$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $142,560   |  Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 432

Flight A: 120 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight B: 117 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight C: 195 Entries; 30 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 11 am

Registration is open until the start of Day 2 on Sunday at 11 am

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $142,560  |  Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  195

Flight C ended with 30 players advancing to Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am. Bruce Kahn was among the leaders the entire day and ran hot at the end to storm to the top.

He put 504,000 in his bag, followed by Nalton Williams, Zyad Qasem, Santana Noronha, and Jamar Brown.

Top five Flight C bags:

Bruce Kahn – 504,000 (168 bb)
Nalton Williams – 479,000 (160 bb)
Zyad Qasem – 442,000 (147 bb)
Santana Noronha – 408,000 (136 bb)
Jamar Brown – 357,000 (119 bb)

Late registration remains open overnight and into the morning until cards go in the air for Day 2 at 11 am.

Complete chip counts and the table draw will be posted later this evening.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $142,230  |  Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  194

The last level of the last flight is underway and time is running out if you want to jump into the first multi-flight event on the series.

They will bag chips up at the end of Level 14 but registration will remain open over night, closing when cards go in the air for Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $139,590  |  Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  186

The final break of the day ended, and the cards are back in the air for three more levels. They can begin thinking about their end-of-day plans and trying to put themselves in contention for tomorrow.

Two new stack rose among the leaders; Yaakov Yona is the new frontrunner, leading the field with 311,500 followed by all-day leader Marc Sacheli with 276,500. Zyad Qasem is on the other side of the table from Sacheli and third with 261,000.

Yaakov Yona – 311,500 (156 bb)
Marc Sacheli – 276,500 (138 bb)
Zyad Qasem – 261,000 (131 bb)
Mihalache Cean – 260,000 (130 bb)
Stephen Gerber – 252,000 (126 bb)
Bruce Kahn – 214,000 (107 bb)
Miriam Sharom – 212,500 (106 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $137,610  |  Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  186

The final break of the flight is coming up shortly, a ten-minute breather before the return for the final stretch. Three more levels, two hours to build up a stack for Day 2 tomorrow.

We will find out if anyone caught Marc Sacheli in the last hour and seek out our leaders.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $137,610  |  Structure
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1C Entries:  180

Another local legend has entered the $400 Deep Stack when Johnny Bromberg grabbed his seat after the dinner break. He joins a stacked field, trying to add to his already impressive hardware collection.

Bromberg has five major SHRP trophies, his first during the 2023 SHRPO series and then another in every Poker Showdown series since. His five biggest cashes came in the Grand Ballroom and against some massive fields.

Bromberg won the opening event of the 2023 SHRPO series, a tournament with 6,253 entries, at the time the biggest field in Florida poker history. He earned $219,090 for that win and bookended it with a win over 2,937 entries in the $800 Showdown Platinum stacks a few weeks ago for another $258,125.

More related to this series, Bromberg won the Deep Stack Poker Series $1,700 Deepest Stack trophy in 2024 and will try for another one when that tournament starts on May 21.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $132,990  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  174

In a multi-way pot, the board was reading and the player in the one-seat bet 3,000. After a caller, Marc Sacheli, asked how much the one-seat had left, he heard 10,000, and he moved all in.

The one-seat quickly called and tabled for quad sixes while Sacheli’s gave him flopped trip jacks and a turned full house.

It looked great for the short stack to double through the leader but Sacheli hit the case jack on the river for quads-over-quads to get a big reaction from the table.

For the record, no bad-beat jackpots or high-hand bonuses in the Deep Stack Poker Series tournament, which was the first question from the table.

Marc Sacheli – 255,000 (255 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $132,990  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1C Entries:  166

Action is back underway after the dinner break, with 166 entries and a prize pool that continues to increase. They are putting together a nice chunk of change to pay out tomorrow.

Marc Sacheli is still in line to go wire-to-wire with the chip lead, but Michael Scheinberg is closing. They are the only two players over 200K, with Mihalache Cean, Stephen Gerber, and Brent Yorzinski in the top five.

Here are the leaders and some other counts from the field:

Marc Sacheli – 231,500 (232 bb)
Michael Scheinberg – 223,500 (224 bb)
Mihalache Cean – 170,000 (170 bb)
Stephen Gerber – 155,500 (156 bb)
Brent Yorzinski – 107,500 (108 bb)
Joel Harwood – 102,000 (102 bb)
Bruce Kahn – 101,500 (102 bb)
Franklin Rojas – 99,500 (100 bb)
Eric Kolodny – 99,000 (99 bb)
Jamar Brown – 90,500 (91 bb)
Gary Gelman – 79,500 (80 bb)
Nick Visconti – 79,500 (80 bb)
Sean Phillipp  –  78,500 (79 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 69,000 (69 bb)
Miriam Sharom – 57,500 (58 bb)
Matthew Kuba – 56,500 (57 bb)
Kelly Slay – 44,000 (44 bb)
Craig Witz – 39,000 (39 bb)
Melissa Kaiser – 35,000 (35 bb)
Eric Rivera – 30,000 (30 bb)
Robert Scholz – 18,500 (19 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $131,670  |  Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  162

Players are now on a 40-minute dinner break and will return to action at 5 pm. They will play six more levels today, with a break after three, and those with chips will bag them up for Day 2 tomorrow at 11 am.

For those in the tournament or even the cash games, you can now order food from The BŌL to your table (top-tier Asian cuisine), among other items on the Poker Room menu, or you can grab something and sit in the cafe lounge area.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $130,680  |  Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1C Entries:  159

The clock is nearing the end of Level 8 and that means the 40-minute dinner break is right around the corner. They will return from that to play six more levels before bagging up.

Some new friends in the field include Matthew Zarcadoolas, Robert Scholz, and Sean Phillippi.