Event 1: Michael Tait Eliminated by Muzaffer Yesilce

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 15: Blinds 2,500/5,000, Ante 500
Players Remaining: 28/212
Average Stack: (~227,000 – 45 big blinds)

With the board reading 10d9s8d, Michael Tait got his stack of 45,000 into the middle with 7c6h for a ten-high straight. Muzaffer Yesilce had him covered and looked him up with Jd9d for a pair of nines, as well an open-ended straight-flush draw.

The 5s turn was safe for Tait, but the Qh river gave Yesilce a queen-high straight to score the elimination.

Yesilce increased his stack to about 295,000.

Event 1: Chip Leaders After Level 12

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 13: Blinds 1,500/3,000, Ante 500
Players Remaining: 50/211
Average Stack: (~126,000 – 42 big blinds)

Here are the chip leaders after Level 12:

Peter Striano – 554,500 (184 bb)
Michael Chiappetta – 340,000 (113 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 320,000 (106 bb)
Robert Patrick Brown – 285,000 (95 bb)
Edward Keller – 245,000 (81 bb)
John Depersio – 240,000 (80 bb)

Event 1: Chip Count Update

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 11: Blinds 1,000/2,000, Ante 300
Players Remaining: 65/211
Average Stack: (~97,000 – 49 big blinds)

Here are a few notable stacks from the field:

Peter Striano – 510,000 (255 bb)
Stuart Paterson – 255,000 (127 bb)
Muzaffer Yesilce – 167,000 (83 bb)
Luis Santoni – 128,000 (64 bb)
Matt Elsarelli – 90,000 (45 bb)
Michael Tait – 60,000 (30 bb)
Greg Marcus – 52,000 (26 bb)
Scott Zakheim – 28,000 (14 bb)

Event 1: Play Resumes

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 10: Blinds 800/1,600, Ante 200
Players Remaining: 65/198
Average Stack: (~91,000– 56 big blinds)

The players have returned from the dinner break and play has resumed. Registration remains open throughout the night and up until the beginning of Day 2 on Sunday (blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante at that time).

Six more 40-minute levels will be played tonight before the surviving players bag and tag.

Event 1: Chip Leaders at Dinner Break

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 10 (upcoming): Blinds 800/1,600, Ante 200
Players Remaining: 65/198
Average Stack: (~91,000– 56 big blinds)

The players are in the midst of a 40-minute dinner break. Play will resume at roughly 7:10pm.

Chip leaders after Level 9

Peter Striano – 466,500
Muzaffer Yesilce – 226,300
Bobby Bresner – 213,400
Steven Pollack – 211,100
Paul Balzano – 181,000
Kenneth Bruno – 164,000
Vladimir Kovalchuk – 160,800

Event 1: Quads For Striano Again

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 9: Blinds 600/1,200, Ante 200
Players Remaining: 72/193
Average Stack: (~80,000 – 66 big blinds)

With the board reading 9d3c2c, a player got his stack of about 47,000 into the middle with 9c5h for top pair against Peter Striano who held 3s3d for a set of threes.

Striano locked up the pot after the 8d turn, but made quads for the third time today when the 3h river completed the board.

That upped Striano’s stack to about 340,000 and he has since increased it further, currently sitting on a stack of roughly 370,000.

Event 1: Quads For Striano

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 7: Blinds 400/800, Ante 100
Players Remaining: 108/183

A short-stacked Joel Harwood was all in from early position for about 9,000 with 10s8c, facing chip leader Peter Striano’s AdKc in the big blind.

The board ran out Ah3cAcAsKs, giving Striano quad aces to win the pot and eliminate Harwood.

Striano is still the current chip leader with about 220,000.

Event 1: Chip Leaders After Level 6

Day 1A: $350 Deep-Stack No-Limit Hold’em with re-entries ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 7: Blinds 400/800, Ante 100
Players Remaining: 108/183

On top of the chip counts after six levels is Peter Striano with about 225,000. Striano, seated at the same table as former chip leader Muzaffer Yesilce, took a significant pot off of Yesilce at the end of Level 6. Yesilce, though, is still sitting with a solid stack of about 95,000.

Chip leaders after Level 6

Peter Striano – 225,600
Francis Margaglione – 129,000
Vladimir Kovalchuk – 128,700
John Depersio – 107,600
Rodolfo Enriquez – 114,700
Claudio Kalili – 114,400