Tag Archives: 2017 WPTDeepStacks

Event 1 Flight C: Brandon Byars in the Fray

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 4: 100/200/25
Flight C Entries: 60 (Total Entries: 245)

Brandon Byars

Brandon Byars is one of the most recognizable faces in the Tampa room. A regular in any tournament, he’s claimed victories in multiple events including a $30,422 score in the property’s Little Slick in April of 2016. He’s cashed at least one major event every month dating back to last December.

With the Flight C entry count now at 60, Byars is one of the most recent buy-ins today. He’ll be someone to keep an eye on in the coming days as the series’ $300,000 guaranteed Main Event approaches.

Event 1 Flight C: “Seat Open, 14!”

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 2: 50/100
Flight C Entries: 39 (Total Entries: 224)

Jose Delacruz

“Seat open, 14!” the dealer at Table 14 yelled.

We approached the table to find Seat 1 empty while Jose Delacruz stacked a pile of chips. It appears that marked the first elimination of the day and Delacruz came out on the winning end of it. His day was off to a decent start before that as the hand left him with over 40,000 chips — more than double starting stack.

Event 1 Flight C: Weekend Action Off and Running

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 1: 25/50
Flight C Entries: 20 (Total Entries: 205 )

Tournament director Byron Rodriguez kicks off Flight C

It’s just after 11am local time and tournament director Byron Rodriguez kicked off Flight C of the $200,000 guaranteed WPTDeepStack opener just moments ago. Through yesterday’s action, the combined field sits at 185 entries generating a prize pool of $92,500. With today’s play along with tonight’s Flight D and tomorrow’s Flight E and F, the six-figure target is all but assured to be bested.

Here’s a breakdown of the morning action:

11am: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight C

  • $200,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
  • Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
  • Day 2 begins Sunday, June 11 at 12pm
  • Structure Sheet

Updates throughout the day will be posted right here at SHRTPoker.com.

Event 1: Day 2 Chip Counts (Through Flight B)

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/500
Players Remaining: 40/185

Flight A: 103 Entries, 21 Advanced
Flight B: 82 Entries, 19 Advanced
Flight C: Friday at 11am
Flight D: Friday at 6pm
Flight E: Saturday at 11am
Flight F: Saturday at 6pm
Day 2: Sunday at 12pm

Day 2 chip counts through Flight B:

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECHIP COUNTTABLESEAT
1MIRZASOPOVIC256,000127
2NICHOLASCOSTA208,00079
3JEANZABIN186,00096
4MICHAELCOLLINS158,00021
5JOSHUAFULFORD147,000116
6MICHAELDICKERSON139,50061
7ELIZABETHMCKANE139,000109
8RONALDSULLIVAN138,000106
9WILLIAMDUBAY118,500112
10TOMFLEISCHER116,50049
11EliudDiaz114,000133
12DAVIDTIFFENBERG113,00064
13RICHARDKANE110,000122
14MICHAELSCOTT109,000113
15BRUCESNELL107,50053
16ANDRESFLOREZ100,00069
17TONYMILES96,00094
18JAMESRUBINSKI94,500102
19AMANDAJONES85,000126
20DEREKMELICHER84,500103
21ARICPLUSKAT79,50048
22EARLVANLANDINGHAM III69,50022
23BRIANARBAUGH65,50072
24ALECBRADLOW62,50082
25WALIDMADDAH59,000136
26JOHNALEGRIA58,500121
27MARIEHARRELL58,00074
28MARKSMYRSKI55,500132
29JAMESMCCARTY54,00054
30ALANRAMKHALAWAN53,000131
31JOHNWIGGINTON51,50098
32JENNIFERAROJADO51,00087
33JODYKEELING50,00029
34MICHAELDUNN48,50081
35ANTHONYHOBBS48,00097
36MARKHOYLE47,50017
37AARONPORTER42,00034
38KYLEMASSEY42,00037
39STEPHENSPEER42,00011
40HUYENVO42,000111

WPTDeepStacks Day 2 (Friday, June 9)

LINK: WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Tournament Schedule

11am: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight C

  • $200,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
  • Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
  • Day 2 begins Sunday, June 11 at 12pm
  • Structure Sheet

6pm: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight D

  • $200,000 guaranteed
  • 20,000 chips and 30-/40-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~10:30pm)
  • Play concludes following Level 14 (~1:45am)
  • Day 2 begins Sunday, June 11 at 12pm
  • Structure Sheet

$570 chip counts through Flight B will be posted by 10am

WPTDeepStacks Day 1 Updates Wind Down

With Flight B cruising toward the end of its day, media staff is heading home for the evening. Updated chip counts will be posted Friday morning by 10am while updates will begin with Flight C at 11am.

Here’s a look at Friday’s upcoming tournament schedule:

  • 11am: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight C
  • 6pm: Event 1 ($570 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry) – Flight D

LINK: WPTDeepStacks-Tampa Tournament Schedule

Goodnight and see you in the morning!

Event 1 Flight B: Derek Melicher and Mirza Sopovic Tops

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 9: 400/800/100
Flight B Players Remaining: 46/82

Derek Milicher

With registration closed it’s Derek Milicher and Mirza Sopovic who top the counts. Milicher sits on about 90,000 while Sopovic is just north of that. The pair is in good shape, but has a long way to go. They’re a ways from Flight A chip leader Nick Costa (208,000) and have nearly six more levels of play here in Flight B before it wraps.

Event 1 Flight B: Registration Closed; Two Flight Total of 185 Entries

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 9: 400/800/100
Flight B Entries: 82 (Total Entries: 185)

Level 9 is here and registration is closed in Flight B of the WPTDeepStacks opener. The clock shows 81 entries bringing the total field to 184 with four more flights to go. That puts the prize pool at an unofficial $92,000 — nearly halfway to the event’s $200,000 guarantee.

Flight C through F are still to come and the tournament’s six-figure targeted prize pool is assured to be bested.

Here’s a breakdown of the event;

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AThur @ 11am10321
BThur @ 6pm82TBD
CFri @ 11amTBDTBD
DFri @ 6pmTBDTBD
ESat @ 11amTBDTBD
FSat @ 6pmTBDTBD
Totals18521

Event 1 Flight B: One More Level of Late Registration

$570 Buy-in No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Sheet
Level 8: 300/600/75
Flight B Entries: 77 (Total Entries: 180)

Level 8 is here and it marks players’ final shot at getting in on the Flight B action. After the level concludes, players will go on a 15-minute break. When they return, registration will close and the field will be final. The final entry count will be posted shortly thereafter.