Event 1 (Day 1E)
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 16: Blinds 3000/5000/5000 BB Ante
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
1E Entries: 1,652
1E Players Remaining: est. 270
1E Average Stack: 153,000
While at least Adnan Mohammad (482,000), Joseph Opie (461,000), Thanh Le (453,000), and Alida Veliu (431,000) hit four hundred thousand, none in today’s big flight could close on the consistent chip leader.
Doing the paperwork: August Smrek counts down his 581,000.
Under cover: deep in the Event Center entrance area, both Le, and Tiffany Lee (293,000) ground out the chips.
Interesting table: Ryan Minh Phan, Noam Muallem, Joseph Fragale all advance, but a brave rip against Nikita K. at the end leaves Fragale with just a big blind and an ante; as well, perhaps, as a long night ahead trying to make a bigger stack in 1F.
Barry McGovern took in 335,000. Paul Lambrakis bagged 378,000. Veliu bagged that big stack when she made a huge call at the end with an underpair versus a gambling stack.
Cherish Andrews, who put the beat on three kings earlier, survives with 77,000.
An estimated 270 players advanced to day 2.
Complete and official counts, as well as seating, will be posted when available.
Day 2 begins tomorrow, Friday, January 18th at 12 p.m. in the Event Center.
Meanwhile, flight F continues and registration is available.
Good luck!
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 16: Blinds 2000/4000/4000 BB Ante
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
1E Entries: 1,652
1E Players Remaining: 310
1E Average Stack: 133,000
1E players move to their last stretch of play, level 17, still negotiating a large pool. Tables continue to break, but the Event Center entrance area and the front of the tournament zone are still packed with over 30 tables of action.
Lunique Petiote is one of the survivors so far. You can see the pain on his opponent’s face, left, against this shove.
Meanwhile, another short stacker was not so lucky: Fausto Valdez from earlier had doubled, calling for a turn card, but then essentially had it done to him. C’est la vie.
Smrek still likely holds the lead, now at about 560,000.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 15: Blinds 1,500/3000/3000 BB Ante
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
1E Entries: 1,652
1E Players Remaining: 440
1E Average Stack: 93,000
August Smrek continues to rise, now past 530,00.
The General continues to go up and down, 300,000 at last check during a table change.
Cherish Andrews gets in her last 12 bigs with j10, cracking KK dramatically, straight vs. set.
We’re back in 15 for the final two levels.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
1E Entries: 1,652
1E Players Remaining: 499
1E Average Stack: 83,000
Dan Walsh
With the flop reading 
, Dan Walsh bet 22,000 and seat 2 moved in for 67,000. A third player exited the pot and Dan tanked for a minute or so, studying the possibilities. Mumbling something like “he’s got either Ace-Queen or a flush draw”.
Dan decided to make the call, showing 
for top pair with gutshot and back-door flush draw. Seat 2 tabled 
for the open-ended straight-flush draw, except Dan had one end of his straight-flush. Still, any single spade, King, or 8 would send the pot to seat 2.
When the 
came on the turn, seat 2 completed his straight to take the lead, but Dan improved to two pair.
Then the 
on the river gave Dan Kings-full and the pot. His opponent was sent to the rail. Dan’s up to about 270,000, closing in on the chip leader.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
1E Entries: 1,652
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
Remaining 1E: 529
Average Chips: 78,000
On table 5 in the Event Center entrance area, a new big stack has likely taken the lead here in level 14.
August Smrek just got a turn barrel through a reluctant shorty, officially putting him past 300,000.
Meanwhile, the General on 46 has rebounded, and is past 250,000.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 14: Blinds 1,500/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
1E Entries: 1,652
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
Tom Gleason
After Tom Gleason opened from the middle, the small blind 3-bet to 35,000. Tom shoved for 94,000 total, sending his opponent into the tank.
“I’m making a nitty fold” said the small blind, as he released his hand. “I didn’t have a pair,” he added. Sounds like he was folding Ace-something. Tom took the pot without showing his cards, but claimed pocket Queens. He’s up to about 140,000.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 13: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
1E Entries: 1,652
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
Remaining 1E: 590
Average Chips: 70,000
As the flight rolls through level 13, early big stack Carlton Brumm is still holding around 200,000. Taylor Wilson has moved up a tad to 220,000. The General has taken a hit but has remained near 150,000.
Meanwhile, with this bullet the one to make count, the short stacks will start colliding.
Gary Gelman bets turn into Nhan Cao. VIP Nguyen sits in between. All three are short stacked.
Gelman then shoved river for about 30,000 and all in, covering Cao on 
. No call.
Good start, anyway: Cash game player and coach Fausto Valdez is still looking for some tournament magic here at Borgata. He gets this 15 bbs through uncontested.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
Level 13: Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
1E Entries: 1,652
Total A-E Entries: 3,574
Play has resumed following the break and registration for Flight E is now closed. The unofficial number of entrants in this flight is 1,652, bringing the overall total through the first five flights to 3,574. Only 130 more are needed to cover the $2 Million Guarantee.
Given that there are already more than 200 players registered for Flight F which starts at 7pm, the Guarantee is covered! Now let’s see how much icing we can put on this cake!
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,500/1,500 BB Ante
Entries: 1,641
Twelve levels are in the books and it’s time for the third break of the day. During this break, the black 100 chips will come out of play.
Only 67 tables remain active in Fight E and registration will close with the resumption of play after the break. With an estimated 670 players remaining, the average stack for Flight E is about 61,000.
$540+$60 Deep Stack NLH
$2 Million Guaranteed
Structure Sheet
End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1500/1500 BB Ante
Entries: 1639
Outer table action: on now broken 75, Jackie Liu hates mucking the small blind when it’s folded to her. No steal.
Adding: Cathy Dever opens UTG on table 54, and will get action after flopping the world.
The big blind will call the 4,000 open, and then check raise Cathy’s continuation to 15,500, representing at minimum, belief she doesn’t like this flop.
However, Cathy makes the call on 
.
The BB decides he doesn’t like that, or the 
on the turn. He checks, and then sees a hefty 35,000 from Dever, which claims to the pot. She then turns over two more nines for a flopped top boat.
Meanwhile, big stack Landesman has joined her table. Each now are around the 180,000 mark.