Event 1: Eric Siegel Survives With a Chop

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 7,703

Eric Siegel moved all in from the button for 2,700,000, and Nicholas Carballo called from the big blind with AhJd.

Siegel turned over Ad10s, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Ac8s8d5hQc, and the queen on the river gave Siegel kicker protection — both players finished with two pair, aces and eights, with a queen kicker.

It’s a chopped pot to save Siegel from elimination.

Eric Siegel  –  3,000,000  (8 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,625,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Event 1: Nicholas Carballo Doubles Thru Colby Covington

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 7,703

Nicholas Carballo

Colby Covington raised from the hijack to 700,000, Nicholas Carballo reraised from the small blind to 4,050,000 (leaving himself just 500,000 behind), and Covington tanked for a long time before he called.

Carballo started to turn over his cards, but he still had chips in his stack and wasn’t all in yet. So he bet 500,000 in the dark, and Covington called in the dark.

The flop came As5h2d, and Covington took the lead with his AdQd for a flopped pair of aces. Carballo turned over 10s10d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was — the 10h!

Carballo spiked a set of tens on the turn to clinch the pot, and the meaningless river card was the 9c. Carballo won the pot with his set to double up in chips.

Nicholas Carballo  –  9,700,000  (32 bb)
Colby Covington  –  10,925,000  (36 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,625,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Event 1: Vamsi Magam Doubles Thru Yoann Gimenez

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 7,703

Vamsi Magam

Vamsi Magam moved all in from the button for 3,050,000, and Yoann Gimenez thoguht for a while before he called from the big blind with KhQs.

Magam turned over Kd7c, and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

But the board came 10c9d3c7d5d, and Magam paired his seven on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Vamsi Magam  –  6,550,000  (22 bb)
Yoann Gimenez  –  16,700,000  (56 bb)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,625,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Event 1: Ivan Saul Eliminated in 17th Place by Andrew Pecina

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 7,703

Ivan Saul

Ivan Saul raised from the cutoff to 675,000, Vinny Monteiro called from the button, and Andrew Pecina moved all in from the small blind for roughly 6.4 million.

Saul thought for a while before he called all in for 5,900,000, and Monteiro quickly folded.

Saul turned over KdKc, and needed it to hold to stay alive against Pecina’s AhQd.

The board came Ad10s2h8h4d, and Pecina paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Saul in 17th place.

Andrew Pecina  –  13,600,000  (45 bb)
Ivan Saul  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($10,931)

With 16 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,625,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Event 1: David Frenkel Doubles Thru Corel Theuma to Reach ~20 Million

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 7,703

David Frenkel

After a flop of Qc9d3c, both blinds check, and David Frenkel bets 2,000,000 from the hijack. Raffaello Locatelli calls from the cutoff, Corel Theuma calls from the small blind, and Colby Covington folds the big blind.

The turn card was the 4d, Theuma checks, and Frenkel moves all in for 6,175,000. Locatelli folds, and Theuma tanks for a while before he calls with QdJh for a pair of queens.

But Frenkel turns over 9s9c for a set of nines, and Theuma is drawing dead.

The meaningless river card is the 10s, and Frenkel wins the pot to double up in chips.

David Frenkel  –  19,850,000  (66 bb)
Corel Theuma  –  6,400,000  (21 bb)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,050,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Event 1: Short Stack Tony Abid Doubles Thru Scott Livingston

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 7,703

Tony Abid

Scott Livingston limped from middle position for 300,000, and Tony Abid (who started today with just five big blinds) moved all in from the big blind for 1,325,000.

Livingston called with KsJd, and Abid turned over AcKc. Abid needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Ah8d5h4h7d, and Abid won the pot with a flopped pair of aces to double up in chips.

Tony Abid  –  3,100,000  (10 bb)
Scott Livingston  –  5,650,000  (19 bb)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,050,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Event 1: Shuffle Up & Deal!

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 7,703

The final 17 players have returned to the tournament area, and they will be playing down to a winner today.

With 17 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 9,050,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,931 each.

Levels will be one hour today, and the blinds begin at 150,000-300,000 with a 300,000 ante.

Everything is set and ready to go, so it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Event 14: Yuval Bronshtein Eliminated by Francisco Pardo

$1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 262

Yuval Bronshtein

With the board out to the turn and reading AsTd8sJd, Francisco Pardo and Long Nguyen checked and Yuval Bronshtein moved all in for 39,000 from the button. Pardo called and Nguyen folded.

Pardo: Kc2c
Bronshtein: 8d7d

Bronshtein was ahead with one card to come and needed to fade a gutshot and over card. Pardo got there with the Qc river giving him a Broadway straight to send our seven-time champ out.

After Bronshtein was eliminated, blinds are up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 187,000 (31 bb).

Francisco Pardo – 210,000 (35 bb)

29th: Yuval Bronshtein – $2,100
30th: Andrew Dudley – $2,100
31st: Vadim Shlez – $1,950
32nd: Steven Karp – $1,950
33rd: Aaron Flores – $1,950

Event 18 Flight B: More Big Stacks

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

You can get your Big Stack action all day long with three flights running non-stop. The second of three gets underway at 3 pm with a $200 buy-in and $200,000 guarantee.

Event 18 players start with 15,000 big stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 7 at 6:30 pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. Flight B will continue into the evening and end when 10% of the field remains. Survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Wednesday at 2 pm.

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
  • Event 18 Structure Sheet

Event 19: Big H.O.R.S.E.

$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  150/300 Limits

We’re going big with the H.O.R.S.E. tournament this afternoon at 3 pm with a $600 buy-in and slow, deep two-day structure. You’ll have to show skills in five game varieties to walk away with this trophy.

Players start with 15,000 big stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm. Event 19 will continue playing this evening until only nine players remain and they return to play the final table tomorrow at 1 pm.

  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 19 Structure Sheet