Event 107: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee 

Level 6
Blinds: 200/400 w/ 50 ante
Day 1C Entries: 313
Total Entrants: 654

The field continues to grow in Event 107 and on the second break of Day 1C, there are over 650 entrants. Registration is open for two more hours (6:50 pm) and the field is likely to hit 700 before then. All players will start with 20,000 chips regardless of when they enter and any player who enters on the other side of the break has 40 big blinds to work with. Once the final prize pool is calculated, it will be posted on the Venetian Poker Room blog as the field winds toward the end of Level 14 finish line.

Event 107: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee 

Level 6
Blinds: 200/400 w/ 50 ante
Day 1C Entries: 294
Total Entrants: 635

There have been some amazing player accomplishments achieved during DSE III. From overall cashes to a streak of final tables, two players find themselves in the Day 1C field with a chance to add one more strong result.

Will Givens turned in a great week in late-May when he reached consecutive final tables in multi-day SuperStack events. Those two scores earned Givens a piece of DSE III as he is one of the only players in DSE history to do that. Givens nearly reached the final table of the Event #99: $1,100 $1,500,000 guaranteed, but bowed out in 14th place, earning $20,000 for his efforts. As this is the last SuperStack event on the DSE III schedule, Givens needs to hit big in order to score the trifecta. 

Mark Manesh has made six trips to the payout desk this series and a seventh would tie him with fellow Floridian Matt Yorra for the most during the DSE III series. Manesh has done most of his damage in the $1,100 Turbo events with three cashes there but also has two scores in the $1,100 Bounty tournaments. A $600 SuperStack cash would be a first for Manesh this series and mark his fourth payout in a multi-day event. 

Event 107: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee 

Level 5
Blinds: 150/300 w/ 50 ante
Day 1C Entries: 262
Total Entrants: 603

The beauty of Las Vegas in the summer is the abundance of tournaments taking place at any given time. The oasis of poker is starting to dry up with only a few events left on the schedule and two players who have been busy as of late are in today’s Day 1C taking one more crack at it.

Iverson Snuffer made waves last week when his “Heisenberg” table persona made an appearance on ESPN during coverage of the WSOP Main Event. Snuffer finished 96th in the Main, coming off the heels of his 40th place finish in the DSE III $3,500 $3,000,000 guaranteed event. Snuffer’s total Las Vegas earnings this summer are approaching $100,000 and with some “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” he might make his first final table of the series. 

Ryan Phan’s summer hit a peak yesterday when he cashed out in 11th place in the CPPT $5,000 $2,000,000 guaranteed event at The Venetian. That run earned Phan nearly $50,000 and marks his largest cash out of the whopping 13 he’s made in the last few weeks. Phan is ready to head home to Omaha, NE but a DSE III trophy weighing down his bag would be plenty alright with him. 

Event 107: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee 

Level 4
Blinds: 100/200 w/ 25 ante
Day 1C Entries: 247
Total Entrants: 588

It seems like a long time ago, but the start of DSE III kicked off in mid-May. Before the calendar turned to June, a few players notched some strong results that set them up for a summer full of success.

Michael Sinclair has nine total cashes this summer, with the largest of them coming in Event #12: $400 $150,000 guaranteed. That payout grossed Sinclair over $8,000 and he has been property-hopping since looking to hit another final table. Sinclair has a few wins at the Venetian but a win in Event #107 would be his first in a DSE tournament. 

Jason Thalas hit his high note by taking second in a four-way deal for Event #18 $600 $200,000 guaranteed. Thalas was the chip leader for most of that event and earned $31,000 for his two days of poker. There are very few events left on the DSE III schedule and if Thalas wants to move up one step higher on the podium, the time is now. 

Event 107: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee 

Level 2
Blinds: 75/150
Day 1C Entries: 183
Total Entrants: 524

The $600 SuperStack events have been smashing guarantees for the entirety of the DSE III series and this week’s $250,000 guaranteed tournament is proving to be no different. In just two levels on Day 1C, the prize pool has eclipsed that amount and is sure to grow over the next few hours. Registration and unlimited re-entry are open until 6:50 pm and the full listing of payouts will be posted when they are available.

In the meantime, the Venetian Poker Room blog will be keeping tabs on the field size for this event and a few of the players taking their shot in one of the last DSE III tournaments of the summer.

Event 103: Card Player Poker Tour $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em $2,000,000 Guarantee 

Event: Card Player Poker Tour $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Guarantee: $2,000,000
Entries: 688
Prize Pool: $3,199,200
Places Paid: 72
Min-Cash: $10,557
1st Place: $655,847
Players Remaining: 10
Chip Leader: Javier Gomez  – 3,645,000

Javier Gomez

Read a complete Day 4 recap at CardPlayer.com.

*Day 5 begins at 12 p.m. July 22

Day 5 Chip Counts & Table Draw

Event 107: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee 

Event: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack
Guarantee: $250,000
Day 1A + 1B Entries: 341
Current Prize Pool: $174,933
Players Remaining: 54
Chip Leader: Zhao Kang Pham – 328,000

*Day 1C begins at 12 p.m. July 22

Day 1A + 1B Chip Counts