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

The last break is complete and players are back in their seats ready to play the last three levels of the night.

Albert Barney is the latest to take the top spot. He leads with 229,000 followed by Craig Pollak (211,000), Richard Leger (205,000) and Loni Hui (195,000).

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 434

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 64

The dinner break ended and cards are back in the air for Flight A of the DSPS Main Event. We have 64 entries in the game and many more expected as we head into the weekend.

Martin Pineiro is the latest to top the counts with 217,500 and Craig Pollak is second with 200,000 on the nose. Alexander Morgovsky, Jamie Spriggs, and Jacquelyn Scott round out the top five.

Martin Pineiro – 217,500 (218 bb)
Craig Pollak – 200,000 (200 bb)
Alexander Morgovsky – 198,500 (199 bb)
Jamie Spriggs – 177,000 (177 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 116,500 (117 bb)
Scott Zakheim – 102,000 (102 bb)
Richard Leger – 92,500 (93 bb)
Howard Mash – 81,500 (82 bb)
Roni Zelichonok – 78,500 (79 bb)
Jason Wandling – 58,000 (58 bb)
Albert Barney – 55,500 (56 bb)
Loni Hui – 35,500 (36 bb)
Rick Larson – 29,500 (30 bb)
Urk Kadosh – 25,000 (25 bb)

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries: 60

Level 8 ended and tournament staff sent Flight A players on their 40-minute dinner break. They will return to play six more levels and survivors will bag up after Level 14.

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries: 56

Players returned from the second break and finally broke through to start knocking players out. Jamie Spriggs looks like he’s done some of the heavy lifting with a big lead over the field.

He sits with 205,4000 while second place Scott Zaheim has 120,800 and Alexander Morgovsky in third with 115,000. That’s a lot of chips this early in the Main.

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 434

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 52

The entry count keeps climbing as players near the second break and cruising an easy pace toward the $300,000 guarantee.

More friends in crowd include Howard Mash, Jason Wandling, Pasquale Caiazza, Spencer Husdon, Marc Sacheli, Richard Leger Roni Zelichon, and Paul Domb.

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 434

$600 Deeper Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 434

The $600 Deeper Stack played down to the last five players late in the evening and they return at 2 pm to find our champ.

T.K. Miles leads with Dennis Rodriguez not far behind and they are guaranteed at least $10,655 with $45,565 up top.

Blinds are 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante and the average stack is about 3,475,000 (69 bb). A lot of chips, 90-minute levels, and they have a long way to go.

Seat 1: T.K. Miles – 5,620,000 (112 bb)
Seat 2: Scott Epstein – 1,160,000 (23 bb)
Seat 3: Marvelle Ballentine – 1,860,000 (37 bb)
Seat 4: Dennis Rodriguez – 5,500,000 (110 bb)
Seat 5: Alex Okrushko – 3,150,000 (63 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $45,565 + Trophy
2nd: $31,965
3rd: $20,555
4th: $13,855
5th: $10,655

$1,700 DSPS Main Event (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1A Entries: 47

Flight A of the DSPS Main Event returned with 47 entries in the game and apparently in no hurry to mix it up. According to tournament staff, they played three levels over two hours and did not lose a single player.

A few friendly faces in today’s game include Jacquelyn Scott, Solange Lucas, Jason Wandling, Howard Mash, Rick Larson, Scott Zakheim, Uri Kadosh, and Event 1 champ Carlos Bermudez.