Markus Alim Lands the Biggest Stack of Day 1c

The third flight of Event #3: $600 Deepstack Kick-Off saw 496 entry slips sold and when the last chance saloon had closed for business, it was Markus Alim leading the 85 surviving players with his 484,000 stack.

Alim was among the larger stacks for the latter stages of the day, continually adding chips as quickly as he could acquire them. He was in a close battle towards the end of the night for the lead but found a hand against Kevin Beri that catapulted him into the chip lead, one in which he retained.

Many well-known players found a bag at the end of the day, including Matthew Zola (366,000), Gilberto Taveras-Garcia (304,000), Frank Funaro (204,000), Jason Rivkin (188,000), Charles Kassin (166,000), Gregory Fishberg (121,000), and Peter Zarriello (50,000).

The 496 entries today brought the total to 949 across the first three starting flights, with Day 1d still left to play. The last starting flight will ned 526 to surpass last years total fo 1,474 and it is looking like a strong possibility.

The remaining players from this flight will combine with the other three starting flight survivors and will return on Friday, November 8 at noon to battle it out on Day 2. Chip counts and seating assignments will be posted before the starting of Day 2.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing all of the live coverage for the remainder of this event, so stay tuned as the action unfolds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Alim	484,000 484,000	484,000

Matthew Zola	366,000 366,000	366,000
Gilberto Taveras-Garcia	304,000 304,000	304,000
Dip Patel	288,000 288,000	288,000
Savero Caveri	229,000 229,000	229,000
Joseph Gossweiler	215,000 215,000	215,000
Frank Funaro	204,000 -39,000	-39,000

Joseph Lovetro	203,000 203,000	203,000
Jason Rivkin	188,000 188,000	188,000
Jon Borenstein	179,000
Patrick Ibrahim	174,000
Charles Kassin	166,000 166,000	166,000
Howard Charyn	158,000 -17,000	-17,000
Michael Linster	150,000 150,000	150,000

Olamide Otti	146,000 146,000	146,000
Jonathan Seltzer	137,000 137,000	137,000
Gregory Fishberg	121,000 -49,000	-49,000
Gary Gelman	94,000 94,000	94,000
Aubrey Williams	87,000 -35,000	-35,000
Leonard Sande	86,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Pedulla	80,000 80,000	80,000
Peter Zarriello	50,000 -40,000	-40,000