PNDC Updates Week 1 | 2024 WSOP PokerNews Deepstack Challenge

06-01-2024 16:15 UTC-8

PokerNews Deepstack Championship FAQs

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What is the buy-in for the PokerNews Deepstack Championship?

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.

When is the PokerNews Deepstack Championship?

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.

Where is the PokerNews Deepstack Championship?

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.

How Can I Play the PokerNews Deepstack Championship?

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.

What is the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge?

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.

What is the leaderboard system?

The leaderboard system will follow the same formula used for the WSOP Player of the Year

06-01-2024 17:09 UTC-8

Simmy Mok's PokerNews Daily Deepstack Triumph Propels Her to First-Ever Bracelet Event

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Several of the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge winner card protectors have already been handed out, with Canada's Simmy Mok being the first beneficiary. She triumphed in the opening Daily Deepstack of the series, but it's been quite the journey for Mok, whose passion for poker came from very humble beginnings.

Mok's route into poker began 24 years ago when she was nursing her son. With a newborn, Mok found herself awake through various stages of the night, and while tending to her baby's needs, she started channel-flicking through the television.

Poker then became a saving grace for the Canadian as a major event seven caused huge changes in her day-to-day life.

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06-01-2024 17:57 UTC-8

All Deepstack Winners So Far

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May 31 saw three more players receive their PokerNews Deepstack Challenge winner's card protector.

Srikanth Alajangi, a 39-year-old American who works in IT, was the biggest winner of the day, winning the $250 Deepstack for $15,771. The event saw 431 entries make a $86,200 prize pool.

In the $400 tournament, Raymond Chiu topped a 177-entry field to claim the $13,709 up top from the $58,410 prize pool. Like Alajangi, Chiu plys his trade in IT.

Railcar mechanic Chi Tuan Do Nguyen was the final winner, coming out on top of 180 other entries. Nguyen, who is 34, banked $6,519 for the victory.

Date	Event	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
Tue 28 May	$250 No Limit Hold'em	237	$47,400	Simmy Mok	$10,256
Tue 28 May	$400 No Limit Hold'em	21	$6,930	Kum Im	$2,863
Tue 28 May	$200 No Limit Hold'em	115	$17,825	Cory Biddle	$4,697
Wed 29 May	$250 No Limit Hold'em	389	$77,800	Alexander Kinney	$14,632
Wed 29 May	$400 No Limit Hold'em	50	$16,500	Jeremy Johnson	$5,411
Wed 29 May	$200 No Limit Hold'em	163	$25,265	Gerald Bickmore	$6,065
Thu 30 May	$250 No Limit Hold'em	422	$84,400	Jugal Daterao	$15,519
Thu 30 May	$400 No Limit Hold'em	115	$51,150	Allan Ansdell Jr	$12,420
Thu 30 May	$200 No Limit Hold'em	178	$27,590	William Plitz	$6,475
Fri 31 May	$250 No Limit Hold'em	431	$86,200	Srikanth Alajangi	$15,771
Fri 31 May	$400 No Limit Hold'em	177	$58,410	Raymond Chiu	$13,709
Fri 31 May	$200 No Limit Hold'em	181	$28,055	Chi Tuan Do Nguyen	$6,519

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06-01-2024 18:30 UTC-8

Time for a Night Cap in the 8 p.m. $200 Daily Deepstack

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Wrap up your day with some thrilling poker action! The final Daily Deepstack of the day kicks off at 8 p.m. as a single-day showdown. With a $200 buy-in, you'll start with a 20,000 stack of chips.

For those who like to make a dramatic entrance, late registration is open until the start of Level 6 (approx 10:20 p.m.), and you can reenter as many times as you want until then. Each level lasts 20 minutes, with plenty of 15-minute breaks throughout the evening.

Blinds start at 100/100, and the big blind ante is in play right from the start. If this event runs long, the tournament director reserves the right to suspend play and resume the following day.

