PNDC Updates Week 2 | 2024 WSOP PokerNews Deepstack Challenge

06-08-2024 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

06-08-2024 16:36 UTC-8

Tournament Report: $250 Daily Deepstack (June 7)

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The $250 Daily Deepstack on June 7 was won by Kai Hung Hu, a 28-year-old poker player from Taiwan. Hu overcame a field of 392 entrants and was awarded $14,750 from the $78,400 prize pool.

The victory took his live earnings over the $100,000 mark, which is highlighted by a $28,861 payday from the Taiwan Millions Main Event Tournament.

Ending as the runner-up was David Phong, a Canadian poker player who also saw his earnings breach six figures thanks to the $10,102 he received for his silver medal. Ludovic Giancola took third for $7,057.

Rank	Player	Payout	Points
1	Kaihung Hu	$14,750	727
2	David Phong	$10,102	364
3	Ludovic Giancola	$7,057	327
4	Shayne Federer	$5,031	291
5	Anant Chaudhary	$3,662	273
6	Robert Azar	$2,722	255
7	Rocco Criscio	$2,068	218
8	David Scott Hiett	$1,606	200
9	Freddy Caisson	$1,276	182
10	Brandon Katz	$1,037	145
11	Joshua Turner	$1,037	145
12	Lily Torrence	$864	145
13	Adem Arbuckle	$864	145
14	Matthew Maybury	$737	145
15	Michael Wojtkowiak	$737	145
16	Edgar Gabrielyan	$737	145
17	Iury Wolf	$737	145
18	Sean Gardner	$644	145
19	Alexandre Rodrigues	$644	145
20	Greg Abes	$644	73
21	Jeevan Lobo	$644	73
22	Konstantinos Tsikopoulos	$644	73
23	Chun-I Wu	$644	73
24	William Martinez	$644	73
25	Joel Deutsch	$644	73
26	Bradley Merrill	$644	73
27	Kao Saechao	$578	73
28	Sridhar Natarajan	$578	73
29	Sean Murphy	$578	73
30	Brian Kaplan	$578	73
31	Andre Stelling	$578	73
32	Zachary Hess	$578	73
33	Mikhail Prokopchuk	$578	73
34	Jonathan Stack	$578	73
35	Thomas Symonds	$578	36
36	Kenny Thompson	$532	36
37	Jorge Dominguez	$532	36
38	Joachim Maiwald	$532	36
39	Robert Smyser	$532	36
40	Christopher Vang	$532	36
41	Kristopher Olson	$532	36
42	Mark Ray	$532	36
43	Robert Dukes	$532	36
44	Sonja Hodge	$532	36
45	Juarez Moten	$506	36
46	Krishna Kalidas	$506	36
47	Jeremy Greene	$506	36
48	Tristen Ellis	$506	36
49	Paulino Junior	$506	36
50	Randy Huston	$506	36
51	Derek Stark	$506	36
52	Michael Haynes	$506	36
53	Alexandre Zegarra	$506	36
54	Shawn Hill	$506	36
55	Keith Plemons	$506	36
56	Michael Clarke	$506	36
57	David Reed	$506	36
58	Catrin Schmidt	$506	36
59	Ben Tober	$506	36

06-08-2024 17:30 UTC-8

Congratulations to Raymond Chiu - The First PNDC Weekly Leaderboard Winner

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The opening week of the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge was completed on June 3, and with that, the first top ten players to qualify for the $600 PokerNews Deepstack have been determined.

Taking the top spot was Raymond Chiu, whose back-to-back Deepstack victories propelled him to first place. Along with the ticket, he'll be awarded his very own PNDC trophy.

For those still looking to take part, there are plenty of opportunities over the next three weeks to qualify for the PokerNews Deepstack Championship bracelet event.

The Week 2 leaderboard started today and runs until Monday, June 10 and is then followed by Week 3 (June 11-17) and Week 4 (June 18-24).

