2016 Deep Stack Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, Fla.
Event #1
$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,075
Prize Pool: $322,500 + $1,650 Seat
May 19-23,2016

Massive field more than doubles $150,000 guarantee, McKoy earns $49,755 following four-way chop.

Steve McKoy won the first of seven Deep Stack Series primary events Monday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The $350 buy-in opener enjoyed a massive turnout as 1,075 entries ponied up the entry fee for a shot at South Florida glory. Following two opening flights and two additional play down days, McKoy left victorious in a four-way chop. He earned $49,755 while Ronald Campillo, who won the $350 Escalator Series event earlier this year, pocketed $39,200, Michael Merisier $35,750 and Jacob Snider $35,710.

Recognized as a Deep Stack event, Event 1 saw its $150,000 guarantee more than doubled as the prize pool topped out at $322,500. In addition to the nearly $50,000 score, McKoy went home with a $1,650 Deep Stack Series Event 4 seat courtesy of the Seminole Hard Rock.

The tournament featured three starting flights and permitted late registration until the start of Day 2. The guarantee was exceeded during Flight B and Flight C blew the doors off the poker room as nearly 500 additional entries took to the felt. By the time Day 2 began, 21 additional players paid the $350 buy-in and took their seats with six big blinds and a dream.

Notables such as reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen (23rd), Lou Stadler (29th) SHRP team members Jessica Dawley (42nd) and Darryl Fish (86th) Zoltan Czinkota (87th) and Evan Teitelbaum (89th) were among those to finish in the money.

With 60- and 90-minute levels, a single play down proved to not be enough. The final nine returned Monday to decide the event’s outcome. McKoy, who’s laid claim to tournament victories both at the Seminole Hard Rock and Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, earned his fifth major victory and moved over $650,000 in career tournament earnings. He is 29 years old and resides in Coral Springs.

In addition to Event 1, the Deep Stack Series is headlined by the $560 buy-in, $150,000 guaranteed Deeper Stack event and the $1,650 buy-in, $300,000 guaranteed Deepest Stack event. The full tournament schedule and structure sheets are available on SHRPO.com.

Full Event 1 results:

1st: Steve McKoy – $49,755 + $1,650 seat
2nd: Ronald Campillo – $39,200
3rd: Michael Merisier – $35,750
4th: Jacob Snider – $35,710
5th: Julion Fernandez – $17,980
6th: David Albertson – $14,650
7th: Yoram Lehavot – $11,800
8th: Bradley Hinson – $9,110
9th: Marco Rodriguez – $6,420
10th: Art Peacock – $4,350
11th: Alexander Lakhov – $3,790
12th: Omer Markovitch – $3,790
13th: Rudy Vazquez – $2,694
14th: Shurland George – $2,694
15th: Daniel Pearlman – $2,694
16th: Ismail Patel – $1,743
17th: Eric Polirer – $1,743
18th: Christopher Thompson – $1,743
19th: Eric Riley – $1,426
20th: Luke Graham – $1,426
21st: Matt Vetstein – $1,426
22nd: Nigel Murray – $1,426
23rd: Ory Hen – $1,426
24th: Jorge Leidi – $1,426
25th: Thomas Gity – $1,426
26th: Allen Turner – $1,426
27th: Michael Poeltler – $1,426
28th: John Depersio – $1,236
29th: Lou Stadler – $1,236
30th: Jonathan Sanchez – $1,236
31st: Haralambos Siders – $1,236
32nd: Hayden Fortini – $1,236
33rd: Vincent Devita – $1,236
34th: David Dejoie – $1,236
35th: Jaime Wiegrefe – $1,236
36th: David Felger – $1,236
37th: Richard Saunders – $1,109
38th: Santana Noronha – $1,109
39th: Julio Sanchez – $1,109
40th: Matthew Goldman – $1,109
41st: Peter Bronstein – $1,109
42nd: Jessica Dawley – $1,109
43rd: Robert Transue – $1,109
44th: Stuart Paterson – $1,109
45th: David Nathaniel, Jr. – $1,109
46th: Frederick Allenspach – $982
47th: Jackson Martin – $982
48th: Reinaldo Troconis – $982
49th: Nicholas Yezzo – $982
50th: Stephen Leahy – $982
51st: Preecha Taepakdee – $982
52nd: Yigal Hen – $982
53rd: David Poces – $982
54th: Hector Navas – $982
55th: Victor Figueroa – $887
56th: Joseph Ingrassia – $887
57th: Trevan Hansen – $887
58th: Jason Paolicelli – $887
59th: Dmitry Shekhter – $887
60th: Cory Blum – $887
61st: Jonathan Ounjian – $887
62nd: Robert Cann – $887
63rd: David Moreno – $887
64th: Mario Donoso – $792
65th: Manuel Soltero Luna – $792
66th: Paul Shafran – $792
67th: David McCord – $792
68th: Alex Findlay – $792
69th: Jonathan Brody – $792
70th: Elliott Zaydman – $792
71st: Ronald Nordelo – $792
72nd: Daniel Blum – $792
73rd: Yitzhak Quinn – $729
74th: Jerrold Solov – $729
75th: Joel Gossett – $729
76th: Clinton Bowles – $729
77th: Glenn Blumberg – $729
78th: John Salisbury – $729
79th: Raymond Ruszkowski – $729
80th: Michael Larkin – $729
81st: Michael Scheinberg – $729
82nd: Nuglar Latariya – $665
83rd: Andrea Kaiser – $665
84th: Haim Toorgeman – $665
85th: Gerald Timmons – $665
86th: Darryl Fish – $665
87th: Zoltan Czinkota – $665
88th: Raminder Singh – $665
89th: Evan Teitelbaum – $665
90th: Stuart Greenbaum – $665
91st: Fabian Foster – $645
92nd: Ira Schwartz – $645
93rd: Howard Darnold, Jr. – $645
94th: Cybel Cabrero – $645
95th: Emerson Ward – $645
96th: Michael Garcell – $645
97th: Miguel Arronte – $645
98th: Michael Rosenberg – $645
99th: Ariel Rosello Quintana – $645
100th: Bret Beebe – $645

