Deepest Stack players are back from their break and play has resumed. Lots of short stacks are going to be cashing out pretty quickly.
Here's how they stacked up during the break.
Deepest Stack players are back from their break and play has resumed. Lots of short stacks are going to be cashing out pretty quickly.
Here's how they stacked up during the break.
The bubble has burst and the remaining 54 players scurried for the exit, taking their overdue break.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
With 56 players remaining, they called for hand-for-hand play, two spots from the money.
Frank Funaro was all-in against John Malvasio on the turn with a board of ![]()
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and his ![]()
was in good shape against ![]()
(straight draw). When the
completed the board, Frank doubled up. Malvasio was still in fine shape with ~1.3 million.
Across the room, Lucas Braga did not fare as well. He lost his all-in and was eliminated in 56th place, two from the money.
That brought the count down to 55 players and the true bubble. Hand-for-hand play continues.
John Malvasio has chipped up to ~1.2 million, moving into second place on the Deepest Stack leaderboard.
The field has dropped to 63 players, leaving them just nine spots from a min-cash of $585.
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
David Jackson is up to ~1.5 million and crushing Table 6, most of which has turned over since the start of play.
Both Judi Bielan and Peter Ippolito are gone and some fresh faces have joined the table.
Jackson seems determined to collect his second title of this series, a feat that has only been accomplished by about a dozen players over the years.
The prize pool distribution has been released!
With 580 entrants, the total prize pool comes to $146,276 and that will be divided among the final 54 players as shown below:
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | $36,422 |
| 2 | $20,479 |
| 3 | $13,165 |
| 4 | $10,459 |
| 5 | $8,191 |
| 6 | $6,729 |
| 7 | $5,339 |
| 8 | $4,169 |
| 9 | $2,926 |
| 10 - 12 | $1,902 |
| 13 - 15 | $1,463 |
| 16 - 18 | $1,097 |
| 19 - 27 | $805 |
| 28 - 36 | $731 |
| 37 - 45 | $658 |
| 46 - 54 | $585 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Peter Ippolito was all-in holding pocket nines against the ![]()
of Seat 7. The board ran out jack-high and Ippolito doubled up to more than 400,000.
Seat 7 was left short-stacked and got all-in holding ![]()
against Judi Bielan, who had ![]()
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and Judi's queen played, shipping her the pot. Seat 7 was felted.
Table 6 was already short-handed, having lost two players on previous hands. A new player was moved over to balance as the field continues to thin.