Ryan LaPlante just recouped some of his chips— the tune of nearly 2 million (including 360K from Viacheslav Fentisov who called on the flop)—from Paul Camby when LaPlante’s 9♠ 10♣ held up versus Camby’s A♦ 4♦ on a 9♥ 5♣ 3♣ K♥ K♠ board.

Paul Camby just increased his chip stack by 2.2-ish million against Viacheslav Fentisov when his 10♠ J♥ gave him two pair on a 2♥ 3♦ 10♣ J♣ A♦ board. Fentisov didn’t show so we will never know what he had.

Congratulations to Ryan Biggar from Las Vegas, NV who finished fifth in our DeepStack Extravaganza I Event #1 $400 NLH MonsterStack $100K GTD winning $10,174.

Biggar shoved preflop with his final 750K and was called by Ryan LaPlante. Biggar showed A♦ 2♦ and groaned when LaPlante showed his A♣ 4♦. In the battle of the Ryans, LaPlante didn’t even need the 4♥ that came on the river.

Congratulations to Gary Salazar from Cincinnati, OH who finished sixth in our DeepStack Extravaganza I Event #1 $400 NLH MonsterStack $100K GTD winning $7,678.

Viacheslav Fentisov dealt Salazar the brutal blow when he shoved preflop with A♣ Q♣. Salazar called with Q♠ 10♣. When the board hit J♣ 7♥ 4♣ 2♦ J♦, Salazar was eliminated.

Gary Salazar took a 1.82 million hit when he moved all-in with his seemingly strong J♣ A♣ on a 9♦ 2♠ 7♥ board and was called by Viacheslav Fentisov and his Q♣ 9♥. With an 8♦ and 7♦ rounding out the board, Salazar is considerably short-stacked at the moment.

Going into the Level 29 break, here is where our remaining six players stand:

Paul Camby: 2.3 million
Ryan LaPlante: 2.35 million
Viacheslav Fentisov: 2.54 million
Gary Salazar: 3.025 million
Ryan Bigger: 1.36 million
Antonio Carlos Kina: 5.36 million

When play resumes for Level 30, the blinds will be 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante.

Ryan LaPlante got a nice little 2 million chip boost courtesy of Paul Camby. The hand began with Camby raising from the small blind to 250K which LaPlante called. After a K♠ Q♦ 9♥ flop, Camby bet another 250K which LaPlante promptly called. With a Q♠ on the turn, both gentlemen checked. When the 8♠ came on the river, Camby bet 500K. After a bit of contemplation, LaPlante called, showed K♦ 7♦, and Camby folded.

Congratulations to Ben Jacobsohn from Long Island, NY who finished seventh in our DeepStack Extravaganza I Event #1 $400 NLH MonsterStack $100K GTD winning $5,951.

After Jacobsohn moved all-in with his final 950K and a 3♠ 4♠, Viacheslav Fentinov called with A♠ 3♣. When the board hit 2♥ 8♣ 10♥ 2♠ 8♦, Jacobsohn was eliminated.

Congratulations to Jie Xu from China who finished eighth in our DeepStack Extravaganza I Event #1 $400 NLH MonsterStack $100K GTD winning $4,607.

Xu fell to Antonio Carlos Kina in the classic battle of pocket Aces versus pocket Kings of which the Aces held. Kina accumulated Xu’s remaining 3.615 million and is now the commanding chip leader.

The relatively quiet Antonio Carlos Kina just made a gutsy move against Jie Xu. Xu raised from the cutoff to 355K which Kina called.With a flop of 4♥ 5♠ 9♠ Kina checked, and Xu bet 425K. After a bit of thought, Kina moved all-in, and Xu promptly folded.