Event 9 Day 1B: Jake Schwartz Picks off a Bluff

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry 
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 320

Jake Schwartz
Jake Schwartz

Jake Schwartz raised to 1,400 under-the-gun and was called by a player in middle position and the big blind. They were three-handed to a flop of Qc8c4s and all three players checked.

The turn was the Jd and action checks to the player in middle position, who bet 2,300. The big blind folded and Schwartz called. The river was the 4h and Schwartz checked again. Middle position bet 5,000 and Schwartz took a few moments before calling.

Middle position shows Kd10d, giving him a missed straight draw and king-high, while Schwartz wins the pot with 10s8s, good for a pair of eights.

Jake Schwartz – 44,500

Event 9 Day 1B: Wendy Freedman Knocks One Out

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 319

Wendy Freedman (San Francisco, CA)
Wendy Freedman (San Francisco, CA)

A player in early position opened to 1,800, and David Diaz three-bet to 7,000 from the small blind. Wendy Freedman cold four-bet to 15,000 in the big blind, and the original raiser called all in for about 7,500. Diaz folded, leaving the other two heads up.

Freedman: KdKs
Opponent: AsQs

The board ran out KhTd4h5c9c, and Freedman earned the pot and the knockout with top set.

Wendy Freedman – 48,000 (80 bb)

Event 9 Day 1B: Danny Suied is “Playing Like S***”

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 288

Danny Suied (Hallandale, FL)
Danny Suied (Hallandale, FL)

“Just write that I’m playing like s***,” Danny Suied said, noticing the reporters near his table. “I look good, but I’m playing like s***.”

Suied is working on his second entry of this flight, and his mulligan stack has dipped down to around 14,000. There’s still plenty of time for him to recover — or to re-enter, a matter about which Suied also inquired.

“How late can I rebuy?” he asked, thinking ahead. He and the rest of the field have until the start of Level 9 to re-enter, just about 90 minutes from now.

Danny Suied 14,000 (35 bb)

Event 9 Day 1B: Oktay Altinbas Doubles Up

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry 
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 300

Oktay Altinbas
Oktay Altinbas

There was about 10,000 in the middle on the turn with the board reading Ah2h2c6c. Hans Winzeler checked from under-the-gun and a player in early position checked as well. Oktay Altinbas bet 3,000 from the hijack and Winzeler called.

Early position check-raised to 12,300 and Altinbas called. Winzeler took a few moments and then folded. The river was the 8s and the player in early position moved all in. Altinbas called and was all in for 11,900.

Early position showed 9h9s and Altinbas more than doubled up with his AcJs.

Oktay Altinbas – 56,000

Event 9 Day 1B: Todd Breyfogle Doubles With Aces

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry 
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 268

On a flop of Qs8s3h, Todd Breyfogle bet 1,300 from under-the-gun and the cutoff raised to 5,000. Breyfogle moved all in for 19,300 and the cutoff called.

Breyfogle was in the lead with AsAh against the cutoff’s KsQc. The turn was the 3d and the river was the 8c to give Breyfogle the double up.

“I put a $100 bounty on him and all he’s done is double up twice,” said his friend at a neighboring table.

Todd Breyfogle – 41,500

Event 9 Day 1B: Big Stacks on Break

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight 1A Entries: 262

Dani Dayan (Miami Beach, FL)
Dani Dayan (Miami Beach, FL)

The field just returned from their first break of the day, and they’re back for Level 5. The board shows 262 entries so far, with registration available through the next break.

There are seven players who’ve crossed the 50,000-chip mark, and one who’s already up in to six figures. Here’s the top of the current leaderboard:

Dani Dayan – 103,000
M. Melamed – 59,050
Zack Fish – 54,575
Frederico Dabus – 53,500
T.K. Miles – 52,725
Hans Winzeler – 52,225
Bradley Rhodes – 50,075

Event 9 Day 1B: Howdy, Neighbor

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight 1A Entries: 236

Adam Levy and Mukul Pahuja
Adam Levy and Mukul Pahuja

The field for this evening’s flight is relatively stacked with familiar faces considering the modest price point. The heroes are mostly spread out evenly throughout the room, but two of them have found themselves elbow to elbow at one of the far tables.

Adam “Roothlus” Levy is one of the original legends of online poker, and he’s amassed more than $2.5 million in his live career, as well. Mukul Pahuja is best known for his live prowess, accumulating more than $4.3 million, with the vast majority of that coming during the last three years. He’s also won a few tournament titles, narrowly missing out on a couple more major ones, as well.

