Event 1 Day 1B: Two New Leaders

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  195

Sergio Giha

The second break ended and players returned to their seats to continue the march towards bagging later this evening. We found two new big stacks with Sergio Giha leading with 174,400 followed by tablemate Uri Kadosh with 143,800.

Our two previous chip leaders are still up there in third and fourth spots with Julio Delgado filling out the top five.

Big stacks and random counts:

Sergio Giha – 174,400 (291 bb)
Uri Kadosh – 143,800 (240 bb)
Ernesto Alvarez – 136,300 (227 bb)
Doyoon Hyun – 125,600 (209 bb)
Julio Delgado – 90,600 (151 bb)
Lou Stadler – 61,300 (102 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota – 60,300 (101 bb)
Thomas Gari – 52,800 (88 bb)
Steven Bennett – 48,000 (80 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 39,600 (66 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 31,000 (52 bb)

Uri Kadosh

Event 1 Day 1B: Next Break

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  177

Jacquelyn Scott

Flight B is heading toward the second break with 177 here so far and a few more will join with more than half of the day remaining.

More friendly faces found in the crowd include Jacquelyn Scott, Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Carlos Bermudez, Julio Delgado, Antonio Colon, Uri Kadosh, and Steven Bennett.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre

Event 1 Day 1B: Familiar Faces

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  163

Lou Stadler

The entry count continued to climb as more people make their way to the Poker Room for some Deep Stack action. The prize pool is over $115K and we are pushing towards more milestones.

A few familiar faces in early action include Lou Stadler, Eric Siegel, Marc Sacheli, Eric Ward, Richard Whitebrook, and Gil Aboodi.

Eric Siegel

Event 1 Day 1B: Doyoon Hyun and Ernesto Alvarez Lead

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries:  145

Doyoon Hyun

Flight B players returned from the first break and we found our first to big stacks. Doyoon Hyun leads the field with 82,800 and Ernesto Alvarez is on his tail with 80,200.

There’s still a long way to go with Flight B playing through 14 levels before bagging.

Ernesto Alvarez

Event 1 Day 1B: Guarantee Gone Before Break

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  126

Before players went on their first break, Event 1 officially surpassed its $100,000 guarantee and now they’ll start building it into something special. Registration remains open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am and we have all today plus Flight C tomorrow to grow.

Event 1 Day 1B: Reaching for the Guarantee

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

The first flight of Event 1 drew 185 entries to make it an easy reach for the $400 Deep Stack tournament to hit its $100,000 guarantee today. With a nice crowd expected on a Friday and an even bigger one tomorrow, we are looking at some big numbers.

Players start with 30K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, going up to 60 at the start of Day 2 and 90 from Level 27 till the end. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.

Plenty of time to run it up.

  • $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

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight A

$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:  28 of 185

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

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1EmilSofferMiamiFL586,000
2GilBen-SimhonFort LauderdaleFL469,000
3RaulHernandezHialeahFL427,000
4DejanPetkovicBelgrade274,000
5CharlesBernhardtJacksonvilleFL273,000
6DennisRodriguezDavieFL271,000
7DmitriZaitsevMiamiFL256,000
8StevenCooperParklandAZ246,000
9TylerKennedyBoynton BeachFL229,000
10AlexanderPerezMiamiFL224,000
11AlonShaharRoslynNY208,000
12JoelGolaGolden BeachFL206,000
13MichaelScheinbergMiamiFL199,000
14FredDabusDoralFL187,000
15ClaudioPiedrabuenaRosario175,000
16ManuelHerreraMiamiFL159,000
17JeanLaurentTampaFL147,000
18PaulFreedmanDelray BeachFL144,000
19DamonWilsonSunriseFL114,000
20AdiAmitBoca RatonFL106,000
21JulianWohlgemuthBoynton BeachFL106,000
22ErikDe SouzaPompano BeachFL90,000
23DeonarineItwaruSouth Ozone ParkNY87,000
24LeandroLorenziBuenos Aires85,000
25JasonGinsbergCoral SpringsFL78,000
26ZacharyRyanDelray BeachFL68,000
27ScottZakheimFort LauderdaleFL58,000
28DavidCrouchJacksonvilleFL50,000