Event 1 Flight A: Charles Cunha Survives With a Chop

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  37 of 286

Bryan Emory raised to 12,000 from middle position, Charles Cunha reraised all in for 47,000 from the big blind, and Emory called.

Emory:  Ad8c
Cunha:  Ah4h

The board ran out QsJc7d3h7s, chopping the pot and keeping Cunha alive in Flight A.

Bryan Emory  –  162,000  (32 bb)
Charles Cunha  –  51,000  (10 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Phil Clements Doubles Through Johnny Bromberg

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  37 of 286

A player in middle position limped in, Johnny Bromberg raised to 15,000 from the cutoff, Phil Clements called on the button, and the limper called.

The flop was Kh7h5s, the middle-position player checked, Bromberg bet 17,000, Clements called, and the middle-position player folded.

The turn was the 8h, Bromberg checked, Clements bet 22,000, Bromber check-raised to a covering amount, and Clements called all in for for 73,000 with AhTh for an ace-high flush, leading Bromberg’s 7s7c for a set of sevens.

The river was the 3c, safe for Clements to double up.

Phil Clements  –  235,000  (47 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  320,000  (64 bb)

Event 1 Fight A: David Nathaniel Jr. Eliminated by Pavel Matveev

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  37 of 286

After the turn of a 6h5d3s3d board, David Nathaniel Jr. was all in for about 40,000 from the hijack against Pavel Matveev in the big blind.

Nathaniel Jr:  8d8s
Matveev:  6c4d

The river was the 2d, giving Matveev a six-high straight to eliminate Nathaniel Jr.

Pavel Matveev  –  288,000  (72 bb)
David Nathaniel Jr.  –  Eliminated

With 37 players remaining, play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble. As a reminder, players must bag chips in order to cash and advance to Day 2.

Event 1 Flight A: Steven Bennett Takes Out Another

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  42 of 286

A player in early position raised all in for about 61,000 and Steven Bennett gave him action in middle position with QdQc, leading his opponent’s 6d6c.

The board came KcJc4h8s4c, safe for Bennett to eliminate his opponent.

Steven Bennett  –  373,000  (124 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Nancy Birnbaum Bounces Back

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  55 of 286

On a flop of AdKs6c, a player in middle position was all in for about 50,000 with KcTc for a pair of kings against Nancy Birnbaum in early position holding 6h6d for a set of sixes.

The Kd turn card gave the middle-position player a few outs against Birnbaum’s sixes full of kings, but the Qd river card was safe for Birnbaum to eliminate her opponent.

Nancy Birnbaum  –  155,000  (62 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Chip Leaders at Break

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  82 of 286

A scan of the field during the break showed three players above the 225,000 mark.

1.  Johnny Bromberg  –  255,500  (128 bb)
2.  Willie Wiggins  –  233,000  (117 bb)
3.  Yusuf Gurdal  –  229,000   (115 bb)

Event 1 Flight A: Steven Bennett Chipping Up

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  88 of 286

With the flop reading 9s7h3d, Steven Bennett had 3,900 committed post flop on the button and was facing an all-in raise from the player in the big blind for about 72,000.

After thinking for a little while, Bennett called with Ah9h for a pair of nines, leading his opponent’s 6c5c for a double gutter.

The 2s turn and 7s river completed the board, safe for Bennett to eliminate his opponent.

Steven Bennett  –  178,000  (111 bb)