$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 340 of 4,489
UTG+1 was all in with in the hole, and Valeriy Pak had him covered holding pocket fives under the gun.
The final board read , and Pak took out his opponent to stack up 210,000 after collecting the pot.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 360 of 4,489
Players were sent on a 15-minute break after Level 17 and returned to the action with the same leader. Jason Prest began the day with the biggest stack and still there with 1,322,000. He’s the only player over 1 million but Luiz Silva was one 1K chip from getting there.
Jason Prest – 1,322,000 (165 bb) Luiz Silva – 999,000 (125 bb) Anthony Piacquadio – 857,000 (107 bb) Scotter Clark – 749,000 (94 bb) Calvin Anderson – 737,000 (92 bb)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 391 of 4,489
After a series of preflop raises, three tough players got all their chips in the middle. Kevin Chan was at risk for 187,000 and Calvin Anderson was all in for about 230,000 while Chris Mo had them both covered.
Anderson: Chan: Mo:
Chan was ahead for the triple up but Anderson paired his ace on the flop. He made trip aces on the turn and pulled the big pot after the river.
Calvin Anderson – 650,000 (108 bb) Chris Mo – 140,000 (23 bb) Kevin Chan – Eliminated in 391st Place ($1,140)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 435 of 4,489
With about 39,000 in the pot and the board reading , Mitch Garshofsky checked from the big blind and Earl Gallegos moved all in for 57,000 from the cutoff. Garshofsky thought for a minute and called with the bigger stack.
Garshofsky: Gallegos:
Gallegos was ahead before the flop but Garshofsky took the lead when he paired his king. The turn gave Gallegos 14 outs to the river but he blanked the to exit early on Day 2.
Mitch Garshofsky – 210,000 (42 bb) Earl Gallegos – Eliminated in 436th Place ($1,140)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 475 of 4,489
Day 2 leader Jason Prest took his time getting to the Grand Ballroom today but is already making moves. With about 30,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Prest check-raised all in against Fred Dabus, and he called at risk for 111,000.
Dabus: Prest:
Dabus flopped top pair of sixes but was drawing super thin against Prest’s six-high straight. Then he was drawing dead after the turn and hit the payout desk after the river while Prest looks like the first player today over a million.
Jason Prest – 1,064,000 (213 bb) Fred Dabus – Eliminated in 476th Place ($1,040)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 561 of 4,489
As with this format of everyone returning in the money, there’s a ton of action at the start with shorties trying to double or get paid. A lot of calls of “payout!” were heard in the Grand Ballroom from the start but Hollywood regular William McPhillips had other ideas.
Peter Fellows opened in early position, McPhillips shipped for 33,000 from middle position and Fellows called.
McPhillips: Fellows:
“One time!” McPhillips asked.
McPhillips needed to improve with his two over cards and took the lead when he paired his queen on the flop. The board finished with the turn and river and McPhillips doubled to stay in the game while a lot were busting.
“I guess you can win any more hand,” Maurice Hawkins joked with him. “You used your one-time.”
William McPhillips – 79,000 (16 bb) Peter Fellows – 196,000 (39 bb)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 561 of 4,489
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Showdown Event 26 with 561 players remaining and all in the money. They will play the last 4:38 of Level 15 before blinds increase in both value and length.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 561 of 4,489
The mid-series Deep Stack drew 4,489 entries to the $600 buy-in tournament and 561 players return this afternoon at 1 pm for Day 2. Everyone coming back is in the money with more than $300K awaiting the winner.
Jason Prest leads at the start of Day 2 and the only player over 700,000. Luiz Silva, Pierre-Xavier Laurent, Brandon Wong, and Rajasekar Govindan round out the top five.
They will play the last 4:38 of Level 15 before the blinds go up and levels last 40 minutes until jumping again to 60 at the start of Level 24.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Prize Pool: $2,334,280 | Structure | Payouts Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 561 of 4,489