$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 143

Registration is open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am

Flight A: 53 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: 90 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  23 of 90

Flight B of the $1,700 Deepest Stack ended with 23 advancing to Day 2 and Bryan Rosen took the lead late in the day. He put 399,000 in his bag to take the overall lead with Allan Bieler not far behind with 391,000.

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

Bryan Rosen – 399,000 (133 bb)
Allan Bieler – 391,000 (130 bb)
Tomas Brokl – 377,000 (126 bb)
Art Peacock – 345,000 (115 bb)
Donovan Dean – 330,000 (110 bb)
Cuba Levenberry – 288,000 (96 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  39 of 89

Players are rolling into the last level of the night and need to start making plans for a big Day 2 bag. They will finish out the night and survivors will return on Sunday at 11 am for Day 2.

Or they will fall short and try again tomorrow or max late reg before Day 2.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  34 of 86

The last break ended and players returned to their seats to work their way through three more levels before calling it a night. We have 34 players remaining and Donovan Dean is the late leader with 278,500. Not far behind we have Dean Sultan and Bogdan Chornyy with a lot of tough players chasing all three.

Donovan Dean – 278,500 (139 bb)
Dean Sultan – 271,500 (136 bb)
Bogdan Chornyy – 263,500 (132 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  35 of 82

The last break is coming up soon and they’ll have three more levels to build a big bag or get ready for the last flight tomorrow. We’ll take on last look for those trying to take the overall chip lead from Farid Jattin and set themselves up for a deep run.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  81

The Flight B entry count is up to 81, and one of those is Hollywood royalty. Defending champ Raminder Singh joined the field, trying to match last year’s win, which earned him more than $100,000.

Singh, reigning LHPO Champion, has a dozen major Hollywood wins and another dozen in-room titles, plus others from around the state, including a RunGood Series win in Coconut Creek.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  76

The dinner break ended and players returned to action with a new leader in the field. Adi Amit is at the top with 220,000 and the only player over 200K but John Depersio is close with 192,500. Andrew Woodmancey is still in the mix for top stack with 187,000 and Steven Kiser joined the chase with 179,000.

Amit is looking for his second straight deep run in this tournament after he finished ninth last year for $11,790.

Adi Amit – 220,000 (220 bb)
John Depersio – 192,700 (193 bb)
Andrew Woodmancey – 187,000 (187 bb)
Steven Kiser – 179,000 (179 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  67

Flight B players were shipped off for their 40-minute dinner break to refresh and regroup for the last push later tonight. The black chips are coming out of play and they’ll return to play six more levels before bagging.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  66

The entry count continues to climb and we have a few new faces in the crowd. Michael Chiappetta, Sean Phillippi, Michael Graffeo, and triple slash champ (WPT/WSOP/WSOPC winner) Matt Waxman boosted the field as they near the dinner break.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  64

Action is back underway after the second break and we found our big stacks. Two-time WSOP Circuit winner John Depersio leads the field with 191,400 followed by two-time Hollywood champ Andrew Woodmancey with 164,000.

Woodmancey picked up a lot of his chips with a double knockout, his flopped jack-high straight holding against an open-ended straight draw and flopped set of tens.

Here are a few counts from around the room:

John Depersio – 191,400 (319 bb)
Andrew Woodmancey – 164,000 (273 bb)
Dimity Agrachov – 79,100 (132 bb)
Perla Ojeda – 72,600 (121 bb)
Thomas Gari – 67,200 (112 bb)
Art Peacock – 66,800 (111 bb)
Paul Domb – 66,400 (111 bb)
David Nathaniel – 52,600 (88 bb)
Hector Pacheco – 51,600 (86 bb)
Willie Wiggins – 50,000 (83 bb)
Alcides Gomez – 48,700 (81 bb)
Brandon Miller – 46,200 (77 bb)
Richard Whitebrook – 42,400 (71 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 32,100 (54 bb)
Yury Parad – 24,300 (41 bb)