Roumen Arabadjiev Finds the Biggest Bag from Day 1a of Deepstack Kick-Off

The first flight of Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off saw 243 runners walk through the door and after 15 levels of play, only 41 remain with Roumen Arabadjiev bagging the lead from Day 1a.

Arabadjiev sat just about average for most of the day and it was not until the last few hands of the night that he really started to catapult near the top, eventually bagging the lead with a stack of 488,000.

Some other players to find a stack on the bigger side of things include George Alberto (435,000), Ralph Macri (311,000), Michael Wang (251,000), Michael Marder (205,000), Will "The Thrill" Failla (204,000), Rafael Reis (158,000), and Ryan McKnight (154,000).

The remaining players from this flight will combine with the next three starting flight survivors and return on Friday, November 8 at noon to battle it out on Day 2. Chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the starting of Day 2.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the live coverage for the remainder of this event, so stay tuned as the action unfolds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rouman Arabadjiev	488,000 488,000	488,000

George Alberto	435,000 435,000	435,000
Ralph Macri	311,000 -27,000	-27,000
Michael Wang	251,000 187,000	187,000

Michael Marder	205,000 172,000	172,000
Will Failla	204,000 73,000	73,000

Rafael Reis	158,000 65,000	65,000

Ryan McKnight	154,000 154,000	154,000
Michael Lombardi	152,000 -31,000	-31,000
Adam Pepper	135,000 -20,000	-20,000
Michael Lind	114,000 25,000	25,000
Stephen Ma	89,000 89,000	89,000
Howard Wolper	64,000 18,000	18,000