$400 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 A Players Remaining:  49 of 390

Flight A of Event 1 is in the books with Hector Pacheco on top of the chip counts with 419,000.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted in about an hour, but here are the four players who bagged at least 300K:

1.  Hector Pacheco  –  419,000  (84 bb)
2.  Rosaline Linares  –  375,000  (75 bb)
3.  Aaron Kirshenberg  –  368,000  (74 bb)
4.  Youssef Bagach  –  364,000  (73 bb)

Flight B is already underway, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until about 9:30 pm. Six more starting flights remain, two apiece over next three days, beginning at 10:00 am and 5:00 pm.

$400 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 A Players Remaining:  49 of 390

Michael Garcia raised to 10,000 in the hijack, Jeff Kessler called in the cutoff, Scott Zakheim committed his remaining 21,000 from the big blind, and Garcia isolated the pot with a four-bet-shove.

Garcia: 
Zakheim: 

The board ran out , giving Garcia aces and queens to eliminate Zakheim and send the remaining field onward to Day 2.

Michael Garcia  –  204,000  (41 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$400 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 A Players Remaining:  54 of 390

Shortly after the last break of the flight, the field reached 54 players on six tables and the money bubble is nearing. Only 49 of them will bag this flight and guarantee a cash on Sunday.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The second flight of Showdown Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm in the Grand Ballroom and looks to build on the great start this morning. Flight A drew 390 entries, not too shabby for a Wednesday morning/afternoon, and the field will continue to grow into the coming weekend.

It is a $400 Deep Stack with a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 on Day 2 and 60 minutes in Level 24. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  108 of 390

Another break has come and gone and we have a new big stack in the room. TJ Shulman still has a lot of chips but Hector Pacheco now leads with 308,500 and no one else is over 200K. That’s a great way to head into the final part of the flight with little less than half the remaining field set to bag.

Pacheco has seven tournament titles in our Poker Room, including wins in the Deep Stack Poker Series, Fun in the Sun, and Escalators, and shooting for his first major Hollywood title.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  180 of 390

Registration closed for Flight A of Showdown Event 1 with 390 entries. They put $128,700 toward the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, a great start to the tournament and a fantastic turnout for a Wednesday afternoon.

Flight A will continue until 49 players remain and survivors advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  390

Cards are back in the air for Flight A with an unofficial 390 entries showing on the clock. A great start to the series and a great pace for a large prize pool.

TJ Shulman is the early front-runner, sitting with a very healthy 152,400 from his starting 20K.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  362

The second break is rolling around and we will close registration for this flight when they return to action for Level 9. But if you miss out, there are still seven more flights to go including the next at 5 pm.

We will take this opportunity to hunt down our early chip leaders.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  346

The entry count continues to climb as we get closer to shutting down registration for this first flight. We are way above pace to surpass the $1,000,000 guarantee and put together a huge number at the end.

Some more friends in the crowd include Johnny Bromberg, David Moses, Nick Yunis, Scott Blackman, Nancy Birnbaum, Harvey Freedman, and Paul Domb.

Bromberg has some history in this type of tournament; he won the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open opening event for $220K.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight A Entries:  248

Level 4 rolled around with a nice big number on the tournament clock and plenty of time to increase. We are on a pace to smash the $1,000,000 guarantee and we can’t wait to see where the prize pool goes.

Some early friends include Jeff Kessler, Caleb Piderit, Solange Lucas, Vidalia Perez Torres, and Dessiree Bennett.