The 216 remaining players are on a 20 minute break.
When play resumes, the late registration period will close. So far there have been 379 entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,300
6,900
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6,900 |
The third and final WSOP Daily Deepstack of the opening day of the series wrapped up just before 3 a.m., with professional poker player Cory Biddle emerging as the victor.
This isn't the first time the 43-year-old has tasted success at Horseshoe and Paris, as the North Carolina resident took down a $400 Daily Deepstack a year ago for $23,917.
More impressively, he banked his first piece of WSOP hardware after he reigned supreme over the $2,200 High Roller at WSOPC Cherokee last August. His maiden ring win netted him a career-best score of $93,116, which was sweetened by the fact that he qualified for the High Roller from a $300 satellite.
The event saw 115 players and had a prize pool of $17,825. Take a look at the payouts below.
The deck has been particularly kind in the few hands I've played over the last few levels.
Two more stacks have been claimed, with my A♦Q♦ finding an ace against pocket queens.
More recently, my jack ten flopped two pair against a short-stacks ten-four to take me above the 90,000 threshold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,200
30,800
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30,800 |
The next Daily Deepstack commences at 4 p.m. and is a single-day event. It comes with a $400 buy-in, which buys entrants a 30,000 starting stack.
Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 (approx. 7:35 p.m.) and unlimited reentries are permitted. Levels are 20 minutes long, with 15 and 20-minute breaks sprinkled throughout the day.
Blinds began at 100/100, and a big blind ante is active from the beginning.
The first break of the 1 p.m. Deepstack is over and 294 entries have been recorded so far.
$58,800 sits in the prize pool and late reg is open until the end of Level 9.
However, only one member of Team PokerNews remains as Brad Whitehouse fell before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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59,400
14,400
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14,400 |
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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33,000
8,000
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8,000 |
The buy-in for the PokerNews Deepstack Championship event at the 2024 WSOP is $600 - among one of the lowest buy-ins in the Series. We looked to give low-stakes grinders an opportunity to win their way to a coveted WSOP bracelet, and the $600 entry fee is both affordable and offers the chance to win big money from an expected large prize pool.
The PokerNews Deepstack Championship event will be held between June 25 and June 28 2024. It's the 62nd event in the 2024 WSOP and takes place just less than one month into the Series and three weeks before its conclusion.
The PokerNews Deepstack Championship will be held is a new, vibrant venue near the Horseshoe poker room, Las Vegas. It's located on the Las Vegas Strip, less than a 10-minute drive from Harry Reid International Airport.
Like any other event at the Series, to play the PokerNews Deepstack Championship simply register from one of the multiple registration desks at the venue.
The PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge is a leaderboard promotion running from May 28 to June 24. Players participating in the daily $200, $250, or $400 deep stack tournaments at the WSOP will earn points. The top 10 point earners each week will receive complimentary seats for the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship.
The leaderboard system will follow the same formula used for the WSOP Player of the Year
In Level 2 (100/200), the cutoff opened to 600 and was called by the button.
I three-bet to 2,500 from the small blind and action folded to the button. They appeared to be steaming a little bit from an earlier beat and they jammed for 11,800. I had the bigger stack and called after around a minute of thinking.
Button: 7x7x
Calum Grant: K♦J♦
The AxAxKx flop gave me the lead and my opponent failed to improve on the turn or river and became Team PokerNews' first casualty of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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39,000
11,600
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11,600 |
Level 1: Blinds 100/100 and 100 BBA
The under the gun player opened to 300 and received two callers until the button three-bet to 1,300.
I looked down at another premium hand, this time peeling A♣Q♥ in the small blind. I clicked it to 4,200 and was surprised when the big blind cold-called. The remaining players folded.
The dealer fanned a Q♠10♥8♣ flop, and I continued for 4,000 and was called.
The 5♣ turn came in, and I jammed for around 9,000 into a pot of 10,500 and folded out the big blind to go back above starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,400
10,000
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10,000 |
When I looked down at K♣K♦, I was delighted!
Pocket Kings, the second best hand in Texas Hold'em, is a beautiful sight and I was ready to put my chips to use after taking down a few early pots.
The button made it 300 and called when I made it 1,100.
I was very fond of the J♦9♠6♣ flop and continued for 800.
On the 8♥ turn, I opted for a check when my opponent bet 3,000 and called.
The river was a brick and I went for a second check. The button sized up to 5,000. After some brief thought, I called with my overpaid.
"Straight," said the button who tabled Qx10x.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,400
7,600
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7,600 |
