$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante

The first flight of the $1,000,000 Guarantee WPTDeepStacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event had a nice, big number of entries and the field sizes should only grow as we head into the final weekend of the series.

Flight A drew 444 entries and 86 of them survived to put chips in a bag for Day 2 on Sunday. Nathan Grow came out of nowhere after dinner and put 730,000 away with the second place stack back at 500,000.

They will play out the $1,100 Main Event today the same as yesterday. Players will start with 30,000 deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes until they reach the final table. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 after the dinner break around 7:30pm with players limited to a single re-entry per flight.

The day will come to an end after Level 15 and those remaining will bag up their chips to join the other 86 who already booked their Day 2 seat.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/single re-entry (per flight) available until start of Level 10
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 14 – $570 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 14 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 1B – $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/single re-entry (per flight) available until start of Level 10
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• Main Event Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 15 – $360 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Single Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 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 15 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 55 – $140 Main Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 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 55 Sheet

3PM: Event 56 – $140 Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 10 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 56 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 57 – $140 Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 5 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 57 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 58 – $140 Main Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 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 58 Structure Sheet

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 86 of 444

There were 444 entries on Day 1A of the Main Event, and 86 bagged up stacks for Day 2, with an average around 155,000 (39 big blinds).

Here are the official chip counts for the 86 survivors from Day 1A:

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 86 of 444

Day 1A of the $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event came to an end with 86 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Nathan Grow who bagged up 730,000 (183 big blinds). Ilan Shachar is the only other player to bag at least 500K, and Shachar bagged exactly 500,000 (125 big blinds).

Here are the top five chip stacks to survive Day 1A:

1.  Nathan Grow  –  730,000  (183 bb)
2.  Ilan Shachr  –  500,000  (125 bb)
3.  Jacobo Milhem  –  384,000  (96 bb)
4.  Roberto Schmeda  –  351,000  (88 bb)
5.  Joshua Hillock  –  347,000  (87 bb)

Grow’s key pot shortly after the last break of the night, when he and William Jordan had two of the top three stacks in the field. Jordan raised, Grow reraised, and Jordan four-bet shoved for about 300K. Grow called with , and Jordan turned over . The best hand held up, and that catapulted Grow to about 600K.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, and Day 1B begins tomorrow (Friday) at 12:00 noon.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 444

With 10 minutes left in Day 1A, the tournament clock is paused, and every table will play three more hands before bagging up for the day.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 126 of 444

At the last break, two of the top three chip stacks were seated side-by-side at Table 25 — Nathan Grow and William Jordan.

Well, it seems they tangled in a pretty big pot last level, because now Jordan is gone and Grow has about 600K in chips for a huge chip lead.

Nathan Grow  –  600,000  (240 bb)
William Jordan  –  Eliminated

At another table, Robert Constable was all in under the gun for 18,500 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of the player on the button.

The board came , and Constable won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

Robert Constable  –  43,500  (17 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 444

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a big-blind ante of 2,000. With 144 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 92,500 (46 big blinds).

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 280K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Ilan Shachar  –  329,000  (165 bb)
2.  William Jordan  –  303,000  (152 bb)
3.  Nathan Grow  –  286,000  (143 bb)
4.  Eric Von Guttenberg  –  280,000  (140 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 162 of 444

Just as we found Nathan Grow sitting on a chipleading stack around 315K, the player in the hijack moved all in for 6,100, and Grow called from the button. Kenneth Bruno thought for a while in the big blind before he also called.

Bruno and Grow both checked to the river on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards.

Nathan Grow:    (king high)
Kenneth Bruno:    (pair of queens)
Hijack:    (nine high)

Bruno won the pot with his pair of queens to eliminate the player in the hijack. Grow lost the hand, but is still above 300K in chips.

Kenneth Bruno  –  100,000  (63 bb)
Nathan Grow  –  310,000  (194 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 171 of 444

After a flop of , The player in the cutoff was all in for 15,600 with (spade flush draw with a gutshot straight draw), and he needed to improve to stay alive against Julian Wohlgemuth’s (pair of aces).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Wohlgemuth won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate his opponent.

Julian Wohlgemuth  –  150,000  (94 bb)

At a nearby table, the player in the cutoff limps, Jacobo Milhem completes the small blind, and Anthony Zinno raises from the big blind. The cutoff called, and Milhem folded.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Zinno bet 6,000, the cutoff raised to 16,000, and Zinno called.

The river card was the , Zinno checked, the cutoff bet 22,000, and Zinno tanked for a while before he called. His opponent quickly mucked his cards, and Zinno won the pot without showing his hand.

Anthony Zinno  –  114,000  (71 bb)

Two hands later, Edgar Varas moved all in from UTG+1, a player called from middle position, and Anthony Zinno moved all in from the button, covering both players. The middle-position player folded.

Varas turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Zinno’s .

The board came , and Varas paired his ace on the flop and his ten on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Edgar Varas  –  48,500  (30 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  99,000  (62 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 200 of 444

Jacobo Milhem raised under the gun, the UTG+1 player moved all in for about 25,000, and Milhem called with .

His opponent turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — the UTG+1 player turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Milhem won the pot to eliminate his opponent and increase his chip lead to about 265K.

Jacobo Milhem  –  265,000  (265 bb)