Level	BB Ante	Blinds	Breaks / Chip Removals
1	100	100-100
2	200	100-200
3	300	100-300
4	400	200-400
5	600	300-600
6	800	400-800	Remove 100 Chips (20 Minute Break)
7	1,000	500-1,000
8	1,500	1,000-1,500
9	2,000	1,000-2,000	Remove 500 Chips (15 Minute Break) (Reg. ends)
10	3,000	2,000-3,000
11	4,000	2,000-4,000
12	6,000	3,000-6,000
13	8,000	4,000-8,000
14	10,000	5,000-10,000
15	16,000	8,000-16,000
16	20,000	10,000-20,000	Remove 1,000 Chips (15 Minute Break)
17	30,000	15,000-30,000
18	40,000	20,000-40,000
19	60,000	30,000-60,000
20	80,000	40,000-80,000
21	100,000	50,000-100,000
22	150,000	100,000-150,000	15 Minute Break
23	200,000	100,000-200,000
24	300,000	150,000-300,000
25	400,000	200,000-400,000
26	600,000	300,000-600,000
27	800,000	400,000-800,000
28	1,000,000	500,000-1,000,000	15 Minute Break
29	1,500,000	1,000,000-1,500,000
30	2,000,000	1,000,000-2,000,000
31	3,000,000	1,500,000-3,000,000
32	5,000,000	2,000,000-5,000,000
33	6,000,000	3,000,000-6,000,000
34	8,000,000	4,000,000-8,000,000

06-01-2024 20:00 UTC-8

Top Tips to Crush the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship at the 2024 WSOP

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Looking for Deepstack Poker tips? PokerNews has got you covered. Evolve your game with the strategy in this article to start your journey to the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship,

06-01-2024 21:05 UTC-8

Poker Author Trailblazer David Sklansky and Raminder Singh in the House!

