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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!
Get ready for some poker action! The second Daily Deepstack of the day shuffles up and deals at 4 p.m. This single-day extravaganza comes with a $400 buy-in, giving you a hefty 30,000 starting stack to play with.
Feeling adventurous? Late registration is open until the start of Level 9, around 7:35 p.m., and you can reenter as many times as you like. Each level is a quick 20 minutes, with plenty of 15- and 20-minute breaks to catch your breath and strategize.
Blinds kick off at 100/100, and the big blind ante is in play from the get-go.
| Level | BB Ante | Blinds | Breaks & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100-100 | |
| 2 | 200 | 100-200 | |
| 3 | 300 | 200-300 | |
| 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 | Break (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 | Break (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 |
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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 |
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 |
| Rank | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan Sosa | 754 |
| 2 | James Derosa | 722 |
| 3 | Sinead Davenport | 713 |
| 4 | Koveh Waysei | 669 |
| 5 | Daniel Kleist | 644 |
| 6 | Mark Selley | 641 |
| 7 | Lewis Christensen | 623 |
| 8 | Jeremy Calverley | 616 |
| 9 | Adauto Viana Junior | 599 |
| 10 | Roger Perez | 486 |
| 11 | Jeffrey Atkins | 456 |
| 12 | Jerrimie Pacheco | 444 |
| 13 | Sean Fitzpatrick | 398 |
| 14 | Liran Betito | 361 |
| 15 | Branden Shimamoto | 356 |
| 16 | David Garcia Araque | 340 |
| 17 | Haruka Murata | 339 |
| 18 | Anthony Flanagan | 325 |
| 19 | Jack Garrett | 322 |
| 20 | Michael Moran | 321 |
| 21 | Mika Hilaire | 321 |
| 22 | Dustin Bryan | 311 |
| 23 | Gregory Gius | 308 |
| 24 | Pasi Petteri Kakkonen | 302 |
| 25 | Ramana Epparla | 301 |
| 26 | Mark Lacoste | 299 |
| 27 | Darren Cunningham | 290 |
| 28 | Mikhail Prokopchuk | 289 |
| 29 | Nir Azriel | 289 |
| 30 | Adam Greenlee | 285 |
| 31 | Rene Lazaro Cifuentes | 283 |
| 32 | Dhananjay Bhor | 280 |
| 33 | Da Lu | 277 |
| 34 | Joakim Brochard | 271 |
| 35 | James Shibley | 269 |
| 36 | Isaac Cramer | 268 |
| 37 | Shayne Mogilski | 267 |
| 38 | Bahman Ataeianfar | 258 |
| 39 | Thomas Erdmann | 253 |
| 40 | Lachlan Crilly | 251 |
| 41 | Aaron Magers | 249 |
| 42 | Bryan Cabalo | 249 |
| 43 | Handrianto Minderman | 246 |
| 44 | Philip Corhan | 242 |
| 45 | Yunhan Yang | 240 |
| 46 | Benoit Fiasson | 239 |
| 47 | Jason Hunter | 237 |
| 48 | Michael Turri | 234 |
| 49 | Oscar Quezada | 234 |
| 50 | Joanne Liu | 231 |
| 51 | Dustin Merrill | 229 |
| 52 | Alan Oaxaca | 226 |
| 53 | Konstantin Polin | 226 |
| 54 | Shih Lo | 225 |
| 55 | Martin Hogan | 224 |
| 56 | Titus Balliett | 218 |
| 57 | Jesus Ayala | 215 |
| 58 | Jennifer Zewe | 214 |
| 59 | Scott Butler | 210 |
| 60 | Pedro Claus | 207 |
| 61 | Dean Boeving | 199 |
| 62 | Drake Espenlaub | 196 |
| 63 | Nello Adducchio | 196 |
| 64 | Oded Levin | 192 |
| 65 | Ernesto Vidales | 188 |
| 66 | Teppei Ishizaki | 187 |
| 67 | Mark Martinez | 185 |
| 68 | Robert Redman | 184 |
| 69 | Kelvin Tana | 181 |
| 70 | Keith Temm | 180 |
| 71 | Vincent Walker | 179 |
| 72 | Carson Davis | 178 |
| 73 | Spencer Yahnke | 177 |
| 74 | Richard Kleinman | 176 |
| 75 | Richard Samuel Williams Jr | 171 |
| 76 | Tyree Johnson | 169 |
| 77 | Jonathan Stephens | 165 |
| 78 | Peter Dirksen | 161 |
| 79 | Jose Fernand Garcia Gutierrez | 156 |
| 80 | Meylin Heng | 154 |
| 81 | Andrew Ahn | 151 |
| 82 | Connor Fulkerson | 151 |
| 83 | Joe Eckford | 151 |
| 84 | Jonathan Braker | 151 |
| 85 | Lucas Langsweirdt | 151 |
| 86 | Oleg Rezabek | 151 |
| 87 | Omar Taveras | 151 |
| 88 | Pascal Gregoire | 151 |
| 89 | Ralph Massey | 151 |
| 90 | Scott Born | 151 |
| 91 | Stephen Placial | 151 |
| 92 | Tao Chu | 151 |
| 93 | Thomas Connors | 151 |
| 94 | Brad Finsilver | 144 |
| 95 | David Bauer | 144 |
| 96 | Delano Jackson | 144 |
| 97 | Eric Weber | 144 |
| 98 | Jay Mendoza | 144 |
| 99 | Matthew Cardoza | 144 |
| 100 | Richard Gress | 144 |
| 101 | Timothy Acker | 144 |
| 102 | Xiling Che | 144 |
| 103 | Austin Moseley | 143 |
| 104 | Craig Trevenna | 143 |
| 105 | Eric Kronenthal | 143 |
| 106 | Pierre Lewandowski | 143 |
| 107 | Jerry Woudstra | 134 |
| 108 | Amin Hosein | 129 |
| 109 | Bingjie Wang | 129 |
| 110 | Katsumoto Sakaguchi | 129 |
| 111 | Platt Robertson | 129 |
| 112 | Benito Lozoya | 128 |
| 113 | Jacob Gordon | 128 |
| 114 | Michael Russell | 128 |
| 115 | Baoqiang Ho | 125 |
| 116 | Christian Young | 125 |
| 117 | Robert Nicholson | 125 |
| 118 | Suresh Tirumalai | 123 |
| 119 | Gregory Rahn | 111 |
| 120 | Robert Keating | 108 |
| 121 | Naor Cohen | 97 |
| 122 | Allan Secord | 75 |
| 123 | Brandon Winkler | 75 |
| 124 | Christopher Intal | 75 |
| 125 | Cristian Gutierrez | 75 |
| 126 | Geoffrey Wei | 75 |
| 127 | Guy Cannon | 75 |
| 128 | Jael Lewis | 75 |
| 129 | Jeremy Standiford | 75 |
| 130 | Joshua Fait | 75 |
| 131 | Justin Frank | 75 |
| 132 | Kelli Mcguire | 75 |
| 133 | Kelly Vandemheen | 75 |
| 134 | Kenneth Mapoy | 75 |
| 135 | Leonardo Castro | 75 |
| 136 | Mariya Ilieva | 75 |
| 137 | Rami Hammoud | 75 |
| 138 | Robert Slezak | 75 |
| 139 | Romeo Samblero | 75 |
| 140 | Roscoe Hayden | 75 |
| 141 | Alexandre Servies | 72 |
| 142 | Bradley Fry | 72 |
| 143 | Daniel Woo | 72 |
| 144 | Dunji Weng | 72 |
| 145 | Frank Smario | 72 |
| 146 | Gonzalo Gonzalez | 72 |
| 147 | James Fisher | 72 |
| 148 | Joel Cleary | 72 |
| 149 | John Lewis | 72 |
| 150 | Jonathan Goetze | 72 |
| 151 | Karine Nogueiradasilva | 72 |
| 152 | Paul Kroh | 72 |
| 153 | Ryan Lashmar | 72 |
| 154 | Tyler Johnson | 72 |
| 155 | Deaitra Virdenburks | 71 |
| 156 | Jiachi Li | 71 |
| 157 | Mark Ebner | 71 |
| 158 | Raymund Uy | 71 |
| 159 | Tigran Gasparyan | 71 |
| 160 | Trenton Shaw | 71 |
| 161 | Vera Greenstein | 71 |
| 162 | Viacheslav Fentisov | 71 |
| 163 | Jason Kolpin | 67 |
| 164 | Lucas Tae | 67 |
| 165 | Mengqi Chen | 67 |
| 166 | Bin Yuan | 64 |
| 167 | Charlas Pollock | 64 |
| 168 | Choong Baek | 64 |
| 169 | Jarrett Bengert | 64 |
| 170 | Luis Cisneros | 64 |
| 171 | Matthew Sullivan | 64 |
| 172 | Ronald Hasbrouck | 64 |
| 173 | Ryan Stackman | 64 |
| 174 | Van Ngoc Nguyen | 64 |
| 175 | Zhun Wang | 64 |
| 176 | Debbie Mendoza | 62 |
| 177 | Jared Talarico | 62 |
| 178 | Jason Looney | 62 |
| 179 | Max Serpaabril | 62 |
| 180 | Plamen Petrov | 62 |
| 181 | Ricardo Cermeno-Sandoval | 62 |
| 182 | Aaron Karlsson | 36 |
| 183 | Alex Miao | 36 |
| 184 | Andrew Insignares | 36 |
| 185 | Bradley Bone | 36 |
| 186 | Charles Mast | 36 |
| 187 | Christopher Weiser | 36 |
| 188 | Clayton Russell | 36 |
| 189 | Danny Lu | 36 |
| 190 | Dennis Pratt | 36 |
| 191 | Divan Van Wyk | 36 |
| 192 | Gary Capoccia | 36 |
| 193 | Heather Morrill | 36 |
| 194 | John Ypma | 36 |
| 195 | Jose Mendez | 36 |
| 196 | Kelly Giannetti | 36 |
| 197 | Kirion Kim | 36 |
| 198 | Lejohn Pai | 36 |
| 199 | Manoj Batavia | 36 |
| 200 | Mark Murphy | 36 |
| 201 | Matthew Davenport | 36 |
| 202 | Michael Rosenfeld | 36 |
| 203 | Michael Steigman | 36 |
| 204 | Mykhailo Lendel | 36 |
| 205 | Richard Rohr | 36 |
| 206 | Rostyslav Huriak | 36 |
| 207 | Samuel Butters | 36 |
| 208 | Taha Benhmama | 36 |
| 209 | Yuan Yu | 36 |
| 210 | Yukun Zhang | 36 |
| 211 | Abass Ngam | 35 |
| 212 | Cameron Smith | 35 |
| 213 | Damion Richardson | 35 |
| 214 | Daniel Silva | 35 |
| 215 | David Trujillo | 35 |
| 216 | David Wilkens | 35 |
| 217 | Erick Banzon | 35 |
| 218 | Eugenio Garbuglia | 35 |
| 219 | Fabian Urias | 35 |
| 220 | Franz Holzner | 35 |
| 221 | Howard Mash | 35 |
| 222 | James Sutherland | 35 |
| 223 | Jeffrey Parcher | 35 |
| 224 | Jordan Vidal | 35 |
| 225 | Joshua Jacobs | 35 |
| 226 | Karl Pirkopf | 35 |
| 227 | Kim Lam | 35 |
| 228 | Kimlong Lav | 35 |
| 229 | Konstantinos Tzinis | 35 |
| 230 | Lawrence Senibaldi | 35 |
| 231 | Marc Doring | 35 |
| 232 | Marshall Pittman | 35 |
| 233 | Michael Hatlevig | 35 |
| 234 | Naoki Kuwahara | 35 |
| 235 | Nicholas Aune | 35 |
| 236 | Nikolas Metaxas | 35 |
| 237 | Or Butz | 35 |
| 238 | Samir Tageldin | 35 |
| 239 | Sonja Hodge | 35 |
| 240 | Stephen Calhoun | 35 |
| 241 | Thomas Bellizzi | 35 |
| 242 | William Moore | 35 |
| 243 | Honghao Shi | 33 |
| 244 | Michael Cole | 33 |
| 245 | Pierre-Alexandr Lessard | 33 |
| 246 | Theodore Cohan | 33 |
| 247 | Andrew Brinkley | 32 |
| 248 | Claude Gaudet | 32 |
| 249 | Jaroslaw Osinski | 32 |
| 250 | Jodi Hurley | 32 |
| 251 | Kevin Golden | 32 |
| 252 | Michael Misikoff | 32 |
| 253 | Richard Martin | 32 |
| 254 | Tony Miller | 32 |
| 255 | Yotam Shmuelov | 32 |
| 256 | Albert Tapia | 31 |
| 257 | Alexander Bulmer | 31 |
| 258 | Daniel Hernandez | 31 |
| 259 | John Six | 31 |
| 260 | Karen Crawford | 31 |
| 261 | Martin Newlin | 31 |
| 262 | Michael Evans | 31 |
| 263 | Monty Klistoff | 31 |
| 264 | Remi Tessier | 31 |
| 265 | Robert Flude | 31 |
| 266 | Walter Ring | 31 |
| 267 | Barry Russell | 7 |
| 268 | Elizabeth Comeau | 7 |
| 269 | Irwin Reiter | 7 |
| 270 | James Mchenry | 7 |
| 271 | Michael Miller | 7 |
| 272 | Svetoslav Dobranchev | 7 |
Get ready for some extra excitement leading up to the PokerNews DeepStack Championship with the PokerNews Daily Deepstack Challenge! Running from May 27 to June 30, 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.
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 27 - June 2 | 1 | 10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship |
| June 3-9 | 2 | 10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship |
| June 10-16 | 3 | 10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship |
| June 17-23 | 4 | 10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship |
| June 24-30 | 5 | 10 Seats to PokerNews Deepstack Championship |
