$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 15k/30k/5k ante

Andrew Graham moved all in first to act with and was called by Chris Kelly with . Kelly had Graham just barely covered and would eliminate him in 8th place when the board ran .

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 15k/30k/5k ante

Approximate chip counts of the eight remaining players. They are about to return from dinner break.

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 10k/20k/3k ante

The remaining eight players are on a 40 minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 6:45 local time.

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 10k/20k/3k ante

Erik Watkins is all in for 150k with AK against Andrew Graham’s pocket 8s.

There’s no help for Watkins who earns $444 for his 9th place finish.

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds  10k/20k/3k ante

Chris McKean is all in for 90k with AT vs the A2 of Aaron Damron. McKean is free and clear until a deuce falls on the river. Damron wins the hand with a pair of 2s.

Chris McKean finishes in 10th place for $378.

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds  10k/20k/3k ante
10 players remaining, 235k avg (21 bb)

The eliminations of Helen Houghes (11th) and Hristos Tsironis (12th) send the final 10 players into the money.

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Mack McMackin (Lecanto, FL) 265k
2 Rob Manjura (Orlando, FL) 350k
3 Mike Taylor (Trinity, FL) 480k
4 Paul DeRosa (Apollo Beach, FL) 252k
5  Erik Watkins (Santa Rosa, CA) 80k
6 Aaron Damron (Leesburg, FL) 180k
7 Andrew Graham (Boston, MA) 210k
8 Chris Kelly (St. Cloud, FL) 360k
9 Charlie Campos (Kissimmee, FL) 150k
10 Chris McKean (Geneseo IL) 107k

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds  8k/16k/2k ante

Mario Rodriguez (Kissimmee) was the big stack all day, but runs into a couple of coolers including his elimination hand.  Rodriguez is all in with JJ against the KK of Rob Manjura (Orlando)

Manjura ends up hitting a king-high flop and barely has Rodriguez covered 190k to 186k for the knockout.

Rodriguez is out in 13th place, two spots from the money.

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Level 21: Blinds  6k/12k/2k ante
13 players remaining, 181k avg (15 bb)

Ricky Carter

Just three spots from the money and play has grinded to a halt as we approach the bubble.

Going out in 15th place is Scott Simmons (Ocala, FL) when his pocket 4s are no match against Mack McMackin’s (Lecanto) pocket Kings. Both players flop a set, but Simmons hits quads on the turns.

“First time in two years,” says McMacin, “take a picture of that, nobody will believe it.”

A few hands later, short stack Ricky Carter (Wesley Chapel) goes out against the trip 8s of Mike Taylor (Trinity). Carter is 14th, four from the money.

Scott Simmons

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Blinds 3k/6k/300 ante
19 players remaining, 123k avg (21 bb)

Mario Rodriguez (Kissimmee ) is out of the shadows and into the spotlight as he reveals himself as the chip leader with 470k.

The next closest stacks are just over 200k and belong to Mike Taylor (Trinity) and Rob Manjura (Orlando).

We’re just 9 spots from the money as the top 10 get paid.  Helen Hughes (S. Pasedna) is the last woman left in the field and nursing a short stack.

$175 + $25 + $20 NLH Deep Stack TURBO (Re-Entry)
Level : Blinds 2,500/5k/500 ante
24 players remaining, 98k avg (19 bb)

“The big donkey just beat the bigger donkey,” laughs Ricky Carter (Wesley Chapel), who doubles through Sheldon Z.

Carter is all in with pocket Queens against Sheldon’s  , who says, “it’s a donation.”

While Carter is from the Tampa area, he prefers to claim Hard Rock Tampa as his home. “I represent Seminole,” he says proudly as this turbo continues to buzz along.