Event 1
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 32
Tim Flank
The action folded to Tim Flank in late position and he moved all in for about 650,000. The player on the button put his last 275,000 in the pot and the blinds quickly folded.
Tim Flank: 
Button: 
The dealer fanned the 
flop and Flank paired his seven to take the lead. The turn 
and river 
sealed the deal for Flank to earn him the pot and the knockout.
Tim Flank- 1,050,000
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 26: Blinds 25,000/50,000/50,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 35
Edwin Ortiz
Edwin Ortiz was in the middle of the pack for much of the day but he has quietly chipped up following the dinner break. Ortiz just picked up a couple of key pots mainly without showdown and has moved into the chip lead.
He is now playing a massive stack of just over 4,000,000 with just 35 players left in the hunt.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 25: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 36
Jeryl Sales
Olamide Otti
The following players were eliminated in 37-45th place and will take home $3,176 for their efforts.
37. Lyle Diamond
38. Jeryl Sales
39. Alex Jackson
40. Olamide Otti
41. Steven Juricek
42. Damon Ferrante
43. Matthew Holmquist
44. Nathan Cho
45. Geoffrey Girgis
John Lee
The following players were eliminated in 46-54th place and will each take home $2,722 for their efforts.
46. George O’Shea
47. Svetlana Shuster
48. Staffan Lind
49. Martin Fritz
50. Daniel Gordon
51. Christopher Delgrande
52. Anonymous
53. John Lee
54. Christopher Capone
$540+$60 Deep Stack Kick-Off NLH
$1 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 25: Blinds 20,000/40,000/40,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 39
Jeff Deegan
Mike Dichiaro raised to 85,000 from under the gun and Jeff Deegan re-raised to 225,000 from middle position. It folded back to Dichiaro who called and they went heads up to the 
flop.
Dichiaro check-called a bet of 250,000 from Deegan and the dealer burned and turned the 
.
Dichiaro checked and Deegan moved all in for 620,000. Dichiaro quickly folded his 
face up and Deegan dragged in the pot.
Jeff Deegan- 1,670,000
Mike Dichiaro- 1,550,000
Mike Dichiaro
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
End of Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 41
Average Stack: 1.17 million
We are down to the final 41 players here in Event 1 and they are now on a one hour dinner break. Play will resume at 8:40pm.
Larry Renzelli is holding strong at the top with 3,600,000.
John Rogers sits in second with 2,600,000 and Leonardo Palermo rounds out the top three with 2,500,000. Below is a look at some updated chip counts from the field.
We will pick right back up on all of the live tournament action when play resumes.
Larry Renzelli- 3,600,000
John Rogers- 2,600,000
Leonardo Palermo- 2,500,000
Mike Dichiaro- 2,100,000
Yue Zhu- 1,750,000
Jeryl Sales- 1,700,000
John Wilson- 1,500,000
Daniel Peck- 1,350,000
Gilberto Taveras-Garcia- 1,350,000
Matt Holmquist- 1,250,000
Aubrey Williams- 1,100,000
Bill Gazes- 1,100,000
Lyle Diamond- 1,000,000
Vyacheslav Niyazov- 950,000
Jay Zimmet- 750,000
Renn Pfeiffer- 700,000
Tim Flank- 650,000
Olamide Otti- 500,000
| Place | Payout |
| 1 | $183,213 |
| 2 | $115,956 |
| 3 | $76,934 |
| 4 | $65,238 |
| 5 | $53,945 |
| 6 | $43,358 |
| 7 | $33,779 |
| 8 | $24,704 |
| 9 | $17,646 |
| 10 – 12 | $11,596 |
| 13 – 15 | $7,562 |
| 16 – 18 | $5,243 |
| 19 – 27 | $4,437 |
| 28 – 36 | $3,731 |
| 37 – 45 | $3,176 |
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
End of Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 41
Average Stack: 1.17 million
Damon Ferrante
On the last hand before dinner, Damon Ferrante got his short-stack in holding AQ against another short stack, who had him covered by only 10,000, but had him beat with pocket Tens.
Damon got no help on the board and was busted, finishing 42nd for $3,176.
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 42
Average Stack: 1.15 million
Larry Renzelli
Larry Renzelli has distanced himself from the field after dragging yet another pot. His full house was paid off by Gilberto Taveras-Garcia holding the nut flush and Larry’s now playing north of 3.6 million.
Just a few minutes remain until the dinner break, when we’ll get some solid chip counts posted.
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Structure Sheet
Level 14: 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 42
Renn Pfeiffer
Renn Pfeiffer who started Day 2 with the chip lead was just at risk for her tournament life. Pfeiffer was all in pre-flop for her last 460,000 holding 
against the 
of her opponent.
The board ran out 
and Pfeiffer improved to a set of jacks to earn the double up. Pfeiffer dragged in the pot and breathed a sigh of relief after surviving her all in moment.
Renn Pfeiffer- 1,025,000
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 24: Blinds 15,000/30,000/30,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 46
Average Stack: 1 million
Blinds are up for the last level before the dinner break.
Larry Renzelli
Larry Renzelli has taken the chip lead with 2.4 million.
Michael DiChiaro
Michael DiChiaro is on his immediate right and playing ~2.2 million.
John Rogers
Anonymous is also stacking about 2.2 million and is sharing a table with John Rogers, who is up to more than 2.1 million.
Leonardo Palermo has also crested the 2 million mark.
Leonardo Palermo
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Structure Sheet | Payouts
Level 23: Blinds 15,000/25,000/25,000 BB Ante
Total Entries: 1,925
Players Remaining: 50
Average Stack: 963,000
Aubrey Williams
On table 6, seat 1 (cutoff) was all-in holding 
; seat 3 (sb) was all-in holding 
and Aubrey Williams (bb) had both covered and tabled 
.
The flop came 
giving Aubrey a flush draw to go with the two overcards. Both other players picked up straight draws. The 
on the turn gave Aubrey a pair and the lead, and the 
river card sealed the deal.
Aubrey scooped it all, chipping up to ~650,000. Both opponents were busted.