Week 1 Top Ten Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Points
1	Raymond Chiu	1,075
2	William Plitz	952
3	Jesse Gardner	821
4	Clark Robertson	795
5	Cory Biddle	782
6	Connor Woodland	767
7	Russell Brooks	765
8	Edgar Mascorro	762
9	Georgios Skarparis	747
10	Jingwei Qi	747

06-08-2024 18:15 UTC-8

Tournament Report: $400 Daily Deepstack (June 7)

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Haruka Murata had a wonderful day on June 7, as he triumphed in the $400 Daily Deepstack, besting the 230 other entries.

Murata, a 31-year-old Las Vegas resident, banked his biggest ever cash, receiving $16,629 for his victory. Before the win, his previous best payday was for $3,127.

From the 231 entries, just 35 made the money, with the min-cash being $814.

Murata overcame Dilip Bhojwani in heads-up play, with the latter taking a $11,139 prize. Lithuanian poker player Vidmantas Beliauskas, rounded out the podium finishes and claimed $7,654 from the $76,230 prize pool.

Rank	Player	Payout	Points
1	Haruka Murata	$16,629	725
2	Dilip Bhojwani	$11,139	362
3	Vidmantas Beliauskas	$7,654	326
4	Sandra Mooney	$5,397	290
5	Antonio Torpoco	$3,910	272
6	Barry Jacobson	$2,911	254
7	DNR	$2,229	217
8	Maor Zaharagi	$1,757	199
9	Jeffrey Dumas	$1,427	181
10	DNR	$1,196	145
11	Julio Grimau	$1,196	145
12	Darin Parker	$1,034	145
13	Ali Nabizadehgangaraj	$1,034	145
14	Joshua Burns	$924	145
15	Ashley Frank	$924	72
16	Raymond Eifler	$924	72
17	Daniil Khmyrov	$924	72
18	Paul Brunet	$855	72
19	Lafaya Mitchell	$855	72
20	Alexander Skiljan	$855	72
21	Amit Bhandari	$855	72
22	Brian Paulus	$855	72
23	Jason Crews	$855	36
24	Tuan Tran	$855	36
25	Dominique Terzian	$855	36
26	David Poltorak	$855	36
27	Peter Yang	$814	36
28	Anthony Parille	$814	36
29	Nicholas Guglielmo	$814	36
30	Sean Kim	$814	36
31	Noel Diaz	$814	36
32	Michael Tessier	$814	36
33	Chechun Chu	$814	36
34	Timofey Minzer	$814	36
35	Michal Gadawski	$814	36

06-08-2024 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

06-08-2024 19:45 UTC-8

Tournament Report: $200 Daily Deepstack (June 7)

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Fifty-year-old "professional daddy" Duy Ho took down the final Deepstack on June 7. The $200 addition paid Ho out a nice prize of $8,398 after he defeated Nicholas Burnett in heads-up. The latter was awarded $5,600 as the runner-up.

The Hawaiin resident, who has more than $1 million in live earnings, has made deep runs in the World Series of Poker before. He notched a 5th place finish in the 2012 $1,500 NLH event for $185,378. He made another WSOP final table two years later, banking $51,198 in the $1,000 NLH tournament.

He also won a $400 Daily Deepstack last June, which paid him $31,723.

06-08-2024 21:00 UTC-8

PNDC Leaderboard (June 4-7)

