$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 18: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 251 of 2,923
Average Stack: 233,000 (39 big blinds)

There were two all-in showdowns on the first hand of hand-for-hand play, and both of the players at risk were eliminated. Here’s how the last one happened:

Darren Rabinowitz opened to 15,000 under the gun, and a player behind him three-bet shoved for 51,000.  Rabinowitz called, flipping for the bubble-bursting knockout.

Rabinowitz:
Opponent:

The board ran out , and Rabinowitz’s pocket pair held up to earn him the pot.

That was the elimination that officially reduced the field to 250 players, and they’re now all in the money. Everyone left is guaranteed to earn at least $1,228 with more than a quarter million dollars awaiting the eventual winner.

Darren Rabinowitz – 356,000 (59 bb)