$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 767

Action slowed after the break with deepening stacks and hour-long levels. Not a lot of pressure to get fancy or they can if they wish. The field is down to seven tables and we are tracking them as they get paid out.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 365,000 (46 bb).

64th: Mike Beasley – $755
65th: Joann Coliny – $755
66th: Mark Gaudino – $755
67th: Manuel Herrera – $755
68th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $755
69th: Dennis Altman – $755
70th: Fred Dabus – $755
71st: Scott Selig – $755
72nd: Feiwin Wu – $755

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The big Event 1 restart isn’t the only tournament game in the Poker Room today; we also have a $400 Deep Stack starting at 2 pm with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and one-day structure.

Players start with 20,000 starting stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm. They’ll start playing down from there and keep going until we award our first trophy of the series.

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  95 of 767

The player count was dipping low, getting closer to the money bubble, and the buzz started. Tournament staff was alert, waiting for the field to get to 97 players to start hand-for-hand, but two quick bustouts sent the field from the pre-bubble to in the money with no sweat.

No chops, just 96 players in the money without too much to worry about. Unless you were those two players who bubbled.

Everyone locked up $620 and they can start looking towards bigger payouts throughout the day.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  117 of 767

Nancy Birnbaum moved all in for 21,000 and Jorge Leidi called to put her at risk. The three-time Hollywood champ (and three-time WSOPC ring winner) was flipping with her against Leidi’s .

“King in the window!” Birnbaum said when the appeared in the dealer’s hand.

Then the table jumped when the last two threes in the deck followed the king. Birnbaum paired her king on the flop but Liedi made quads to overkill the win. The drama-free turn and river finished the board to send her out.

Jorge Leidi – 145,000 (36 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum – Eliminated

2023 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  767
Prize Pool:  $253,110
May 18 – 22, 2023

Registration closed for the 2023 May Deep Stack Poker Series opening event with 767 entries turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $253,110. The last 96 spots will be paid with $620 for a min-cash and $45,235 plus the trophy for the champ.

1st: $45,235 + trophy
2nd: $30,900
3rd: $20,600
4th: $15,240
5th: $11,640
6th: $9,220
7th: $7,630
8th: $6,070
9th-10th: $4,555
11th-12th: $3,770
13th-15th: $3,000
16th-18th: $2,485
19th-21st: $2,035
22nd-24th: $1,730
25th-27th: $1,440
28th-36th: $1,185
37th-45th: $1,030
46th-54th: $915
55th-63rd: $825
64th-72nd: $755
73rd-81st: $685
82nd-96th: $620

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  145 of 767

Registration closed when cards went in the air for Day 2 and we had 14 new entries take their short. That put the combined total at 767 for the tournament and a prize pool over $250,000.

Tournament staff are crunching the numbers and we will post the payouts when they are available.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  131 of 753

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 and registration is officially closed for the tournament. We will post the final total of entries and payout information as soon as it is available.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  131 of 753

Event 1 of the May Deep Stack Poker Series drew 753 entries over the first three flights but we’re not quite done yet. Registration is still open until cards go in the air at 11 am for Day 2 and we’ll pick up another bunch of max late reg players.

Emil Soffer bagged the chip lead in Flight A and it held on to the top spot over the last two. Eric Ward, Nigel Murray, Carlos Bermudez, and Julio Delgado round out a talented top five.

We will post the final official number as soon as they are available.

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Emil Soffer – 586,000 (147 bb)
2. Eric Ward – 565,000 (141 bb)
3. Nigel Murray – 558,000 (140 bb)
4. Carlos Bermudez – 532,000 (133 bb)
5. Julio Delgado – 507,000 (127 bb)
6. Gil Ben-Simhon – 469,000 (117 bb)
7. Raul Hernandez – 427,000 (107 bb)
8. Kai Oki – 382,000 (96 bb)
9. Peter Cleven – 381,000 (95 bb)
10. Uri Kadosh – 355,000 (89 bb)

11AM: Event 1 Day 2 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments

2PM: Event 2 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet