Winter Open

Event 7: Akiki Leads After Two Flights

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$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Event 7 Flight A chip leader, Maroun Akiki
Event 7 Flight A chip leader, Maroun Akiki

After two flights of Event 7, Maroun Akiki has set himself up with a big lead on the rest of the field. He spent the latter portions of Flight A over 400,000 and put 397,000 in the bag at the end of the day.

The two opening flights drew 186 entrants with 35 making it through to Day 2 at noon on Sunday.

Complete chip counts from Flights A and B:

RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
1MarounAkikiKISSIMMEEFL397,000
2CHARLESCARRAGHERPENSACOLAFL266,000
3JaredBrintzTampaFL259,000
4RYANCARTERSARASOTAFL245,500
5RAPHAELDOROMALORLANDOFL221,000
6ROBERTMASCARELLIPATCHOGUENY207,000
7JIMMYDOWDAGROVELANDFL206,000
8DANIELLIVALRICOFL185,500
9NORBERTKARALAKITELEK167,000
10VITORCOELHOWESLEY CHAPELFL155,000
11ANTHONYMARCHTAMPAFL151,000
12JEFFREYRUSSELLCOLUMBUSOH150,000
13HRISTOSTSIRONISORLANDOFL148,500
14HERBERTWOODBERYWINTER GARDENFL137,500
15RYANDUNNTALLAHASSEEFL136,500
16JASONOLOUGHLINORLANDOFL132,000
17TODDRODGERSLAS VEGASNV130,000
18AUSTINBUCHANANWINTER PARKFL116,000
19GEORGEGORDONBRANDONFL113,500
20MARKWISERBOCA RATONFL102,500
21JOHNO'NEALJACKSONVILLEFL102,000
22LEONKREISLERTARPON SPRINGSFL90,000
23BRADJARRETTORLANDOFL80,500
24VICTORIAJUBBCLEARWATERFL80,000
25HUICUNQIAOORLANDOFL75,500
26JORDANROBINSONLUTZFL74,000
27STEVENBELLASORLANDOFL69,500
28AMELIOAMATOSARASOTAFL69,000
29RICARDORODRIGUEZTAMPAFL68,000
30SHAWNSORGIORLANDOFL67,000
31ARIELVELAZQUEZHOLLY SPRINGSMS65,000
32PHILLIPWEASTTAMPAFL61,500
33JAMESCARMADELLAPALM HARBORFL45,500
34THOMASMACEYMIAMI BEACHFL45,000
35MITCHELLGOTTLIEBLUTZFLNA