$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 72 of 4,363

There was over 800,000 in the pot, and the flop read when the big blind moved all in for 410,000. UTG got out of the way before Chris Mo reraised all in for a little under 2 million from the hijack, and the cutoff called all in as well. All three players then flipped over their cards.

Mo:
Cutoff:
Big Blind:

The turn and river didn’t bring any help, so Mo took out both of his opponents to stack up a commanding chip lead worth 4,625,000 after collecting the pot.

Chris Mo – 4,625,000 (92 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 4,363

David Dykes was all in preflop for 530,000 under the gun with in the hole, and the cutoff has him covered holding .

The board ran out , and Dykes doubled up to survive with 1.16 million after collecting the pot.

David Dykes – 1,160,000 (29 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 4,363

David Sathue got all in with in the hole from the cutoff, and Jovan Jojic had him covered holding on the button.

The board was dealt , and Sathue doubled up to survive with 1.1 million after the hand. Jojic is left with 570,000 after the hand.

David Sathue – 1,100,000 (27 bb)
Jovan Jojic – 570,000 (14 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 90 of 4,363

A player in late position was all in with in the hole for a short stack, and Barrett Worst had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Worst took out his opponent to build his stack up to 1,560,000.

Barrett Worst – 1,560,000 (52 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 4,363

Brian Cooper got all in with in the hole from the button, and the cutoff had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Cooper doubled up to survive with 650,000 after collecting the pot.

Brian Cooper – 650,000 (21 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  99 of 4,363

The remaining players just went to another break on Day 2 of the massive kickoff event to the tournament series, and there were three players with more than 2 million in chips at that time.

Chris Mo leads the field with close to 2.7 million, and he is joined at the top by Rohit Palla (2.15 million) and Jovan Jojic (2.1 million).

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  113 of 4,363

Action folded to the button and he moved all in for 275,000. Clyde Maliauka was sitting in the big blind with a much bigger stack and called.

Maliauka:
Button:

Maliauka was ahead and improved on the flop when he paired his seven. The button player picked up an open-ended straight draw but blanked the turn and river to exit in 114th place.

Clyde Maliauka – 1,250,000 (50 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  134 of 4,363

Chris Mo opened to 45,000 and saw an opponent move all in for 310,000. Nicole Diaz called, Mo called, and the flop came . Diaz moved all in for 200,000 and Mo called with the bigger stack to put both players at risk.

Diaz:
Mo:
Short Stack:

Diaz jumped out of her seat, leading with her queens in the massive pot, and asked for it to hold. The turn was safe, but the two-out came on the river to send the pot to Mo while Diaz and their other opponent were eliminated.

There were unconfirmed reports of someone folding a ten, making that the case ten, but a long shot KO either way.

Chris Mo – 1,895,000 (95 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  249 of 4,363

With about 175,000 in the pot, Aaron Thivyanathan was heads up and his opponent shoved for 125,000 with the board reading . Thivynatan called and we saw the hands.

Thivyanathan:
Opponent:

They were racing preflop but Thivyanathan took the lead when he paired his queen. The river finished the board and Thivyanathan stacked up.

This is continuing a great weekend for Thivyanathan; this is his fourth cash in six tournament with three final tables.

Aaron Thivyanathan – 605,000 (30 bb)

$600 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  200 of 4,363

Players returned to their seats after the color up break and we found the big stacks in the room while they were gone. Lucas Tae jumped to the top, quietly building in the back of the Event Center, and leads with 1,350,000.

Daniel Pearlman, Willie Wiggins, and Igor Evseev round out the list of players with over one million with Fred Paradis not far behind them with 955,000. Evseev already owns one of those WPT trophies, taking the spot in Hollywood’s $400 Big Stack during the WPT Poker Showdown.

Lucas Tae – 1,350,000 (68 bb)
Daniel Pearlman – 1,200,000 (60 bb)
Willie Wiggins – 1,030,000 (52 bb)
Igor Evseev – 1,025,000 (51 bb)