$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 28: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante

At the break, there were 37 players remaining, and the first 24 minutes of the level, the pace had slowed so much that there were no bustouts.

After a flop of , Daniel Visconti moved all in from the big blind for 370,000, and chipleader Fabian Foster thought for a bit before he called with (two overcards). Visconti turned over for a gutshot straight draw, and he’d need to improve to stay alive.

The turn was the , and the river was — the . Visconti had already stood up to leave, but celebrated with a fist pump when he caught his river card to stay alive.

Even with this lost pot, Foster still appears to be the chipleader.

Daniel Visconti  –  1,050,000  (18 bb)
Fabian Foster  –  4,100,000  (68 bb)

A little more than halfway thru the level, James Salmon raised UTG+1 to 125,000, the button moved all in for 355,000, and Salmon thought for a while before calling with . The button turned over , needing to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Salmon won the pot with his jack to finally bust someone in 37th place. That caused another pay jump as the field was down to the final three tables. Salmon already has experience winning the first event of a big series, as he won Event 1 ($250 NLHE) in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown this past April.

James Salmon  –  3,770,000  (63 bb)

Within a minute of that elimination, there were two more, and there are now 34 players remaining, with an average chip stack around 1.78 million (30 big blinds). These players are all guaranteed at least $2,946, and the next pay jump is $3,762 for 27th place.