2023 Deep Stack Series

Event 1 Day 1B: Last Level

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  50 of 250

Miami Heat playoff action and the clock both getting eyes

The last level of the day is here and players are counting down the minutes until they can bag their stack. Some are making moves, some are content with what they have.

We will post the big stacks and complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

Event 1 Day 1B: Eric Ward’s Time at the Top

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  69 of 246

Eric Ward

The last break ended and players are back in their seats for the last three levels of the day. It’s time to build a stack for Day 2 on Sunday.

Eric Ward took a big leap over the last level, moving up to 317,000 for the chip lead after a big multi-way pot. Ernesto Alvarez sits in second and Carlos Bermudez is making another run.

Eric Ward – 317,000 (159 bb)
Ernesto Alvarez – 292,000 (146 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 228,500 (114 bb)
Julio Delgado – 213,500 (107 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 160,000 (80 bb)

We will post the big stack and full chip count list later this evening.

Event 1 Day 1B: More Friends

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  240

Matt Bretzfield

The night is beginning to wind down, we can see the end of day on the horizon with only a few more levels to go. The prize pool moved over $140,000 as more players jumped in the game.

Some recent additions include Matt Bretzfield, Charlemagne Benjamin, Mike Beasley, and Al Gomez.

Charlemagne Benjamin

Event 1 Day 1B: Zoltan Czinkota Leads After Dinner

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  216

Zoltan Czinkota

Cards are back in the air with about 126 players remaining of the 216 entries signed up so far. That will play down pretty deep with only six more levels remaining in the day.

Zoltan Czinkota is the latest to take a spot at the top of the counts and his 204,500 is the only stack over 200K. Uri Kadosh sits in second and Jordan Flaschner is making his first appearance in the counts today.

Big stacks and random counts:

Zoltan Czinkota – 204,500 (205 bb)
Uri Kadosh – 152,500 (153 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 146,500 (147 bb)
Ernesto Alvarez – 142,500 (143 bb)
Julio Delgado – 129,500 (130 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 98,500 (99 bb)
Doyoon Hyun – 92,000 (92 bb)
Richard Whitebrook – 72,500 (73 bb)
Sergio Giha – 67,000 (67 bb)
Matthew Yorra – 53,500 (54 bb)
Steven Bennett – 43,000 (43 bb)
Jimmy Tomblin – 42,500 (43 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 27,500 (28 bb)
Eric Siegel – 26,500 (27 bb)

Jordan Flaschner

Event 1 Day 1B: Two New Leaders

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  195

Sergio Giha

The second break ended and players returned to their seats to continue the march towards bagging later this evening. We found two new big stacks with Sergio Giha leading with 174,400 followed by tablemate Uri Kadosh with 143,800.

Our two previous chip leaders are still up there in third and fourth spots with Julio Delgado filling out the top five.

Big stacks and random counts:

Sergio Giha – 174,400 (291 bb)
Uri Kadosh – 143,800 (240 bb)
Ernesto Alvarez – 136,300 (227 bb)
Doyoon Hyun – 125,600 (209 bb)
Julio Delgado – 90,600 (151 bb)
Lou Stadler – 61,300 (102 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 60,300 (101 bb)
Thomas Gari – 52,800 (88 bb)
Steven Bennett – 48,000 (80 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 39,600 (66 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 31,000 (52 bb)

Uri Kadosh

Event 1 Day 1B: Next Break

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  177

Jacquelyn Scott

Flight B is heading toward the second break with 177 here so far and a few more will join with more than half of the day remaining.

More friendly faces found in the crowd include Jacquelyn Scott, Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Carlos Bermudez, Julio Delgado, Antonio Colon, Uri Kadosh, and Steven Bennett.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre

Event 1 Day 1B: Familiar Faces

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  163

Lou Stadler

The entry count continued to climb as more people make their way to the Poker Room for some Deep Stack action. The prize pool is over $115K and we are pushing towards more milestones.

A few familiar faces in early action include Lou Stadler, Eric Siegel, Marc Sacheli, Eric Ward, Richard Whitebrook, and Gil Aboodi.

Eric Siegel

Event 1 Day 1B: Doyoon Hyun and Ernesto Alvarez Lead

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  145

Doyoon Hyun

Flight B players returned from the first break and we found our first to big stacks. Doyoon Hyun leads the field with 82,800 and Ernesto Alvarez is on his tail with 80,200.

There’s still a long way to go with Flight B playing through 14 levels before bagging.

Ernesto Alvarez