$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure End of Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Day 1A Players Remaining: 22 or 85
Levi Molina
Flight A of the $1,700 Deepest Stack tournament drew 85 entries to put it on the easy path to topping the $200,000 guarantee.
After 14 levels, Levi Molina bagged the biggest stack with 477,000. Stuart Greenbaum had the second biggest stack after doubling on the last hand against Trent Smith with set-over-set taking him up to 447,000.
The 22 survivors will return on Sunday at noon to play it out. Another flight runs tomorrow at 10 am with the last on Saturday at 10 am. Registration remains open until the start of Day 2.
We will post the full list of chip counts as soon as they are available.
Top Flight A stacks:
Levi Molina – 477,000 Stuart Greenbaum – 447,000 Dmitry Savelyev – 350,000 Scott Baumstein – 287,000 Trent Smith – 276,000 Fernando Rodriguez – 270,000 Denys Shafikov – 270,000 Michael Selznick – 234,000 Paul Domb – 212,000
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante Day 1A Entries: 80
Event 5 players made it through 11 levels of their day and were sent on their last break of the day. They have 80 entries so far putting $120,000 in the prize pool towards the $200,000.
They will return and play three more levels before bagging up.
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante Day 1A Entries: 72
Flight A of the Deep Stack reached the end of Level 8 and tournament staff sent the field on their 40-minute dinner break while they color off the black chips.
The tournament clock shows 72 entries to put the field more than halfway to the $200,000 guarantee with two more big, holiday weekend flights to go.
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante Day 1A Entries: 60
Jason Young
Jason Young is another familiar face in today’s field and he’s running on a delayed freeroll. He was crowned the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year for 2019 and with that came entries into the Main Event/Championships at our various properties.
Then the lockdown canceled poker for a while.
But we’re back and so is Young, who capped his POY title with a WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event win in 2019.
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante Day 1A Entries: 58
Marsha Wolak
It’s a pretty laid-back afternoon in the Poker Room, 58 entries making their way through the day with a couple of busy days coming up. The Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off tomorrow and we expected a packed house.
We found a few familiar faces in the early action including Thomas Gari and 2011 WSOP Ladies Champion Marsha Wolak making her first appearance of the series.
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante Day 1A Entries: 50
Tournament staff sent Event 5 players on their first break of the day after Level 3 with exactly 50 entries in the game so far. That puts $75,000 in the prize pool towards the $200,000 guarantee with this flight and two more to go.
The warmups are complete and today we roll out the biggest tournament on the May Deep Stack Poker Series schedule. Event 5 has a $1,700 buy-in with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and three starting days.
It is the biggest tournament on the series and we expect a talented crew in the Poker Room.
Players start with 50,000 deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes on Day 1, increasing to 60 minutes on Day 2, and going to 90 minutes from Level 23 forward. Late registration is available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday with unlimited re-entries during that time.
Cards fly at 10 am and we will pick up the action after the first break and catch the highlights until the Event 3 final table is complete.
$200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 50,000 in chips
Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Levels 15-22 last 60 minutes; Levels 23+ last 90 minutes
Late registration until start of Day 2 on Sunday
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion