Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
Day 1 Completed
Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
Day 1 Completed
Day 1 of the Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship is in the books with a total field of 5,667 entries, smashing last year’s numbers of 5,110, racking up a total prize pool of $2,856,168.
Sitting atop the 635 players that will be returning to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas for Day 2 is Prasad Vemulapalli with 1,542,000 chips. Caleb Levesque follows him closely with 1,156,000 chips in the bag, and rounding up the podium positions is Thanh Duong with 1,057,000 chips.
Of those who participated, 851 were in the money, receiving a minimum cash prize of $1,200. Two players' simultaneous elimination burst the bubble, three hands after hand for hand was announced. Carson Nennstiel and Sean Troha holding big slick and pocket jacks respectively, shared the first payout, with each receiving $600.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 1 | Prasad Vemulapalli | United States | 1,542,000 | 154 |
| 2 | Caleb Levesque | United States | 1,156,000 | 116 |
| 3 | Thanh Ha Duong | Viet Nam | 1,057,000 | 106 |
| 4 | Kajetan Renke | Poland | 961,000 | 96 |
| 5 | Gregory Teboul | France | 958,000 | 96 |
| 6 | Alex Todd | United Kingdom | 935,000 | 94 |
| 7 | Mohit Vasudeva | United States | 907,000 | 91 |
| 8 | Zhan Xi Guo | Taiwan | 892,000 | 89 |
| 9 | Jason Li | Canada | 865,000 | 87 |
| 10 | Dorian Rios | Venezuela | 845,000 | 85 |
Some bracelet winners that are moving to the next phase are Qiang Xu (761,000), Murilo Figueredo (524,000), Konstantin Puchkov (394,000), Khang Pham (339,000), Christopher Bolek (285,000), 2004 WSOP Main Event winner Greg Raymer (195,000) and Kathy Liebert (182,000).
Since the start of the WSOP, PokerNews has been running $200, $250, and $400 Daily Deepstacks tournaments to give low-stakes grinders a chance to win a WSOP bracelet. Qualifers who are still in the running are: Tanner Martinelli (439,000), Waheed Feda (323,000), Dannette Mason (260,000), Lucas Jumalon (200,000), and Una Kelly (66,000).
The returning players are all guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,200.
| Rank | Prize | Rank | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $302,165 | 54-62 | $5,583 |
| 2 | $201,233 | 63-71 | $4,709 |
| 3 | $149,601 | 72-80 | $4,007 |
| 4 | $112,101 | 81-89 | $3,441 |
| 5 | $84,676 | 90-98 | $2,982 |
| 6 | $64,477 | 99-143 | $2,608 |
| 7 | $49,497 | 144-188 | $2,302 |
| 8 | $38,310 | 189-242 | $2,052 |
| 9 | $29,897 | 243-296 | $1,846 |
| 10-11 | $23,526 | 297-350 | $1,677 |
| 12-13 | $18,669 | 351-404 | $1,538 |
| 14-17 | $14,941 | 405-458 | $1,425 |
| 18-26 | $12,060 | 459-512 | $1,333 |
| 27-35 | $9,818 | 513-566 | $1,259 |
| 36-44 | $8,063 | 567-635 | $1,200 |
| 45-53 | $6,680 |
Play will resume tomorrow, July 2, at 11 a.m. in Horseshoe Blue. Players will be playing through ten 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 23 at approximately 5:30 p.m.
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Here are the end-of-day chip counts, according to the WSOP+ App
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1,542,000
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1,156,000
1,156,000
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1,156,000 |
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1,057,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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961,000
961,000
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961,000 |
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958,000
958,000
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958,000 |
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935,000
935,000
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935,000 |
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907,000
907,000
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907,000 |
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892,000
892,000
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892,000 |
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865,000
865,000
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865,000 |
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845,000
845,000
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845,000 |
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830,000
830,000
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830,000 |
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820,000
746,500
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746,500 |
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794,000
794,000
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794,000 |
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761,000
761,000
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761,000 |
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754,000
754,000
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754,000 |
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739,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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725,000
725,000
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725,000 |
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723,000
723,000
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723,000 |
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719,000
719,000
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719,000 |
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695,000
695,000
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695,000 |
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688,000
688,000
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688,000 |
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684,000
684,000
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684,000 |
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659,000
659,000
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659,000 |
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655,000
578,000
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578,000 |
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652,000
242,000
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242,000 |
The remaining 635 players have bagged and will return tomorrow at 11 a.m. local time to play Day 2.
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Thanh Duong and Francisco Martin-Romo went back-and-forth and back-and-forth. At some point all the chips were going in.
Martin-Romo started with a raise from the small blind to 16,000, Duong raised to 32,000 in middle position, Martin-Romo made it 75,000, Duong came back with 200,000, enough to put Martin-Romo (140,000 remaining) all in.
Francisco Martin-Romo: Q♦Q♣
Thanh Duong: A♣J♥
It didn't take long for Duong to grab the lead, as the window card was an ace. The full runout 2♥K♠A♥3♦6♠ gave Martin-Romo a massive stack, and sent Martin-Romo home as play for the day came to a close.
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