$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 884

The field is down to the last nine tables with a steady pace as the structure should dictate. We still have some people busting out, which means those chips have to go somewhere.

David Howard and Sean Phillippi are the two recent candidates for the top of the board, Howard up into second with 847,000 and Phillippi making a move with 675,000.

They will play out the last 30 minutes of Level 18 before a 15-minute color up break, we’ll see how they stack up to the rest of the field.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 884

Nathan Thrush had a top-five stack at the first break, but the situation shifted with most of his stack sliding to his right. As told by Rodrigo Aldorino on the other side of the table, Thrush and Guillermo Hamilton got all their chips in the middle for a huge pot.

Thrush had queens but ran into a big cooler with Hamilton holding aces and it only got worse when Hamilton flopped the other two aces in the deck.

Now Hamilton is among the leaders and Thrush will need to work his stack back up.

Guillermo Hamilton – 764,000 (96 bb)
Nathan Thrush – 90,000 (11 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  92 of 884

Catching up on some paperwork, here’s a look at the results from 93rd through 111th place including Zoltan Czinkota who doubled on the bubble plus Loni Hui and David Moreno among out max late reg crew.

93rd: Rob Brown – $760
94th: Zoltan Czinkota – $760
95th: Marco Rodriguez – $760

96th: Michael Johnson – $660
97th: Stephen Ibrahim – $660
98th: Joseph Hernon – $660
99th: Josh Cranfill – $660
100th: Scott Epstein – $660
102nd: Neil Florin – $660
103rd: Carlos Vazquez – $660
104th: Alan Katsnelson – $660
105th: Anthony Casas – $660
106th: Jason Ginsberg – $660
107th: Ernesto Romero – $660
108th: David Moreno – $660
109th: Loni Hui – $660
110th: Robert Antunes – $660
111th: Eric Kolodny – $660

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 884

Players were sent on their first break soon after the bubble burst and returned with one massive stack in the room. Kevin Dubrocq has 1,411,000, nearly six times the average stack, and a hefty lead on second-place Matt Rizai, with 783,000.

Kevin Dubrocq – 1,411,000 (235 bb)
Matt Rizai – 783,000 (131 bb)
Nathan Thrush – 595,000 (99 bb)
Michael Garcia – 578,000 (96 bb)
Andre Bryan – 555,000 (93 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  111 of 884

On the first hand of the bubble, action folded to Dave Alfa on the button and he bet 43,000 leaving a single 1K chip behind. Raminder Singh was in the big blind, put out a half stack of chips to put the button all in and Alfa called at risk.

Singh:
Alfa:

It was a race and Singh took the lead when he paired his nine on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and the field was quickly in the money.

Raminder Singh – 615,000 (103 bb)
Dave Alfa – Eliminated on the Bubble

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  112 of 884

With 112 players remaining, tournament staff paused the clock to begin hand-for-hand action on the money bubble.

Two minutes will come off the clock for each hand dealt until one player is eliminated to put the field in the money.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Day 2 of the opening event is moving along and we have another option for you this afternoon if you fell short. Event 2 is another $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $30,000 guarantee and a one-day structure.

Players start with 20K in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 5:30 pm.

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  115 of 884

With the money bubble nearing and Table 19 waiting to break, Andre Bryan and Dragan Mihajlovski were in a big hand. The flop was out, reading , Mihajlovski bet 15,000 and Bryan raised to 50,000 from the button.

Mihajlovski had 120,000 sitting behind and a crowd waiting for his decision.

“I know I have you beat,” Mihajlovski said to Bryan and seemed like he was ready to put his stack in the middle.

Someone at the table called clock, Mihajlovski really looked like he was going to call, but folded his hand before the timer hit zero and showed pocket queens. Bryan laughed and flipped up pocket fives for a set.

Andre Bryan – 327,000 (55 bb)
Dragan Mihajlovski – 120,000 (20 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  153 of 884

David Howard found himself in a nice spot early in Day 2, sitting with pocket aces and some action ahead of him. Turned out he would be heads up with Rory Donnellan and a cooler with Donnellan holding kings.

The board ran out all low with no sweat for the aces and the field dropped one closer to the money bubble.

David Howard – 302,000 (76 bb)

2024 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  884
Prize Pool:  $291,720
May 16  – 20, 2024

Registration closed for the first event on the Deep Stack Poker Series schedule and the $400 buy-in tournament drew 884 entries to nearly triple the $100,000 guarantee. Our players created a prize pool worth $291,720 with the last 111 spots getting paid. A min-cash is worth $660 and the Event 1 champ will earn $43,660.

1st: $43,660 + DSPS trophy
2nd: $29,000
3rd: $21,600
4th: $16,200
5th: $12,200
6th: $9,300
7th: $7,200
8th: $5,600
9th-10th: $4,380
11th-12th: $3,860
13th-15th: $3,360
16th-19th: $2,920
20th-23rd: $2,500
24th-31st: $2,120
32nd-39th: $1,780
40th-47th: $1,480
48th-55th: $1,260
56th-63rd: $1,060
64th-79th: $900
80th-95th: $760
96th-111th: $660