$250 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Registered: 229
Players Remaining: 9

Aleksandr Shemelev raises to 80,000 under-the-gun and Pedro Palacios moves all in for 225,000. Action folds back to Shemelev, who calls.

It’s a flip for Palacios’ tournament life with his up against Shemelev’s .

The board runs out and Palacios flops overs and an open-ended straight draw, but brick bricks off to fall in 10th place. He takes home $625 for his run.

Aleksandr Shemelev – 1,300,000
Pedro Palacios – Eliminated

$250 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Registered: 229
Players Remaining: 10

Janine Gelb moves all in from middle position for her last 55,000 and is called by Payam Pourghassem from the hijack and Tim Harrell out of the big blind.

The action gets checked down between Pourghassem and Harrell as the board comes and Gelb wins the pot with to triple up.

Janine Gelb – 225,000
Tim Harrell – 385,000
Payam Pourghassem – 350,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Registered: 229
Players Remaining: 10

It is a battle of the blinds between Cangir Elcin in the small blind and Edwin Gerard in the big blind. They get Gerard all in for about 170,000 and the cards are tabled.

Elcin is on the wrong end of a cold deck with his against Gerard’s .

The board runs out clean for Gerard as it comes and Gerard doubles up with a set of kings.

Edwin Gerard – 390,000
Cangir Elcin – 470,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Registered: 229
Players Remaining: 10

Pedro Palacios gets all in preflop for about 200,000 on the button against Cangir Elcin who is under-the-gun. Elcin shows and needs to find an ace to send Palacios’ to the rail.

The board runs out and Palacios earns a double up.

Pedro Palacios – 420,000
Cangir Elcin – 630,000

$250 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Turbo
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Registered: 229
Players Remaining: 10

There is a short break in the action as the final 10 players re-draw for their seats at the unofficial final table of 10. They are all guaranteed a cash of at least $625, but they are all within arm’s reach of the $13,462 first place prize.

Here is a look at the seating arrangements and chip counts:

Seat 1: Jermaine Gerlin – 511,000
Seat 2: Aleksandr Shevelev – 691,000
Seat 3: Tim Harrell – 486,000
Seat 4: Johan Bavvos – 459,000
Seat 5: Eric Pederit – 585,000
Seat 6: Pedro Palacio – 202,000
Seat 7: Janine Gelb – 95,000
Seat 8: Payam Pourghassem – 555,000
Seat 9: Cangir Elcin – 865,000
Seat 10: Edwin Gerard – 134,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry) 
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 606
Players Remaining: 113

The final of of six starting flights are in the books and at the end of 14 levels of play, Edward Novak bagged the chip lead. Novak finishes the day with 350,000 and takes the overall chip lead as the field heads to Day 2.

The final flight saw 606 entries, which brought the total entries to 2,692 and generated a prizepool of $807,600. The top 250 finishers earn a cash of at least $678, but the top prize is worth $140,476.

Joining Novak atop the Day 1F chip counts are Max Romano (268,500), Ryan Eriquezzo (261,500), and Mark Wahba (230,500).

Of the 606 that started the day, only 113 made it through the day, which leaves 518 players that are coming back on Day 2.

Cards get in the air for Day 2 at 1 p.m. and will play down to a winner or the 3 a.m. hard stop. SHRPO will have complete coverage of the day’s action as soon as cards get in the air.

$350 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 606
Players Remaining: 129

Three players get all the chips into the middle for about 30,000. A player in early position shows , Dan Saffer tables from the cutoff and the button flips up .

The flop brings something for everyone as it comes . Early position flops top pair, but is drawing to runners against Saffer’s middle set and the button’s nut flush.

The turn is the , leaving early position drawing dead and Saffer needing the board to pair. The river is the and Saffer slams the table in celebration of a near triple up as the level approaches a close.

Dan Saffer 92,000

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 606
Players Remaining: 180

On a flop of , the small blind checks and Ryan Eriquezzo checks from the big blind. The player under-the-gun bets 4,500 and the small blind check-calls.

Eriquezzo moves all in for 18,600 and under-the-gun quickly folds. The small blind goes into the tank for a few moments, gets an exact count from the dealer and then calls.

Eriquezzo tables and needs to fade a heart against his opponent’s .

The turn is the and the river is the to give Eriquezzo a double up as the last break of the day is approaching.

Ryan Eriquezzo – 53,000