PNDC Updates Week 2 | 2024 WSOP PokerNews Deepstack Challenge

06-07-2024 10:30 UTC-8

Play the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge

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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

06-06-2024 21:30 UTC-8

PNDC Week 2 Leaderboard (June 4-5)

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Rank	Player	Points
1	Adel Jo	819
2	Shahabaldin Shirazi	754
3	Kurt Taphorn	749
4	Patrick Smith	744
5	Jose Correia	678
6	Joseph Esbenshade	661
7	Yotam Shmuelov	417
8	Ronald Blasczyk	414
9	Ricky Carden	410
10	Fabio Toledo	403
11	Willie Smith	374
12	Dorian Melchers	372
13	Mark Ferrell	369
14	James Remitio	339
15	Michael Senter	337
16	Niall Costigan	337
17	David Mcgivney	331
18	Benedict Bauer	328
19	Joshua Jordan	307
20	Kafton Ramsamooj	305
21	Nick Garcia	301
22	Klas Klinker	299
23	Andre Stelling	298
24	Andrew Todhunter	298
25	Hunter Cole	298
26	Minh Nguyen	287
27	Yufei Chen	283
28	Jose Ortizascencio	281
29	Leon Burstein	279
30	David Poltorak	265
31	Daniel Williams	264
32	Tyler Hurman	262
33	Vinicius Monteiro	260
34	Ramana Epparla	254
35	German Frotocantu	248
36	Sean Greenough	246
37	Michael Degroot	237
38	Jason Aden	232
39	Rodrigo Gurgel	231
40	Zachary Bassett	231
41	Patricia Yamano	226
42	Marvin Joseph	225
43	Muruz Yohannes	225
44	Donald Himpele	223
45	Jose Deandrade	217
46	Sean Berman	207
47	Lance King	206
48	Miguel Jaikel	205
49	Nathaniel Zoller	205
50	Richard Book	203
51	Kostantinos Gennaios	191
52	Michael Evans	188
53	Donald Sorenson	187
54	Hani Awad	187
55	Kevin Mack	186
56	Christopher Land	182
57	Nint Hoo	170
58	Steven Leventhal	165
59	Annie Tang	164
60	Anthony Grappo	164
61	Benjamin Geurs	164
62	Bruce Turner	164
63	Byron Hurst	164
64	Caleb Westall	164
65	Christopher Green	164
66	Clarence Philipneri	164
67	David Garcia	164
68	Jake Peterson	164
69	James Rafferty	164
70	Jane Howard	164
71	Marta Hilworth	164
72	Michael Wilklow	164
73	Mitchell Smith	164
74	Nathan Daharsh	164
75	Nicholas Riker	164
76	Paul Harvell	164
77	Renish Momin	164
78	Rimbaud Ruelle	164
79	Rui Yi	164
80	Sarah Kaidanow	164
81	Saul Mendoza	164
82	Soheil Ighani	164
83	Steven Saab	164
84	Sung Lee	164
85	Trina Newberry	164
86	Tuan Le	164
87	Xiang Lin	164
88	Balazs Biri	151
89	Mark Stovell	151
90	Michael Callahan	151
91	Senthuran Vijayaratnam	151
92	Vladimir Geykhman	151
93	Yutaka Yoshida	151
94	Zhou Jiang	151
95	Alexis Hayek	150
96	Christopher Garner	150
97	Chun Lung Wong	150
98	David Belasco	150
99	Dong Ji	150
100	Jeremy Johnson	150
101	Lu Wang	150
102	Luis Armando Gonzalez Martinez	150
103	Mariusz Burnat	150
104	Nicholas Carmichael	150
105	Reuben Phillips	150
106	Brandon Sunshine	149
107	Christian Calcano	149
108	Cody Kim	149
109	Fady Khabbaz	149
110	Jason Courtney	149
111	Mark Lacoste	149
112	Edgar Gabrielyan	142
113	Chad Horimoto	136
114	David Fernandez	136
115	Diana Nguyen-Salter	136
116	Dominique Terzian	136
117	John Griffin	136
118	Nicholas Ruiz	136
119	Norman Fried	136
120	Andres Sanchez	132
121	Andrew York	132
122	David Schaerf	132
123	Sebastian Zubek	132
124	Christopher Fraley	116
125	Jeffrey Parcher	116
126	Junjie Wu	116
127	Nicholas Kalinich	104
128	Ali Berenji	82
129	Be Pham	82
130	Benjamin Moschel	82
131	Bruce Herman	82
132	Byron Shock	82
133	Caitlin Comeskey	82
134	Carl Freeman	82
135	Cash Mcgregor	82
136	Chase Fredensburg	82
137	Christopher Pratt	82
138	David Anderson	82
139	David Moreno	82
140	David Soulier	82
141	Dennis Zosch	82
142	Edgardo Rosario Figueroa	82
143	Eric Reyes	82
144	Frank Ledbetter	82
145	Gerardo Amezola	82
146	Guillaume Daleux	82
147	Haobo Zhang	82
148	Henrica Vanwordragen	82
149	Istvan Szabo	82
150	Jason Farkas	82
151	Jose Luis Herrero Azpiazu	82
152	Joseph Mccarron	82
153	Kais Mohammad	82
154	Karen Sevoian	82
155	Kevin Senn	82
156	Louis Hillman	82
157	Marc Kalvari	82
158	Matthew Brenn	82
159	Naomi Raznavi	82
160	Neil Mcfayden	82
161	Renli Liu	82
162	Sam Dryden	82
163	Shawn Sparks	82
164	Soukha Kachittavong	82
165	Steve Rada	82
166	Waheed Feda	82
167	William Bear	82
168	Alton Mendleson	75
169	Bernard Nicholas	75
170	Bradley Kostrzewa	75
171	David Perry	75
172	Douglas Mcclintock	75
173	Frank Schaepers	75
174	Gabriel Wechter	75
175	Gregory Woods	75
176	Iury Wolf	75
177	Jeremy Standiford	75
178	Jerry Pearlstein	75
179	John Schraufnagel	75
180	Jonathan Edmondson	75
181	Marian Mihai	75
