Event 14: 9th Place – Alexandru Ivan

$300 Pot Limit Omaha (High) Re-Entry

Level 19: Blinds 4k/8k

Alexandru Ivan - 9th Place
Alexandru Ivan – 9th Place

Alexandru Ivan got his last chips in on a flop of A 7 4 holding QJ85.  He had both straight and flush draws against Nick Nardello’s AA22 for top set.

The last two came offsuit Q 9 and completely missed Alexandru.  He busted out in 9th place, earning $641.

Event 14: Down To Nine

$300 Pot Limit Omaha (High) Re-Entry

Level 18: Blinds 3k/6k

Five more Omaha-lics have reported to the rail:

Earning $570
10 Derek Bowers
11 Kiran Ainala
12 Jack Shea

Earning $499
13 Tom Nix
14 Cory Blum

The final nine drew for seats and moved to the final table.

Cory Blum summed his departure up nicely in 140 characters:

Event 11: Flight C Chip Counts

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 13: Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante (~15 minutes remain)

Play resumes at 5pm Thursday with a total of 72 returning players of the 503 entries.

34 payers survived the cut in Flight C, advancing to Day 2.  Overall average stack is 84k.

Here are their chip counts:

Thomas Osmun 178,600
Vi Ly 158,900
Randy Coffman 123,300
Paul Disciullo 121,000
Joseph Cox 106,300
Jacob Naumann 105,800
William Scarsdale 105,600
Wilbur Allison 99,500
Ronald Hollis 96,000
Nicole Honour 93,600
Adam Templeman 88,500
Jason Henrickson 86,000
Brady Harris 82,400
Robert Thies 66,400
Nicholas Carter 64,500
Dustyn Schindewolf 60,800
Mike Samuel 59,200
Juan Martell 57,700
Brenda Lane-Worley 55,600
Stephen McPherson 55,200
John Pappas 50,000
Timothy Pettus 49,800
Vincent Lodrini 48,300
Karen Jung 45,600
Reggie Bautista 45,500
Daniel Chandler 43,100
Louise Weeks 43,000
James Wood 40,200
John Casaubon 36,300
Travis Jackson 32,100
James Brinkley 31,100
Hung Le 27,000
Brandon Peterson 22,200
Jim Puritz 20,700

Event 14: Break Time Chip Counts

$300 Pot Limit Omaha (High) Re-Entry

Level 17: Blinds 2,500/5,000

Tim Steorts hit the rail in 15th place, earning $499.

Fourteen players have just returned from a break.  Here are the chip counts and current seating:

Table 1
1 Anthony Ferrari 20,500
2 Cory Blum 45,500
3
4
5 Michael Manticoff 152,000
6 Nicholas Nordello 148,000
7 Jack Shea 108,000
8 Barley O’Connell 146,800
9 Bruce Davis

Table 2
1 Jameel Harris 148,500
2 Wayne Brown 224,000
3 Derek Bowers 78,000
4
5 Kiran Ainala 43,500
6  Alexandru Ivan 187,000
7 Tom Nix 74,500
8
9 Brian Haas 158,000

Event 11: Flight C Baggin’ & Taggin’

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed

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

As with the first two flights, Flight C came to a halt with 15 minutes remaining in level 13.   The remaining 34 players bagged their chips for the night.

The survivors of all 3 starting flights will return at 5pm Thursday to play for the title.

A complete list of all 72 returning players with chip counts and seat assignments for Day 2 will be posted in the blog after 11am Thursday.

Event 14: Double-Bubble-Burst

$300 Pot Limit Omaha (High) Re-Entry

Level 14: Blinds 1,200/2,400

On a flop of 8s5s3c it was checked to Thomas Villetto on the button, who bet 3,500.  Ryan Sponaugle (bb) shoved for 11,500 total.  Tom Nix called, then Villetto re-potted to get all his chips in (45,600 more).  Nix called and the hands were tabled:

Sponaugle: Jc9c3h3d – set of 3s
Nix: AhJh7d6d – open-ender, drawing to non-spade, non-club 9 or 4 (3 outs)
Villetto: AsKh4h4s – flush draw with gutshot

The last two cards fell Ac9h giving Nix a three-outer straight to take both main and side pots.

Ryan Sponaugle (20th) and Thomas Villetto (19th) busted out, propelling the final 18 players into the money.  They’ve drawn for seats and moved to the final two tables.

Event 11: 200 Entries*

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed

Level 10: Blinds 600/1,200

Registration closed at the start of level 9 with exactly 200 entries* in this flight.  That brings the total entries over all 3 starting flights to 503.  They cleared the $50,000 guarantee with a total prize pool of $60,360.*

Once the numbers have been verified and the prize pool has been calculated, it will be posted in the blog.

*Unofficial

Event 14: Dinner Time Chip Leaders

$300 Pot Limit Omaha (High) Re-Entry

Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600

Omaha-lics are back on the felt following dinner break.

Here are the chip leaders:

Kiran Ainala 172,700
Wayne Brown 164,800
Alexandru Ivan 162,600
Jack Shea 109,900
Brian Haas 93,700
Bruce Davis 92,200
Tom Nix 78,100
Nicholas Nardello 73,500