Event 1 Flight D: Edogun Rennie Otote Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight D Entries: 422

The hijack was all in preflop with A-7 in the hole, and Edogum Rennie Otote had him covered holding KhQh on the big blind.

The final board read Ks6h2s9s4c, and Otote took out his opponent to stack up 72,500 after collecting the pot.

Edogum Rennie Otote – 72,500 (90 bb)

Event 1 Flight D: Greg Koll Takes One Out

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight D Entries: 378

Greg Koll

The small blind was all in for about 20,000 with pocket tens in the hole, and Greg Koll had him covered holding pocket aces from the big blind.

The final board read Kd3s2h3h4c, so Koll took out his opponent to stack up 59,500 after collecting the pot.

Greg Koll – 59,500 (119 bb)

Event 1 Flight D: Josh Wallace Doubles Up

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight D Entries: 354

Josh Wallace got all in preflop short for 3,600 from the hijack with pocket eights, and the button had him covered holding AcKd.

The board was dealt Ad10d5d3s8s, and Wallace found a lifeline on the river thanks to a set. He stacked up 8,200.

Josh Wallace – 8,200 (20 bb)

Event 1 Flight C: Paul Balzano Bags up as the Overall Chip Leader to End the Day

$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

Event 1 Flight C: Mike Lu Doubles Through Jeremy Joseph

$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 Kd4d on a final board reading Kc5c3s2c7s.

Lu was up to 324,000 after the hand, while Joseph was down to just 9,000 and he busted a short time later.

Mike Lu – 324,000 (64 bb)

Event 1 Flight C: Jeremy Joseph Takes One Out

$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 AsQc in the hole, but he ran right into the pocket queens held by Jeremy Joseph on the big blind.

The final board read 10c10d8d2d9h, and that was all she wrote for UTG. Joseph eliminated his opponent to stack up 192,000 after collecting the pot.

Jeremy Joseph – 192,000 (48 bb)

Event 1 Flight C: Adi Amit Holding Strong with the Chip Lead at the Break

$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.

Event 1 Flight C: Adi Amit Takes Out Two to Close in on 400,000

$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 Js8d 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 Jh9s5s3s4h, and that gave Amit a big stack worth 370,000 after taking out both of his opponents in the hand.

Adi Amit – 370,000 (148 bb)