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Level 16:  Blinds 2,500/5,000

Total Entries:  59
Players Remaining: 5
Average Stack:  236,000 (47 big blinds)

Donna Blevins was quite patient, waiting for a good hand before getting the last of her chips in the pot.  She had KKxx, but it was not enough and she was felted in 6th place ($900.)

She was quite proud of the fact that at 66 years young, she held her own with the young guys at the table in a game that is known for aggression.  Probably helps that she’s a Poker Mindset Coach!

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Level 16:  Blinds 2,500/5,000

Total Entries:  59
Players Remaining: 6
Average Stack:  197,000 (39 big blinds)

Derek Whorley had watched his stack dwindle until he had 5,000 of his remaining 10,300 in for the big blind.  He got all-in against two players, who checked down the board of .

Derek showed 88xx for two pair, but Alex Ivan had for nines-full to take the pot.

Derek Whorley, who is only 19 years old and the youngest player at this table and probably in this entire event, busted out in 7th place on the bubble.

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Level 15:  Blinds 2,000/4,000

Total Entries:  59
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack:  168,500 (42 big blinds)

Derek Bowers went on a rush, taking the chip lead.  On the river with a board of Q 3 2 8 3, Derek check-raised Honest John Dobson to 120k straight.

John called, only to see Derek’s QQJ3 for Queens-full.  With that pot Derek chipped up to about 575k while John’s stack dropped to about 105k.

On the last hand of this level, John got some back.  On a flop of John got his last 95k in and called by Derek.  John’s had both straight and flush draws.  Derek held KJ92.

The last two came and John made the nut flush to take the pot.  He doubled to about 220k, dropping Derek’s stack to ~435k.

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Level 15:  Blinds 2,000/4,000

Total Entries:  59
Players Remaining: 7
Average Stack:  168,500 (42 big blinds)

Kyle Peck (9th) and Peter Dragar (8th) busted out quickly and it was time for the money bubble.  With seven players left and only six getting paid, the next player busted will leave empty handed.

Approximate chip counts:

John Dobson – 340k
Alex Ivan – 290k
Derek Bowers – 215k
Teddy Andrews – 190k
Ravi Ande – 112k
Donna Blevins – 55k
Derek Whorley – 30k

Before this was posted and just before the blinds went up, Derek Whorley doubled up through Derek Bowers.

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Level 14:  Blinds 1,500/3,000

Total Entries:  59
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack:  131,000 (44 big blinds)

In a four-way pot, the flop read and Dan Hood got all his chips in the middle.  Kyle Peck and Derek Worley got out of the way when Alex Ivan also moved in.

Dan had for a pair of Tens with gutshot Royal draw, nut flush draw, and gutshot draw to Broadway.

Alex held for top two pair and the lead.  The last two bricked out and were no help for Dan, who hit the rail in 10th place.

Alex chipped up to about 200,000.

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Level 13:  Blinds 1,200/2,400

Total Entries:  59
Players Remaining: 10
Average Stack:  118,000 (49 big blinds)

They were stuck at eleven players for a while until Manny Minaya was eliminated in 11th place, bubbling the final table.

After drawing seats and moving to a single table of ten, they’re still four spots from the money.

Here’s the final table lineup with rough chip counts:

1. Derek Worley – 81,100
2. Derek Bowers – 165,000
3. Teddy Andrews – 80,000
4. Ravi Ande – 128,000
5. Honest John Dobson – 220,000
6. Alex Ivan – 90,000
7. Donna Blevins – 85,000
8. Dan Hood – 70,000
9. Peter Dragar – 153,000
10. Kyle Peck – 96,000

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Total Entries:  59
Total Prize Pool:  $15,000

Place  Payout

1. $5,850
2. $3,450
3. $2,100
4. $1,500
5. $1,200
6. $900

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End of Level 14:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante 

Total 1A Entries:  101
1A Players remaining:  16
Average Stack:  158,000 (53 big blinds)

After the black 100 chips were colored up, the survivors bagged up their chips.  There were 16 players skilled enough and lucky enough to survive 14 levels of Day 1 action.

As expected, Hang Quach ended the flight with the most chips.  He bagged 287,000 (96 big blinds).

Here are the other 15 with their chip counts:

Marvin Karlins – 252,000
Anthony Brammer – 245,500
Victor Hernandez – 214,500
David Bennett – 208,500
Joseph DeLucia – 202,500
Michael Hassab – 172,500
Renato Moraes – 167,500
David Lawrence – 138,000
Shawn Compton – 132,000
Craig Jenkins – 129,500
Cary Alter – 107,800
James Calderaro – 85,600
Michael Scott – 75,500
Ron Puleo – 64,000
Mohd Eid – 33,000

These 16 players will join the survivors of the other five flights on Sunday at 12 noon for Day 2.

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Level 14:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante 

Total Entries:  101
Players remaining:  22
Average Stack:  114,800 (38 big blinds)

The first flight of hopefuls are in the home stretch, with about 20 minutes to go before the bag & tag begins.

Hang Quach appears to be in the lead with about 260,000 chips.

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Level 1:  Blinds 25/50 (Click here for complete structure)

The second of six starting flights of the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Deep Stack Spring Poker Series is underway!

Players began with 25,000 chips and all Day 1 levels are 30 minutes long.

Schedule of Starting Flights
Flight A:  Nearing Completion
Flight B:  Underway
Flight C:  Friday, 11am
Flight D:  Friday, 6pm
Flight E:  Saturday, 11am
Flight F:  Saturday, 6pm

Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of Level 9 (about 10:30pm).  Players who bust out may re-enter the same flight or any subsequent flight until registration closes.