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06-01-2024 21:10 UTC-8

PNDC Leaderboard After May 31

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Rank	Player	Points
1	Srikanth Alajangi	736
2	Jugal Daterao	734
3	Alexander Kinney	727
4	Cory Biddle	714
5	Allan Ansdell	690
6	Simmy Mok	683
7	William Plitz	672
8	Chi Tuan Do Nguyen	640
9	Gerald Bickmore	631
10	Jeremy Johnson	599
11	Kum Im	537
12	Chun Lung Wong	528
13	Tam Nguyen	476
14	Justin Hall	420
15	Luis Alfonso	385
16	Ange Besnainou	368
17	Timothy Koehler	367
18	Jingwei Qi	363
19	Matthew Foley	358
20	Raymond Chiu	351
21	William Boone	348
22	Michael Miller	347
23	Aaron Aldy	345
24	Adam Nedbal	345
25	Stephen Crockett	342
26	Jesus Garibay	330
27	Nao Yang	327
28	Calvin Chen	320
29	Joseph Parisi	319
30	Tyrone Smith	316
31	Christopher Brown	307
32	Demetric Ferguson	305
33	Alan Leffel	302
34	Peter Asmuth	299
35	Timothy Gorman	294
36	Harley Brooks	291
37	Scott Sisler	288
38	Maksim Chirva	287
39	Kazunari Matsushita	284
40	Peter Basting	284
41	David Dusome	276
42	Matthew Leu	276
43	Connor Woodland	275
44	Peter Molina	275
45	Brett Reichard	273
46	Monica Mejia	273
47	Yavine Brewer	272
48	Rene Hochmuth	269
49	Hai Nguyen	263
50	Gladys Landegger	258
51	Gabor Molnar	257
52	Ben Ross	256
53	Michael Weinberg	256
54	Ryan Ocull	255
55	Jose Tome	254
56	Shawn Sandt	254
57	Farzad Abbaszadeh	253
58	Michael Russell	245
59	Paul Pirrone	242
60	Shane Anderson	242
61	Julius Legen	241
62	Fabrice Allion	240
63	Richard Hollman	239
64	Sarah Runner	239
65	Yuchong Chen	239
66	Kuppuraj Mohan	237
67	Olukayode Banjoko	227
68	Robert Schulz	225
69	James Nguyen	223
70	Cenk Cerci	221
71	Franco Vaccaronotte	221
72	Lisa Farmer	220
73	Jon Orlando	218
74	Nicholas Seddon	215
75	Jeffrey Walsh	212
76	William Scott	211
77	Antonio Torpoco	210
78	Samuel White	210
79	Wing Yam	207
80	Jose Sanchez	205
81	Tyler Burke	202
82	Cecil Riddle	200
83	Long Ma	193
84	Alex Ciphers	192
85	David Bezio	192
86	Montes Santiago	190
87	Amin Hosein	189
88	Oscar Gutierrez	188
89	Bryne Wilson	184
90	Randon Kent	184
91	Tyler Cormney	184
92	Girish Apte	182
93	Harry Pearson	181
94	James Kennedy	181
95	Eric Kronenthal	180
96	Salas Alam	176
97	Patrick Popowski	175
98	Allen Murakami	174
99	Dominique Terzian	174
100	Luz Interrante	174
101	Sandy Sanchez	172
102	Hector Gutierrez	171
103	Patricia Yamano	165
104	James Larocque	160
105	Joshua Turner	160
106	Peter Johnson	160
107	Ryan Lam	151
108	Andrey Marsavin	147
109	Armen Poghosyan	147
110	Brian Bumpas	147
111	Brian Jones	147
112	Craig Brennan	147
113	David Vu	147
114	Francisco Vera	147
115	Justin Sharpe	147
116	Mark Shulla	147
117	Michael Reynolds	147
118	Oliver Hutchins	147
119	Richard Milovich	147
120	Rodrigo De Sousa	147
121	Stephen Schmidt	147
122	Tiago Stuve	147
123	William Rael	147
124	Zachary Marozsan	147
125	Eliezer Gonzalez	145
126	Gordon Sukut	145
127	Jamey Smith	145
128	Jared Stearns	145
129	John Zentner	145
130	Lars Bentsen	145
131	Ryan Brown	145
132	Scott Kinder	145
133	Artavazd Tovmasyan	140
134	Jacob Clifton	140
135	Kyle Draucker	140
136	Saeed Alavi	138
137	Steven Perkins	138
138	Benjamin Primus	137
139	Jordan Walker	137
140	David Reed	134
141	Abraham Pfeffer	128
142	Catherine Castelo	128
143	Daniel Gonzalez	128
144	Jeremi Zorawski	128
145	Richard Schmitt	128
146	William Willman	128
147	Zhou Jiang	128
148	Ugur Kara	126
149	Vijay Yadav	126
150	William Hylton	126
151	Brian Green	121
152	Saul Coleman	121
153	Brian Knapp	109
154	Joseph Butler	108
155	Alexander Coulson	74
156	Bruce Wiggins	74
157	Carlo Daleo	74
158	Chiiching Sun	74
159	Darin Short	74
160	George Merchant	74
161	Gustavo Vazquez	74
162	Hans Gerling	74
163	James Sutherland	74
164	Kenneth Garen	74
165	Kenneth Morey	74
166	Raymond Purdy	74
167	Thanva Girdpool	74
168	Thomas Cerjance	74
169	Tyler Hurman	74
170	Andrew Mcelroy	73
171	Cheng Liu	73
172	Dale Jones	73
173	David Schaerf	73
174	Dustin Crump	73
175	Gerald Arbour	73
176	Giuseppe Puccio	73
177	Himmat Singh	73
178	Hiuro Mardirossian	73
179	Jason Blackwell	73
180	Jason Spurgetis	73
181	Joseph Birch	73
182	Joseph Marchal	73
183	Joshua Herschlip	73
184	Josue Barriosbanuelos	73
185	Justin Heilman	73
186	Keith Prill	73
187	Kevin Fitzgibbons	73
188	Kyle Bodi	73
189	Michael Guzzardi	73
190	Michael Reisman	73
191	Mike Chong	73
192	Richard Moore	73
193	Robert Momeyer	73
194	Shane Bowlden	73
195	Suresh Tirumalai	73
196	Tzu Yang	73
197	Vlad Iuhas	73
198	Brian Sommatino	70
199	Christian Calcano	70
200	Jessica Vierling	70
201	Joseph Boulais	70
202	Joshua Morrow	70
203	Mengqi Chen	70
204	Adrian Chan	69
205	Cheang Kit Yoo	69
206	Darin Oreman	69
207	Marsha Wolak	69
208	Matthew Land	69
209	Alexis Lopez	68
210	Chico Jones	68
211	David Larson	68
212	Donnelle Loewen	68
213	Johnykutty Sam	68