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 29: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 0/1,075

After some deliberation, the remaining four players agreed to an ICM chop. Steve McKoy held the chip lead and went home with $49,755 and the $1,650 seat. Ronald Campillo claimed the next largest score of $39,200 followed by Michael Merisier with $35,750 and Jacob Snider with $35,710.

A full report on the tournament will be posted shortly. In the meantime, here’s a look at the final table results:

5th: Julion Fernandez – $17,980
6th: David Albertson – $14,650
7th: Yoram Lehavot – $11,800
8th: Bradley Hinson – $9,110
9th: Marco Rodriguez – $6,420

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 29: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4/1,075

Follow David Albertson’s 6th-place elimination and Julio Fernandez’s 5th-place elimination, the Event 1 field is down to the final four. Here’s a look at the scene followed by the remaining payouts:

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 28: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 6/1,075

Yoram Lehavot and Steve McKoy got the last of Lehavot’s stack in the pot preflop. Lehavot, who owned about 4,500,000 chips at the time, was in the small blind and needed to improve against McKoy in late position.

McKoy:
Lehavot:

The flop and turn came adding a jack any club to Lehavot’s list of outs. The river fell a blank — the — and Lehavot busted 7th earning $11,800. McKoy, meanwhile, grew his stack to roughly 14,000,000. That number accounts for nearly half of the 32,350,000 in play.

Steve McKoy – 13,900,000 (173 bb)
Yoram Lehavot – Eliminated 7th ($11,800)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Heading to Level 28: 40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/1,075

Steve McKoy regained his spot at the top of the Event 1 final table counts. He sits on a stack of 8,995,000 and leads the next closest player, Yoram Lehavot, by more than 2,500,000.

Players are curretnly in the midst of their first 15-minute break of the day. Cards go back in the air momentarily to blinds of 40,000/80,000 and a 10,000 ante.