182	Mark Macdonald	75
183	Michael Ibekwe	75
184	Michael Lin	75
185	Michael Wojtkowiak	75
186	Nikola Mircetic	75
187	Pablo Valdivieso	75
188	Peter Fox	75
189	Peter Molina	75
190	Robert Eustice	75
191	Rose Sablan-Duncan	75
192	Stuart Tuvey	75
193	Tony Woo	75
194	Wen Lin	75
195	William Perpich	75
196	Williard Rifer	75
197	Anthony Askey	74
198	Barrie Gotch	74
199	David Versteeg	74
200	Jose Luqui	74
201	Michael Terhune	74
202	Olen Bratton	74
203	Peter Mercadante	74
204	Radu Iuhas	74
205	Renmei Liu	74
206	Luis Alfonso	70
207	Corey Wade	68
208	David Yang	68
209	Dominic Iuticone	68
210	Jeremiah Orta	68
211	Jeremy Geist	68
212	Keith Barrett	68
213	Michael Hancock	68
214	Rick Muniz	68
215	Tracy Cress	68
216	Venkata Muramalla	68
217	Alan Hughes	66
218	Christopher Martin	66
219	Joseph Sharpe	66
220	Karen Miles	66
221	William Chattaway	66
222	William Gannon	66
223	Adam Rotstein	41
224	Ahmer Dalaig	41
225	Ana Segura	41
226	Andrei Balta	41
227	Balakrishna Patur	41
228	Brian Kaplan	41
229	Christian Morfin	41
230	Christiphor Herrin	41
231	Christopher Chapla	41
232	Christopher Nolan	41
233	Christos Gennaios	41
234	Chube Medina	41
235	Darrell Shock	41
236	Darren Hill	41
237	David Dusome	41
238	Dustin Leary	41
239	Erik Lefkowitz	41
240	Farris Abdulla	41
241	Francis Ryan	41
242	Frank Bullington	41
243	Frank Pergola	41
244	Galvin Van Brussell	41
245	Gordon Konkin	41
246	Gregory Jewell	41
247	Hector Larios Canseco	41
248	Henry Sweere	41
249	Jaime Hernandez Delgado	41
250	Jana Muller	41
251	Jason Pardy	41
252	Jay Lockett	41
253	John Ash	41
254	John Lucarotti	41
255	Jonathan Threats	41
256	Joseph Soundarajan	41
257	Joshua Moskoviz	41
258	Julio Venegas	41
259	Lei Xiang	41
260	Leonard Miller	41
261	Liu Mingxia	41
262	Manuel Javier	41
263	Michael Bundschuh	41
264	Michael Lazarev	41
265	Michael Pompoco	41
266	Michael Powers	41
267	Mohammad Haghdoust	41
268	Mustafa Hassanzada	41
269	Nathan Pringle	41
270	Phong Nguyen	41
271	Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan	41
272	Ronald Anderson	41
273	Samrat Ray Chaudhuri	41
274	Sandra Mooney	41
275	Shahram Afzal	41
276	Stanley Cornelius	41
277	Stuart Svaton	41
278	Thanh Nguyen	41
279	Thomas Symonds	41
280	Thomas Villetto	41
281	Timothy Horwath	41
282	Timothy Little	41
283	Ting Cheng	41
284	Trung Vu	41
285	Victor Paulino	41
286	Xuebing Feng	41
287	Yves Kupfermunz	41
288	Yves Stoll	41
289	Andrew Goertz	38
290	Benjamin Cornette	38
291	Billy Welch	38
292	Brendan Shiller	38
293	Dong Vuu	38
294	Dylon Chafin	38
295	Gregory Brewer	38
296	Hangbo Li	38
297	Jackson Newsum	38
298	Lucas Tae	38
299	Matthew Raffoul	38
300	Mattingly Siegel	38
301	Mohammad Ilyas	38
302	Pouria Jangali	38
303	Renato Ogranaja	38
304	Ricky Robitaille	38
305	Wooyang Lin	38
306	Agustin Cabrera	37
307	Alan Berlin	37
308	Alan Symonds	37
309	Alexis Calbry	37
310	Antonio Imson	37
311	Arkadi Bruchis	37
312	Armen Poghosyan	37
313	Brandon Tindel	37
314	Brian Vo	37
315	Cecile Pardinilla	37
316	Christopher Hansel	37
317	Christopher Thennis	37
318	Conrad Co	37
319	Daniel Lee	37
320	Daniel Peramaki	37
321	David Becerril	37
322	Eddy Asady	37
323	Eugene Durante	37
324	Gianluca Pace	37
325	Ivan Ruban	37
326	Jair Augusto	37
327	James Gallagher	37
328	James Korbilas	37
329	James Meono	37
330	Jared Stearns	37
331	Jason Velasco	37
332	Jeffrey Crump	37
333	John Quarnstrom	37
334	Karim Kerroui	37
335	Karim Musani	37
336	Keith Hinkle	37
337	Ken Han	37
338	Kevin Balcom	37
339	Mattias Hansen	37
340	Michael Maruna	37
341	Moshe Ovadya	37
342	Nathaen Blankenship	37
343	Nicholas Evdos	37
344	Ricardo Sousa	37
345	Richard Machnik	37
346	Scott Podolsky	37
347	Sergei Morkovine	37
348	Stephen Scott	37
349	Timothy Ashner	37
350	Vy Tran	37
351	Yosef Fox	37
352	Amanda Botfeld	34
353	Andre Butler	34
354	Anibal Salazar	34
355	Diego Silva	34
356	Eric Kiser	34
357	Idaar Tueme	34
358	Jamaal Duncan	34
359	Jeremy Hamey	34
360	Michael Christiansen	34
361	Michelle Rice	34
362	Noah Workman	34
363	Richele Whorton	34
364	Robert Gill	34
365	Robert Speechley	34
366	Shereef Elias	34
367	Stephen Dorner	34
368	Thomas Vocke	34
369	Anthony Maiorano	33
370	Chris Tidmarsh	33
371	Dennis Senibaldi	33
372	Jason Spurgetis	33
373	Jeffrey Wechsler	33
374	Joel Cleary	33
375	John Barbera	33
376	Luca Salvemini	33
377	Oliver Menck	33
378	Paulo Schneider	33
379	Philip Brocoum	33
380	Shifeng Zhang	33
381	Theodore Bigham	33