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Rank	Player	Points
1	Yotam Shmuelov	1,082
2	Chun Lung Wong	883
3	Adel Jo	819
4	Shahabaldin Shirazi	754
5	Kurt Taphorn	749
6	Brett Schniebolk	746
7	Patrick Smith	744
8	Kaihung Hu	727
9	Haruka Murata	725
10	Jose Correia	711
11	Duy Ho	668
12	Joseph Esbenshade	661
13	Michael Senter	570
14	Vidmantas Beliauskas	475
15	Kostantinos Gennaios	452
16	Matthew Maybury	444
17	Ronald Blasczyk	414
18	Ricky Carden	410
19	Fabio Toledo	403
20	Willie Smith	374
21	Miguel Rodriguez Bermudez	373
22	Dorian Melchers	372
23	Andre Stelling	371
24	Mark Ferrell	369
25	Paul Wood	366
26	David Phong	364
27	Dilip Bhojwani	362
28	James Remitio	339
29	Kao Saechao	339
30	Niall Costigan	337
31	Howard Mash	336
32	Nicholas Burnett	334
33	Michael Jex	333
34	David Mcgivney	331
35	Sandra Mooney	331
36	Michael Spotten	330
37	Benedict Bauer	328
38	Ludovic Giancola	327
39	Woody Christy	326
40	Joshua Jordan	307
41	Kafton Ramsamooj	305
42	David Poltorak	301
43	James Micah Dickie	301
44	Nick Garcia	301
45	Mario Concepcion	300
46	Allan Vrooman	299
47	Klas Klinker	299
48	Andrew Todhunter	298
49	Hunter Cole	298
50	Sridhar Natarajan	297
51	Shayne Federer	291
52	Edgar Gabrielyan	287
53	Minh Nguyen	287
54	Yufei Chen	283
55	Jose Ortizascencio	281
56	Christopher Duke	280
57	Leon Burstein	279
58	Robert Bickley	275
59	Anant Chaudhary	273
60	Antonio Torpoco	272
61	Andres Sanchez	266
62	Daniel Williams	264
63	Brian Kaplan	263
64	Tyler Hurman	262
65	Vinicius Monteiro	260
66	Jared Ward	256
67	Robert Azar	255
68	Barry Jacobson	254
69	Ramana Epparla	254
70	Nicholas Kalinich	251
71	Robin Ronan	251
72	Joshua Herschlip	249
73	German Frotocantu	248
74	Sean Greenough	246
75	Michael Degroot	237
76	Mason Ronan	234
77	Jason Aden	232
78	Rodrigo Gurgel	231
79	Zachary Bassett	231
80	Patricia Yamano	226
81	Marvin Joseph	225
82	Muruz Yohannes	225
83	Donald Himpele	223
84	David Becerril	220
85	Iury Wolf	220
86	Kimberly Crozier	220
87	Michael Wojtkowiak	220
88	Rocco Criscio	218
89	Jose Deandrade	217
90	Noel Diaz	207
91	Sean Berman	207
92	Lance King	206
93	Miguel Jaikel	205
94	Nathaniel Zoller	205
95	Vernon Bigham	205
96	Richard Book	203
97	Jan Verner	202
98	James Rafferty	201
99	David Scott Hiett	200
100	Feng Qian	200
101	Maurizio Marini	200
102	Maor Zaharagi	199
103	Balakrishna Patur	190
104	Michael Evans	188
105	Zhou Jiang	188
106	Donald Sorenson	187
107	Hani Awad	187
108	Jeremy Johnson	187
109	Ryan Wosk	187
110	Kevin Mack	186
111	Bryson Mcginnis	184
112	Michael Setera	183
113	Christopher Land	182
114	Freddy Caisson	182
115	Joshua Turner	182
116	Jeffrey Dumas	181
117	Oliver Menck	180
118	Dominique Terzian	172
119	Nint Hoo	170
120	Noah Harthcock	167
121	Anthony Cota	166
122	Steven Leventhal	165
123	Annie Tang	164
124	Anthony Grappo	164
125	Benjamin Geurs	164
126	Bruce Turner	164
127	Byron Hurst	164
128	Caleb Westall	164
129	Christopher Green	164
130	Clarence Philipneri	164
131	David Garcia	164
132	Jake Peterson	164
133	Jane Howard	164
134	Marta Hilworth	164
135	Michael Wilklow	164
136	Mitchell Smith	164
137	Nathan Daharsh	164
138	Nicholas Riker	164
139	Paul Harvell	164
140	Renish Momin	164
141	Rimbaud Ruelle	164
142	Rui Yi	164
143	Sarah Kaidanow	164
144	Saul Mendoza	164
145	Soheil Ighani	164
146	Steven Saab	164
147	Sung Lee	164
148	Trina Newberry	164
149	Tuan Le	164
150	Xiang Lin	164
151	Christopher Fraley	153