Updated chip counts with seat assignments and remaining payouts:

Seat 1: Julio Fernandez – 3,045,000
Seat 2: Steven McKoy – 8,995,000
Seat 3: Bradley Hinson – 8th Place ($9,110)
Seat 4: David Albertson – 2,080,000
Seat 5: Marco Rodriguez – 9th Place ($6,420)
Seat 6: Michael Merisier – 5,095,000
Seat 7: Ronald Campillo – 2,550,000
Seat 8: Yoram Lehavot – 6,210,000
Seat 9: Jacob Snider – 4,275,000

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780
5th: – $17,980
6th: – $14,650
7th: – $11,800

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 27: 30,000/60,000/10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 7/1,075

Michael Merisier owns the top spot with seven players remaining in the Event 1 restart. Marco Rodriguez busted 9th and Bradley Hinson 8th. In the time it took them to hit the rail, Merisier grew his stack from 3,215,000 starting to more than 8,000,000. The previous chip leader, Steve McKoy, still sits right around 7,000,000.

Updated final table results and remaining payouts:

8th: Bradley Hinson – $9,110
9th: Marco Rodriguez – $6,420

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780
5th: – $17,980
6th: – $14,650
7th: – $11,800

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/1,075

The final nine players are in their seats and cards are back in the for Event 1 of the Deep Stack Series. The clock shows 40 minutes remaining in the 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante level. Steve McKoy retains his chip lead sitting on a stack of 7,120,000.

Here’s the seating assignments, chip counts, remaining payouts and complete results to this point:

Seat 1: Julio Fernandez – 3,055,000
Seat 2: Steven McKoy – 7,120,000
Seat 3: Bradley Hinson – 1,075,000
Seat 4: David Albertson – 700,000
Seat 5: Marco Rodriguez – 2,6,75,000
Seat 6: Michael Merisier – 3,215,000
Seat 7: Ronald Campillo – 2,600,000
Seat 8: Yoram Lehavot – 5,075,000
Seat 9: Jacob Snider – 6,800,000

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780
5th: – $17,980
6th: – $14,650
7th: – $11,800
8th: – $9,110
9th: – $6,420

The above prizes are inclusive of a $560 Event 3 seat

10th: Art Peacock – $4,350
11th: Alexander Lakhov – $3,790
12th: Omer Markovitch – $3,790
13th: Rudy Vazquez – $2,694
14th: Shurland George – $2,694
15th: Daniel Pearlman – $2,694
16th: Ismail Patel – $1,743
17th: Eric Polirer – $1,743
18th: Christopher Thompson – $1,743
19th: Eric Riley – $1,426
20th: Luke Graham – $1,426
21st: Matt Vetstein – $1,426
22nd: Nigel Murray – $1,426
23rd: Ory Hen – $1,426
24th: Jorge Leidi – $1,426
25th: Thomas Gity – $1,426
26th: Allen Turner – $1,426
27th: Michael Poeltler – $1,426
28th: John Depersio – $1,236
29th: Lou Stadler – $1,236
30th: Jonathan Sanchez – $1,236
31st: Haralambos Siders – $1,236
32nd: Hayden Fortini – $1,236
33rd: Vincent Devita – $1,236
34th: David Dejoie – $1,236
35th: Jaime Wiegrefe – $1,236
36th: David Felger – $1,236
37th: Richard Saunders – $1,109
38th: Santana Noronha – $1,109
39th: Julio Sanchez – $1,109
40th: Matthew Goldman – $1,109
41st: Peter Bronstein – $1,109
42nd: Jessica Dawley – $1,109
43rd: Robert Transue – $1,109
44th: Stuart Paterson – $1,109
45th: David Nathaniel, Jr. – $1,109
46th: Frederick Allenspach – $982
47th: Jackson Martin – $982
48th: Reinaldo Troconis – $982
49th: Nicholas Yezzo – $982
50th: Stephen Leahy – $982
51st: Preecha Taepakdee – $982
52nd: Yigal Hen – $982
53rd: David Poces – $982
54th: Hector Navas – $982
55th: Victor Figueroa – $887
56th: Joseph Ingrassia – $887
57th: Trevan Hansen – $887
58th: Jason Paolicelli – $887
59th: Dmitry Shekhter – $887
60th: Cory Blum – $887
61st: Jonathan Ounjian – $887
62nd: Robert Cann – $887
63rd: David Moreno – $887
64th: Mario Donoso – $792
65th: Manuel Soltero Luna – $792
66th: Paul Shafran – $792
67th: David McCord – $792
68th: Alex Findlay – $792
69th: Jonathan Brody – $792
70th: Elliott Zaydman – $792
71st: Ronald Nordelo – $792
72nd: Daniel Blum – $792
73rd: Yitzhak Quinn – $729
74th: Jerrold Solov – $729
75th: Joel Gossett – $729
76th: Clinton Bowles – $729
77th: Glenn Blumberg – $729
78th: John Salisbury – $729
79th: Raymond Ruszkowski – $729
80th: Michael Larkin – $729
81st: Michael Scheinberg – $729
82nd: Nuglar Latariya – $665
83rd: Andrea Kaiser – $665
84th: Haim Toorgeman – $665
85th: Gerald Timmons – $665
86th: Darryl Fish – $665
87th: Zoltan Czinkota – $665
88th: Raminder Soltan Czinkota – $665
89th: Evan Teitelbaum – $665
90th: Stuart Greenbaum – $665
91st: Fabian Foster – $645
92nd: Ira Schwartz – $645
93rd: Howard Darnold, Jr. – $645
94th: Cybel Cabrero – $645
95th: Emerson Ward – $645
96th: Michael Garcell – $645
97th: Miguel Arronte – $645
98th: Michael Rosenberg – $645
99th: Ariel Rosello Quintana – $645
100th: Bret Beebe – $645

