$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)Prize Pool:  $228,690  |  Structure Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining:  87 of 693 1n4t6i

After Guy Naimi found a double on Table 19, eyes moved to Table 13 where Fernando Pages was all in for 135,000 against Peter Fellows with the board reading .

Fellows:
Pages:

Pages had a monster preflop but Fellows flopped a set of sixes to take the lead. Only the last two queens in the deck could save Pages and there was no miracle on the river.

Pages was eliminated on the bubble and the remaining 87 players were in the money.

Peter Fellows – 550,000 (138 bb)
Fernando Pages – Eliminated on the money bubble

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $228,690  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 693

With about 238,000 in the pot and the board reading , John O’Connor put Guy Naimi all in and he called at risk for 220,000.

After the rest of the bubble hands were complete (except for another all in at Table 13), the hands were tabled.

Naimi:
O’Connor:

Naimi was ahead with his flopped Broadway straight against O’Connor’s two pair queens and nines. Naimi needed to dodge a river boat and the was safe for his bubble double.

Guy Naimi – 458,000 (115 bb)
John O’Connor – 425,000 (106 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $228,690  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  88 of 693

With 88 players remaining and 87 getting paid, tournament staff paused the clock to begin hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

The clock will remain paused with two minutes coming off for each hand until one player is eliminated.

2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  693
Prize Pool:  $228,690
May 15 – 19, 2025

Registration closed for Event 1 of the 2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series with 693 entries, more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $228,690.

The last 87 players will make the money with $660 for a min-cash and $36,010 up top for the Event 1 champ.

1st: $36,010 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $24,000
3rd: $17,800
4th: $13,300
5th: $10,100
6th: $7,700
7th: $5,900
8th: $4,600
9th-10th: $3,600
11th-12th: $3,220
13th-15th: $2,840
16th-19th: $2,460
20th-23rd: $2,100
24th-31st: $1,780
32nd-39th: $1,480
40th-47th: $1,260
48th-55th: $1,060
56th-63rd: $900
64th-75th: $760
76th-87th: $660

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $228,690  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  119 of 693

Cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event 1 with 16 max late reg players putting the combined total at 693 entries for the tournament. The prize pool reached $228,690 and we will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

Blind levels are now 60 minutes until going up to 90 at the start of Level 27.

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 2 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 1 Day 2 Chip Counts

1PM: Event 2 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

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2025 May Deep Stack Poker Series Schedule

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $223,410  |  Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  103 of 677

Flight A:  150 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight B:  195 Entries; 30 Advanced
Flight C:  332 Entries; 48 Advanced
Day 2:  Sunday at 11 am

