$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Players Remaining: 117 of 336
The tournament clock shows 117 players remaining in Flight B with about two hours left to play tonight.
Meanwhile, the Omaha-8 one-day event has just burst the Money Bubble with the final 11 players finishing in the money. They will combine to a final table when there are nine players remaining, and then our coverage will focus on that final table.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Flight B Entries: 336
Registration has closed for Flight B with 336 entries, which combines with the 400 from Flight A to create a total field size of 736 and counting.
There will be two starting flights per day for the next three days (at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm), with the prizepool guaranteed to be worth at least $1 million. (And we’re already on a pace to beat that.)
Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 14, around 12:45 am.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante Flight B Entries: 313
With the board showing on the turn and about 24K already in the pot, Ben Boston moved all in from the hijack for 14,000, and the player on the button thought for a bit before he called with for two pair, nines and deuces.
Boston turned over , and he needed to catch an ace or a ten on the river to stay alive.
The river card was — the . Boston rivered a higher two pair to double up with aces and deuces.
Ben Boston – 48,000 (80 bb)
The next hand at the same table, the under-the-gun player limped for 600, the player on the button limped, the small blind limped, and Daniel Garcia moved all in from the big blind for 14,300.
The player on the button called with , and the others folded. Garcia turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and since neither player improved, Garcia won the pot with jack high to double up in chips.
Daniel Garcia – 30,400 (51 bb)
Flight B is up to 313 entries and counting, with registration open until the end of the next break, around 9:30 pm.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Flight B Entries: 243
A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 65K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard
T-1. James Baune – 71,000 (178 bb) T-1. Wanlop Phonphornwithoon – 71,000 (178 bb) T-3. Rich Alati – 69,000 (173 bb) T-3. Martin Ivanos – 69,000 (173 bb)
There are 243 players in the field so far, with registration open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:30 pm). There will be two flights a day (11:00 am and 5:00 pm) for the next three days.
One of the players who came close to the leaderboard is David Seager, who had 60,400 at the break. Seager scored a big double-up when his flopped trip kings against the of Richard Saunders. Saunders is still in with about 13,000 in chips.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 67 of 400
Flight A: 400 Entries; 67 Advanced Flight B: In Progress Flight C: Thursday at 11 am Flight D: Thursday at 5 pm Flight E: Friday at 11 am Flight F: Friday at 5 pm Flight G: Saturday at 11 am Flight H: Saturday at 5 pm Day 2: Sunday at noon
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Flight A Players Remaining: 67 of 400
The first flight of Event 1 comes to an end with 67 players remaining, and their average chip stack is about 119,000 (30 big blinds).
The big stack from this flight belongs to Lazaro Rojas, who bagged up 287,500 (72 big blinds). The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon.
Flight B began at 5:00 pm, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:30 pm.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Flight A Players Remaining: 67 of 400
With 10 minutes remaining in the final level, and each table plays three more hands to finish the day.
In the first hand, Daniel Aviles got it all in from middle position for a little more than 20K with against , and he caught two pair to win that pot and double up to 44,500.
Daniel Aviles – 44,500 (15 bb)
The next hand, Aviles got it all in from UTG+1 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the small blind’s .
The board came , and Aviles won the pot with ace high to double up again.
Daniel Aviles – 95,000 (32 bb)
Flight A comes to an end, and the survivors are now bagging up their chips. Stay tuned for official chip counts.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Flight A Players Remaining: 81 of 400
As the first flight of Event 1 begins their final level, there are 81 players remaining with an average chip stack around 98,800 (33 big blinds). The big stack belongs to Lazaro Rojas, who has a little more than 300K.
Lazaro Rojas – 305,000 (102 bb)
At another table, Brian Stewart got it all in UTG+1 for 43,500 after a flop of . Stewart held for top pair with a club flush draw, while Steven Langert had on the button for bottom two pair.
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Stewart paired his seven on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Flight A Players Remaining: 117 of 400
Flight A players made it through the last break of the day to leave them three levels from wrapping it up. There are 117 players remaining and we expect to nearly cut that in half before they bag up around 6:45 pm.
Leif Force was a late entry but is having a good run. The 2019 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event runner-up is sitting with 153,000 in the late stages while reading an old-fashioned Kindle.