$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $215,160 Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante Day 1C Entries: 172
Antuan Bunkley
The Poker Room is filling this Saturday afternoon. Both tournament and cash tables are pulling players into the games, and it’s a fun day in the room.
A few early friends in the mix include Antuan Bunkley, Andre Bryan, Dennis Rodriguez, Hector Pacheco, Solange Lucas, George Dolofan, Jay Romano, and Jennifer David.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $200,310 Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Day 1C Entries: 127
It didn’t take quite as long as we expected; the big turnout this morning quickly pushed the entry count to 127 as they hit the second level and the Event 1 prize pool officially doubled its $100,000 guarantee.
With registration open all day until they bag and overnight until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am, we are looking at a big number and a lot of money awarded.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $182,280 Level 1: 100/100 Day 1C Entries: 74
Cards are in the air for the final flight of the Deep Stack Poker Series opening event. The $400 buy-in tournament already crushed its $100,000 guarantee and it will double before too long this afternoon.
Players start with 30K in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 60 at the start of Day 2 and 90 in Level 27. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.
Flight C will play through 14 levels and survivors will bag their chips for their return tomorrow.
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Level 15-26 last 60 minutes
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $158,400 Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 79 of 480
Flight A: 223 Entries; 30 Advanced Flight B: 257 Entries; 49 Advanced Flight C: Saturday at 11 am Day 2: Sunday at 11 am
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $158,070 Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 54 of 256
Flight B is down to the last 40 minutes of the day with six tables in play and everyone still trying to chase to overall chip leader of 618,000.
We will watch for the big moves and post the full chip count list later in the evening.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $157,410 Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 63 of 255
Perla Ojeda
The night is winding down, and some players are moving up the counts while others hit the rail. When Perla Ojeda returned from dinner with 25K, she could have given up and joined them.
But she battled back and, with an hour left in the day, sits with 172,000 for an above-average stack. Ojeda has had several close calls here, including finishing 14th out of 3,902 in the 2021 Poker Showdown opening event, and she is looking for her first Hollywood title.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $157,410 Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 81 of 254
David Oshry
The last break of Day 1B ended and players returned to play three more levels. When Level 14 wraps up, those with chips will bag them up for a Day 2 return on Sunday at 11 am.
David Oshry has been near or at the top of the counts most of the day and swapped places with Thomas Gari after dinner. Oshry now leads with 269,000 followed by Gari with 252,000. They all have a long way to go to catch overall leader Steven Wiggers who bagged 618,000 in Flight A.
David Oshry – 269,000 (135 bb) Thomas Gari – 252,000 (126 bb) Michael Garcia – 241,000 (121 bb) Gary Williams – 220,500 (110 bb) David Soskin – 217,000 (109 bb)
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $156,090 Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Day 1B Players Remaining: 90 of 250
Charlemagne Benjamin
The clock is sliding deeper into the evening and we are starting to see more people walking out without chips than walking in to get a new stack. Most will opt to wait until tomorrow’s Flight C before firing again, but we had a few late entries, including Charlemagne Benjamin and James Salmon.
They will play out the rest of Level 11, take the last 10-minute break, and return for the last three levels of the night.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure Prize Pool: $150,810 Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Day 1B Entries: 234
Thomas Gari
The dinner break ended and players returned to their seats to begin playing down to the end of the day. They will compete for six more levels, with a break in the middle, before survivors bag their chips after Level 14 around 9:40 pm.
Thomas Gari is the new leader and the popular Poker Room regular is up to 233,500. Michael Newman is sitting closest with 183,000 with a bunch trying to chase both down. Here’s a look at a few counts from around the room during the break:
Thomas Gari – 233,500 (234 bb) Michael Newman – 183,000 (183 bb) Gary Williams – 179,500 (180 bb) David Oshry – 157,000 (157 bb) Jonathan Marcu – 150,000 (150 bb) David Soskin – 130,500 (131 bb) Gabriella Spallone – 114,000 (114 bb) Greg Spinder – 111,000 (111 bb) Diane Linke – 110,500 (111 bb) Carlos Bermudez – 105,000 (105 bb) Brandon Miller – 94,000 (94 bb) Nancy Thomas – 87,500 (88 bb) Joseph Petrolino – 77,500 (78 bb) Stephen Ibrahim – 72,500 (73 bb) Dimitry Agrachov – 65,500 (66 bb) Tuan Nguyen – 65,000 (65 bb) Evan Teitelbaum – 65,000 (65 bb) Jaroslaw Osinski – 64,000 (64 bb) Sean Phillippi – 62,500 (63 bb) Fred Dabus – 61,000 (61 bb) Jeff Silverstein – 54,000 (54 bb) Willie Wiggins – 51,000 (51 bb) Loni Hui – 39,000 (39 bb) Paul Domb – 33,000 (33 bb) Paul Chang – 26,000 (26 bb) Perla Ojeda – 25,000 (25 bb)
