$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante
Players Remaining: 567 of 2,923
Average Stack: 103,000 (34 big blinds)
Event 9 started with a $1 million guaranteed prize pool but that number never stood a chance. We hit the guarantee early in the fifth starting flight, then they piled nearly $500,000 on top of it. The tournament drew 2,923 entrants to create a prize pool worth $1,461,500 and set aside more than $250,000 for the winner.
There are 567 players still alive with a chance to make the money but only 250 of them will take home a piece. Joshua Hood returns as the chip leader but there are plenty of great players trying to chase him down.
Other survivors include WPT World Champion Asher Conniff, reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen, 2007 WSOP Main Event Champion Jerry Yang, and two of the Mizrachi brothers (Rob and The Grinder).
Bags are on the tables, dealers are standing by, and players are beginning to find their seats. Action will be underway shortly and we’ll start looking for our next big champion.
Top ten returning counts:
Joshua Hood – 389,500 (130 bb)
Julian Pineda – 375,500 (125 bb)
Jorie Damiani – 339,000 (113 bb)
Schneer Borenstein – 303,500 (101 bb)
David Battaglia – 301,000 (100 bb)
Aleksandr Shevelev – 290,000 (97 bb)
Nigel Murray – 288,000 (96 bb)
Danny Nguyen – 272,500 (91 bb)
Rich Meyer – 269,000 (90 bb)
Ruslan Dykshteyn – 256,500 (86 bb)