$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 21:  Blinds 6k/12k/2k ante

The final 27 players are drawing for seats and moving to the final three tables.

Earning $1,269

28th – Tony March
29th – Jose Garrid
30th – Harlon Kinney
31st – Josias Santos
32nd – Tam Nguyen
33rd – Charles Carragher
34th – Lahcen Imkhaoun
35th – Gil Alferez
36th – Manny Minaya

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

Level 12: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
(clock stopped with 26 min remaining in level)
10 players remaining, 89k avg (56 bb)

A fast thinning field ends Flight A nearly three levels early.

Tournament Director Byron Rodriguez stopped the action when the field was down to 10 players.  All remaining flight will end earlier than the originally scheduled 14 levels.

Here’s a look at the chip counts as the players return for Day 2 Tuesday at 12 pm.

Name-Chip Count

Paulo Castro 148,000
Mike Balfe 115,700
Chris Lowe 106,400
Henry Hurly 99,600
Jeff Buffenbarger 93,700
Wally Maddah 56,700
Douglas Chan 52,200
Marino Thomas 43,500
Marc Lowe 38,600
Ok Haselton No Report

Flight A Photo Gallery

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed

Level 1:  Blinds 25/50

The second of four starting flights is underway here in the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Room.

Players began with 15,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long.  Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 10:30pm).

Event 7 Structure

Cards are in the air!

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
36 players remaining, 355k avg (36 bb)

After the bubble broke, 18 players are on the rail and collecting their winnings.

We’ll post a full list of chip leaders when the remaining field goes on dinner break just before 7 pm.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 5k/10k/1k ante
36 players remaining, 355k avg (36 bb)

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 4k/8k/1k ante
54 players remaining, 236k avg (30 bb)

Daniel Lobato (Tampa, FL) has less than 2 bb and is all in with pocket Kings against 4 callers.

“I couldn’t protect him,” says Tony Pellegrini (Largo, FL) who calls from the BB with Ace-Queen.

It turns out isolating and getting heads up isn’t a factor as Pellegrini turns an Ace for the winner.

Lobato finishes in 55th place, one spot from the money. The remaining 54 players earn at least $1,015 as they play for the top prize of $63,216.

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

Level 9: Blinds 600/1,200/200
59 Entries

Flight A ends up with 59 entries in this $50,000 Guaranteed trophy event.

The field will play 14 levels or when 12% of the field remains (7 players), whichever comes first; currently 20 players remain.

The next flight for this event is at 6 pm.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
59 players remaining, 217k avg (36 bb)

Neri Sanchez (Saint Cloud, FL) is the chip leader five spots from the money with 635k.

Big Stacks

Neri Sanchez 635k
Stephen Diamantas 590k
Tony March 520k

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2.5k/5k/500 ante
67 players remaining, 191k avg (38 bb)

Every decision is magnified as the bubble approaches.

We pick up the action on Table 8 with a player deep in the tank for what is essentially his tournament life. Less than 20 spots from the money the anonymous player is facing an 89k all-in bet from Ryan Hittel (Boca Raton, FL).

On a flop of , Hittel c-bets 12k, a second unidentified player makes it 28k, a bet the anonymous player calls.

Hittel moves all in for 116k total, the raiser folds and the action is back on the anonymous player.

After doing the math and counting down his stack, the player calls.

Hittel: (set of Jacks)
Anonymous: (nut flush draw)

“That’s not what I wanted to see,” says Hittel, knowing he needs to dodge diamonds.

Turn:

River:

“My heart can’t take it,” says Hittel who gets more than a full double-up and is at 270k.

The anonymous player is crippled and out a few hands later.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante
82 players remaining, 156k avg (39 bb)

Players are back from their first break of the day and Tony March (Tampa, FL) has taken over the chip lead with 653k.

Start of day chip leader John Cofhlin (Fort Pierce, FL) has lost 40% of his 419k starting stack, but is still healthy at 250k. Meanwhile Joe Boulais (Cocoa, FL) is climbing the chip counts and is at 370k.

We’re less than 30 spots from the money as the top 54 cash.