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

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
5	2	Robert	Klein	Middle Island	NY	228,000
5	3	Jeff	Levine	Boca Raton	FL	132,000
5	4	Brandon	Schwartz	North Miami	FL	193,000
5	5	Pasquale	Caiazza	Davie	FL	117,000
5	7	Yuriy	Kozinskiy	Miami	FL	96,000
5	8	Nicholas	Sweat	Estero	FL	220,000
5	9	Steven	Buckner Jr	Weston	FL	110,000
6	1	Kyle	Lazzaro	Fort Lauderdale	FL	293,000
6	2	Lisa	Teebagy	Lighthouse Point	FL	181,000
6	3	Alexander	Morgovsky	Needham	MA	196,000
6	4	Guillermo	Hamilton	Miami	FL	136,000
6	5	Stephen	Ibrahim	Fort Lauderdale	FL	238,000
6	7	Richard	De Carvalho Saunders	Weston	FL	132,000
6	8	Steven	Cardarelli	Lake Worth	FL	82,000
6	9	Jeffray	Flatt	Delray Beach	FL	290,000
7	1	Alex	Guzman	Doral	FL	153,000
7	2	Jalal	Farooq	Miami	FL	256,000
7	3	Shravan	Kulshrestha	Miami	FL	229,000
7	4	Christopher	Liranzo	San Cristobal	FL	131,000
7	5	Jose	Chapui	Miramar	FL	170,000
7	6	Sergio	Giha	Miami	FL	149,000
7	9	Jean	Laurent	Tampa	FL	80,000
11	1	Miriam	Sharon	Kiryat Motzkin		22,000
11	3	Sean	Shah	Boynton Beach	FL	113,000
11	4	Felipe	Luyanda	San Juan	PR	380,000
11	5	TK	Miles	Davie	FL	279,000
11	6	Steven	Bennett	Deerfield Bch	FL	283,000
11	7	Grant	Lasseter	Plantation	FL	75,000
11	8	Gino	Rendel	Lake Worth	FL	298,000
11	9	Robert	Rogers	Pembroke Pines	FL	31,000
12	1	Misael	Iadisernia	Boynton Beach	FL	123,000
12	2	Rob	Kessler	Coral Springs	FL	340,000
12	3	Joseph	Levitt	Delray Beach	FL	138,000
12	4	Bassel	Eissa	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	170,000
12	5	David	Nathaniel	Miramar	FL	199,000
12	6	Joseph	Gotlieb	Hollywood	FL	133,000
12	7	Richard	Leger	Lighthouse Point	FL	105,000
12	8	Trent	Smith	Vero Beach	FL	409,000
12	9	Hector	Pacheco	Davie	FL	275,000
13	1	Al	Norman	Boynton Beach	FL	430,000
13	2	Joel	Diaz	Lehigh Acres	FL	64,000
13	3	Anastasija	Zavorotnaja	Boca Raton	FL	88,000
13	4	Ariel	Rosello	Pembroke Pnes	FL	187,000
13	6	Craig	Bagon	Boca Raton	FL	143,000
13	7	Engelberth	Varela Moreno	Miami	FL	77,000
13	8	Jorge	Cuesta	Hialeah	FL	68,000
13	9	Peter	Fellows	Miramar	FL	213,000
14	1	Rober	Plotkin	Boca Raton	FL	74,000
14	3	Yury	Parad	Palm Beach	FL	84,000
14	4	Keith	Saunders	Miami	FL	80,000
14	5	Sean	Phillippi	Fort Lauderdale	FL	317,000
14	6	Dylan	Weiss	Jupiter	FL	209,000
14	7	Tamer	Salama	Bradenton	FL	46,000
14	9	Nicolas	Kerry	Davie	FL	117,000
19	1	Thien	Nguyen	Cape Coral	FL	158,000
19	2	Paul	Domb	Key Biscayne	FL	324,000
19	3	Guy	Naimi	Miami	FL	322,000
19	4	John	O'Connor	Wakefield	MA	409,000
19	5	Nancy	Birnbaum	Ft Lauderdale	FL	187,000
19	7	Raminder	Singh	Delray Beach	FL	272,000
19	8	Lyle	Diamond	Delray Beach	FL	281,000
19	9	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	180,000
20	1	Richard	Rice	Ft Lauderdale	FL	145,000
20	2	James	Guidi	Goodland	FL	374,000
20	7	Alexander	Ortega	Lake Worth	FL	88,000
20	8	Joseph	Hernon	Hampton	NH	171,000
20	9	David	Madrigal	North Miami Beach	FL	297,000
24	1	Long	Nguyen	Dania Beach	FL	123,000
24	3	Raymond	Nalbandian	Boynton Beach	FL	139,000
24	4	Carlos	Torres Vazquez	Loxahatchee	FL	213,000
24	5	Jeffrey	Rolland	Fort Lauderdale	FL	44,000
24	6	Mel	Goss	Boca Raton	FL	104,000
24	7	Fernando	Pages	Miami	FL	151,000
24	9	Sam	Spira	Hollywood	FL	162,000
25	3	Jill	Fiorentino	Hollywood	FL	226,000
25	4	Roni	Zelichonok	Aventura	FL	273,000
25	5	Alex	Tsiareshka	Dania	FL	95,000
25	7	Michael	Newman	Fort Lauderdale	FL	85,000
25	9	Cory	Rock Jr	West Palm Beach	FL	178,000
26	2	Adi	Amit	Boca Raton	FL	91,000
26	3	Aaron	Johnson Jr.	West Park	FL	100,000
26	4	Frederico	Dabus	Doral	FL	203,000
26	5	Roberto	Bendeck	Hollywood	FL	258,000
26	6	Danilo	Alvarenga	Parkland	FL	56,000
26	7	Dean	Sultan	Plantation	FL	155,000
26	8	Alejandro	Rosales Saez	Hialeah	FL	183,000
26	9	Solange	Lucas	Davie	FL	233,000
27	1	Jair	Fajardo Suarez	Cartagena-Bolivar		329,000
27	2	Lawrence	Rubenstein	Coral Springs	FL	216,000
27	4	Santana	Noronha	Davie	FL	214,000
27	5	Jacquelyn	Scott	Fort Lauderdale	FL	124,000
27	6	David	Rivera	Davie	FL	284,000
27	7	Logan	Eisner	Merrick	NY	164,000
27	8	Alejandro	Amador Martinez	Miami	FL	217,000
27	9	John	Maddox	Columbus	OH	110,000
45	1	Ronel	Juan	West Palm Beach	FL	256,000
45	2	Venkat Kalyan	Chivukula	Fulshear	TX	711,000
45	3	Eric	Kolodny	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	239,000
45	4	Karen	Cleveland	Pembroke Pines	FL	217,000
45	5	Charlemagne	Benjamin Jr	Miami Gardens	FL	500,000
45	6	Brian	Barros-Vazquez	Melrose Park	IL	525,000
45	7	Rodrigo	Aldorino	North Miami	FL	231,000
45	9	Carlos	Bermudez	Hialeah	FL	378,000

