$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Return to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 516 of 2,724
Day 1 took six starting flights to whittle down the field and now all those who made it through the first 14 levels will join together as one today in the ballroom. Event 10 drew more than 2,700 entrants with only 516 of those players still around today with a chance at the title.
They created a prize pool worth $1,362,000 to easily surpass the $1,000,000 Guarantee. The last 250 players will each earn a piece with a min-cash taking home $1,144 while everyone is looking at the $236,942 up top for the winner.
Rob Jaenicke leads the way but he’s joined by Nick Palma with stacks that tower over the rest of the field. Each is more than 130K clear of third place Matthew Yorra but there’s a long way to go before the matter is settled.
Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Matt Affleck sits in the top ten with other pros such as Chris Hunichen, Ryan Van Sanford, Brian Hastings, and Ari Engel all within striking distance.
They’ll return to Level 15 and blinds at 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante. The average stack at the restart is 106,000 (35 big blinds) and we expect to hit the money before the second break. Levels will run 40 minutes today until they reach the final table, then they switch to 60-minute levels until we have a winner.
Players are entering the ballroom to unbag their chips and cards will fly very soon.
Top ten returning stacks:
Rob Jaenicke – 465,500 (155 bb)
Nick Palma – 460,000 (153 bb)
Matthew Yorra – 332,500 (111 bb)
Angelo Miele Jr – 315,000 (105 bb)
Matt Affleck – 310,500 (104 bb)
Frankie Flowers – 306,000 (102 bb)
David Lithgow – 304,000 (101 bb)
William Pappas – 296,000 (99 bb)
Aryeh Cohen – 292,000 (97 bb)
Chris Hunichen – 270,000 (90 bb)