $12,870
5th: $9,905
6th: $8,200
7th: $6,885
8th: $5,590
9th: $4,295
10th-12th: $3,615
13th-15th: $3,030
16th-18th: $2,485
19th-21st: $2,070
22nd-24th: $1,740
25th-27th: $1,450

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 398

Level 20 came to an end and staff sent the remaining players on a 15-minute break while the 1K chips were colored out of play.

Two big stacks emerged while the field dropped with Manny Minaya’s 1,135,000 leading and Nick Ahmadi not far behind with 1,035,000.

32nd: Michael Sanchez – $1,180
33rd: Justin Mills – $1,180
34th: Jonmikel MacNichols – $1,180
35th: Tyler Kolness – $1,180
36th: Emanuel Ibarry Quinonez – $1,180
37th: Derrik Shaun Rather – $1,055

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 398

Elie Williams open-shoved for 124,000 from under the gun and Nick Sena-Hopkins three-bet shipped for 219,000 next to act. It folded around to Bryan Hunter in the small blind and he called all in for ~180,000 for a big three-way pot.

Williams:
Sena-Hopkins:
Hunter:

“Everyone gets a hand?” Williams half-joked.

Williams was in trouble with his deuces, Hunter needed his queens to hold to stay in the game, but it was Sena-Hopkins pairing his ace on the flop to take the lead. He made aces up on the turn and secured the double knockout on the river.

Nick Sena-Hopkins – 543,000 (45 bb)

38th: Bryan Hunter – $1,055
39th: Elie Williams – $1,055
40th: Christopher Dombrowski – $1,055
41st: Trevor Phelps – $1,055
42nd: Jesse Lonis – $1,055