Event 1: John Owen Scores a Double Elimination

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 436

Brad Rhodes raised all in for about 110,000 from middle position, John Owen called from the cutoff and Manuel Amaro called all in from the big blind for bout 40,000.

Rhodes: Ac7c
Owen: JhJd
Amaro: 10d10h

The board came down Jc7s6cQs5d, giving Owen a set of jacks to eliminate both opponents.

John Owen – 572,000
Brad Rhodes – Eliminated in 39th Place ($540)
John Owen – Eliminated in 40th Place ($540)

Event 1: David Moreno Eliminated by Jalal Farooq

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 436

Jalal Farooq raised to 17,000 from the hijack, David Moreno three-bet all in for about 20,000 from the cutoff and Farooq called.

Farooq: AhJd
Moreno: AcKs

The board ran out Qs4hJc7c3c, giving Farooq a pair of jacks to eliminate Moreno.

Jalal Farooq – 340,000
David Moreno – Eliminated in 42nd Place ($540)

Recent Eliminations
41st – Wilmer Diaz – $540
43rd – Marcus Stein – $540
44th – Manny Perez – $540
45th – Norm Zapczynski – $540

Event 1: 46th-55th Place Finishers

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 436

46th: Kevin Kamminga – $474
47th: Ariel Rosello – $474
48th: Reymundo Silva – $474
49th: Mohamed Serry – $474
50th: Errol Rosen – $474
51st: Michael Silvas – $474
52nd: Alcides Gomez – $474
53rd: Nicholas Baurichter – $474
54th: Steven Schwartz – $474
55th: Sigmund Wessel – $410

Event 1: Michael Mazzei Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Brad Rhodes

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 55 of 436

Money Bubble Michael Mazzei

Michael Mazzei raised to 17,000 from middle position, Luis Mantilla three-bet all in for about 75,000 from the big blind and Mazzei called.

Mazzei: QsQc
Mantilla: 10h10d

The board ran out Jd9s9h10s9d, giving Mantilla tens full of nines to double through Mazzei.

Luis Mantilla – 167,500
Michael Mazzei – 1,500

The following hand, Mazzei called all in for 1,500 from early position and Brad Rhodes isolated the pot with a raise from the cutoff.

Mazzei: Kh9d
Rhodes: KdKs

The board came down JcQh7s5s2c, no help to Mazzei, eliminating him on the money bubble and sending the remaining 55 players into the money.

Brad Rhodes – 127,000
Michael Mazzei – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 1: Jairo Carrillo Eliminated by Matt Kaplan; Hand-For-Hand Play Begins

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 436

Matt Kaplan raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Jairo Carrillo three-bet all in for 62,000 from the cutoff and Kaplan called.

Kaplan: KcKd
Carrillo: AcKh

The board came down QhJh7d8c8h, no help to Carrillo, ending his tournament.

Other recent eliminations include Leon Toledo, Richard Freedman and Anthony Ramos.

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Event 1: Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 436

Flight A: 211 Entries, 28 Advanced
Flight B: 225 Entries; 32 Advanced
Day 2: Friday at 1 p.m.

Tables 6, 7 and 12 are likely be broken just prior to the start of Day 2.

TableSeatFirst NameLast NameChip Count
61NormZapczynski81,000
62JamesSalmon103,500
63AlanGold306,000
64SigmundWessel82,500
65MattKaplan93,500
66LeonToledo63,000
67MichaelSilvas113,000
68JeffRodriguez105,000
69MarcusStein145,500
71SteveKarp178,000
72ReymundoSilva77,500
73MichaelMazzei111,000
74JohnOwen184,500
77WilmerDiaz169,500
79AnthonyRamos39,500
121ZiadMatta424,500
122MannyPerez53,000
123SheldonGross150,000
124JeffBohanek81,000
125DanUzzi200,500
128KevinChan250,500
132RichardShoemaker114,500
133JeffTrudeau Jr.149,500
134MarshaWolak172,000
135JairoCarrillo72,000
136ErnestBrun107,000
143BradRhodes118,500
144JalalFarooq213,000
145LuisMantilla143,000
146BransenDillon125,000
147GeorgesBoyadjian124,000
195KenTaffaro27,500
196LarrySullivan251,500
197StevenSchwartz79,000
198JohnTheofilopoulos108,500
201ChrisNomikos273,000
203JamaelWilliams73,500
206AlcidesGomez154,000
207DavidMoreno173,000
208JonathanDobson100,500
209D.J.Swatscheno175,500
251NicholasVisconti98,500
253PasqualeCaiazza265,500
256KennethIsaacs53,500
257ArielRosello66,000
258NicholasBaurichter61,000
259MohamedSerry313,500
261ErrolRosen90,500
262KevinKamminga104,500
264RodrigoSardi225,000
266BrennoAlencastro149,500
267RichardBlume120,500
268ManuelAmaro129,000
269AndrewGrunwald117,000
271RobTannenbaum136,500
272ScottSwatscheno525,000
275RichardFreedman47,000
277SpencerSimon267,500
278RobertoBendeck90,000
279JohnMalczan158,500

Event 1: End-of-Day Chip Counts

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 436

Flight A: 211 Entries, 28 Advanced
Flight B: 225 Entries; 32 Advanced
Day 2: Friday at 1 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1ScottSwatscheno525,000
2ZiadMatta424,500
3MohamedSerry313,500
4AlanGold306,000
5ChrisNomikos273,000
6SpencerSimon267,500
7PasqualeCaiazza265,500
8LarrySullivan251,500
9KevinChan250,500
10RodrigoSardi225,000
11JalalFarooq213,000
12DanUzzi200,500
13JohnOwen184,500
14SteveKarp178,000
15D.J.Swatscheno175,500
16DavidMoreno173,000
17MarshaWolak172,000
18WilmerDiaz169,500
19JohnMalczan158,500
20AlcidesGomez154,000
21SheldonGross150,000
22JeffTrudeau Jr.149,500
23BrennoAlencastro149,500
24MarcusStein145,500
25LuisMantilla143,000
26RobTannenbaum136,500
27ManuelAmaro129,000
28BransenDillon125,000
29GeorgesBoyadjian124,000
30RichardBlume120,500
31BradRhodes118,500
32AndrewGrunwald117,000
33RichardShoemaker114,500
34MichaelSilvas113,000
35MichaelMazzei111,000
36JohnTheofilopoulos108,500
37ErnestBrun107,000
38JeffRodriguez105,000
39KevinKamminga104,500
40JamesSalmon103,500
41JonathanDobson100,500
42NicholasVisconti98,500
43MattKaplan93,500
44ErrolRosen90,500
45RobertoBendeck90,000
46SigmundWessel82,500
47NormZapczynski81,000
48JeffBohanek81,000
49StevenSchwartz79,000
50ReymundoSilva77,500
51JamaelWilliams73,500
52JairoCarrillo72,000
53ArielRosello66,000
54LeonToledo63,000
55NicholasBaurichter61,000
56KennethIsaacs53,500
57MannyPerez53,000
58RichardFreedman47,000
59AnthonyRamos39,500
60KennethTaffaro27,500

Event 1 (Flight B): Ziad Matta Bags the Flight B Chip Lead

$300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Flight B
$75,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 225

Ziad Matta
Flight B Chip Leader Ziad Matta

Flight B of the $300 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) has concluded with 32 players bagging from the initial 225 entries. Ziad Matta is the Flight B chip leader with 424,500, putting him second overall.

Full chip counts from both flights will be posted shortly, along with the Day 2 table and seat draw.