$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 99 of 409

Flight B has reached the last level of the day as the field drops under 100 players remaining. They’ll finish up this up and those with chips will bag up for Day 2 on Sunday.

Craig Witz is doing well tonight and he’s on a freeroll. He told us he was a stunt double, most notably for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and he was put into the WPTDeepStacks event by his talent agency. Witz is hovering around 200,000 so he’s looking good for a Day 2 return.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 117 of 409

We heard a ruckus from one of the tables in the front of the ballroom and we found a three-way all in pot with similar stacks. Jack Shea was all in for 27,300  with the best hand holding against Paul Balzano’s and another player’s .

Balzano was in a tough spot with one of his queens out of the deck but Shea took a commanding lead on the flop. There were two baby gutshot draw out there but Shea dodged the turn and river for the triple.

One player was eliminated and Balzano was left with a single 100 ante chip in the big blind. One player raised to isolate and Balzano was actually ahead with against for the tiny quintuple-up.

Balzano hit the flop but his opponent picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn. The table was having a good laugh and they had a mini-explosion when the river finished the straight to send Balzano out.

$300 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante | Payouts
Players Remaining: 10 of 162

The huge Seniors field took its time but they finally made it down to a final table. The ten remaining players moved across the hall from the meeting room and are set to play down to the Seniors event champ.

The final table is packed with a lot of talent including regular Haim Toorgeman, Oscar Trestini, Ira Schwartz, Tim Kegel, and 2015 SHRP Player of the Year Ory Hen.

Seat 1: Sandy Tabin – 79,500 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Haim Toorgeman – 87,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Ory Hen – 203,000 (41 bb)
Seat 4: Carlos Cuevas – 25,000 (5 bb)
Seat 5: Fariborz Zojaji – 240,000 (48 bb)
Seat 6: Oscar Trestini – 123,500 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Jon Gordon – 245,000 (49 bb)
Seat 8: Ira Schwartz – 275,000 (55 bb)
Seat 9: Tim Kegel – 115,000 (23 bb)
Seat 10: Bradley “The Kid” Bargman – 207,500 (42 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $10,981 + Trophy
2nd: $7,194
3rd: $4,238
4th: $2,580
5th: $1,991
6th: $1,650
7th: $1,429
8th: $1,260
9th: $1,098
10th: $950

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 126 of 409

Flight B players returned to their seats and they are all chasing David Poces at the top of the leaderboard. He came back to a stack worth 234,000 and promptly pushed it up to 271,000 soon after the restart.

He’s followed by Matthew Greenberg (226,000), Wendy Freedman (215,000) and Yousef Nassr (214,000).

They will play three more levels and survivors will bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 126 of 409

Flight B players are on their final break of the day with 125 players remaining and we expect to lose another 50 over the next two hours.

We’ll track down our late leaders and see who is in position for a late run at the chip lead.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 144 of 409

The field is quickly shrinking but not quite as fast as yesterday. They have one more level to make it through before taking their final break of the day.

Al Gomez is moving his stack north and sits with 140,000 as they near the break. He is among the leaders with Wendy Freedman out front followed by Loni Harwood.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 151 of 409

In a battle of the blinds, Brett Brucaleri checked from the small blind with the board reading . Wendy Freedman bet 9,500 from the big blind and he called to see the river.

Brucaleri took a shot with a 15,000 bet and Freedman thought for a bit before sliding her stack in the middle. The shove was for 60,600 and Brucaleri went into a long thinking process.

After several minutes, Michael Newman called the clock from the other end of the table and Brucaleri was on a 30-second countdown. Before the count hit zero, Brucaleri announced “fold” and Freedman picked up the nice sized pot.

Wendy Freedman – 120,000 (120 bb)
Brett Brucaleri – 34,000 (34 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 207 of 409

Flight B players returned from the respite and registration closed on the penultimate session of the $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks event. After all the accounting was complete, Flight B drew 409 entries to push the combined total to 778 with one more flight to go tomorrow at 11 am.

That puts the prize pool over $750,000 and the tournament only needs 253 entries tomorrow to reach the million dollar mark.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 397 (Total Entries: 766)

Level 9 has come to an end and Flight B players are taking off on their 60-minute dinner break. They have an hour to relax, fill their bellies, and return to play out the rest of the day.

Once they put cards back in the air, registration will close on the second of three flights.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 394 (Total Entries: 763)

We caught a big hand happening in the front of the room with three of our top regulars. Daren Stabinski, Stuart Paterson, and Patrick Eskandar were three-ways to the flop, Eskandar and Stabinski called Paterson’s small blind bet.

Paterson bet another 5,300 after the turn and Eskandar raised to 14,000 from the big blind. Stabinski released and Paterson called after a quick think.

Paterson checked the river, Eskandar bet another 19,400 and Paterson pushed out a call. Eskandar tabled his turned straight with and Paterson quickly mucked his cards.

Patrick Eskandar – 101,000 (168 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 10,000 (17 bb)