Break Time
The tournament will now be taking the last break of the night.
The tournament will now be taking the last break of the night.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
A player opened and Joseph Grusel moved all in for 51,000. His opponent called and the two tabled their hands with Grusel at risk of elimination.
Joseph Grusel:
Opponent:
The board came down and Gruel's pair of queens secured the pot for a complete double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joseph Grusel | 104,000 |
The first flight of Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off has now come to an end after 15 levels of play.
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 |
Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off
Day 1a Completed