06-06-2024 21:00 UTC-8

Week 2 Deepstack Winners So Far

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Date	Event	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize
Tue 4 Jun	$250 No Limit Hold'em	1,014	$202,800	Adel Jo	$29,183
Tue 4 Jun	$400 No Limit Hold'em	315	$103,950	Shahabaldin Shirazi	$20,718
Tue 4 Jun	$200 No Limit Hold'em	289	$44,795	Jose Correia	$9,152
Wed 5 Jun	$250 No Limit Hold'em	493	$98,600	Kurt Taphorn	$17,412
Wed 5 Jun	$400 No Limit Hold'em	284	$93,720	Patrick Smith	$19,273
Wed 5 Jun	$200 No Limit Hold'em	236	$36,580	Joseph Esbenshade	$7,911

06-06-2024 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,

06-06-2024 19:30 UTC-8

Highlights From Week 1 of the PNDC at the 2024 WSOP

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Amidst the excitement of the 2024 World Series of Poker, the PokerNews Deepstack Challenge (PNDC) has been making waves at Horseshoe and Paris in Las Vegas.

For those new to the scene, PokerNews has revamped this summer’s Daily Deepstacks, shining a spotlight on the unsung heroes of low-stakes poker and dedicated amateurs. To further entice these bedrock poker fans, PokerNews has stumped up 40 tickets through a leaderboard promotion to our exclusive bracelet event, the $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship.

Every week, the top ten players on the leaderboard earn one of these coveted tickets and with the first week already concluded, be sure to dive into the highlights from Week 1!

