$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Day 1C Entries: 109

Cards are in the air for the last flight of May Deep Stack Poker Series Event 1 with more than 100 entries. The prize pool is just shy of $180,000 and it will continue to grow throughout the day with registration open until the start of Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Two flights are in the bag for the May Deep Stack Series opening tournament with 435 entries already turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $143K. And we have a big flight today to really boost it up.

Players start with 30K deep stacks and all levels last 40 minutes on Day 1, increasing to 60 for the start of Day 2 and 60 from Level 27 forward. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.

Flight C will continue through Level 14 and survivors will return tomorrow to begin playing it down.

• $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 (Sunday at 11am)
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: 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 (Sunday at 11am)
• Day 1 will end after Level 14
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 435

Flight A: 185 Entries; 28 Advanced
Flight B: 250 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight C: Saturday at 11 am
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  44 of 250

Eric Ward and Carlos Bermudez were in a race for the chip lead but Ward took it with authority. And one out.

On the next-to-last hand of the night, Ward flopped a set of queens against a set of aces, the money went in, and he found the case queen on the river to send the player out. Ward bagged up 565,000 and Bermudez finished not far behind with 532,000.

We will post the entire chip count list as soon as it is available.

Top five stacks from Flight B:

Eric Ward – 565,000
Carlos Bermudez – 532,000
Julio Delgado Reyes – 507,000
Uri Kadosh – 355,000
Gokhan Saldirdak – 317,000

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  50 of 250

The last level of the day is here and players are counting down the minutes until they can bag their stack. Some are making moves, some are content with what they have.

We will post the big stacks and complete chip count list as soon as it is available.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  69 of 246

The last break ended and players are back in their seats for the last three levels of the day. It’s time to build a stack for Day 2 on Sunday.

Eric Ward took a big leap over the last level, moving up to 317,000 for the chip lead after a big multi-way pot. Ernesto Alvarez sits in second and Carlos Bermudez is making another run.

Eric Ward – 317,000 (159 bb)
Ernesto Alvarez – 292,000 (146 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 228,500 (114 bb)
Julio Delgado – 213,500 (107 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 160,000 (80 bb)

We will post the big stack and full chip count list later this evening.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  243

Flight B will take the last break of the day shortly and be left with only three more levels to build a big bag of chips for Day 2. We will scope out our latest big stacks and prepare for the end of the day.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  240

The night is beginning to wind down, we can see the end of day on the horizon with only a few more levels to go. The prize pool moved over $140,000 as more players jumped in the game.

Some recent additions include Matt Bretzfield, Charlemagne Benjamin, Mike Beasley, and Al Gomez.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  216

Cards are back in the air with about 126 players remaining of the 216 entries signed up so far. That will play down pretty deep with only six more levels remaining in the day.

Zoltan Czinkota is the latest to take a spot at the top of the counts and his 204,500 is the only stack over 200K. Uri Kadosh sits in second and Jordan Flaschner is making his first appearance in the counts today.

Big stacks and random counts:

Zoltan Czinkota – 204,500 (205 bb)
Uri Kadosh – 152,500 (153 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 146,500 (147 bb)
Ernesto Alvarez – 142,500 (143 bb)
Julio Delgado – 129,500 (130 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 98,500 (99 bb)
Doyoon Hyun – 92,000 (92 bb)
Richard Whitebrook – 72,500 (73 bb)
Sergio Giha – 67,000 (67 bb)
Matthew Yorra – 53,500 (54 bb)
Steven Bennett – 43,000 (43 bb)
Jimmy Tomblin – 42,500 (43 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 27,500 (28 bb)
Eric Siegel – 26,500 (27 bb)