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $223,410  |  Structure
Return to Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  103 of 677

Flight A:  150 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight B:  195 Entries; 30 Advanced
Flight C:  332 Entries; 48 Advanced
Day 2:  Sunday at 11 am

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

Rank	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
1	Venkat Kalyan	Chivukula	Fulshear	TX	711,000
2	Brian	Barros-Vazquez	Melrose Park	IL	525,000
3	Charlemagne	Benjamin Jr	Miami Gardens	FL	500,000
4	Al	Norman	Boynton Beach	FL	430,000
5	Trent	Smith	Vero Beach	FL	409,000
6	John	O'Connor	Wakefield	MA	409,000
7	Felipe	Luyanda	San Juan	PR	380,000
8	Carlos	Bermudez	Hialeah	FL	378,000
9	James	Guidi	Goodland	FL	374,000
10	Rob	Kessler	Coral Springs	FL	340,000
11	Jair	Fajardo Suarez	Cartagena-Bolivar		329,000
12	Paul	Domb	Key Biscayne	FL	324,000
13	Guy	Naimi	Miami	FL	322,000
14	Sean	Phillippi	Fort Lauderdale	FL	317,000
15	Gino	Rendel	Lake Worth	FL	298,000
16	David	Madrigal	North Miami Beach	FL	297,000
17	Kyle	Lazzaro	Fort Lauderdale	FL	293,000
18	Jeffray	Flatt	Delray Beach	FL	290,000
19	David	Rivera	Davie	FL	284,000
20	Steven	Bennett	Deerfield Bch	FL	283,000
21	Lyle	Diamond	Delray Beach	FL	281,000
22	TK	Miles	Davie	FL	279,000
23	Hector	Pacheco	Davie	FL	275,000
24	Roni	Zelichonok	Aventura	FL	273,000
25	Raminder	Singh	Delray Beach	FL	272,000
26	Roberto	Bendeck	Hollywood	FL	258,000
27	Jalal	Farooq	Miami	FL	256,000
28	Ronel	Juan	West Palm Beach	FL	256,000
29	Eric	Kolodny	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	239,000
30	Stephen	Ibrahim	Fort Lauderdale	FL	238,000
31	Solange	Lucas	Davie	FL	233,000
32	Rodrigo	Aldorino	North Miami	FL	231,000
33	Shravan	Kulshrestha	Miami	FL	229,000
34	Robert	Klein	Middle Island	NY	228,000
35	Jill	Fiorentino	Hollywood	FL	226,000
36	Nicholas	Sweat	Estero	FL	220,000
37	Alejandro	Amador Martinez	Miami	FL	217,000
38	Karen	Cleveland	Pembroke Pines	FL	217,000
39	Lawrence	Rubenstein	Coral Springs	FL	216,000
40	Santana	Noronha	Davie	FL	214,000
41	Peter	Fellows	Miramar	FL	213,000
42	Carlos	Torres Vazquez	Loxahatchee	FL	213,000
43	Dylan	Weiss	Jupiter	FL	209,000
44	Frederico	Dabus	Doral	FL	203,000
45	David	Nathaniel	Miramar	FL	199,000
46	Alexander	Morgovsky	Needham	MA	196,000
47	Brandon	Schwartz	North Miami	FL	193,000
48	Ariel	Rosello	Pembroke Pnes	FL	187,000
49	Nancy	Birnbaum	Ft Lauderdale	FL	187,000
50	Alejandro	Rosales Saez	Hialeah	FL	183,000
51	Lisa	Teebagy	Lighthouse Point	FL	181,000
52	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	180,000
53	Cory	Rock Jr	West Palm Beach	FL	178,000
54	Joseph	Hernon	Hampton	NH	171,000
55	Jose	Chapui	Miramar	FL	170,000
56	Bassel	Eissa	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	170,000
