$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 398

Action slowed to a crawl with the money bubble getting close and the stacks staying deep. The field is still two eliminations away from bubble play and another from the money.

Paul Domb is still grinding and the only player remaining with a chance for a second May Deep Stack Poker Series Main Event win. He is the defending champion after taking the title in 2019 for $58K in a final table deal.

Meanwhile, James Carroll is taking advantage of the bubble and moved his stack up to 1,451,000. We caught the end of him taking adding another 230K with on a board against Josh Mountain.

James Carroll – 1,451,000 (181 bb)
Josh Mountain – 238,000 (30 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 398

Blinds increased as the field moved into Level 18 with 55 players remaining and 50 getting paid. They are up to 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante and the average stack 362,000 (45 bb).

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  61 of 398

Action at Table 7 went big after the break with some swings. The end of the string was Shawn Mohamed getting his stack in the middle after a raise, Levy Molina shipped in from the small blind, and Josh Mountain moved in over the top from the big to get the OG raiser out of the hand.

Mohamed:
Mountain:
Molina:

After getting the main pot and side pot settled, Mohamed had the shortest stack and Mountain had Molina covered. The board ran out and Mohamed’s queens held for the triple up while Mountain’s pair of jacks gave him a 100K+ rebate from Molina.

Before any of that happened, James Carroll found his way to the top of the counts when he crossed over a million as Mountain dropped back.

Shawn Mohamed – 521,000 (87 bb)
Josh Mountain – 572,000 (95 bb)
James Carroll – 1,100,000 (183 bb)
Levy Molina – Eliminated

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  68 of 398

The first break is complete, the money bubble is on the horizon, and Josh Mountain extended his lead over the last few minutes of Level 16.

He moved his stack up to 1,291,000 for the clear lead. Other notable big stacks include Paul Chang (661,000), Dmitry Savelyev (615,000), 2019 WPT Showdown Champ James Carroll (565,000), and Jason Wandling (515,000).

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 398

Josh Mountain isn’t the only player having a really good start to their Sunday, Paul Chang is piling up. After coming back for Day 2 with 104,000 in his bag, Chang is now up to 865,000 after two hours of work. Mark Guariglia is also trending in the upward direction with 675,000.

There are 72 players remaining and tournament staff will be sending them on a break at the top of the hour. They will hit the money bubble before the second break and start making some money.

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 398

Six of the eight players that start on Table 7 had a bit of a battle ahead of them. Returning chip leader was sitting Levy Molina was setting in the 8-seat and third-best stack Josh Mountain was sitting in the 1-seat.

Of the two, Mountain has made the most of his stack this afternoon and was the first player over 1,000,000 for the tournament. His stack was 1,015,000 at the time of counting while Molina was still hovering around his Day 2 starting stack.

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 398

Registration remained open until the start of Day 2, an interesting twist on the standard tournament structure. We had 18 players slide in with the maximum late registration to start with 13 bigs and a dream.

Some of them included Michael Tait, Jake Schwartz, Noah Schwartz, Ira Schwartz, Matt Waxman, Daniel Couzens, Cangir Elcin, Howard Mash, Jose Parra, Jerry Wong, and former SHRP Player of the Year David Nathaniel Jr.

2021 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  398
Prize Pool:  $597,000
May 27-30, 2021

All late entries were added together with the three starting flights to put a combined 398 in the $1,700 Deepest Stack tournament. They created a prize pool worth $597,000 with the last 50 players getting paid. A min-cash is worth $3,100 and the Event 5 champion will take home $120,410 plus the May Deep Stack Poker Series trophy.

1st: $120,410 + Trophy
2nd: $80,250
3rd: $58,985
4th: $43,880
5th: $33,045
6th: $25,190
7th: $18,445
8th-9th: $13,620
10th-11th: $10,845
12th-13th: $8,755
14th-16th: $6,925
17th-20th: $5,395
21st-24th: $4,565
25th-32nd: $3,920
33rd-40th: $3,410
41st-50th: $3,110

$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  114 of 398

Early action saw a series of preflop raises between Matthew Zarcadoolas and TK Miles with similar stacks that went in the middle.

Miles was ahead with pocket fives against the for Zarcadoolas but the flop slammed the door pretty hard. Then it locked on the turn giving Zarcadoolas a full house, aces over jacks, to send a tough opponent out.

Miles had a great run this series, going deep in the other two multi-day tournaments.

Matthew Zarcadoolas – 231,000 (58 bb)