$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  136 of 1,344

Flight A:  643 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight B:  701 Entries; 71 Advanced
Flight C:  Thursday at 10 a.m.
Flight D:  Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries:  701

Flight B of SHRPO Event 1 closed with 701 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,344 entries through two flights. We are nearly halfway to the guarantee with six starting flights to go.

Play in Flight B will continue until 71 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to make the money, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  65 of 643

Flight A:  643 Entries; 65 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway
Flight C:  Thursday at 10 a.m.
Flight D:  Thursday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  65 of 643

Once the Money Bubble burst for Flight A, the remaining 65 players bagged up their chips for Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm. Everyone who bagged chips for Day 2 will finish in the money, though those payouts won’t be known until registration has closed for all eight starting flights.

Action ended with 24:47 remaining in Level 18, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with the blinds where they were for whichever flight finished the earliest.

The full list of official chip counts for this flight will be posted soon, but here is a preview of the top five:

1.  Judson Bennett  –  525,000  (66 bb)
2.  Ivan Ruban  –  511,000  (64 bb)
3.  Jessica Perez Borrego  –  505,000  (63 bb)
4.  David Umana  –  467,000  (58 bb)
5.  Michael Garcia  –  466,000  (58 bb)

Flight B is already underway with 534 entries, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 10:30 pm tonight. There will be two more starting flights per day (at 10:00 am and 6:00 pm) for the next three days.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  65 of 643

On the sixth hand of hand-for-hand play, a short-stacked player under the gun raised all in for 20,000. Andrey Bereza called from the small blind and Daniel Umana called from the big blind.

They checked down a board of

Umana showed for a pair of eights, Bereza showed for a pair of sevens, and the all-in player showed , for just ace-high, locking up the pot for Umana.

Daniel Umana  –  467,000  (58 bb)
Andrey Bereza  –  117,000  (14 bb)

With that, the remaining 65 players are in the money and will return for Day 2 on Sunday.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  66 of 643

Somebody was just eliminated in 67th place, and no more than 65 players can advance from this flight, so the field has begun hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble. After one more elimination, Flight A will come to an end, and everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

With 66 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 195,000 (33 big blinds).

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  105 of 643

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 270K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Cody Karr  –  302,000  (76 bb)
2.  Judson Bennett  –  289,000  (72 bb)
3.  Kyle Taddei  –  271,000  (68 bb)

With about 105 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 122,500 (31 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 65 players, and everyone who bags up chips will finish in the money and advance to Day 2.

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

Flight B of SHRPO Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm and will build on a great start in Flight A. We had 643 entries in the first of eight flights for one of the biggest starts to any of our tournaments. The $400 Deep Stack looks like it’s on an easy path to the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Players start with 20K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm. Flight B will play into the evening and end when 10% of the field remains. Those players will bag their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm already in the money.

• $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 until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 10%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  125 of 643

After a flop of with more than 40K already in the pot, the big blind checked, and Barry Abramowitz moved all in from UTG+1 for 25,500. The player on the button thought for a bit before he folded, and the player in the big blind tanked for a while before he called with .

It turned out to be a good call as Abramowitz turned over for ace high, and he needed to improve to stay alive. Abramowitz grabbed his backpack and stood up to get ready to leave. (You should know what this is foreshadowing.)

The turn card paired the board with the , and the river card was — the .

Abramowitz spiked a queen on the river to win the pot with two pair, queens and jacks, doubling up in chips.

Barry Abramowitz  –  95,000  (32 bb)

With about 125 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 103,000 (34 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 65 players, and everyone who bags up chips will finish in the money and advance to Day 2.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  153 of 643

The player in the cutoff got it all in for about 85,000 with , and he was slightly covered by Daniel Umana in the small blind with .

The board came — the cutoff paired his king on the turn, but Umana rivered a jack-high diamond flush to win the pot.

Both chip stacks were counted down, and Umana had his opponent covered by about 6,000, eliminating him out of Flight A.

Daniel Umana  –  181,000  (72 bb)

With about 153 players remaining from a Flight A field of 643, the average chip stack is around 84,000 (34 big blinds). This flight is playing down to the final 65 players, and everyone who bags up chips will finish in the money and advance to Day 2.