57	Logan	Eisner	Merrick	NY	164,000
58	Sam	Spira	Hollywood	FL	162,000
59	Thien	Nguyen	Cape Coral	FL	158,000
60	Dean	Sultan	Plantation	FL	155,000
61	Alex	Guzman	Doral	FL	153,000
62	Fernando	Pages	Miami	FL	151,000
63	Sergio	Giha	Miami	FL	149,000
64	Richard	Rice	Ft Lauderdale	FL	145,000
65	Craig	Bagon	Boca Raton	FL	143,000
66	Raymond	Nalbandian	Boynton Beach	FL	139,000
67	Joseph	Levitt	Delray Beach	FL	138,000
68	Guillermo	Hamilton	Miami	FL	136,000
69	Joseph	Gotlieb	Hollywood	FL	133,000
70	Jeff	Levine	Boca Raton	FL	132,000
71	Richard	De Carvalho Saunders	Weston	FL	132,000
72	Christopher	Liranzo	San Cristobal	FL	131,000
73	Jacquelyn	Scott	Fort Lauderdale	FL	124,000
74	Misael	Iadisernia	Boynton Beach	FL	123,000
75	Long	Nguyen	Dania Beach	FL	123,000
76	Pasquale	Caiazza	Davie	FL	117,000
77	Nicolas	Kerry	Davie	FL	117,000
78	Sean	Shah	Boynton Beach	FL	113,000
79	Steven	Buckner Jr	Weston	FL	110,000
80	John	Maddox	Columbus	OH	110,000
81	Richard	Leger	Lighthouse Point	FL	105,000
82	Mel	Goss	Boca Raton	FL	104,000
83	Aaron	Johnson Jr.	West Park	FL	100,000
84	Yuriy	Kozinskiy	Miami	FL	96,000
85	Alex	Tsiareshka	Dania	FL	95,000
86	Adi	Amit	Boca Raton	FL	91,000
87	Anastasija	Zavorotnaja	Boca Raton	FL	88,000
88	Alexander	Ortega	Lake Worth	FL	88,000
89	Michael	Newman	Fort Lauderdale	FL	85,000
90	Yury	Parad	Palm Beach	FL	84,000
91	Steven	Cardarelli	Lake Worth	FL	82,000
92	Jean	Laurent	Tampa	FL	80,000
93	Keith	Saunders	Miami	FL	80,000
94	Engelberth	Varela Moreno	Miami	FL	77,000
95	Grant	Lasseter	Plantation	FL	75,000
96	Rober	Plotkin	Boca Raton	FL	74,000
97	Jorge	Cuesta	Hialeah	FL	68,000
98	Joel	Diaz	Lehigh Acres	FL	64,000
99	Danilo	Alvarenga	Parkland	FL	56,000
100	Tamer	Salama	Bradenton	FL	46,000
101	Jeffrey	Rolland	Fort Lauderdale	FL	44,000
102	Robert	Rogers	Pembroke Pines	FL	31,000
103	Miriam	Sharon	Kiryat Motzkin		22,000

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $222,090   |  Structure
Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  63 of 325

Flight C is down to its last 40 minutes of the day, the last chance to spin up a stack or think about max late regging the tournament tomorrow morning before 11 am.

We have 325 entries so far and might pick up a few more before they bag.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $220,440   |  Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  108 of 324

Players are back in their seats after the final break of the day, three more levels to build a bag for Day 2 or make plans to max late reg tomorrow morning before 11 am.

We found two stacks over 300K and potential overall leaders coming back. Jalal Farooz leads the field last with 327,500 with Gino Rendel, our dinner-break mystery big stack, sitting not far behind with 314,000.