$1,650 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) WPT Championship
Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante (clock stopped with 20 minutes remaining)
Mike Raimon busted out and now owes his wife Natasha a one hour massage for losing their last-longer bet.
Justin Zaki opened for 5k from the cutoff and Natasha Barbour Raimon shoved from the big blind. After some thought, Justin called all-in, showing A7 off. Natasha was ahead with A9 off. The board rolled out 8 8 5 8 9 and Natasha paired her kicker to take the pot.
With Justin’s elimination, only 12 players remained (14% of the field), so play was halted early with 20 minutes to play in level 14. The final 12 bagged their chips and will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 11am.
Martin Welch – Flight 1 Chip Leader
Here are the chip counts:
Rank – Player – Chips
- Martin Welch – 267,400
- Natasha Barbour Raimon – 192,900
- Greg Jennings – 177,000
- Tommy Helms – 175,300
- Yousef Nassr – 155,000
- Rod Rodrigue – 153,200
- Davis Adams – 124,900
- Ronald ‘RJ’ Sullivan – 124,500
- Chris Dombrowski – 110,800
- Amaury Lopez – 88,000
- David Mandt – 84,600
- Larry Pileggi – 46,900