$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 31: 50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 1,366
The $1 Million Guarantee WPTDeepStacks opening event is down to the final nine players are they are set to play it out for the title in front of the live-stream cameras. They have combined for more than $4.7 million in career earnings with tournament titles from around the world.
Justin Harvell returns with the chip lead but Lumni Zhuta is right on his heels. Scott Baumstein is the most successful player at the final table and his 48 big blinds will make him a threat all day long. Michael Aron and Stephen Smith are the two shortest stacks and will need to do some work to get back into contention.
Seat 1
Name: Lumni Zhuta
Chip Count: 6,300,000
From Connecticut via Albania, Lumni Zhuta is already guaranteed to earn the biggest tournament cash of his career. The restaurant owner has recorded a single cash for $1,064 and he is already guaranteed to make at least $22,025 from his final table appearance. Zhuta will begin the final table with the second biggest stack.
Seat 2
Name: Matthew Zarcadoolas
Chip Count: 4,305,000
Matthew Zarcadoolas is one of our local players hailing from right here in Hollywood, FL. He has more than $250,000 in career earnings including a SHR Deep Stack title and Tuesday Night Special win. The former bartender had a seventh-place final table finish in the 2016 RRPO Championship and had a deep run this summer in the WSOP Main Event.
Seat 3
Name: Justin Harvell
Chip Count: 6,545,000
Justin Harvell is a Florida transplant and a regular on the poker circuit with dozens of final table appearances. The Delray Beach grinder has $157,000 in career earnings but still seeking his first major title.
Seat 4
Name: Scott Baumstein
Chip Count: 4,770,000
Scott Baumstein is the most successful player coming into the WPTDeepStack final table with more than $1.6 million in career earnings. The Northeast grinder final tabled the WSOP $10,000 Shootout in 2014 and finished fifth in the 2011 WSOP Heads-Up event.
Seat 5
Name: Stephen Smith
Chip Count: 1,250,000
Stephen Smith is a local grinder who was born in Michigan and grew up in Tennessee. He has over $80,000 in career earnings including a WSOP Circuit ring he won almost one year ago. He returns as the shortest stack of the final nine and will need to run it up for a chance at the $220K first place prize.
Seat 6
Name: A.J. Kelsall
Chip Count: 5,315,000
A.J. Kelsall is a regular face in the SHRP games and he has plenty of success with $987,000 in career earnings. He made three final tables this summer during the WSOP; two third-place finishes and a sixth. Kelsall also owns a WSOP Circuit ring, a SHRPO H.O.R.S.E. title, and won the SHR Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship in 2014.
Seat 7
Name: Ness Reilly
Chip Count: 2,200,000
Ness Reilly comes to us from across the Atlantic, born in France with cashes throughout Europe. This result will push her over $350,000 in career earnings with her biggest coming with a final table appearance in the 2010 WPT Amneville Main Event.
Seat 8
Name: Michael Aron
Chip Count: 1,320,000
Michael Aron is a ten-year poker pro with some big finishes in our events. He won the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Shootout event and produced a fifth-place finish this summer during in the Big 4 SHRPO Championship. A fifth-place or better finish here will push his career total over $1 million.
Seat 9
Name: Ramon Miquel
Chip Count: 2,000,000
Ramon Miquel has only been playing professionally for a year and a half but he already has more than $360,000 in career earnings. The Spanish pro has tournament wins in Spain and France and he had a runner-up finish in December at the PokerStars Championship Prague series for €135,000.