$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  111

Players will work their way through the rest of Level 11 before taking their last break of Flight B. They’ll have another couple of hours after that to build a big stack for Day 2.

Uri Kadosh is making some more noise; after some big runs already this week, he’s up to 246,000 as we cruise to the end of the day.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  101

We’re getting later into the day and more players are showing up for Flight B. A nice little rush with a full day tomorrow to run up the prize pool.

Some new faces include Jessica Cai, Matthew Waxman, Raminder Singh, and 2021 runner-up Steve Karp.

It was a rough start for Singh; our all-time major champ took a seat, picked up kings, ran into aces and queens, and the queens flopped a set to bust his first bullet in a cooler.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  91

Cards are back in the air for Flight B with 91 entries and they are getting close to crossing over the $300,000 guarantee. It won’t get there tonight but it will early tomorrow in Flight C.

Our two biggest stacks are sitting next to each other; Dion Jagroo continues to lead with 302,500 and Art Peacock is second with 239,500. Kenneth Williams is in third with 207,000 and a few knocking on the 200K door.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  89

Flight B players were sent on their 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8 and they have time to take a breather. They will return to play six more levels before bagging up for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am.

If you can make it down today, Flight C starts on Saturday at 11 am and we expect a big turnout. Get here early.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  84

Dion Jagroo was clearly the biggest stack at the second break, his 178,900 leading the rest of the field.

Then he got more.

During one of the first hands back, Jagroo made sevens full to bust Paul Balzano with fives full to push his already leading stack up to 251,000.

Kenneth Williams sits in second with 157,500 and former leader Carlos Bermudez is just fine with 120,000.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  79

Flight B is now on their second break with 79 in today’s field and $225,000 in the prize pool toward the $300,000 guarantee. We have a big one brewing.

A few familiar faces in the crowd include Paul Balzano, Dion Jagroo, Howard Feingold, Matthew Zarcadoolas, Ryan Hogan, Mike Beasley, Thomas Gari, and Sergio Giha.

Feingold is coming off a nice run in this tournament when he finished seventh in 2022 for $20,630.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  61

The first break of the day ended and we have 61 entries putting nearly $200K toward the $300,000 guarantee. If it doesn’t get there this evening, it will get blasted on a busy Saturday in tomorrow’s last flight.

We have a familiar face with the big stack at break. Two-time Deep Stack Poker Series champ Carlos Bermudez was sitting nicely after three levels, up to 141,600 to lead the field.

Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)

• • $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 50,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Levels 15-22 last 60 minutes; Levels 23+ last 90 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Day 2 (Sunday at 11am)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14
  • Main Event Structure Sheet

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  20 of 71

Flight A of the Deep Stack Poker Series Main Event ended with 20 players advancing of the 71 starting entries. Martin Pineiro bagged the biggest stack with 497,000 followed by Craig Pollak with 378,000.

Flight B start on Friday at 11 am with registration available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.

1. Martin Pineiro – 497,000
2. Craig Poolak – 378,000
3. Adi Amit – 279,000
4. Jacquelyn Scott – 266,000
5. Loni Hui – 243,000
6. Alex Polk – 228,000
7. Jason Wandling – 223,000
8. Jamie Spriggs – 176,000
9. Richard Leger – 155,000
10. Claldio Piedrasvena – 140,000
11. Albert Barney – 125,000
12. Alexander Morgovsky – 123,000
13. Kevin Naim – 121,000
14. David Olshan – 120,000
15. Antonio Colon – 100,000
16. Oliver Berens – 100,000
17. Scott Zakheim – 96,000
18. Roni Zelichonok – 83,000
19. Jason Atherley – 78,000
20. Thomas Deans – 31,000

2023 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  434
Prize Pool:  $225,680
May 22 – 25, 2023

The $600 Deeper Stack tournament drew 434 entries, put more than $225,000 in the prize pool, and Alex Okrushko made a big comeback to take the title. He was heads-up against T.K. Miles, facing a huge chip deficit but turned it around to earn the title in an deal to divide the prize pool right down the middle.

Okrushko earned $38,765 along with the May Deep Stack Poker Series trophy.

Congrats Alex!

Results:

* – denotes results of a heads-up deal