Event 1: Level Up....Tran Tanks...Two More Bust

$350 + 50 Deep Stack NL Hold'em (Re-Entry)

After Michael Marder opened the pot to 110,000, Tony Tran three-bet to 315,000 from the button.  Mark Sykes who was in the big blind asked Marder how much he was playing, and after receiving the answer (about 900,000), Sykes declared himself all-in.  Marder folded behind and Tran was deep in the tank, for about 6-7 minutes.

While Tran was thinking we lost Dixit Patel (Langhorn, PA) in 25th place ($2,480), and Joseph Ramsaroop (Rockaway, NJ) in 24th place ($2,480).

Tran would eventually fold his hand, and we'd be on to the next one.  All the while the blinds would increase in the middle of that hand to 30,000/60,000/5,000.