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Event 4: Down to 30

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed

Level 13:  Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante

Players are back from their third break and only 30 remain in action.  There were 171 entries (unofficially) in this flight.

They’ve got two levels — one more hour — to play before bagging up for the night.

Event 1: Two More Out the Door

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 25:  Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante

Alexander Beece was busted in 16th place, earning $1,420.

After a opening raise, Rob Manjura called, then Tam Nguyen 3-bet.  The opener folded and Rob called.  On the flop of AsKs3h Rob checked, Tam bet 220k, Rob shoved for ~800k more and Tam snap-called, showing pocket Aces.  Rob picked the wrong time to make a move as his QcJc was drawing slim.  He got no help and was felted in 15th place for $2,061.

Tam Nguyen chipped up to ~1.7 million.

Event 1: Two More Gone

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 24:  Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante

Before they even got their new seats warmed up, two more players reported to the rail.

Khanh Le busted out in 18th place and Mike Dolle was ousted in 17th place.  They will each collect $1,420 for their efforts.

16 players remain with an average stack of 961k.

Event 1: Redraw at 18

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 24:  Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante

Three more players have busted out, bringing the count down to 18.  They’re drawing for seats at the final two tables.

Jim Bozzuto took 21st place.  Steve Trizis ran his pocket Tens into Hristos Tsironis’ pocket Queens and busted in 20th place.  Jim Puritz then busted out in 19th place.

All three of these players will collect $1,214 for their efforts.

Event 1: 22nd Place – Tim Clermont

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 24:  Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante

Tim Clermont - 22nd place
Tim Clermont – 22nd place

Shortly after returning from dinner, Tim Clermont shoved holding 9h8h and ran into Yong Wolfer’s pocket Kings.  The Kings held and the start of Day 2 chip leader was sent packing in 2nd place.

Tim Clermont earned $1,214 for his 22nd place finish.

Meanwhile on table 1, Kirsten Olieberg doubled up with pocket 6s against Charles Bell’s A8 offsuit.

Event 1: Dinner Time Chip Counts

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Returning to Level 24:  Blinds 15k/30k/4k ante

Players are off enjoying a 45-minute dinner break.  Play will resume at about 7:20pm.

There are 22 players remaining with an average stack of 699k (23 big blinds).

Here are some rough chip counts as of the break:

Rob Manjura 1.7 million (57 big blinds)
Tri Tran 1.29 million
Rick Clayton 1.2 million
Hristos Tsironis 1.165 million
Yong Wolfer 1.04 million
Charles Bell 841k
Tam Nguyen 815k
Alexander Beece 765k
Roberto Durante 720k
Khanh Le 715k
Tom Nguyen 641k
Tom Osmun 630k
Tim Clermont 517k
Scott Queckboerner 486k
Marc Kropf 460k
Steve Trizis 456k
James Puritz 455k
Jeff Buffenbarger 395k
Mike Dolle 323k
Kirsten Olieberg 300k
Jacob Naumann  250k
Jim Bozzuto 240k (8 big blinds)

Event 4: Flight A Underway

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The next trophy event is underway here in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room.  For the low, low, buy-in of $150, you can take a shot at a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool!

This event has not six, but SEVEN starting flights, of which this is the first.  Players began with 12,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long.

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 6:30pm).  Cards are in the air!

Event 4 Structure

Schedule

Flight A:  Underway
Flight B Monday,  11AM
Flight C: Monday,  6PM
Flight D: Tuesday,  11AM
Flight E: Tuesday,   6PM
Flight F: Wednesday,  11AM
Flight G: Wednesday,  6PM
Day 2: Thursday,  12PM

Event 1: Flight F Bagged & Tagged

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 14:   Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante

When the clock ran out, there were 28 players remaining out of the 174 entrants in this flight.  They’ve bagged up their chips and headed for bed.  Average stack for this flight is 124k.

Day 2 begins at 12 noon Sunday with a total of 130 returning players.  Overall average stack is 118k.

Mark Becker
Mark Becker

No one cracked the 300k mark, but Mark Becker came closest with 295,500 chips in his bag to lead the flight.  Here are the chip counts for the survivors:

Mark Becker 295,500
Jim Bozzuto 287,000
Richard Clayton 245,000
Anthony Pellegrini 224,000
Khanh Le 218,000
Roberto Durante 208,000
Greg McNealy 200,000
Andrew McDonald 162,000
Marvin Karlins 134,500
Marc Kropf 115,500
Maury Barrett 112,000
John Pappas 109,000
Barbara Cardin 106,000
Alan Franco 105,500
Andrew Dykeman 102,500
Jeffrey Isman 97,000
Sean Hayward 96,000
Nicholas Nardello 95,000
Andrew Hidalgo 95,000
Javier Sarache 80,000
Vitor Coelho 73,000
Cody Hernandez 69,500
Anthony Argento 63,000
Jin Chen 57,500
James Kerr 56,000
Victor Hernandez 38,500
Jeff Trudeau 26,000
Ami Ruben 21,000