Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 3 – $300 Limit Omaha/8 (Single Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/SINGLE re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 26 – $80 Turbo Satellite to Event 1 (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $1,000,000 GTD Event 1
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 26 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 27 – $200 Multi Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 4 packages guaranteed worth $1,670 each
• Package includes any Showdown $570 entry and WPTDeepStacks Day 1A entry
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 27 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 28 – $390 Turbo Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD Championship
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 28 Structure Sheet

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 148 of 743

Flight A: 395 Entries, 77 Advanced
Flight B: 348 Entries, 71 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 11am
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 71 of 348

When registration closed on Day 1B of the $570 no-limit hold’em, there were 348 entries in the second of six starting flights. By the day’s end, only 71 remained with Richard Alati leading the way with 268,500.

Alati just edged out Kharlin Seed for the 1B chip lead. Seed finished in second with 268,000. They are the only two players to finish Day 1B with over 200,000. Javier Ramirez (188,500), Peter Eichardt (187,000) and Michael Rafferty (186,000) round out the top five stacks.

Other notables to survive the day’s action include Phil Hui (134,000), Loni Harwood (124,500), Pete Walsworth (109,500), Dylan Drazen (100,000), Joe Ebanks (94,500), Mukul Pahuja (70,000), Jeffrey Trudeau (66,500), Ryan D’Angelo (57,500), Scott Zakheim (54,000) and Evan Teitelbaum (52,000).

They all still trail Janet Fizgerald, who bagged up 325,000 in Day 1A. There are two more flights on both Friday and Saturday before the surviving players return on Sunday for Day 2.

Complete chip counts will be posted shortly.

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400
Total Entries: 303

Dylan Drazen got all in for about 12,500 from the hijack against the cutoff and the player under the gun.

Drazen showed and was up against under the gun’s and the cutoff’s .

The board ran out and Drazen turned a king to triple up just before the end of the level. The cutoff won a small side pot from the under the gun player after flopping a queen.

Dylan Drazen – 38,500

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300
Total Entries: 276

Nick Palma finds a way to get all in preflop for about 20,000 from the cutoff against a player in middle position.

Palma shows against his opponent’s .

The board runs out and Palma doubles up with kings full of queens.

“I was just about to give you a speech before you did that,” said Palma after the hand.

Palma didn’t have to give the speech, but does double up from his original 20,000-chip starting stack.

Nick Palma – 44,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 100/200
Total Entries: 225

There is about 3,500 in the pot on the river with a completed board of and Jose Reyes bets 1,000 out of the small blind. His lone opponent in the hijack calls.

Reyes tables and the hijack mucks his hand. Reyes won a WSOP Circuit ring just a couple months ago at Seminole Coconut Creek and is chipping up nicely in the second flight of the $570 no-limit hold’em.

Jose Reyes – 32,000

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 395

Flight A: 395 Entries, 77 Advanced
Flight B: In Progress, Late reg till 10:30pm
Flight C: Friday at 11am
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 1pm

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 50/100
Total Entries: 168

On a flop of , there is about 5,000 in the pot already with Scott Zakheim in the big blind and heads-up with the player on the button.

Zakheim bets 2,150 and the button moves all in for about 12,000. Zakheim calls. Zakheim tables and needs to dodge a lot of cards against the button’s .

The turn is the and the river is the . Zakheim dodges everything and rivers a set to win the pot and send an opponent to the rail.

Scott Zakheim – 29,500

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 77 of 395

Play in Flight A has come to an end with 77 players remaining of the starting 395 entries. Tournament staff are coloring off the black chips and they will bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Three-time WSOP Circuit winner Janet Fitzgerald leads them all with 325,000 as Matt Stout, Jon Borenstein, Aaron Massey, Michael Wang, and Steven Bennett also advance.

Full Flight A counts will be posted as soon as they are available.

Top Ten Flight A stacks:

1. Janet Fitzgerald – 325,000
2. Michael Fryett – 219,500
3. Ido Ashkenazi – 218,500
4. Reynel Hernandez – 212,000
5. Henry Billese – 211,000
6. Alexander Daranyi – 208,000
7. Steven Bennett – 203,500
8. Donald Williams – 198,000
9. Justin Levy – 195,500
10. Marc Schiller – 184,500

$570 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 300 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 395

Aaron Massey gets all in preflop for his last 46,200 from the cutoff against the player in the small blind.

Massey shows  and is in the lead against the small blind’s .

The board runs out and Massey’s aces hold up to double the amount of chips he currently has.

“Nice hand, Aaron,” says Jon Borenstein.

“It was a very timely,” says Massey.

Aaron Massey – 100,400