2023 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  115
Prize Pool:  $38525
May 21, 2023

Registration closed for the one-day $400 Deep Stack with 115 entries beating the $30,000 guarantee and putting together a prize pool worth $38,525. The last 15 spots will be paid with $870 for a min-cash and $11,225 for the Event 2 champ.

1st: $11,225 + trophy
2nd: $7,030
3rd: $4,200
4th: $2,700
5th: $2,040
6th: $1,695
7th: $1,465
8th: $1,290
9th-10th: $1,135
11th-12th: $1,000
13th-15th: $870

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 767

Play resumed following the 40-minute dinner break with 27 players remaining and Jordan Flaschner leads the way as the only player over two million.

Here’s a list of the nine players over one million:

Jordan Flaschner – 2,275,000 (152 bb)
Nigel Murray – 1,695,000 (113 bb)
Uri Kadosh – 1,445,000 (96 bb)
Peter Cleven – 1,320,000 (88 bb)
Emil Sommer – 1,315,000 (88 bb)
Luis Capella – 1,285,000 (86 bb)
Fred Bunchan – 1,275,000 (85 bb)
Kai Oki – 1,150,000 (77 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 1,090,000 (73 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $45,235
2nd: $30,900
3rd: $20,600
4th: $15,240
5th: $11,640
6th: $9,220
7th: $7,630
8th: $6,070
9th-10th: $4,555
11th-12th: $3,770
13th-15th: $3,000
16th-18th: $2,485
19th-21st: $2,035
22nd-24th: $1,730
25th-27th: $1,440

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 767

On the last hand before dinner break, Robert Lupo was eliminated in 28th place. Tournament staff kept the remaining 27 players in place until they redrew seats at the last three tables.

Then they were able to enjoy the 40-minute dinner break.

28th: Robert Lupo – $1,185
29th: Joseph Gallinaro – $1,185
30th: Damon Wilson – $1,185
31st: Alexander Perez – $1,185
32nd: Claudio Piedrabuena – $1,185
33rd: Raul Hernandez – $1,185
34th: Joseph Teixeira – $1,185
35th: Sandy Sanchez – $1,185
36th: Stewart Yancik – $1,185

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 767

Event 1 is less than 15 minutes away from their dinner break with 30 players remaining and redraw coming when down to 27.

37th: Dakota Patsfield – $1,030
38th: Ernesto Alvarez – $1,030
39th: David Zibelli – $1,030
40th: Al Norman – $1,030
41st: Nick Chiappetta – $1,030
42nd: Steven Cooper – $1,030
43rd: David Shmuel – $1,030
44th: Aristoteles Neto – $1,030
45th: Gavin Gowie – $1,030

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 767

After a lull in action, Event 1 quickly dropped down to the last four tables with 36 players remaining. Uri Kadosh is climbing towards the leaders with 1,400,000 and Nigel Murray hit seven digits with 1,095,000.

Blinds are up to 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante and the average stack is about 640,000 (43 bb). Players will enjoy a 40-minute dinner break after Level 20.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 767

Catching up on some results, here’s a look at the gang who cashed from 46th though 63rd.

46th: Jason Ginsberg – $915
47th: Jimmy Tomblin – $915
48th: Rodolfo Fernandez – $915
49th: Steven Bennett – $915
50th: Richard Leger – $915
51st: Dmitri Zaitsev – $915
52nd: Jeffrey Savage – $915
53rd: Adi Amit – $915
54th: Michael Newman – $915

55th: Rene Martinez – $825
56th: Fernando Halac – $825
57th: John Redden – $825
58th: Gokhan Saldirdak – $825
59th: Willie Wiggins – $825
60th: Char Bernh – $825
61st: Alexander Morgovsky – $825
62nd: Judith Bielan – $825
63rd: Julio Delgado – $825

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 767

Table 45 is set apart from the rest of the field and things went a little crazy after the break. There were a lot of chips on the table and two pots full of coolers went down.

The first saw David Shmuel, Jimmy Tomblin, and another player all get their chips in the middle. Shmuel had aces versus kings versus Tomblin’s queens. The aces held, Tomblin was eliminated, and Shmuel stacked up 1,475,000.

Before Tomblin collected his payout, Raul Hernandez moved all in for 145,000. Big stack Jordan Flaschner reshipped over the top from the cutoff and a big surprise when Shmuel re-reshipped from the button for even more. The blinds wisely got out of the way.

Hernandez:
Flaschner:
Shmuel:

The crazy didn’t stop there. The board ran out and Hernandez made quads for a triple up. Flaschner was all in for 1,065,000 and okay with collecting the two million side pot.

Shmuel went from near the chip lead, down to 200K, and out on the next hand to Flaschner.

Raul Hernandez – 450,000 (45 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 2,330,000 (233 bb)
David Shmuel – Eliminated

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  50 of 767

After an extended break to color off the 1K chips, cards are back in the air with 50 players remaining and Dylan Jaijairam leading the field.

He is up to 1,615,000 with Jordan Flaschner, Carlos Bermudez, and Kai Oki also sitting near the top (and Emil Sommer is knocking on the one-million door).

Dylan Jaijairam – 1,615,000 (162 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 1,175,000 (118 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 1,155,000 (116 bb)
Kai Oki – 1,130,000 (113 bb)
Emil Sommer – 970,000 (97 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 767

We have a busy table in the back of the room, Table 45 is rotating players through and it looks like Jordan Flaschner is doing a lot of the work. He was the first to cross over one million and sits with 1,080,000.

Flaschner had his biggest score here a couple of years ago when he finished second of 4,529 entries in the SHRPO $600 Deep Stack for $224,935.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  63 of 767

Action slowed after the break with deepening stacks and hour-long levels. Not a lot of pressure to get fancy or they can if they wish. The field is down to seven tables and we are tracking them as they get paid out.

Blinds are up to 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante and the average stack is about 365,000 (46 bb).

64th: Mike Beasley – $755
65th: Joann Coliny – $755
66th: Mark Gaudino – $755
67th: Manuel Herrera – $755
68th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $755
69th: Dennis Altman – $755
70th: Fred Dabus – $755
71st: Scott Selig – $755
72nd: Feiwin Wu – $755