$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 279

Sidi Taleb and Mitchell King decided to forgo the scheduled break and they continue pushing towards a winner. King dropped down, found a double, and now they are back to where they started heads-up.

Seat 5: Sidi Taleb – 4,825,000 (97 bb)
Seat 8: Mitchell King – 2,150,000 (43 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $33,007 + WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $23,087

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 279

Seat 5: Sidi Taleb – 4,900,000 (98 bb)
Seat 8: Mitchell King – 2,075,000 (42 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $33,007 + WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $23,087

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 279

Seat 4: James “Ping” Kerr – 1,200,000 (24 bb)
Seat 5: Sidi Taleb – 3,600,000 (72 bb)
Seat 8: Mitchell King – 2,220,000 (44 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $33,007 + WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $23,087
3rd: $14,186

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 279

James “Ping” Kerr opened to 100,000 and Brian Arbaugh three-bet to 275,000 from the small blind. Mitchell King folded his big blind and Kerr announced all in. Arbaugh called with a similar stack and it was a race.

Kerr:
Arbaugh:

The board came to send the pot to Kerr. He was the all-in at risk player after counting the stacks. Kerr was all-in for 1,065,000 and Arbaugh was left with only 325,000. Three hands later, he was eliminated by Sidi Taleb when his was no good against .

James “Ping” Kerr – 2,210,000 (74 bb)
Brian Arbaugh – Eliminated in 4th Place ($8,629)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 279

Brian Arbaugh was down to 390,000 and moved all in from the cutoff. Rocco DeFina reshipped from the small blind for 590,000 to isolate.

Arbaugh:
DeFina:

DeFina was in great shape to knock Arbaugh out but fell behind on the flop. Arbaugh took the lead with two pair aces and sixes and they held on the turn and river to double.

DeFina was down to 200,000 and was eliminated on the next hand.

Brian Arbaugh – 840,000 (28 bb)
Rocco DeFina – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,664)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 279

Level 23 came to an end and players are enjoying a 10-minute break.

Seat 3: Rocco DeFina – 690,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: James “Ping” Kerr – 2,120,000 (71 bb)
Seat 5: Sidi Taleb – 1,610,000 (54 bb)
Seat 6: Brian Arbaugh – 705,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Mitchell King – 1,860,000 (62 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $33,007 + WPTDeepStacks Main Event seat
2nd: $23,087
3rd: $14,186
4th: $8,629
5th: $6,664

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 279

James “Ping” Kerr opened to 65,000 from under the gun, Sidi Taleb called, and Tom Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop came and Nguyen bet 65,000. Kerr bet enough to put Nguyen all in for his 420,000 and Nguyen called all in.

Kerr:
Nguyen:

Nguyen was on a flush draw up against Kerr’s flopped trip threes. The turn was and the river filled Kerr’s boat to send Nguyen out.

James “Ping” Kerr – 2,080,000 (83 bb)
Tom Nguyen – Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,522)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 279

Sidi Taleb opened to 70,000 from the hijack and Brent Pasquarella moved all in from the button for 235,000. The blinds folded and Taleb called.

Pasquarella:
Taleb:

Pasquarella was drawing live but found nothing on the board and kickers played to send Pasquarella out in seventh place.

Sidi Taleb – 1,800,000 (72 bb)
Brent Pasquarella – Eliminated in 7th Place ($4,706)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 279

James “Ping” Kerr opened to 45,000 from early position and Mitchell King three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Wayne Daley moved all in for 235,000 from the big blind, Kerr folded, and King called.

King:
Mitchell:

Mitchell found big ace with the short stack but ran into a monster. He picked up a gutshot on the flop but was gone after the spread.

Mitchell King – 2,450,000 (123 bb)
Wayne Daley – Eliminated in 8th Place ($4,014)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 279

With the flop reading , Sidi Taleb checked, and Mitchell King bet 40,000. Taleb check-raised to 115,000 and King announced all-in. Taleb thought for a minute and called at risk for 435,000.

Taleb:
Mitchell:

Both flopped top pair but Mitchell was outkicked. The turn and river finished the board and Taleb doubled up.

Sidi Taleb – 930,000 (47 bb)
Mitchell King – 1,540,000 (77 bb)