The starting flights for the $150,000 Guaranteed Almighty Stack are officially complete at Daytona Beach Poker.
The Flight 1G Turbo attracted 56 entries, with 7 players advancing to Day 2. Senthil Elumalai topped the final flight after bagging 1,595,000 chips. Elumalai has more than $13,000 in recorded live tournament earnings and has quietly built an impressive résumé in Great American Poker Tournaments, earning multiple victories and final table appearances in Orange City and Daytona Beach events. His Flight 1G performance now gives him an excellent opportunity to make his deepest Almighty Stack run yet.
When registration officially closed, the Almighty Stack finished with:
575 total entries
$192,625 final prize pool
69 Day 2 bags, with four players successfully earning multiple bags under the Best Stack Forward format
Despite six additional starting flights attempting to chase him down, David “Moose” Hughes held onto the overall chip lead with 2,065,000 chips, setting the pace heading into Day 2.
Play resumes Sunday, July 27, as the remaining players return to battle for the Almighty Stack title and their share of the $192,625 prize pool.
