Event 6 Day 1B: Michael Newman Doubles Up

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 27 of 122

On a flop of Jc6s4c, the player in the cutoff bet 12,000 and Michael Newman moved all in on the button for 55,300. The cutoff quickly called and the cards were tabled.

Newman showed 9c6c, giving him a pair and a flush draw, up against the cutoff’s JhTh.

The turn was the 3c, which gave Newman a flush and left his opponent drawing dead to the meaningless Js river card. Newman doubles up about halfway through the level.

Michael Newman – 135,000

Event 6 Day 1B: Alex Ivan Wins Massive Pot to Eliminate Ben Scrogins

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 33 of 122

Alex Ivan

Ben Scrogins was in middle position and got into a preflop battle with Alex Ivan on the button. Scrogins gets all in for about 80,000 and Ivan had him covered.

Scrogins shows KhKs and was in the lead against Ivan’s AdQs.

“No ace, please,” said Scrogins before the dealer started to run out the board.

The flop was 9d6d3d and Ivan picked up equity with the nut flush draw.

“No diamond,” added Scrogins.

The turn was the 2s, keeping Scrogins in the lead, but the 5d came on the river to eliminate Scrogins and shoot Ivan up the chip counts.

Alex Ivan – 200,000
Ben Scrogins – Eliminated

 

Event 6 Day 1B: Danny Alvarez Scores a Knockout

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 122

Danny Alvarez

On the turn, with a board of 8c8h6c9c, the player in the big blind checked and Danny Alvarez moved all in on the button for effectively a pot sized bet, with the big blind having about 40,000 remaining.

The big blind thought for a couple minutes before calling. Alvarez quickly tabled Jc2c, giving him a flush.

“I’m dead,” said the big blind. “Unless the seven of clubs comes on the river.”

The big blind tabled 9h5c. He had a few more outs than he gave himself credit for as a nine or an eight would give him a full house, but the Kc came on the river and Alvarez won the pot.

Danny Alvarez – 130,000

Event 6 Day 1B: Dylan Drazen Picks Off a Bluff

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 41 of 122

On a flop of 6c2d2s, Dylan Drazen checked from the small blind, the big blind checked, a player in middle position checked and the cutoff checked as well.

The turn was the Kc and Drazen checked again. The big blind checked and the player in middle position bet 3,400. The cutoff folded, Drazen called and the big blind folded.

The river was the 3s and Drazen checked for a third time. His lone opponent in middle position bet 6,200 and Drazen thought for a few moments before calling.

“Good call,” said Drazen’s opponent, showing QhTh.

Drazen tabled Ac3h and won the pot.

Dylan Drazen – 74,000

Event 6 Day 1B: Ray Nalbandian Nearly Triples Up

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 122

Ray Nalbandian

There was a three-way all in between a player in middle position, Ray Nalbandian in the hijack and the player on the button.

Middle position showed 7d7h, the button showed JdJs and Nalbandian was flipping with them with his AhQs.

Nalbandian was the second biggest stack, all in for 40,200, the button was all in for about 20,000 and the middle position player had both players covered.

The board ran out Qd8h3hKs4h and Nalbadian won the pot with a pair of queens. He eliminated the button nearly triples up with both the main and side pot.

Ray Nalbandian – 100,000

Event 6 Day 1B: Registration Closes With 122 Entries

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 122

With the start of level 9, with blinds of 400/800 and a 100 ante, registration is closed for the second starting flight of the $570 no-limit hold’em deep stack re-entry event.

Day 1B drew 122 entries, which brings the total field size to 267 through two flights. It’s generated a $133,500 prize pool thus far, but it is guaranteed to have a prize pool of at least $250,000.

Event 6 Day 1B: Julien Durity Scores a Knockout

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 109

Julien Durity

Julien Durity limped in from under the gun and the player in the cutoff raised to 700. The small blind three-bet to 2,100, Durity called and the cuotff called as well.

The flop was Jc9c8c and the small blind checked. Durity bet 7,200 and the cutoff moved all in for 12,975. The small blind folded and Durity called.

The cutoff showed Jd9d, giving him top two pair, but Durity had plenty of equity with his QcQd.

The turn was the 3d and the river was the 8h. Durity counterfeited his opponent’s two pair and won the pot with a bigger two-pair.

“He had so many ways to get there,” said Ben Scrogins after the hand.

Julien Durity – 39,000

Event 1 Day 1B: Zoltan Czinkota Gets Outkicked

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 105

On a flop of JcTh4s, the player in the small blind checked and Ben Scrogins checked from under the gun. Zoltan Czinkota bet 1,300 from the cutoff and was called by both players.

The turn was the 3s and action checked to Czinkota again, who bet 2,500. The small blind called and Scrogins folded.

The river was the 9s and both players checked. Czinkota showed KxJx, but the small blind won the pot with AdJd.

Czinkota loses the pot, but is still very healthy on chips with almost double his original starting stack.

Zoltan Czinkota – 36,000

Event 6: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 145

Flight A: 145 Entries: 28 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Tuesday at 11am
Flight D: Tuesday at 6pm
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

RankFirst NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
1BlakeVita296,000478
2WallyMaddah212,000721
3GeorgeKhoriaty198,500645
4HaimToorgeman195,500628
5AndreRakusa160,500642
6RafaelReis150,000476
7LucasBraga144,000561
8GeorgeDavila140,500489
9RonRamacci139,000462
10BernardoAnora127,500711
11IvanColes115,500704
12MatthewHumphrey112,500728
13IvanStarostin85,500543
14RicardoEyzaguirre83,500549
15GilAboodi80,000567
16SebastianSoares78,500793
17SeanHeywood76,000557
18NeilBlumenfield71,500779
19SergioGiha66,500796
20TimKegel65,500622
21ScottZakheim63,000638
22CharlemagneBenjamin60,000635
23RussellDohan45,500468
24FrancisAnderson45,000701
25FranciscoBaston40,000786
26DavidSwatscheno39,500789
27JenniferParker33,000554
28LuisSantoni26,000777

 

Event 6 Day 1A: Blake Vita Leads First Flight

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guarantee | Structure
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 28 of 145

Blake Vita

Play has come to an end in the first Flight of Event 6 and Blake Vita is the early leader returning for Day 2. It looked like Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah was going to lock up those honors but Vita took a nice pot off of Timothy Kegel on the last hand to move ahead, his 246,000 just a little bit better than Maddah’s 212,000.

There were 28 players still around after 14 levels and they will return on Wednesday at 1pm to play to a champion.

Full Flight A chip counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Top five Flight A stacks:

  1. Blake Vita – 296,000
  2. Wally Maddah – 212,000
  3. George Khoriaty – 198,500
  4. Haim Toorgeman – 195,500
  5. Andre Rakusa – 160,500