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/1,075

Steve McKoy retains his chip lead in Event 1 ($350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em) as the final nine hit the hard stop at 3 o’clock this morning. They bagged, tagged and are set to return today at 2 p.m. to decide who goes home with the tournament’s $70,295 top prize.

Here’s an updated look at the final table.

Seat 1: Julio Fernandez – 3,055,000
Seat 2: Art Peacock – 10th Place ($4,350)
Seat 3: Steven McKoy – 7,120,000
Seat 4: Bradley Hinson – 1,075,000
Seat 5: David Albertson – 700,000
Seat 6: Marco Rodriguez – 2,6,75,000
Seat 7: Michael Merisier – 3,215,000
Seat 8: Ronald Campillo – 2,600,000
Seat 9: Yoram Lehavot – 5,075,000
Seat 10: Jacob Snider – 6,800,000

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780
5th: – $17,980
6th: – $14,650
7th: – $11,800
8th: – $9,110
9th: – $6,420

Updates from this event will begin when play restarts. In the meantime, up-to-date results are spread throughout the posts below.

Sunday is winding down as the remaining few players in Event 1 ($350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em) log less than a level of action before bagging and tagging. They’ll return Monday at 2 p.m. to compete for the event’s $70,295 top prize and updated chip counts from the tournament will be posted in the morning.

Here’s a look at the complete upcoming schedule:

• 11am: $560 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em – Flight A
• 2pm: $350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em – Day 3
• 6pm: $250 Multi Satellite into Event #3 and #4 (1-in-10)

Goodnight and see you in the morning!

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em ($150,000 Guaranteed)
Level 26: 25,000/50,000/5,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 10/1,075

The 1,075-entry field in the guarantee-smashing $350 buy-in Deep Stack Series opener is down to the final 10. Each of the remaining players has secured a score of $4,350 with all just a few bustouts away from the $70,295 first prize. Out in front by a margin is Steven McKoy who holds a stack of 7,035,000.

Here’s a look at the chip counts with seat assignments, remaining payouts and updated results:

Seat 1: Julio Fernandez – 3,235,000
Seat 2: Art Peacock – 3,500,000
Seat 3: Steven McKoy – 7,035,000
Seat 4: Bradley Hinson – 975,000
Seat 5: David Albertson – 1,700,000
Seat 6: Marco Rodriguez – 2,800,000
Seat 7: Michael Merisier – 3,280,000
Seat 8: Ronald Campillo – 1,165,000
Seat 9: Yoram Lehavot – 4,450,000
Seat 10: Jacob Snider – 3,795,000

1st: – $70,295 + $1,650 seat
2nd: – $42,440
3rd: – $25,900
4th: – $21,780
5th: – $17,980
6th: – $14,650
7th: – $11,800
8th: – $9,110
9th: – $6,420
10th: – $4,350

11th: Alexander Lakhov – $3,790
12th: Omer Markovitch – $3,790

Additional results are available posts below.

With the 3 a.m. stop right around the corner, play is only expected to go on for a short time before players bag set to return Monday at 2 p.m. Complete chip counts of the remaining players at the end of the day will be posted Monday morning.