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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
12 players remaining, 273k avg (27 bb)

Place-Name-Payout

13 Matt Stewart (Orlando, FL) $532
14 Herbert Woodbery (Winter Garden, FL)$532
15 Mike Balfe (Venice, FL) $532

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

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
12 players remaining, 273k avg (27 bb)

Place-Name-Payout

13 Matt Stewart (Orlando, FL) $532
14 Herbert Woodbery (Winter Garden, FL)$532
15 Mike Balfe (Venice, FL) $532

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
15 players remaining, 218k avg (27 bb)

After two huge hands, Richard Hope is the overwhelming chip leader with 740k.  “I ‘hope’ I get more (chips),” jokes Hope who’s gets a fortunate double-up through Rob Gill.

Hope is in bad shape with KK against Gill’s AA, but a four flush gets him a 250k double up and takes him to more than 500k.

The hand cripples Gill, who eventually goes out in 16th place. But before Gill’s elimination, Hope gets the better of Tim Harrell in an AK vs AQ situation with Hope’s big slick holding for another 200k.

Harrell finishes in 17th place as he and Gill both take home $484.

Hope has more than double the next closest chip stack. “You might as well add the guitar (trophy),” jokes one player while taking Hope’s chip leading photo.

Chip Leaders

Richard Hope 740k (93 bb)
Gabriel Tudorache 340k
John Pappas 285k
Manny Minaya 250k

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
15 players remaining, 218k avg (27 bb)

Place-Name-Payout

16 Rob Gill (Tampa, FL) $484
17 Tim Harrell (Wimauma, FL) $484
18 Marino Thomas (Clermont, FL) $484

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

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
18 players remaining, 182k avg (23 bb)

Table 1
Seat-Name

1 Marcus Seitz (Lacey, WA)
2 Douglas Chan (Orlando, FL)
3 Matt Stewart (Orlando, FL)
4 John Ripstra (Tampa, FL)
5 Rob Gill (Tampa, FL)
6 Tim Harrell (Wimauma, FL)
7 Richard Hope (Dade City, FL)
8 Anthony Pellegrini (Largo, FL)
9 Paulo Castro (Sao Paulo)

Table 2
Seat-Name

1 Marino Thomas (Clermont, FL)
2 Mike Balfe (Venice, FL)
3 Gabriel Tudorache (Reddick, FL)
4 Josias Santos (Sao Paulo)
5 John Holley (Niceville, FL)
6 Ok Haselton (Land O’ Lakes, FL)
7 Herbert Woodbery (Winter Garden, FL)
8 Manny Minaya (Tampa, FL)
9 John Pappas (Tampa, FL)

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

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
18 players remaining, 182k avg (30 bb)

$250 Seniors (45+) Classic Rockers NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds 150/300/25
Entries: 133 (Reg/Re until ~3:30 pm)

A couple of the recent Event 7 bustouts are now in the Seniors Event. The list includes Greg McNealy (Valrico, FL) and Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL) as the field creeps towards 150 entries.

Tony March (Tampa, FL) is a frequent flyer in this event and overheard him saying that one of his entries he lost to quads.

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

Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante
27 players remaining, 121k avg (30 bb)

It doesn’t take long to lose seven players as the bubble breaks during the second level of Day 2 play.

Wally Maddah (Tampa, FL) goes out on the double-bubble (29th) with 99 against the set of 2s by John Pappas (Tampa, FL).

One table over Wade Whidden (Valrico, FL) puts the last of chips in with {ah] against the of Rob Gill (Tampa, FL). The board of K-K-9-6-5 is no help and Whidden is the bubble boy.

The remaining 27 players are in the money for a min cash of $435 as they play for the top prize of $13,535, the custom guitar trophy and the $1,650 entry into the Championship Event (Dec 18-21).

Recent Eliminations

Wade Whidden
Wally Maddah
Jeff Buffenbarger
Leonard Ferguson
Greg McNealy

$250 Seniors (45+) Classic Rockers NLH (Re-Entry)

Level 3: Blinds 75/150
96 Entries (Reg/RE open until ~3:30 pm)

The field is full of recognizable faces that we’ll catch up with later in the day as our attention is on the other trophy event.

We’re on bubble watch for Event 7, but will keep you posted on the Seniors total entries and big stacks as the day progresses.