152	Balazs Biri	151
153	Mark Stovell	151
154	Michael Callahan	151
155	Senthuran Vijayaratnam	151
156	Vladimir Geykhman	151
157	Yutaka Yoshida	151
158	Alexis Hayek	150
159	Christopher Garner	150
160	David Belasco	150
161	Dong Ji	150
162	Frank Schaepers	150
163	Lu Wang	150
164	Luis Armando Gonzalez Martinez	150
165	Mariusz Burnat	150
166	Nicholas Carmichael	150
167	Reuben Phillips	150
168	Brandon Sunshine	149
169	Christian Calcano	149
170	Cody Kim	149
171	Fady Khabbaz	149
172	George Vigelette	149
173	Jason Courtney	149
174	Laurent Viadere	149
175	Long Ma	149
176	Marco Glanzer	149
177	Mark Lacoste	149
178	Nathan Adler	149
179	Paul Ferris	149
180	Steven Snapp	149
181	Vinh Pham	149
182	Whitney Yamagata	149
183	William Plitz	149
184	Aidan Bradford	147
185	Joseph Trezzo	147
186	Luis Guzman	147
187	Roger Holder	147
188	Adem Arbuckle	145
189	Alexandre Rodrigues	145
190	Ali Nabizadehgangaraj	145
191	Brandon Katz	145
192	Darin Parker	145
193	Joshua Burns	145
194	Julio Grimau	145
195	Lily Torrence	145
196	Sean Gardner	145
197	Anthony Koutsos	140
198	Chad Horimoto	136
199	David Fernandez	136
200	Diana Nguyen-Salter	136
201	John Griffin	136
202	Nicholas Ruiz	136
203	Norman Fried	136
204	David Erquiaga	134
205	Dayna Rosso	134
206	Freeman Kauffman	134
207	Richard Gwilliam	134
208	Jason Phillips	133
209	Johan Yha	133
210	Qingwei Meng	133
211	Robert Espinoza	133
212	Sandip Guha	133
213	Travis Schultz	133
214	Andrew York	132
215	David Schaerf	132
216	Sebastian Zubek	132
217	Chase Fredensburg	119
218	Christos Gennaios	116
219	Jeffrey Parcher	116
220	Junjie Wu	116
221	Cecile Pardinilla	112
222	Robert Dukes	111
223	Sergei Morkovine	110
224	Brian Paulus	109
225	Moshe Ovadya	104
226	Christian Eusini	100
227	Scott Bunn	100
228	Ali Berenji	82
229	Be Pham	82
230	Benjamin Moschel	82
231	Bruce Herman	82
232	Byron Shock	82
233	Caitlin Comeskey	82
234	Carl Freeman	82
235	Cash Mcgregor	82
236	Christopher Pratt	82
237	David Anderson	82
238	David Moreno	82
239	David Soulier	82
240	Dennis Zosch	82
241	Edgardo Rosario Figueroa	82
242	Eric Reyes	82
243	Frank Ledbetter	82
244	Gerardo Amezola	82
245	Guillaume Daleux	82
246	Haobo Zhang	82
247	Henrica Vanwordragen	82
248	Istvan Szabo	82
249	Jason Farkas	82
250	Jose Luis Herrero Azpiazu	82
251	Joseph Mccarron	82
252	Kais Mohammad	82
253	Karen Sevoian	82
254	Kevin Senn	82
255	Louis Hillman	82
256	Marc Kalvari	82
257	Matthew Brenn	82
258	Naomi Raznavi	82
259	Neil Mcfayden	82
260	Renli Liu	82
261	Sam Dryden	82
262	Shawn Sparks	82
263	Soukha Kachittavong	82
264	Steve Rada	82
265	Waheed Feda	82
266	William Bear	82
267	Gregory Jewell	78
268	Thomas Symonds	77
269	Alton Mendleson	75
270	Angel Modica	75
271	Bernard Nicholas	75
272	Bradley Kostrzewa	75
273	Craig Young	75
274	David Larson	75
275	David Perry	75
276	Derek Satterfield	75
277	Douglas Mcclintock	75
278	Elmar Isakov	75
279	Gabriel Wechter	75
280	Gregory Tetreault	75
281	Gregory Woods	75
282	Jeremy Standiford	75
283	Jerry Pearlstein	75
284	John Schraufnagel	75
285	Jonathan Edmondson	75
286	Joshua Willard	75
287	Kelly Whitham	75
288	Loretta Vanderbyl	75
289	Marian Mihai	75
290	Mark Macdonald	75
291	Michael Ibekwe	75
292	Michael Lin	75
293	Nikola Mircetic	75
294	Pablo Valdivieso	75
295	Paul Stanechewski	75
296	Peter Fox	75
297	Peter Molina	75
298	Ricky Welch	75
299	Robert Eustice	75
300	Robert Rynard	75
301	Rose Sablan-Duncan	75
302	Samuel Clemmons	75
