Day 1C Ends with Lou Procopio Leading Another 23 Survivors
Aug 31, 2019
Day 1C of WPTDeepStacks New York attracted 117 entries, and after 15 levels of play, only 23 survived to join the field on Day 2. The big stack belongs to Lou Procopio (pictured), who bagged up 352,000 (88 big blinds), which puts him fourth overall behind Day 1A chipleader Jason Holcomb, who bagged 515,000.
The total field size is 327 entries across all three flights, and there are 54 players returning tomorrow for Day 2 with an average chip stack of 182,000 (46 big blinds). The final 41 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,635 each, and first place is worth $70,865.
The full seat draw will be posted later tonight, but in the meantime, here are the official chip counts for the 23 players who survived Day 1C:
1. Lou Procopio – 352,000 (88 bb)
2. Shaun Deeb – 295,000 (74 bb)
3. Solomon Yi – 260,000 (65 bb)
4. K. Papanikos – 247,000 (62 bb)
5. Joe Heinzmann – 215,000 (54 bb)
6. Rob McGillin – 208,000 (52 bb)
7. Joseph Weppler – 205,000 (51 bb)
8. Dennis Zollo – 195,000 (49 bb)
T-9. Brian Ballentine – 178,000 (45 bb)
T-9. David Somers – 178,000 (45 bb)
11. Gilberto Taveras Garcia – 158,000 (40 bb)
12. Jordan Griff – 157,000 (39 bb)
13. Mark Ritz – 151,000 (38 bb)
14. Hiro Harada – 129,000 (32 bb)
15. Ron Miller – 116,000 (29 bb)
16. Todd Birmingham – 89,000 (22 bb)
17. Chris Mayo – 81,000 (20 bb)
18. Russell Rothstein – 76,000 (19 bb)
19. Anthony Garofalo – 72,000 (18 bb)
20. Mike LaTour – 59,000 (15 bb)
21. Taylor Lipson – 50,000 (13 bb)
22. Jim VanDemark – 41,000 (10 bb)
23. Lowell Kim – 28,000 (7 bb)
Here is the full list of payouts:
1st: $70,865*
2nd: $47,580
3rd: $30,595
4th: $19,510
5th: $15,050
6th: $12,460
7th: $10,465
8th: $8,595
9th: $6,790
10th-12th: $5,720
13th-15th: $4,870
16th-18th: $4,055
19th-21st: $3,330
22nd-24th: $2,720
25th-27th: $2,355
28th-36th: $1,995
37th-41st: $1,635
Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 11:00 am, and the field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final nine players for Monday’s WPTDeepStacks New York final table.
* First-prize amount includes a prize package with the winner’s seat into the Season XVIII WPTDeepStacks Championship, which will be held in April at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento, California.
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