"August $150,000" (Day 2): Level Is Going Up, Gari Turns Crumbs Into A Meal

"August $150,000 GTD"
$360 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 28 (Blinds 30,000/60,000/5,000)
Total Entries: 792
Players Remaining: 11/792

Level 28 started just moments ago, with the blinds going up to 30,000/60,000/5,000, and a chip average of 1,440,000.  The average stack is just over (20) bigs, which means this is the shallowest we've seen things all day.  

Thomas Gari lost a big pot to Al Gomez earlier, as the two were all-in with similar sized stacks, with Gari holding A♠ K♥ to Gomez's A♣ 6♣.  The board would run out A♥ Q♣ 6♠ 8♦ 6♥, giving Gomez the come from behind victory, and leaving Thomas with 60,000 in chips.  He would proceed to double up three times, and is now sitting with 700,000.