$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 100/200

Level 3 is just beginning, and the field has grown to 154 entries. And counting. The total field size is now more than 900 over the combined starting flights, with the prizepool easily surpassing the guaranteed $250,000.

Registration and re-entry remain open for the first nine levels.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

The last wave of players has entered the tournament area, and Day 1F is underway. This is the final starting flight for Event 1.

Players begin with 16,000 chips, and re-entry is available for those who run out of them before the end of the evening. The window for registration is open until the start of Level 10, right around midnight local time.

The player who ends the day with the biggest stack will also earn a $2,500 seat to the $1 million guaranteed Championship Event, starting on October 1.

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
End of Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante

The clock has run out on Day 1D, and 22 of the original 141 entries have bagged up for the night. Here’s how they stack up:

Zoltan Czinkota – 221,500 (44 bb)
Eli Bohadahah – 180,000 (36 bb)
Luis Mantilla – 176,500 (35 bb)
Angelo Miele – 174,500 (35 bb)
Kyle Fleischmann – 154,500 (31 bb)
Paul Steiner – 137,000 (27 bb)
Nelson Dantonio – 122,000 (24 bb)
George Khouri – 111,500 (22 bb)
Joseph Irgon – 103,500 (21 bb)
Kevin Larkin – 94,000 (19 bb)
Chris Brown – 90,500 (18 bb)
Vien Hong – 81,000 (16 bb)
Steven Olek – 74,500 (15 bb)
Camron Carra – 69,000 (14 bb)
Ira Schwartz – 69,000 (14 bb)
Donald Francois – 67,500 (14 bb)
Miguel Martinez – 63,500 (13 bb)
Robert Melo – 63,000 (13 bb)
Richard Arno – 60,000 (12 bb)
Tracy White – 58,500 (12 bb)
Chris Boester – 35,000 (7 bb)
Robert Jonsson – 34,000 (7 bb)

Czinkota is the overall chip leader, claiming the bonus prize for Day 1D. His efforts today earn him a free seat to the $2,500 buy-in Championship event, held on October 1 and boasting a $1 million guarantee.

The Day 1D survivors can have Saturday off if they want it. If they don’t, they’re permitted to re-enter this event, with the best-stack-forward format allowing them to take their biggest stack into Day 2.

Day 1E begins at 11:00 AM, and Day 1F starts at 7:00 PM. Registration and re-entry remain open for nine levels during each flight, so players have until midnight local time to join the field.

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,500/3,000/300 Ante

The 26 remaining players return from their final break of the day. Here are the top five stacks with two levels left in Day 1D:

Kyle Fleischmann – 213,000 (71 bb)
Christopher Boegler – 162,000 (54 bb)
George Khouri – 138,800 (46 bb)
Luis Mantilla – 136,700 (46 bb)
Paul Steiner – 131,400 (44 bb)

The player who finishes the day with the highest chip count wins a free entry into the $2,500 Championship Event, to be held on October 1.

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 1,000/2,000/200 Ante

Halfway through Level 11, another table is broken, and the field is reduced to 36 players. There are four tables left in play, and just over three levels remaining in Day 1D.

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 800/1,600/200 Ante

The new level begins, and registration is now closed for Day 1D. This flight drew 141 entries, creating a running total of 551. Saturday’s pair of flights represent the last two chances to enter this $250,000 Guaranteed opening event.

Day 1A: 135 entries
Day 1B: 151 entries
Day 1C: 124 entries
Day 1D: 141 entries
Day 1E: Saturday @ 11:00 AM
Day 1F: Saturday @ 7:00 PM

$350 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 600/1,200/200 Ante

The second break has come and gone, and the players are back for Level 9. The clock shows 140 entries so far.

The window will close at midnight local time, so this is the last level left for registration and re-entry today. There are, however, two additional Day 1 flights scheduled for Saturday.

1st place: Joseph Patalano ($2,330 + seat)
2nd place: Marcus Stein ($2,950)
3rd place: Robert Melo ($1,200)
4th place: Adil Khan ($880)
5th place: Luis Santoni ($640)

$240 Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 3,000/6,000

As the owner of a commanding chip lead, Joseph Patalano began peddling chop deals when the table was three-handed. Marcus Stein admitted that the offers were more than fair, but he declined, suggesting that he might be more receptive during heads-up play.

When Robert Melo was eliminated in third place, Patalano tried again. He offered to give up $950 to his opponent, taking the $2,500 seat plus $2,330 in cash. Stein initially declined again, but the two men were still stalemated after several orbits of head-up play.

Finally, the dealer pitches each player their final four cards of the night, with Patalano still trying to sell his deal. “Twenty-nine fifty?” Stein confirms, almost sold on the deal.

Patalano nods.

“Chop it up,” Stein says, sending his cards back to the dealer.

Stein earns $2,950 for his work today, officially finishing in second place.

Joseph Patalano is the champion of Event 2, earning $2,330 in cash, plus the seat in the Championship Event to be held on October 1.