$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,463

Level 23 came to an end and tournament staff sent the 26 remaining players on a 30-minute dinner break.

They will return to blinds at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack about 1,125,000 (28 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,463

Gabriel Garcia opened the action from the cutoff, the button player raised to 250,000 and Joshua Moore shipped for 580,000 from the small blind. Garcia called the shove and the button thought for several minutes before he folded fives face up.

Garcia:
Moore:

Garcia had a bigger pair and it held as the board ran . He won the pot but the river five made the button player jump a bit.

Gabriel Garcia – 1,625,000 (54 bb)
Joshua Moore – Eliminated in 27th Place ($2,480)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 1,463

In a battle of the blinds, both Steve Adams and William Davis picked up big hands and got their chips in the middle. Davis was at risk for 225,000 and needed help.

Davis:
Adams:

Davis had two suited over cards, missed the flop, but picked up a diamond draw. He added chop outs on the turn but blanked the river to exit in 28th place.

A great run for Davis who came into Day 2 sitting 124th out of 148.

Steve Adams – 755,000 (25 bb)
William Davis – Eliminated in 28th Place ($2,480)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,463

Another table broke and Event 2 is down to 32 players as the blinds increased. George Allen is also increasing on his own, up to 1,975,000 and on the verge of topping two million.

Blinds are up to 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is about 915,000 (30 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 1,463

Tom McDonald opened the action from early position and Ricardo Eyzaguirre moved all in for 305,000 from the small blind. McDonald thought for a few minutes and called with the bigger stack.

McDonald:
Eyzaguirre:

Eyzaguirre was drawing live with the two over but McDonald flopped a set of sixes on the board. The turn and river finished the board and Eyzaguirre was eliminated.

Tom McDonald – 965,000 (39 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – Eliminated in 39th Place ($1,840)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,463

Blinds are up, players are down, and Steve Adams is climbing. Event 2 reached the last five tables of the tournament and they will continue to move right along until they near the final table.

Steve Adams began the day among the leaders and he’s still up there. He now sits with 1,410,000 and one of the big stacks in the room.

Blinds are up to 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 730,000 (29 bb).

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 1,463

Action folded to David Bennett and he moved all in for 120,000. Nicole Diaz jammed over the top for more from the button and the blinds folded.

Diaz:
Bennett:

Diaz found action for her big hand and it held on the board to send Bennett out while building her stack.

Nicole Diaz – 510,000 (26 bb)
David Bennett – Eliminated in 49th Place ($1,440)

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 1,463

Cards are back in the air after the second break with 55 players remaining and some big money coming up.

Bryan Winchell continues to lead and increased his stack to 1,650,000 and Enreko Fracassi is the latest making a big move and sits with 1,130,000.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  57 of 1,463

There is a color up break on the horizon but staff needed to put some bigger chips in play before we got there. Bryan Winchell added so many to his stack that tournament staff pulled off half of his castle in exchange for five 100K chips.

He is up to 1,520,000 and taking his turn at the top.

$400 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,463

After a series of unfortunate hands and raises, MT Tawfik was all in for 335,000 against the bigger stack of James Calderaro.

Tawfik:
Calderaro:

It was a huge race for a lot of chip and Tawfik needed to hold to double up. Calderaro took the lead when he paired his queen on the flop. The turn and river finished the board for a surprising end to Tawfik’s run.

James Calderaro – 837,000 (52 bb)
MT Tawfik – Eliminated in 65th Place ($1,180)