$350 Deep Stack NLH
Day 1b Completed
$350 Deep Stack NLH
Day 1b Completed
The 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series continued on Friday with the second of three starting flights in Event #1: $350 DeepStack NLH. Day 1b attracted 200 runners, which along with Day 1a’s 225 brought the current field size up to 425 entries.
After 14 levels of play, approximately 33 remained with Sean Shah and his stack of 418,000 leading the way. That is just a bit behind Day 1a chip leader Aaron Klausman, who advanced with 480,000.
Shah got a good chunk of his stack midway through the day when he hit a heater, which included winning a big flip against Matt Yorra with Big Slick against pocket queens.
Others to bag big stacks were Jaime Tran (338,000), Paul Balzano (290,000), Zachary Hammons (288,000), and Alfredo Fernandez (287,000). They were joined by players like David Ward (286,000), Josh Wasserman (259,000), Aleksandr Shevelev (213,000), Mike Newman (145,000), and Dejan Petkovic (61,000).
Among those to fire Day 1b but fail to advance were 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Josh Beckley, Perry Shiao, Randy Larkin, Nick Yunis, Donny Rubenstein, and Ariel Quintana.
Day 1c, the third and final starting flight, will commence at 11 a.m. EDT on Saturday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for the entire 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series, so be sure to join us daily for all the action straight from the tournament floor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sean Shah |
418,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
Jaime Tran |
338,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Paul Balzano |
290,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Zachary Hammons |
288,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
Alfredo Fernandez |
287,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
David Ward |
286,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
Eitan Aloush |
280,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
Jorge Cuesta |
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
Josh Wasserman |
259,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
Artur Tishchenko |
250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Aleksandr Shevelev |
213,000
213,000
|
213,000 |
Elias Nassif |
212,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Daniel Pearlman |
180,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Jose Reyes | 180,000 | |
Joe Villacci |
170,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Claudio Piedrabuena | 165,000 | |
Javier Sarache |
163,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
Veselin Katrandzhiev |
149,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
Trent Smith |
148,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
Lou Ojeda | 146,000 | |
Mike Newman |
145,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
Kevin Scarola |
144,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
Michael Ortiz | 138,000 | |
Rafael Guilarte Jr |
136,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Charles Fleury | 126,000 |
The remaining players will play five more hands before bagging and tagging on Day 1b. Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the Day 1b action.
In one of the last hands of the night, there was around 40,000 in the pot when four players saw a flop of .
Javier Sarache moved all in from early position for 49,000, another player raised all in over the top for 111,000, and Zachary Hammons called from the cutoff. The fourth player got out of the way with what he would claim was .
Hammons:
Sarache:
Opponent:
Sarache was ahead with a pair of aces, and he improved to trips on the turn. He had to dodge some draws, and he did when the completed the board on the river.
Sarache tripled on the hand while Hammons collected the side pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zachary Hammons |
200,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Javier Sarache | 190,000 |
Sergio Braga got his stack of 43,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Rafael Guilarte Jr.
Guilarte Jr:
Braga:
Braga had the superior ace and it resulted in him getting the double after the board ran out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sergio Braga | 105,000 |
In the last hand of Level 13, there was 20,500 in the pot and a flop of when action exploded between Mike Newman and another player. The former wound up all in for 87,500 and when the hands were turned up it was easy to see why.
Newman:
Opponent:
Newman had flopped the nuts but had to sweat the turn and river as his opponent had top set.
Newman was looking to dodge a paired board and he did it when the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Newman | 197,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The player on the button raised to 7,500 and Rafael Guilarte Jr called from the small blind. Elias Nassif came along from the big and it was three-way action to the flop, which the trio checked.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Guilarte Jr checked and Nassif bet 8,000. The original raiser called and then Guilarte Jr check-raised all in for roughly 80,000. That did the trick as both Nassif and the button folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rafael Guilarte Jr |
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Luiz Guimares got his stack of approximately 85,000 all in preflop and was looking to get lucky against Josh Wasserson.
Wasserson:
Guimares:
Guimares's best shot at staying alive was to catch an ace, but that didn't happen as the board ran out an ace-less .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Wasserman | 180,000 | |
Luiz Guimares
|
Busted |