$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Flight C Remaining Players: 64 from 511 entries
Paul Balzano
Flight 1C has come to a close in the big NLH opener event with Paul Balzano bagging up 605,000 to become the first player to cross that threshold in the tournament. Depending on how things play out in the remaining flights he will be the overall chip leader when the field returns for Day 2. Stay tuned for full official chip counts from the flight a little later tonight. Here are all the players that bagged up more than 200,000 for now.
Paul Balzano – 605,000 James Carroll – 466,000 Stuart Greenbaum – 396,000 Adi Amit – 370,000 Cody Brinn – 315,000 Luke Brereton – 303,000 Emil Soffer – 291,000 Ron Katz – 284,000 Michael Lu – 282,000 Maan Thakur – 249,000 Ya Liu – 234,000 David Nathaniel – 230,000 Ira Horowitz – 226,000 Reinaldo Diaz – 218,000 Jeff Hood – 215,000 Christopher Bach – 211,000 Darin Utley – 204,000
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Flight C Remaining Players: 67 from 511 entries
Mike Lu
All the cards were out on the table when Mike Lu was all in with pocket aces from the small blind, and Jeremy Joseph had him covered by just a bit holding on a final board reading .
Lu was up to 324,000 after the hand, while Joseph was down to just 9,000 and he busted a short time later.
$600 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 C Remaining Players: 73 from 511 entries
UTG was all in with in the hole, but he ran right into the pocket queens held by Jeremy Joseph on the big blind.
The final board read , and that was all she wrote for UTG. Joseph eliminated his opponent to stack up 192,000 after collecting the pot.
$600 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 C Remaining Players: 81 from 511 entries
Adi Amit
Adi Amit is still cruising with the chip lead after the most recent break in play in the big opener event. He holds a stack of 380,000, giving him 95 big blinds to work with down the stretch to the end of day bubble in the tournament.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Flight D Entries: 205 entries
Flight D is underway in the $600 Deep Stack NLH opener, and there are already more than 200 entries in the flight. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 9 later tonight.
$600 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 C Remaining Players: 108 from 511 entries
All the cards were out on the table with the big blind all in with in the hole, and the button held pocket fives. Adi Amit had them both covered holding pocket nines from middle position.
The final board read , and that gave Amit a big stack worth 370,000 after taking out both of his opponents in the hand.