$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries: 130
Flight A players were sent on a 40-minute dinner break and tournament staff will pull the black chips out of play. We have 130 entries in the field so far with late registration available until Sunday at 11 am.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight A Entries: 116
Players are back in their seats after the second break with the dinner break only 80 minutes away. The entry count continues to climb as they get closer to the $100,000 guarantee.
Jair Fajardo is the early leader with just shy of 200K with Paul Domb, Scott Zakheim, Roni Zelichonok, and Richard Saunders also holding six digits in their stacks.
Here are some random counts from around the room:
Jair Fajardo – 199,100 (332 bb)
Paul Domb – 142,400 (237 bb)
Scott Zakheim – 133,400 (222 bb)
Roni Zelichonok – 131,000 (218 bb)
Richard Saunders – 104,200 (174 bb)
Luis Dominguez – 76,100 (127 bb)
Richard Whitebrook – 75,500 (126 bb)
Paul Balzano – 37,300 (62 bb)
Solange Lucas – 37,200 (62 bb)
Steve Buckner – 36,300 (61 bb)
Julio Delgado – 34,000 (57 bb)
Brandon Schwartz – 34,000 (57 bb)
Richard Leger – 30,300 (51 bb)
Raminder Singh – 28,000 (47 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 27,000 (45 bb)
Rafael Lima – 16,000 (27 bb)
TJ Shulman – 15,100 (25 bb)
Harrison Ruggiero – 15,000 (25 bb)
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries: 102
The second break rolled around and players are taking another 15 minutes away from the action, refresh and maybe grab some good.
They will return and play two more levels before their 40-minute dinner break.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries: 98
The entry count is nearing triple digits for the first flight of the first tournament of the series. We’re a third of the way to the $100,000 with a busy weekend anticipated.
A few early friends in the field include Steve “Cuz” Buckner, Harrison Ruggiero, Luis Dominguez, Pasquale Caiazza, Solange Lucas, TJ Shulman, Carlos Bermudez, Eric Kolodny, Richard Leger, Rafael Lima, and Jay Romano.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries: 70
Flight A players cruised into the afternoon and take their first break with 70 entries in the field and many more expected with late registration available until Sunday at 11 am.
Slow structure, long time to get in the game.
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We kick off the 2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series this morning with Flight A of Event 1 at 11 am. It is a $400 buy-in Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool and three long flights.
Players sit with 30K in their stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, going up to 60 at the start of Day 2 and 90 minutes starting with Level 27. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am.
They will play through 14 full levels and survivors will bag up their chips for Day 2.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 1 Day 1A – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Satellite Schedule
6PM: $150 Multi-Event Satellite (1-in-10)