$350 Deep Stack NLH
Day 1b Completed
2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series
$350 Deep Stack NLH
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series
Buy-in
$350
Entries
767
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Sean Shah Leads After Day 1b of 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack
Level 14
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
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.
End-of-Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 14
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
418,000 | 93,000 |
|
338,000 | 24,000 |
|
290,000 | 190,000 |
|
288,000 | 88,000 |
|
287,000 | 77,000 |
|
286,000 | 171,000 |
|
280,000 | 280,000 |
|
270,000 | 270,000 |
|
259,000 | 79,000 |
|
250,000 | 50,000 |
|
213,000 | 213,000 |
|
212,000 | 62,000 |
|
180,000 | 20,000 |
|
180,000 | |
|
170,000 | 110,000 |
|
165,000 | |
|
163,000 | -27,000 |
|
149,000 | 94,000 |
|
148,000 | 148,000 |
|
146,000 | |
|
145,000 | -52,000 |
|
144,000 | 144,000 |
|
|
138,000 | |
|
136,000 | 21,000 |
|
|
126,000 |
Five More Hands
Level 14
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
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.
Javier Sarache Triples Up
Level 14
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
190,000 |
Bravo for Braga
Level 14
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 |
Newman Flops the Joint and Holds
Level 14
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
197,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Guilarte Jr Check-Jams the Turn
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000 | 25,000 |
Wasserson Eliminates Guimares
Level 13
: 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000 | |
|
|
Busted |