303	Stuart Tuvey	75
304	Thomas Varwig	75
305	Todd Graham	75
306	Tony Woo	75
307	Wen Lin	75
308	William Perpich	75
309	Williard Rifer	75
310	Anthony Askey	74
311	Barrie Gotch	74
312	David Versteeg	74
313	Jose Luqui	74
314	Michael Terhune	74
315	Olen Bratton	74
316	Peter Mercadante	74
317	Radu Iuhas	74
318	Renmei Liu	74
319	Babak Khalajestani	73
320	Bradley Merrill	73
321	Chun-I Wu	73
322	Greg Abes	73
323	Jeevan Lobo	73
324	Joel Deutsch	73
325	John Kruse	73
326	Jonathan Stack	73
327	Kimlong Lav	73
328	Konstantinos Tsikopoulos	73
329	Matthew Yankowski	73
330	Michael Maddocks	73
331	Mikhail Prokopchuk	73
332	Paulino Junior	73
333	Sean Murphy	73
334	Wenhua Yin	73
335	William Martinez	73
336	Yuriy Kudrynskyy	73
337	Zachary Hess	73
338	Alexander Skiljan	72
339	Amit Bhandari	72
340	Ashley Frank	72
341	Daniil Khmyrov	72
342	Lafaya Mitchell	72
343	Paul Brunet	72
344	Raymond Eifler	72
345	Luis Alfonso	70
346	Corey Wade	68
347	David Yang	68
348	Dominic Iuticone	68
349	Jeremiah Orta	68
350	Jeremy Geist	68
351	Keith Barrett	68
352	Michael Hancock	68
353	Rick Muniz	68
354	Tracy Cress	68
355	Venkata Muramalla	68
356	Armen Minasyan	67
357	Dmitriy Shpak	67
358	Gregory Wood	67
359	James Wicks	67
360	Jared Fields	67
361	Jeffrey Copeland	67
362	Jeremy Hamey	67
363	Jesse Brooks	67
364	Jonathan Sanchez	67
365	Josh Stone	67
366	Lowell Tuckerman	67
367	Randy Panigas	67
368	Samuel Barnhart	67
369	Sergio Zertuche	67
370	Xiaoyi Wang	67
371	Alan Hughes	66
372	Christopher Martin	66
373	Joseph Sharpe	66
374	Karen Miles	66
375	William Chattaway	66
376	William Gannon	66
377	Adam Rotstein	41
378	Ahmer Dalaig	41
379	Ana Segura	41
380	Andrei Balta	41
381	Christian Morfin	41
382	Christiphor Herrin	41
383	Christopher Chapla	41
384	Christopher Nolan	41
385	Chube Medina	41
386	Darrell Shock	41
387	Darren Hill	41
388	David Dusome	41
389	Dustin Leary	41
390	Erik Lefkowitz	41
391	Farris Abdulla	41
392	Francis Ryan	41
393	Frank Bullington	41
394	Frank Pergola	41
395	Galvin Van Brussell	41
396	Gordon Konkin	41
397	Hector Larios Canseco	41
398	Henry Sweere	41
399	Jaime Hernandez Delgado	41
400	Jana Muller	41
401	Jason Pardy	41
402	Jay Lockett	41
403	John Ash	41
404	John Lucarotti	41
405	Jonathan Threats	41
406	Joseph Soundarajan	41
407	Joshua Moskoviz	41
408	Julio Venegas	41
409	Lei Xiang	41
410	Leonard Miller	41
411	Liu Mingxia	41
412	Manuel Javier	41
413	Michael Bundschuh	41
414	Michael Lazarev	41
415	Michael Pompoco	41
416	Michael Powers	41
417	Mohammad Haghdoust	41
418	Mustafa Hassanzada	41
419	Nathan Pringle	41
420	Phong Nguyen	41
421	Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan	41
422	Ronald Anderson	41
423	Samrat Ray Chaudhuri	41
424	Shahram Afzal	41
425	Stanley Cornelius	41
426	Stuart Svaton	41
427	Thanh Nguyen	41
428	Thomas Villetto	41
429	Timothy Horwath	41
430	Timothy Little	41
431	Ting Cheng	41
432	Trung Vu	41
433	Victor Paulino	41
434	Xuebing Feng	41
435	Yves Kupfermunz	41
436	Yves Stoll	41
437	Andrew Goertz	38
438	Benjamin Cornette	38
439	Billy Welch	38
440	Brendan Shiller	38
441	Dong Vuu	38
442	Dylon Chafin	38
443	Gregory Brewer	38
444	Hangbo Li	38
445	Jackson Newsum	38
446	Lucas Tae	38
447	Matthew Raffoul	38
448	Mattingly Siegel	38
449	Mohammad Ilyas	38
450	Pouria Jangali	38
451	Renato Ogranaja	38
452	Ricky Robitaille	38
453	Wooyang Lin	38
454	Abraham Guillen	37
455	Agustin Cabrera	37
456	Alan Berlin	37
