$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Registration has closed for Event 1 and we have an unofficial 156 entrants for the final flight. That brings the total to 741 entrants for Event 1 to create a prizepool of nearly $225,000. We will have official numbers and payout information when it is released.

In a first for this event, the top two stacks at the first break were also the top two at the second. Kevin Butler and Anthony Dianati led the field early and they both remain up top, though their positions have changed.

Kevin Butler was the only player over 100K at the first break and he moved his stack up to 131,300 over the next four levels. Dianati did the most work over that time to put his stack in the lead at 195,000. Mike Poeltler is moving himself in contention with more than half the day complete. His 109,000 is good enough for the third spot.