LIVE Reporting: 2024 Fall Super Stack

The dinner break is approaching for 1b so entries will be closing in a bit less than an hour. There are 114 entries for 1b right now but that may still change a bit.

That puts almost $32.5k into the 1b prizes for a combined total of $57,855. With 114 entries that will mean at least 12 players bag at the end of the night.

The combined field is now over 200 entries with 202 in total now on the board. Today’s flight is now at 113 entries for 1b prizes of a bit more than $32k and $57.5k in total so far.

There are just over 10 minutes to play in Level 9 and Level 10 will be the final level of poker during which entries remain open. The entries will stay open through the dinner break that follows Level 10, with the desk shutting down when they sit down for Level 11 at about 8:15 pm.

The combined field is now 2 entries shy of 200 total and the combined prizes are now over $55k. The 1b field is pushing towards 110 entries with just under 2 hours left to enter.

Players are still on their second break of the day and will be back at the felt for Level 9 in about 10 minutes. After that there are two more levels of poker plus the dinner break before entries shut down for today’s flight at about 8:15 pm.

The 1b prizes are nearly $30k now with 102 entries on the board so far today. That puts the combined field just 9 short of 200 and combined prizes at nearly $55k. There are now just under 2.5 hours left to enter today’s game.

The 1b field is now closing in on 100 entries with Level 7 just underway. The 97 entries in the pool already have 1b prizes of more than $27.5k with more than $53k in total prizes now. Among the recent entries I spotted were Jolnar and Nohad Teliani, Zishan Kassam, Peter Amic, Essam Saadeddine, and Lap Duong.

With about 20 minutes to play in Level 6 the field is now up to 93 for 1b and 182 in total across both days. There are still a bit more than 3 hours left to enter today’s flight and another full flight tomorrow before the final field is set, so with the combined prizes already over $50k, $100k+ is definitely within sight by the end of tomorrow’s entries.

The combined prizes are now just one entry shy of $50k with 86 entries in the mix for 1b so far. There are just over 10 minutes to play in Level 5 with the total field now at 175 entries and a bit more than 3.5 hours to get into today’s flight.

They are just shy of $50k in total prizes now as Level 4 ticks down to the end and the first break is looming. There are 81 entries for 1b putting the combined total at 170. That also means today’s field is just 9 entries shy of the 1a final total before the first break, which bodes well for today’s final numbers.

There are still more than 10 minutes to play in Level 3 but the 1b field is already almost at 70 entries. They are now just 21 entries away from the 89 total fro 1a with just under 5 hours left to enter this game.

Among the players in the 1b field today are Skyler York, Haven Taylor, Bogdan Szafanowicz, Preston Stevenson, Corey Stark, Mike Lonigro, Sean Pevlin, Todd Oakley, Peggy Sue Malinowski, Don Fujita, Reg Hampton, Jon Jacquard, and Terry Langdon. That’s far from a complete list, but hits some of the more familiar faces in the crowd today. Worth adding that Oakley is here after bagging the PLO title around 4am this morning.

The field is up to 64 entries as Level 3 begins for 1b prizes of just over $18k. That puts the two-day totals at 153 entries for prizes of $43,605. There are still more than 5 hours left to get into 1b, and a full 1c to play tomorrow.

Level 2 has just begun with 51 entries on the board. That puts the 1b prizes over $15k already and puts the two-day total at almost $40k with 140 entries in total so far. At this point, 100+ entries for today looks like a lock, but the final 1b numbers are still almost 6 hours away.

Level 1 od Day 1b is now underway with 27 players in their seats to start the day. Among the players in action early are Jeff Charlebois, Tyler Thomas, Ben Locker, Kali Shuali, and Cardelle Arseneault (Szego).

The first flight for the Deepstack game is now in the books with 89 total entries and 10 players moving through to Day 2 on Sunday. At the top of the list is Mike Malm with 261,500 while Scott Calvank (who won the seniors ring in August here) is less than 20k behind for second. See my final Day 1a report for all the qualifying stacks.

Day 1b will be a redo of 1a, though likely with more entries. Given the size of 1a, I am expecting 1b to easily cap 100 before the entries close and will likely push through to 110 or more.

Players sit down with 20k in chips to start their day, and entries will be accepted for the first 10 levels of play. With 30-minute blinds on Day 1 (Day 2 moves to 40 minutes), that should put the final chance to enter or rebuy at about 8:15 PM on Day 1.

They’ll play a maximum of 16 levels on Day 1 with the bags coming out after Level 16 or when the field hits 10%+1, whichever comes first. If they play until the end of 16, the bags will be out around 11:30 PM.

This game will be my main focus throughout the opening weekend of the series. I’ll keep an eye on the side events and move to them at the end of the days for this event, but most of my attention will be focused here at the start of the series.