457	Alan Symonds	37
458	Alexis Calbry	37
459	Andrew Nemeth	37
460	Andrew Watkins	37
461	Antonio Imson	37
462	Arkadi Bruchis	37
463	Armen Poghosyan	37
464	Brandon Tindel	37
465	Brian Shaw	37
466	Brian Vo	37
467	Christopher Hansel	37
468	Christopher Thennis	37
469	Conrad Co	37
470	Daniel Devine	37
471	Daniel Lee	37
472	Daniel Peramaki	37
473	Eddy Asady	37
474	Eugene Durante	37
475	Felix Blanchette	37
476	Ferenc Szuchopa	37
477	Gianluca Pace	37
478	Henrique Sevilhano	37
479	Ivan Ruban	37
480	Jacqui Newman	37
481	Jair Augusto	37
482	James Gallagher	37
483	James Korbilas	37
484	James Meono	37
485	James Nguyen	37
486	Jared Stearns	37
487	Jason Atwood	37
488	Jason Velasco	37
489	Jeffrey Crump	37
490	Jeffrey Stanley	37
491	John Quarnstrom	37
492	Jonel Cordero	37
493	Julian Andrei	37
494	Karim Kerroui	37
495	Karim Musani	37
496	Kazunari Matsushita	37
497	Keith Hinkle	37
498	Ken Han	37
499	Kenneth Baime	37
500	Kevin Balcom	37
501	Laurent Pumiglia	37
502	Lisa Schuessler	37
503	Mark Katz	37
504	Mattias Hansen	37
505	Michael Maruna	37
506	Michael Ryan	37
507	Michael Vigelette	37
508	Mitchell Foss	37
509	Nancy Birnbaum	37
510	Nathaen Blankenship	37
511	Nicholas Evdos	37
512	Oscar Gutierrez	37
513	Ricardo Sousa	37
514	Richard Machnik	37
515	Robert Keating	37
516	Ryan Haddad	37
517	Scott Podolsky	37
518	Stephen Kendrick	37
519	Stephen Scott	37
520	Susan Millstone-Schacke	37
521	Teresa Young	37
522	Thomas Jarosch	37
523	Thomas Scarber	37
524	Timothy Ashner	37
525	Tony Pham	37
526	Vy Tran	37
527	Wali Noori	37
528	Wenhao Lue	37
529	Yevhenii Kachalovskyi	37
530	Yosef Fox	37
531	Zinoviy Pelekh	37
532	Alexandre Zegarra	36
533	Anthony Parille	36
534	Ben Tober	36
535	Catrin Schmidt	36
536	Chechun Chu	36
537	Christopher Vang	36
538	David Reed	36
539	Derek Stark	36
540	Jason Crews	36
541	Jeremy Greene	36
542	Joachim Maiwald	36
543	Jorge Dominguez	36
544	Juarez Moten	36
545	Keith Plemons	36
546	Kenny Thompson	36
547	Krishna Kalidas	36
548	Kristopher Olson	36
549	Mark Ray	36
550	Michael Clarke	36
551	Michael Haynes	36
552	Michael Tessier	36
553	Michal Gadawski	36
554	Nicholas Guglielmo	36
555	Peter Yang	36
556	Randy Huston	36
557	Robert Smyser	36
558	Sean Kim	36
559	Shawn Hill	36
560	Sonja Hodge	36
561	Timofey Minzer	36
562	Tristen Ellis	36
563	Tuan Tran	36
564	Amanda Botfeld	34
565	Andre Butler	34
566	Anibal Salazar	34
567	Diego Silva	34
568	Eric Kiser	34
569	Idaar Tueme	34
570	Jamaal Duncan	34
571	Michael Christiansen	34
572	Michelle Rice	34
573	Noah Workman	34
574	Richele Whorton	34
575	Robert Gill	34
576	Robert Speechley	34
577	Shereef Elias	34
578	Stephen Dorner	34
579	Thomas Vocke	34
580	Anthony Maiorano	33
581	Brian Schulz	33
582	Casey Hammontree	33
583	Charles Sewell	33
584	Chris Tidmarsh	33
585	Dariush Karbassyoon	33
586	Dennis Senibaldi	33
587	Jared Felling	33
588	Jason Spurgetis	33
589	Jeffrey Wechsler	33
590	Joel Cleary	33
591	Joel Finch	33
592	John Barbera	33
593	Justin Harvell	33
594	Kelly Bradshaw	33
595	Luca Salvemini	33
596	Matthew Land	33
597	Michael Luke	33
598	Mike Chong	33
599	Nicole Plumlee	33
600	Odean Hill	33
601	Paul Hoch	33
602	Paulo Schneider	33
603	Philip Brocoum	33
604	Renato Candido	33
605	Russell Broadway	33
606	Scott Drobes	33
607	Sergei Saakian	33
608	Shifeng Zhang	33
609	Simon Tabah	33
610	Sokchheka Pho	33
611	Theodore Bigham	33
612	Tyler Kolness	33
613	Tyler Southard	33
614	Zachary Pymm	33

