$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  366

David Gillen and Peter Chin were the two big stacks at the second break and they only added to their stacks to remain at the top after the dinner break. Gillen is up to 212,000 followed by Chin’s 197,000 with Marcus Carter, Alejandro Arana, and Karlo Lopez making the top five.

Flight C will play six more levels today with a break in the middle before bagging for Day 2.

David Gillen – 212,500 (213 bb)
Peter Chin – 197,000 (197 bb)
Marcus Carter – 189,500 (190 bb)
Alejandro Arana – 183,500 (184 bb)
Karlo Lopez – 172,000 (172 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  353

Level 8 is coming to an end and tournament staff are about to send Flight C players on a 40-minute dinner break while the black chips come out of play.

They will return at 4:30 pm and continue playing 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 1C Entries:  334

Flight C hit the last level before the 40-minute dinner break with 334 entries and the prize pool keeps climbing. We have 935 entries and it will tease 1,000 before registration closes tomorrow at noon.

More friends joined the crowd including Oneil McCalla, Sean Shah, David “Coldstone” Inselberg, Neil Blumenfield, and Fabian Foster.

Foster is coming off a nice score in Tampa when he won their $1,100 One Challenge last week for $26K.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1C Entries:  303

The second break came to an end and players hit the next big milestone shortly before they left their tables. With 303 entries so far today, the combined count is up to 904 and the prize pool climbed over $300,000. It will continue going up throughout the day.

David Gillen is the new leader in the room and his 186,600 puts him at the top of the counts at the midpoint of the day. Peter Chin sits in second with 176,000 while Mike Beasley’s 145,500 and Roni Zelichonok’s 188,600 have them in contention for the lead.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  288

Flight C is on the verge of creating a prize pool over $300,000 and a few recent entries helped get us closer.

Among them, we found Nick Yunis, Peter Fellows, Phillip Krnyaich, T.K. Miles, and Andre Bryan grabbing a seat in the big last flight of the tournament.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1C Entries:  268

Players continue to pile into the final flight of the tournament and the prize pool moved over $290,000 to virtually lock up a triple guarantee number.

Mike Beasley is the latest to make an early move. The Poker Room regular is up to 135,700 before the second break and one of the biggest stacks in the room.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1C Entries:  230

Players keep showing up and we keep finding seats as quickly as possible. A great final flight of the opening tournament and we are going to put together a nice number.

A few early risers include Steve Buckner, Mica Lamar, David Shmuel, Pasquale Caiazza, Nashaat Antonious, and Oneil McCalla.

Buckner is using Event 1 as a little warmup for a big game next week. After a deep run in our WPT Poker Showdown Championship in April, he took a trip to Choctaw and made that WPT final table. He will play on the big stage in Las Vegas on Thursday, already having $100K locked up but shooting for the $486,600 top prize.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1C Entries:  213

Players returned from their first break with 213 entries already in the game and the prize pool is quickly nearing $300,000.

There was one massive stack in the room, easily recognizable as the leader after three levels. Roni Zelichonok took his 30K starting stack up to built it up to 138,400 for a very good start to his day.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The third and final flight of May Deep Stack Series Event 1 gets underway at 10 am and it will build on the already successful turnout. We had 601 entries over the first two flights to more than double the $100,000 guarantee. Today we run it up.

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 in Level 27. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at noon.

Flight C will play through 14 levels and survivors will bag their chips for a Day 2 return.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Levels 15-26 last 60 minutes; Levels 27+ last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Day 2
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight B

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-14 last 40 minutes; Levels 15-26 last 60 minutes; Levels 27+ last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Day 2
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

6PM: $300 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $2,700 packages guaranteed; seats in $600/$150K Event 3 and $1,700/$300K GTD Event 6 plus $400 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (8:10pm)
• Structure Sheet