Event 1: Michael Tarafa Eliminated in 85th Place by Matthew Yorra

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  84 of 4,265

Michael Tarafa was all in from the cutoff with Qd5c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 9s9h of Matthew Yorra on the button.

The board came AhJh9d6s5h, and Yorra wont he pot with a flopped set of nines to eliminate Tarafa in 85th place.

Matthew Yorra  –  1,150,000  (38 bb)
Michael Tarafa  –  Eliminated in 85th Place  ($2,000)

With 84 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 1,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,000 each.

Action will continue tonight until the hard stop at 2:00 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.