$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $148,170
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  226

At the end of Level 8, tournament staff sent players on a 40-minute dinner break while they colored off the black chips and introduced some pretty 25K chips.

Action will resume at 5:30 pm and they will play through Level 14 before bagging.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $146,520
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  224

We are winding down toward the dinner break with Loni Hui and James Tomblin among the recent additions.

Players are about halfway through Level 8 and they will take a 40-minute dinner break when it ends. Plenty of time to grab some grub and relax.

If players want to grab dinner in the Poker Room, we have a full menu available with food from The BŌL and other cafe options. It’s all fantastic and available even while you are playing.

Poker Room Menu

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $146,520
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  221

Players returned to their seats after the second break to a prize pool knocking on the door to $150,000 with the rest of the day to register and a huge field tomorrow.

Gary Williams leads with 156,100 with David Oshry not far behind with 151,600 and another handful of players over 100K. Here’s a look at some chip counts from the rest of the room.

Gary Williams – 156,100 (260 bb)
David Oshry – 151,600 (253 bb)
Greg Spinder – 140,900 (235 bb)
Paul Chang – 123,300 (206 bb)
Michael Newman – 119,800 (200 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 114,600 (191 bb)
Thomas Gari – 110,600 (184 bb)
Garbriella Spallone – 99,500 (166 bb)
Stephen Ibrahim – 79,900 (133 bb)
Diane Linke – 74,500 (124 bb)
Sean Phillippi – 72,800 (121 bb)
Jaroslaw Osinski – 72,100 (120 bb)
Tuan Nguyen – 58,900 (98 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 55,400 (92 bb)
Brandon Miller – 55,000 (92 bb)
Nancy Thomas – 44,000 (73 bb)
Jeff Silverstein – 41,000 (68 bb)
Jeff Charlton – 37,900 (63 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 28,000 (47 bb)
Richard Leger – 27,700 (46 bb)
Omar Sader – 24,300 (41 bb)
Paul Domb – 24,000 (40 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $140,910
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  204

Day 1B is heading towards its second break with more than 200 entries now in this session and the prize pool continues to grow. We are already on pace to crush last year’s turnout and put together some nice payouts on Sunday.

More friends in the field include Richard Leger, Thomas Gari, Evan Teitelbaum, Jaroslaw Osinski, Tuan Nguyen, Michael Newman, David Albertson, Stuart Greenbaum, Ted Lawson, Perla Ojeda, Sagi Zommer.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $126.390
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  160

The fantastic early turnout for Flight B continued after the first break, with 160 here so far. The prize pool topped $125,000, and there is a long way to go. They have all day to register, with bags coming out around 9:40 p.m. There is a full flight tomorrow (which will be huge, so get here early), and registration will be open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 a.m.

A few more friends in the crowd include Fred Dabus, Nancy Thomas, Omar Sader, Jeff Charlton, Willie Wiggins, Richard Leger, Tuan Nguyen, Roberto Bendeck, and Thomas Gari.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Prize Pool:  $108,240
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  105

We thought Flight B would push the prize pool over the $100,000 guarantee in the early afternoon, we were incorrect. The prize pool topped that mark before the clock hit noon and we’ve added a bit more since.

Players will cruise through Level 3 before taking their first break and we are looking at another big day.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 gets underway at 11 am and it will not take long for the $400 buy-in tournament to hit its $100,000 guarantee. With 223 entries in Flight A, only 81 more are needed to build a six-digit prize pool with tons of time to run it up.

Players start with 30K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 60 minutes at the start of Day 2 and 90 from Level 27 until the tournament gets heads-up. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Level 15-26 last 60 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Day 2
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

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

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Level 15-26 last 60 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Day 2
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 223

Flight A: 223 Entries; 30 Advanced
Flight B: Friday at 11 am
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
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  30 of 223

Flight A of Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 finished with 30 players advancing to Day 2 and Steve Wiggers increased his lead over the last three levels.

He put 618,000 in his bag for the overall lead followed by Kevin Dubrocq with 582,000 and Nathan Thrush with 558,000.

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

Top five Flight A bags:

1. Steve Wiggers – 618,000 (206 bb)
2. Kevin Dubrocq – 582,000 (194 bb)
3. Nathan Thrush – 558,000 (186 bb)
4. Christopher Liranzo – 481,000 (160 bb)
5. Joseph Hernon – 451,000 (150 bb)