$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 400/800/75 ante
17 Players Remaining, 46k avg (58 bb)

The $1K field is closing in on the money bubble with James Kerr leads the way at 126k (158 bb).

Table 1

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Don Matthews 31,475
2 Michael Nguyen 11,050
3 Ray Prieto 72,550
4 Flipp Khavin 23,800
5 Jeff “Flicka” Coutroulis 92,125
6 Nicholas Trabulsy 13,425
7 James Kerr 126,350
8 Steve Korfonta 46,275
9 N/A 5,875

Table 2

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Gregory McNealy 34,950
2 Andre Smith 21,050
3 Joel Schmidt 20,700
4
5 Brian Haas 43,650
6 Jeffrey Trudeau, Jr. 95,675
7 Ryan Dunn 54,075
8 Haroon Samnani 66,325
9 Robert Winsler 31,575

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Place-Name-Payout

13th William Richardson (Stokesdale, NC) $518
14th Fausto Torres (Tampa, FL) $518
15th Michael “Alex” Absten (Largo, FL) $518

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Place-Name-Payout

16th Charles “Bo” Chase (Lakeland, FL) $444
17th Duane Podgorski (Lakeland, FL) $444
18th Chris Kazolias (Wesley Chapel, FL) $444

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

Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante
42 Players Remaining, 567k avg (35 bb)

Players are back from break and just a few tables from collecting a serious payday.

Chip Leaders

Greg Marcus 2.3 million (144 bb)
Craig Federer 1.4 million
Christopher Carlson 1.25 million
Michael Pool 936k
Xing Zhijioun 926k
Rainier Ebonia 902k

Remaining Prize Pool
Place-Payout
1: $105,360
2: $63,324
3: $38,320
4: $32,093
5: $26,345
6: $21,316
7: $17,005
8: $12,933
9: $8,862
10-12: $5,748
13-15: $4,072
16-18: $2,635
19-27: $2,156
28-36: $1,868
37-45: $1,677

$250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
18 Players Remaining, 196k avg (24 bb)

Amelio Amato’s opponent is all in for 40k with KJ vs QQ.  A King hits the flop, but Amato rivers a set Queens to knockout the money bubble.

The remaining 18 players earn a min cash of $444 as they play for the  $8,884 top prize.

Table 1

Seat-Name

1 Darryal Watts (Charlotte, NC)
2 Michael “Alex” Absten (Largo, FL)
3 Charles “Bo” Chase (Lakeland, FL)
4 Amelio Amato (Sarasota, FL)
5 Duane Podgorski (Lakeland, FL)
6 Osama Ismail (Wilmington, NC)
7 William Richardson (Stokesdale, NC)
8 Dave Edwards (Tampa, FL)
9 Stan Blacker (Patterson, NJ)

Table 2

Seat-Name

1 Chris Kazolias (Wesley Chapel, FL)
2 Fausto Torres (Tampa, FL)
3 Danny Lobato (Tampa, FL)
4 Luqman Alghanim (Tampa, FL)
5 Robert Muller (Winter Garden, FL)
6 Maynard Hirshon (St. Pete Beach)
7 Joe Abdo (Tampa, FL)
8 Brandon Adams (Macon, GA)
9 Randall Ball (Lutes, FL)

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Event 7: $560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante
57 Players Remaining, 418k avg (35 bb)
In the Money, Current Payout $1,341

Event 8: $250 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
19 Players Remaining, 186k avg (31 bb)
On the Bubble – 18 Places Paid (1st – $8,884)

Event 9: $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 250/500/50 ante
20 Players Remaining, 39k avg (78 bb)
9 Places Paid (1st – $26,250)

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
72 Players Remaining, 331k avg (33 bb)

Earning $1,102

72 Maria Harrell
73 Kevin Kearns
74 Michael Wakefield
75 Richard Milroy
76 John Ingold
77 Ryan Sponaugle
78 Guy Rodas
79 Christy Pham
80 Sang Suh
81 Goancarlo DiSalvo

Earning $1,006

82 Michael Collins
83 Justin Bilyk
84 Kenneth O’Donnell
85 Derek Bowers
86 Filipp Khavin
87 Thomas Osmun
88 Raymond Decueto, Jr.
89 Avi Hakmon
90 Madhusudhan Jakkidi

Earning  $958

91 Jarek Poniatowski
92 Mark Hazlett
93 John Restrepo
94 Mattew Queior
95 Francisco Javie Boneu Mun
96 Derrick Cutler
97 David Roy
98 Evan Panesis
99 Michael Falanga
100 Jonathan Wolff

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

Play Resumes: 1 pm Sunday
Next Blinds: 1k/2k/300 ante
258 Players Remaining, 92k avg (46 bb)

Rainier Ebonia (Kissimmee, FL) bags the Flight F big stack by less then one grey 5k chip.

“Lucky I guess,” says the soft spoken Ebonia who finishes with 259,300, just ahead of Shon Greene’s (Macon, GA) 255,100. As the chip leader, Ebonia earns the $3,500 Championship seat bonus.

59 players finish the final Day 1 flight and advance to Sunday’s Day 2 as 258 players will compete for their piece of the $500,000 prize pool.

Rich Milroy (St. Petersburg, FL) is the overall chip leader with nearly 400k (200 bb).

A full list of chip counts and table draw will be posted before the 1 pm restart.

Overall Chip Leaders (Flight F noted)

Rich Milroy 398,800
John Dollinger 337,500
Rainier Ebonia 259,300 (F)
Shon Greene 255,100 (F)
Mike Bennett 257,500
Russell Waggoner 250,400
Richard Hope 246,400
Robbie Godbey 241,000
Angel Vu 227,400
Mike Collins 203,200
Vincent Fiorenza 201,300
Jimmy Dowda 196,900
Cheri Beatty 195,200 (F)
Bryce McVay 193,800
Dominic Lopez 188,400
Andrew MacDonald 181,800
Joseph Gibbons 180,500
Joe Torch 179,500 (F)
Zhijian Xing 176,400
Peter Walsworth 173,200
Manny Minaya 172,900

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

Level 4: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
61 Players Remaining, 82k avg (51 bb)

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

Level 4: Blinds 800/1,600
63 Players Remaining, 82k avg (51 bb)

After six flights over three days, Day 1 is 40 minutes from completion.

The survivors of these seven tables will join 199 players who have already advanced to Sunday’s Day 2.

Bag and tag is set for just before 4 am.