06-09-2024 11:30 UTC-8

$250 WSOP Daily Deepstack 1 p.m. Info and Structure

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Calum Grant

Kick off your day with some poker excitement! The opening Daily Deepstack of the day starts at 1 p.m. and promises a thrilling single-day event. With a $250 buy-in, you'll get a solid 25,000 starting stack to work with.

For the latecomers, late registration is open until the start of Level 9, and you can jump back in with unlimited reentries. Each level runs for 30 minutes, with 15-minute breaks sprinkled throughout the day, and a longer 30-minute break after Level 12 to recharge.

Blinds start at 100/100, with the big blind ante in play right from the start. Get ready to shuffle up and deal!

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

06-09-2024 12:00 UTC-8

Responsible Gaming Resources

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Calum Grant

At PokerNews, we're committed to promoting responsible gaming. We encourage all our readers to play responsibly and within their means.
Visit our dedicated safer gaming hub for more information about safe and responsible gaming.

06-09-2024 15:45 UTC-8

Join the Fun: PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge Leaderboard

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Calum Grant

Ready to show off your skills and compete for amazing prizes? The PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge is here from May 28 to June 24, and it’s your time to shine! Play in daily WSOP deep stack tournaments, earn points, and score fantastic rewards—including seats to the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship and some cool memorabilia.

Want to see how you’re doing? Track your progress, check out the latest standings, and get all the updates on our leaderboard page. Click the link below to dive into the action!

Check Out the Leaderboard Now!