Read the highlights here!

06-06-2024 19:05 UTC-8

Tournament Report: $200 Daily Deepstack (June 5)

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The final Daily Deepstack of June 5 was a $200 buy-in and saw 236 entries. The top 36 players made the money and shared a slice of the $36,580 prize pool.

Claiming the lion's share went to 27-year-old professional sports bettor Joseph Esbenshade. The Boston native claimed the $7,911 up top and the pictured PNDC winner's card protector.

Before his victory, Esbenshade had $41,723 in tournament earnings, with his former best live cash being $5,161.

David McGivney came second for $5,237, and Hunter Cole took third for $3,563.

Rank	Player	Payout	Points
1	Joseph Esbenshade	$7,911	661
2	David Mcgivney	$5,237	331
3	Hunter Cole	$3,563	298
4	David Poltorak	$2,494	265
5	German Frotocantu	$1,798	248
6	Rodrigo Gurgel	$1,336	231
7	Andrew Todhunter	$1,024	298
8	Christopher Land	$810	182
9	Steven Leventhal	$663	165
10	Sebastian Zubek	$561	132
11	David Schaerf	$561	132
12	Fabio Toledo	$492	132
13	Andres Sanchez	$492	132
14	Andrew York	$448	132
15	Jose Deandrade	$448	66
16	William Gannon	$448	66
17	Karen Miles	$448	66
18	Alan Hughes	$424	66
19	Nicholas Kalinich	$424	66
20	Christopher Martin	$424	66
21	William Chattaway	$424	66
22	Joseph Sharpe	$424	66
23	Dennis Senibaldi	$424	33
24	Philip Brocoum	$424	33
25	Oliver Menck	$424	33
26	Luca Salvemini	$424	33
27	Joel Cleary	$403	33
28	Anthony Maiorano	$403	33
29	Theodore Bigham	$403	33
30	Jason Spurgetis	$403	33
31	Paulo Schneider	$403	33
32	John Barbera	$403	33
33	Shifeng Zhang	$403	33
34	Luis Alfonso	$403	33
35	Jeffrey Wechsler	$403	33
36	Chris Tidmarsh	$403	33

06-06-2024 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

06-06-2024 18:00 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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06-06-2024 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

06-06-2024 16:20 UTC-8

Tournament Report: $400 Daily Deepstack (June 5)

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Patrick Smith collected his PNDC winner's card protector, after he reigned supreme in yesterday's $400 Daily Deepstack.

The retired 61-year-old was awarded $19,273 for topping the 284-entry field, which is good for 744 points on the weekly leaderboard.

French pro and grinder Dorian Melchers came second, adding $13,243 to his $775,705 live tournament earnings. Melchers, a two-time circuit ring winner, was by far the most accomplished player to cash the event, which saw the top 43 get a return on their investment.

Yotam Shmuelov got third and was the recipient of $9,276.

Rank	Player	Payout	Points
1	Patrick Smith	$19,273	744
2	Dorian Melchers	$13,243	372
3	Yotam Shmuelov	$9,276	335
4	Andre Stelling	$6,628	298
5	Leon Burstein	$4,833	279
6	Vinicius Monteiro	$3,598	260
7	Donald Himpele	$2,736	223
8	Nathaniel Zoller	$2,127	205
9	Kevin Mack	$1,690	186
10	Fady Khabbaz	$1,373	149
11	Zachary Bassett	$1,373	149
12	Jason Courtney	$1,142	149
13	Christian Calcano	$1,142	149
14	Cody Kim	$973	149
15	Brandon Sunshine	$973	149
16	Mark Lacoste	$973	149
17	Olen Bratton	$973	74
18	Radu Iuhas	$849	74
19	Edgar Gabrielyan	$849	74
20	David Versteeg	$849	74
21	Michael Terhune	$849	74
22	Anthony Askey	$849	74
23	Renmei Liu	$849	74
24	Barrie Gotch	$849	74
25	Peter Mercadante	$849	74
26	Jose Luqui	$849	74
27	Sergei Morkovine	$809	37
28	Mattias Hansen	$809	37
29	Antonio Imson	$809	37
30		$809	37
31	Yosef Fox	$809	37
32	Moshe Ovadya	$809	37
33	John Quarnstrom	$809	37
34	Luis Alfonso	$809	37
35	Ken Han	$809	37
36	Alan Berlin	$809	37
37	Ronald Blasczyk	$809	37
38	Gianluca Pace	$809	37
39	Christopher Thennis	$809	37
40	Ivan Ruban	$809	37
41	Christopher Hansel	$809	37
42	Jeffrey Crump	$809	37
43	Agustin Cabrera	$809	37