button in SafariMarkus Alim Lands the Biggest Stack of Day 1c
The third flight of Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off saw 496 entry slips sold and when the last chance saloon had closed for business, it was Markus Alim leading the 85 surviving players with his 484,000 stack.
Alim was among the larger stacks for the latter stages of the day, continually adding chips as quickly as he could acquire them. He was in a close battle towards the end of the night for the lead but found a hand against Kevin Beri that catapulted him into the chip lead, one in which he retained.
Many well-known players found a bag at the end of the day, including Matthew Zola (366,000), Gilberto Taveras-Garcia (304,000), Frank Funaro (204,000), Jason Rivkin (188,000), Charles Kassin (166,000), Gregory Fishberg (121,000), and Peter Zarriello (50,000).
The 496 entries today brought the total to 949 across the first three starting flights, with Day 1d still left to play. The last starting flight will ned 526 to surpass last years total fo 1,474 and it is looking like a strong possibility.
The remaining players from this flight will combine with the other three starting flight survivors and will 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.