214	Paul Ewen	68
215	Radu Iuhas	68
216	Ryan Novak	68
217	Brandon Winkler	64
218	Cody Wells	64
219	Eduardo Freitas	64
220	Frank Ho	64
221	Gregory Rahn	64
222	Kanata Hongo	64
223	Mengxin Zhang	64
224	Michael Sorrentino	64
225	Robert Keating	64
226	Brian Frenzel	63
227	Christian Gonzalez	63
228	Heather Lewis	63
229	Michael Budde	63
230	Mitchell Ledis	63
231	Casey Wassell	60
232	Huiling Wu	60
233	Matthew Harting	60
234	Adam Card	37
235	Andrew Hulsey	37
236	Bich Nguyen	37
237	Bohden Schaaps	37
238	Christos Gennaios	37
239	Christos Georgakis	37
240	Francis Basting	37
241	Frank Winkler	37
242	Gary Kozin	37
243	Jeffrie M Charlton	37
244	John Salter	37
245	Jonathan Stack	37
246	Julio Torres	37
247	Kenneth Zuspan	37
248	Kevin Visser	37
249	Kyle Carter	37
250	Michael Demichele	37
251	Michael Payne	37
252	Nathan Pringle	37
253	Richard Jackan	37
254	Roger Beiles	37
255	Watheq Sabih	37
256	Andre Welt	36
257	Angela Valencia	36
258	Brady Osterman	36
259	Brian Wells	36
260	Charles Capobianco	36
261	Chialin Chang	36
262	David Leatherman	36
263	David Rosenbloom	36
264	Dirk Markestein	36
265	Johnson Darcelin	36
266	Joshua Hoffman	36
267	Juli Black	36
268	Julio Medina	36
269	Kelly Haggerty	36
270	Mark Martinez	36
271	Mohan Navani	36
272	Paul Smith	36
273	Roscoe Bennett	36
274	Tu Tran	36
275	Tyler Southard	36
276	Victor Paulino	36
277	William Drumm	36
278	Armah David	35
279	Arutiun Nikogosian	35
280	Chakib Bennani	35
281	Kelly Mahana	35
282	Michael Sandler	35
283	Olga Iermolcheva	35
284	Robert Scholz	35
285	Stephen Dorner	35
286	Waheed Feda	35
287	Brian Jackson	34
288	Chechun Chu	34
289	David Channon	34
290	Donald Cimino	34
291	Feng Qian	34
292	Jeffrey Landfield	34
293	Jigar Patel	34
294	Jim Wyatt	34
295	Joe Choi	34
296	John Sturges	34
297	Keegan Westover	34
298	Kelly Andrews	34
299	Mitchell Gasiorowski	34
300	Patrick Allen	34
301	Ronnie Elkhatib	34
302	Stephen Baze	34
303	Tony Huynh	34
304	William Michaels	34
305	Andres Vargas	32
306	Andrew Brannon	32
307	Andrew Todhunter	32
308	Angela Blair	32
309	Carlos Rodriguez	32
310	Christian Cox	32
311	Fanyao Bu	32
312	Hobart Roberts	32
313	John Polce	32
314	Jong Lim	32
315	Justin Oliver	32
316	Kaihung Hu	32
317	Kazuki Aiuchi	32
318	Levi Walsh	32
319	Marta Hilworth	32
320	Michael Christiansen	32
321	Neo On	32
322	Steven Louis	32
323	Taylor Shepard	32
324	Yuzhou Yin	32
325	Zhongtian Jiang	32
326	John Shephard	30
327	Kristin Bercier	30
328	Michael Wilklow	30
329	Alireza Dargah	28
330	Anthony Nowalany	28
331	Brett Hall	28
332	Christiphor Herrin	28
333	Christopher Santore	28
334	Cory Vuncannon	28
335	Daniel Sauve	28
336	Darrell Schauermann	28
337	David Sandiford	28
338	Dragana Mackelprang	28
339	Jeremy Booth	28
340	Justin Kalvari	28
341	Kenneth Chikamura	28
342	Kevin Deljarry	28
343	Kuk Chung	28
344	Matheus Lima	28
345	Michael Lacy	28
346	Michelle Woodward	28
347	Nicholas Pringle	28
348	Paul Interrante	28
349	Ricardo Macias	28
350	Ricky Buckles	28
351	Robert Bernardino	28
352	Russell Streetman	28
353	Ryan Jones	28
354	Victor Pizzola	28

06-02-2024 10:25 UTC-8

Play the PokerNews WSOP Daily Deepstacks

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Get ready for some extra excitement leading up to the PokerNews DeepStack Championship with the PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge! Running from May 28 to June 24, this weekly leaderboard promotion rewards players participating in the daily $200, $250, or $400 Deepstack tournaments at the WSOP. Rack up points with each game, because points mean prizes!

Every week, the top 10 point earners will win complimentary seats to the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship.

Stay updated and motivated with PokerNews' dedicated hub page for the Daily Deepstacks. Here, we'll highlight all the winners, provide regular leaderboard updates, and ensure every player's journey and achievements are recognized and celebrated.

There's also some cool memorabilia up for grabs for our Deepstack final tablists and winners. Make it to the final table, and you'll receive a special edition card protector. Deepstack winners will get a unique card protector, marking them as champions. Plus, trophies will be awarded to each of the weekly leaderboard winners.

Join the fun, climb the leaderboard, and earn your bragging rights in the PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge!

PokerNews Deepstack Challenge Leaderboard Dates

Date	Week	Prize
May 28 - June 3	1	10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship
June 4-10	2	10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship
June 11-17	3	10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship
June 18-24	4	10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship