$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 225

On the 14th round of hand-for-hand, Phil Consolo open-shipped for 56,000 from early position and Niall Costican called next to act. It folded around and they had to wait for the rest of the tables to finish their action.

Consolo:
Costigan:

It was a race and Consolo needed his fives to hold but there was a queen right in the window of the flop. Neither the turn nor the river was any help to Consolo, and he was eliminated on the money bubble.

Niall Costigan – 220,000 (37 bb)
Phil Conolo  –  Eliminated

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 225

With the board reading and about 70K in the pot, Johnny Bromberg was against Josias Santos and moved all in from the big blind. Santos quickly called at risk for 121,000 and Bromberg said “uh oh”.

Santos:
Bromberg:

Bromberg turned a nine-high straight but was drawing dead to the river against Santos’s jack-high straight. The river finished the board and the money bubble continued.

Josias Santos – 310,000 (52 bb)
Johnny Bromberg – 405,000 (68 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 225

Larry Murphy was eliminated in 31st place by David Shaw and the tournament was put into hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble.

The clock was paused and two minutes come off for each hand dealt until one player is eliminated.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 225

A big three-way pot developed as the field approached the money bubble.

Ashton Grififn was all in for 77,000 from under the gun, David Nathaniel was all in for 157,000 from the big blind, and Charlemagne Benjamin had them both covered in the small.

Nathaniel:
Griffin:
Benjamin:

“Don’t get mad when an eight comes David!” Benjamin joked with Nathaniel.

Griffin paired his jack on the to improve his odds a little, Benjamin picked up a double-belly buster draw on the turn, but both blanked the river.

Griffin was eliminated one from the bubble and Nathaniel picked up the big pot.

David Nathaniel – 331,000 (55 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 351,000 (59 bb)
Ashton Griffin – Eliminated

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 225

We are nearing the money bubble and while some tighten up to squeak into the money, Lee Farris seems to be having fun wielding his big stack.

He is the first over one million in his stack and leading the way with 1,120,000.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries:  53

It certainly didn’t take long for a big number in the $1,100 Platinum Stack. Well before the first break, we put 53 entries in the game to surpass the $50,000 already with late reg available until 5:45 pm.

A lot of that is due to more than a few busting from the $1,700 Deepest Stack and rolling right to the other set of tables.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 225

Two of the biggest stacks to start the day are still two of the biggest. Artem Tuliupa and Michael Newman are neck-and-neck for the top spot, Tuliupa only three 1K chips bigger with 679,000 versus the 676,000 of Newman.

James Carroll is also having a nice day, sitting with his 50K starting stack at 11 am and up to 244,000 at the first break.

Blinds are up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 279,000 (46 bb). The money bubble will hit before the next break and they’ll start to make some cash.

Artem Tuliupa – 679,000 (113 bb)
Michael Newman – 676,000 (113 bb)
Julian Petrowski – 530,000 (88 bb)
Lee Farris – 528,000 (88 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 225

Action slowed a bit after shrinking to five tables with the money bubble on the horizon and the first break coming up.

We will walk the tables and see who’s got the biggest stack after two hours at the tables.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 225

The field is quickly down to five tables with 45 players remaining but still some work ahead to reach the money bubble.

Two players we noticed having a good day; Johnny Bromberg and James Calderaro. After starting the day with 174K, Bromberg is just shy of 600,000 after little more than an hour of action.

Calderaro started his day with exactly 50,000 as one of our 13 max late reg players. He survived his initial confrontations and sitting with more than a double stack.

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The $1,700 Deepest Stack restart isn’t the only game in the room today; we have a big one-day tournament kicking off at noon with a $1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em. The tournament has a $50,000 guarantee and a great alternative to those who fall short in the other game.

Players start with huge 100K stacks and the first six levels last 20 minutes before going up to 30 for the duration. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 5:45 pm.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 13 (5:45pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet