Event 26 Flight D: Ash Chehata Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries: 369

Ash Chehata

The cutoff was all in preflop with pocket nines in the hole, and Ash Chehata had him covered holding pocket tens from late position.

The final board read AhAd7h4s7s, and Chehata took out his opponent to stack up 44,000 after collecting the pot.

Ash Chehata – 44,000 (55 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Donald Gibbs Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 356

Donald Gibbs

The hijack was all in with Ad7d in the hole, and Donald Gibbs had him covered holding AcKd on the small blind.

The final board read QdJc4d10c5h, and Gibbs took out his opponent to stack up 54,000 after collecting the pot.

Donald Gibbs – 54,000 (90 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Donald Williams Doubles

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight D Entries: 329

Donald Williams

Donald Williams was all in with AsKh in the hole from the button for a little more than 20,000, and the hijack had him covered holding pocket jacks.

The final board read 10c6s5cAc2d, and Williams doubled up to survive with 45,000 after collecting the pot.

Donald Williams – 45,000 (75 bb)

Event 26 Flight C: Scotter Clark Leads 56 Survivors

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 56 of 443

Play has come to a close for Flight C in Event 26 with Scotter Clark bagging the top stack of 573,000 to pace the 56 survivors that have advanced to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm. Here is a look at the top stacks in the field when they bagged up, and stay tuned for the counts from all of the previous flights a little later tonight.

Scotter Clark – 573,000
Jordan Flaschner – 373,000
Art Peacock – 358,000
Prasad Vemulapalli – 351,000
Michael Wetcher – 346,000
Aleksei Donets – 338,000
Habibollah Jahangard – 337,000
Guy Nhimi – 327,000
Stewart Yanick – 254,000
Anthony Lavalle – 237,000

Event 26 Flight C: Hand-for-Hand Play

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 57 of 443

The field has reached hand-for-hand play on the bubble for Flight C with 57 players remaining. They will all bag up when one more player is eliminated. They’ve already played quite a few hands thus far, so we will see how long it takes them to burst the bubble.

Event 26 Flight C: Darrell Gaudette Doubles Up

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 82 of 443

Darrell Gaudette was all in preflop with AhJc in the hole from the big blind, and a player in middle position had him covered holding AsQd.

The final board read 7h6h2d3h2h, and  Gaudette doubled up to survive with 71,000 after collecting the pot.

Darrell Gaudette – 71,000 (23 bb)

Event 26 Flight C: Michael Jacobson Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 90 of 443

Michael Jacobson

Michael Jacobson just took out one of his opponents in two parts. In the first hand, Jacobson held AhJd over the KsQs of his opponent on a final board reading 8h6d5dAs2s. That hand took Jacobson up to 68,000, and his opponent was left with a dust of a stack with 8,000.

One of the next hands saw the short stack get all in again with 9s8h in the hole this time around, and Jacobson was there once again to cover him holding AdKh. The final board was dealt QhJh6sKs4c, and Jacobson eliminated his opponent to stack up 82,500 after collecting the pot.

Martin Jacobson – 82,500 (33 bb)

Event 26 Flight C: Adam Bacome Doubles Up

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 99 of 443

Adam Bacome

Adam Bacome got all in preflop holding AhQd from the cutoff, and a player in middle position had him covered with KsJs in the hole.

The final board read 8c5d4d3d10c, and Bacome doubled up to survive with a stack worth 60,000.

Adam Bacome – 60,000 (24 bb)

Event 26 Flight C: Istvan Szabo Doubles Up

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Flight C Players: 108 of 443

Istvan Szabo

Istvan Szabo was all in holding pocket queens from the big blind, and two players called to cover him before the flop fell Qc5s2h.

UTG bet out, and a player in middle position got out of the way. UTG held pocket aces, but it wasn’t enough after the KhKd fell on the turn and river. Szabo stacked up 69,000 after collecting the pot.

Istvan Szabo – 69,000 (34 bb)

Event 26 Flight D: Thursday Night Deep Stack

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The fourth flight of Showdown Event 26 gets underway at 5 pm and continues us the way to the $2,000,000 guarantee. The $600 Deep Stack already has 1,193 entries and it will quickly grow as we head into the weekend.

They’ll sit down to 20,000 in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, jumping up to 40 minutes on Day 2 and 60 starting with Level 24. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Flight D will work their way down to the last 12.5% of the field and survivors will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2.

  • $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 26 Structure Sheet