$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | PayoutsLevel 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 816 33818
After the pre-game announcements, tournament staff put cards back in the air for Day 2 of the WPTDeepStacks events. There are 171 players remaining to leave them only 69 knockouts from the money.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 816
Joseph Cheong
Two flights of the WPTDeepStacks event combined to put 816 players in the game, good enough to triple the $250,000 Guarantee put on the mid-week $1,100 buy-in tournament.
And the list of returning players reads like any top tournament in the world. November Niner Joseph Cheong is the starting Day 2 chip leader followed by former WPT Player of the Year Mukul Pahuja, WSOP final tablist Brandon Ageloff, and WPT Commentator/WPT Champions Club Member/WSOP bracelet winner Tony Dunst.
It’s a tough returning field and they have some work to do from the very restart. Only 171 players remain and 102 are set to earn some money; it will not take long for the bubble to get here.
Cards go back in the air at noon in a packed Hard Rock Event Center.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Returning to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 816
Flight A: 314 Entries, 64 Advanced Flight B: 502 Entries, 107 Advanced Day 2: Wednesday at 12pm
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Returning to Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 816
Flight A: 314 Entries, 64 Advanced Flight B: 502 Entries, 107 Advanced Day 2: Wednesday at 12pm
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure End of Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 107 of 502
Joseph Cheong
The second and final flight of the WPTDeepStacks $1,100 no-limit hold’em got underway on Tuesday and it drew another 502 entries. At the end of 15 levels, those 502 was trimmed down to just 107 with Joseph Cheong leading the Day 1B field.
Cheong bagged up 384,500 to bag up the heaviest bag in the field. He also edged out Day 1A chip leader, Mukul Pahuja for the overall lead.
ing Cheong at the top of the Day 1B leaderboard are Brandon Ageloff (360,500), Jackson Lashey (340,500), Adil Khan (323,500) and Kevin Torres (320,000).
Other notables to survive the second flight include Arkadiy Tsinis, Jonathan Hilton, Ryan Hughes, Ryan Jones, Victor Figueroa, Nick Palma, Cord Garcia, Joe Ebanks, Olivier Busquet, Matt Stout, Ravi Raghavan, Chad Eveslage, Nancy Birnbaum, Jake Bazeley, Ness Reilly, Jonathan Dimmig, Josh Turner, Eoghan O’Dea, Tim Reilly and Allen Kessler.
The 502 entries on Tuesday brought the total field size to 816 entries with 171 returning for Day 2. Day 2 gets underway on Wednesday at noon with blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a 500 ante. It is scheduled to play down to a winner, but if there is still one table remaining at 3 a.m., those players will have the option to play down to a winner or return on Thursday at 2 p.m. to finish the event.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 117 of 502
The clock was paused with 10 minutes left in the final level. the remaining players will play four more hands before bagging and tagging chips for the night.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 117 of 502
Nancy Birnbaum
A player limped in from early position and Danny Shiff limped in from middle position. Nancy Birnbaum raised to 10,000 from the cutoff and both limpers called.
The flop was and action checks around. The turn was the and the first limper led out for 11,000. Both Shiff and Birnbaum call. The river was the .
All three players check and everybody is slightly hesitant to show their hand.
Shiff announces ‘nine,’ the first limper mucked and Birnbaum tabled and won the pot.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 126 of 502
Eoghan O’Dea
There was about 12,000 in the pot on the turn with the board reading .
Eoghan O’Dea checked from under the gun and the player in the cutoff bet 13,000. O’Dea called and the river was the .
O’Dea checked and his opponent checked back. O’Dea tabled and his opponent mucked. The former November Niner won the pot, but is still on the shorter end of the chip counts.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 162 of 502
Matthew Yorra
On a flop of , Matthew Yorra was in the small blind and heads-up with the player under the gun. Yorra moved all in and under the gun called, he was all in for about 15,000.
Yorra showed and was in trouble against his opponent’s .
The turn was the , giving Yorra a flush draw, and the river was the . Yorra makes two pair to win the pot and eliminate a player late in the level.
Yorra is having a great day 1B, nearing 100,000 in chips just two days after winning the $570 six-max no-limit.