$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 280
Flight B players were sent on their 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 8 as tournament staff pull the black chips out of play and introduce the 25K chips.
They will return at 4:30 pm and continue to play down through Level 14.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 280
Poker tournaments returned early in 2021 and Rafael Lima came storming out of the gates. The Poker Room regular won an Escalator Series tournament in February, earned a Poker Showdown Purple Chip Bounty trophy in April, and added a third title in this series.
He’s back this afternoon and trying to spin up a stack for another deep run.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries: 279
Blinds are up and the prize pool moved over $180,000 with more expected and the dinner break coming up.
More regulars are in the field including Phil Hui, Scott Levitt, Evan Teitelbaum, Eric Rivera, Ory Hen, and David Nathaniel Jr.
They will play out this level and take a 40-minute dinner break when it is complete.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 259
Players returned to their seats after the second break with 259 entries putting the combined total at 530 for a prize pool worth $177,550.
Jay Romano was second in chips at the first break and the clear leader at the second. He was up to 350,000 earlier, dropped a bit, but still holds a big lead with 301,500. Emberson Pieretti sits in second with 201,000 followed by Raul Jimenez with 175,900.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 242
Last year this series drew massive numbers from start to finish and this tournament drew more than 1,100 entries with players from around the state and country.
Ryan Hogan was among the big crowd and in contention for the title late on Day 2. Until he ran into the biggest pot of the tournament at that stage. Hogan flopped two pair kings and queens against Hector Pacheco’s pocket aces. Running threes on the turn and river sent Pacheco the pot and eventual title. Hogan battled a short stack and finished in fifth place.
Making the drive on down to @SHRHollyPoker for Deep Stacks today. I still think about that river three that defaulted my two pair at last year’s final table. One of the biggest hands I’ve ever played.
I’ll be looking to crush some souls today I think.— Ryan Hogan (@gogetemtigers) May 20, 2022
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 213
The entry count quickly jumped over 200 after the first break and they put the prize pool over $160,000 and they might double the guarantee before the end of the day.
A few more familiar faces include Jason Wandling coming off a second place finish in the RunGood Coco Main Event and Willie Wiggins who finished seventh in our WPT RRPO Championship.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 198
With the first big weekend of the series here, we’re starting to see some travelers make their way across the state including a lot of players from our sister room in Tampa.
Thomas Elder and Phillip Krnyaich grabbed a seat this afternoon trying to take some hardware back to the west coast of the Sunshine State.
The Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room ran a version of this series last September and Elder walked away with the Main Event title. Krnyaich had a big score last month with he finished second in their Freezeout Flights event for $13,732.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 180
The first break came to an end and we have 180 entries in Flight B so far to push the Event 1 prize pool over $150,000 with a lot of time to hit another milestone before registration closes on Sunday at noon.
Charlemagne Benjamin is the early frontrunner with 162,300 after sending two players out on the last hand before break. Jay Romano sits in second with 136,500 with a lot of players trying to catch both.
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B of May Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 gets underway at 10 am and the tournament will surpass its $100,000 guarantee before cards go in the air. With 271 entries yesterday, only 28 are needed to hit the mark.
We expect many more than 28 entries in Flight B.
Players start with 30,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes. They increase to 60 minutes at the start of Day 2 and go up to 90 starting with Level 27. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at noon.
Cards fly at the top of the hour and we will pick up coverage at the first break.
Primary Event Schedule
10AM: Event 1 Day 1B – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
6PM: $150 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)