$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 68 of 369

Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks event has come to an end after they finished up three final hands. Jorge Gomez moved to the top of the counts late and his 360,500 held on for the end-of-day chip lead.

There were 68 players still around with a chance at the title with Kathy Liebert, David Prociak, Dani Dayan, and Michael Yorra among those advancing.

Top ten Flight A stacks:

1. Jorge Gomez – 360,500
2. Itzhak Dickstein – 341,000
3. Raj Vohra – 331,500
4. Juan Martinez – 325,000
5. Dani Dayan – 301,000
6. David Prociak – 295,000
7. Justin Harvell – 292,500
8. James Gilbert – 280,000
9. Seth Gilson – 272,500
10. Rudy Mamo – 231,000

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 81 of 369

Former SHRP champ Jorge Gomez made a late move as the clock was running down and he found a good time for a monster.

He was involved in a four-way all in and his was ahead of John Binn’s with the button’s and big blind’s in trouble. The board was safe to send two out and catapult Gomez into the lead.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 369

They are moving right along in Flight A and the field is under 100 players with an hour left in play.

Dani Dayan continues to lead with 250,000 but Justin Harvell is closing on the top of the counts with 240,000 in late action. He made a final table tournament in each of our last two series as part of a streak that had him book six straight final table cashes.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Players are back in their seats after the final break of the day and two more hours of action. Former SHRP champ Dani Dayan moved to the top of the counts with 218,500 as Jaime Wiegrefe dropped into second position.

They will grind down three more levels before survivors bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Top five stacks:

Dani Dayan – 218,500 (137 bb)
Jaime Wiegrefe – 203,500 (127 bb)
Raj Vohra – 200,000 (125 bb)
Kyle Carino – 195,000 (122 bb)
Michael Garcia – 183,000 (114 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Flight A players are taking their final break of the day with ~140 remaining and three more levels to survive before moving on to Day 2.

While they are gone, enjoy a video peek from our friends on WPTDeepStacks team.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Flight A is moving right along with 16 tables remaining and some big names still around including Kathy Liebert among the big stacks.

But the biggest belongs to SHR regular Jaime Wiegrefe closing in on 240,000 with only a handful of levels remaining in their day. The Miami grinder has a dozen career live tournament cashes with seven of them coming right here.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 189 of 369

The big brains crunched the numbers and Flight A of the  WPTDeepStacks event officially drew 369 entries to put it on pace to top the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool sometime on Saturday.

We found Jon Borenstein making his way through post-dinner action and he has a bit of success in both WPT and SHR tournaments. He made the final table of the inaugural Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 $2,650 Freeze-out and finished third in the SHR Showdown opening tournament for another $60,000.

Borenstein’s biggest cash came in the WPT500 Las Vegas this summer when he picked up $230,000 for earning the title to push him over $1.5 million in career earnings.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 369

The dinner break is complete and cards are back in the air for the WPTDeepStacks event. The unofficial count shows 369 entries in the first flight and we are waiting on the accounting to complete before that number is locked in.

They will play six more levels today, with a break in the middle, before the survivors bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 364

Players in Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks opener are on a one-hour dinner break. The clock shows 364 to this point with registration and a single re-entry available until cards go back in the air.

With a stack of 153,000, Joe Corpus appears to have one of the largest holdings in the room. We’ll take a look at some of the other chip counts a bit later in the break.

Play is slated to resume at roughly 6:30pm.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 363

2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe McKeehen is trending up midway through the opening flight in the WPTDeepStacks $1,100. McKeehen, a regular at the Seminole Hard Rock, has turned his 25,000 starting chips in to better than 85,000.

As far as his Florida performances go, McKeehen most notably hauled in a six-figure score during last year’s Showdown. The win came in a $2,200 Eight Max event and saw McKeehen tally $104,608 when all was said and done.