Registration closed for the $3,000 Deep Stack no-limit hold’em tournament with  entries creating a prize pool worth $1 million. The top 47 spots will be paid with $5,400 for a min-cash and $190,800 up top for the winner.

1st:  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $128,000
3rd:  $95,000
4th:  $71,000
5th:  $54,000
6th:  $41,000
7th:  $31,500
8th:  $24,400
9th-10th:  $19,200
11th-12th:  $16,800
13th-15th:  $14,500
16th-19th:  $12,200
20th-23rd:  $10,000
24th-31st:  $8,100
32nd-39th:  $6,500
40th-47th:  $5,400

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Entries:  273

Scott Dehm  –  120,000  (150 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  73,000  (91 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  67,000  (84 bb)
Christian Harder  –  53,000  (66 bb)
Steve Rosen  –  46,000  (58 bb)
David DiBernardi  –  41,000  (51 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  41,000  (51 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  38,000  (48 bb)
Rodney Turvin  –  34,000  (43 bb)
Maria Lampropulos  –  33,000  (41 bb)
Jake Bazeley  –  25,000  (31 bb)
Will Failla  –  25,000  (31 bb)
Claudio Piedrabuena  –  20,000  (25 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  20,000  (25 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  16,000  (20 bb)
Carlos Bermudez  –  11,000  (15 bb)
Mike Beasley  –  10,000 (14 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  8,000  (10 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  268

Alex Queen raised UTG+1 to about 1,200, the player in the hijack called, and Dylan Linde moved all in from the button for about 13,000. Queen called or moved all in for a little more, and the hijack folded.

Linde turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Queen’s .

The board came , and Queen turned a set of queens to clinch the pot and eliminate Linde.

Alex Queen  –  33,000  (55 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  Eliminated

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  267

James Calderaro was all in for 15,400 in middle position with , leading super short-stacked Jess Vierling’s in early position and Faraz Jaka’s in early position.

The board ran out , safe for Calderaro to double through Jaka while eliminating Vierling.

James Calderaro  –  33,000  (55 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  5,000  (8 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  258

A scan of the field appears to show Manny Amaro as the chipleader with about 150,000 (250 big blinds). Here are some more notable chip counts from Level 8:

Manny Amaro  –  150,000  (250 bb)
Joe Elpayaa  –  93,000  (155 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  93,000  (155 bb)
Blair Hinkle  –  74,000  (123 bb)
Ross Fischer  –  70,000  (117 bb)
Peter Mugar  –  56,000  (93 bb)
Marcus El-Huaick  –  52,000  (87 bb)
Dung Tran  –  45,000  (75 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  43,000  (72 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  35,000  (58 bb)
Harsheel Kothari  –  33,000  (55 bb)
James Collopy  –  31,000  (52 bb)
Eric Panayiotou  –  30,000  (50 bb)
Ryan Tosoc  –  25,000  (42 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  23,000  (38 bb)
Steve Karp  –  22,000  (37 bb)
Michael Wang  –  13,000  (22 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  257

Ben Zamani  –  126,000  (210 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  102,000  (170 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  75,000  (125 bb)
Art Peacock  –  68,000  (113 bb)
Mike Liang  –  68,000  (113 bb)
Adam Levy  –  52,000  (87 bb)
Brandon Wilson  –  42,000  (70 bb)
Meir Meystel  –  41,000  (68 bb)
Ernest Bush  –  37,000  (62 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  32,000  (53 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  31,000  (52 bb)
Matthew Yorra  –  30,000  (50 bb)
Jonathan Tamayo  –  28,000  (47 bb)
Eric Kolodny  –  26,000  (43 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi  –  25,000  (42 bb)
Michael Johnson  –  20,000  (33 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  20,000  (33 bb)
Michael Graffeo  –  16,000  (27 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  16,000  (27 bb)
Joe Serock  –  10,000  (17 bb)
Javier Zarco  –  8,000  (13 bb)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries:  151

The players return from their first break to begin Level 4, with blinds of 100-200 with a 200 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up only three players with at least 60K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Dung Tran  –  86,500  (433 bb)
2.  Ross Fischer  –  68,200  (341 bb)
3.  Marcus El-Huaick  –  60,300  (302 bb)
4.  Yigal Hen  –  58,900  (295 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break, around 10:00 pm.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries:  141

Event 50 players were sent on the first break of the day with 141 entries in the tournament, still a good distance away from its $1,000,000 guarantee.

Value town.

A few more friends in the field include Dylan Linde, Michael Graffeo, and reigning WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Tamayo.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries:  100

The $3,000 buy-in Big 4 event his 100 entries shortly after rolling into the second level but there’s still a long way to go before they top the $1,000,000.

If you want some great value, this is your spot.

Some early runners including Ernest Bush, Nicholas Seward, Matthew Leecy, Chance Kornuth, Michael Wang, Serena Zhang, Jacquelyn Scott, Jeff Silverstein, Darren Elias, and Richard Leger.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries:  94

Andrew Ostapchenko was down to 2,100 and moved all in from early position. It folded around to Mitch Mitchell in the big blind and he called to put Ostapchenko at risk.

Mitchell:
Ostapchenko:

Ostapchenko was ahead for the double with his pair of jacks and the seemed safe enough despite Mitchell adding a gut shot draw. The turn changed nothing but Mitchell made a wheel on the river to send Ostapchenko out early.

Mitch Mitchell – 35,000 (350 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko – Eliminated