David Stefanski Dominates Day 1
Day 1 of the 2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship is in the books. After 10 one-hour levels, roughly 120 players remain from the 242 entrants that registered throughout the day. On top of the counts is David Stefanski, who bagged 348,100 chips. That looks to be a good 150,000 chips clear of his nearest competitor. Stefanski quietly amassed a big stack before winning a gigantic pot against fellow big stack Nesrine Kourdourli during Level 10.
DeepStacks Pro was well represented in the field today as Mike Matusow (140,200), Chip Jett (56,600), Darrel Dier (39,900), and Tristan Wade (25,800) all made it through on their first buy-in. Arguably the biggest DeepStacks name, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, went 0-for-3 today but with the option to re-enter until the beginning of Day 2, we expect Mizrachi back on the felt tomorrow.
Other notables who will be back in action on Sunday include Vanessa Selbst (162,600), Jared Jaffee (157,000), David Paredes (133,700), Matt Affleck (133,300), Aaron Massey (100,300), Ashton Griffin (92,300), Matt Glantz (83,300), Kurt Jewell (78,700), and Scott Baumstein (67,300).
Among those who busted on Day 1 and opted not to re-enter were Amnon Filippi, Daryl Jace, Victor Ramdin, Brian Lamanna, and Dave Inselberg.
Day 2 will begin at noon local time tomorrow, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all of the exciting action. Until then, good night from Connecticut!