Both Levy and Pahuja are Florida natives, both are accomplished tournament pros, and they’re keeping it friendly so far here in Event 9.

Event 9 Day 1B: James Salmon Flops a Set

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 4: 100/200 with a 25 ante
Flight 1B Entries: 226

On the turn with the board reading 9h7d4d3h, the big blind checks and James Salmon bets 2,800 on the button. The big blind check-calls and the river is the 2h.

The big blind checks again and Salmon bets 7,000. The big blind quickly calls and Salmon tables 7c7s, good for a set of sevens and the big blind mucks his hand.

Salmon, fresh off a runner-up finish in the $350 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event for $91,097, drags the pot and is off to a good start this flight.

James Salmon – 33,200

Event 9: Chip Counts for Flight A

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry

The first flight of the $1 Million Guarantee Event 9 drew 379 entrants with 71 advancing to Day 2 on Sunday.

FlightsTotal EntriesAdvanced
Flight A – Thursday, 11AM37971
Flight B – Thursday, 6PMTBDTBD
Flight C – Friday, 11AMTBDTBD
Flight D – Friday, 6PMTBDTBD
Flight E – Saturday, 11AMTBDTBD
Flight F – Saturday, 6PMTBDTBD
Running Total37971
RankFirst NameLast NameCount
1JimmyKim251,000
2ItzhakDickstein225,000
3DannyNguyen222,500
4TimothyFarrenkopf222,500
5CarlMartel210,500
6RobBrown204,000
7A.J.Kelsall200,500
8SamZalmanov176,500
9YitzhakQuinn171,000
10NicholasVisconti170,500
11KevinOdonnell170,000
12AaronMermestein168,500
13BobNielsen168,000
14RonitChamani165,500
15MichaelNewman161,000
16JermaineGerlin160,500
17GregLehn154,500
18JoeEbanks150,500
19DAvidShaw143,000
20ZackWilson141,500
21GregBaird139,000
22JohannCastrillon133,500
23ZacharyMullennit132,000
24LeonardBenitez131,000
25KazuOshima128,500
26LarryKusch126,500
27KennethWatson125,500
28MarkSmyriski118,000
29DavidDiBernardi113,000
30MarkWahba108,500
31JasonWandling104,000
32DanWeitzenkorn102,000
33HyndiKhomutetsky101,000
34BrianPhillis97,500
35ChrisBlik97,000
36MatthewVetstein96,000
37KobiRibak96,000
38CarloRidriguez95,500
39GregOstrander94,500
40GuiSocarras93,500
41MatthewElsby89,500
42TimKegel86,000
43JohnTempleton86,000
44LazaroHernandez83,000
45JohnnyCasquilla81,000
46DarrenDeLucia80,500
47JoseSilverman78,500
48AaronKorff78,500
49JanineGelb78,000
50JonathanGaviao76,000
51JerryWong71,500
52JulioSanchez69,000
53MarkCostello66,500
54JohnnyLayne65,000
55StevePollack62,500
56RonHirsch61,000
57JeffreyCohen54,000
58MattBond53,000
59PaulaAlibrandi53,000
60AndrewGordon50,500
61JamesScott49,500
62KenBruno48,500
63JoseParra43,500
64AndrewGlauberg42,000
65BrandonMiller39,500
66SebastianKos39,000
67HunterCichy37,500
68JeffreyTrudeau Jr33,500
69DavidGantz33,000
70StanleyLee26,000
71MichaelRizzuto20,500

Event 9 Day 1B: Daren Stabinski Multi-Tabling

$570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 3: 75/150 with a 25 ante
Flight 1A Entries: 196

Daren Stabinski
Daren Stabinski

There is about 5,000 in the pot with a completed board of Ad4s2dJc4h and Daren Stabinski checks from the big blind.

The cutoff bets 3,300 and Stabinski quickly check-calls. The cutoff shows AhJs, good for top two pair. Stabinski sighs and shows AsQh, good for top pair and was three-outed on the turn.

Stabinski loses the pot, but this isn’t the only tournament he’s currently in. Stabinski is still in the $250 satellite that awards two $570 seats and a seat into the $1,050 turbo satellite into the $10,000 WPT Finale.

There are 10 players left in the satellite and the top seven cash with the top six players earning seats. Stabinski has 83,000 in the satellite while the average stack is 57,000.

Stabinski is already having a strong series with a second place finish in the $350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty event.

Daren Stabinski – 12,000