$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 81 of 1,010
After some technical difficulties, we are back on the air after the field took their first break of the day. Charles Kahrs came into the day with 303,000 but he is now up to 940,000 after a few hours.
That is good enough for the leads with Erik Christensen sitting in second with 855,000.
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 90 of 1,010
A dozen players hit the payout desk not long after the bubble burst including Ryan Oetinger. His 101st place finish is notable because he was sitting with a single 1K chip as the money bubble burst.
91st: Stanley Holley – $676 92nd: Mark Edwards – $676 93rd: Maurice Paradis – $676 94th: Eugene Newhall – $676 95th: John Singleton – $676 96th: Christopher Koumou – $676 97th: Jack Adams – $676 98th: Ryan Luker – $676 99th: Ivan Freitez – $676 100th: Rina Coss – $612 101st: Ryan Oetinger – $612 102nd: Humberto DeJesus – $612
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 102 of 1,010
Other than a small double up on the first hand, the bubble process took a good chunk of the tournament clock two minutes at a time.
Eight hands later, there was another all-in and this time there were two calls. Aaron Thivyanathan was forced at risk for his last 8,000 in the big blind and Tony Delacruz and Ivan Freitez were the two live players.
The flop came , Delacruz bet 20,000 and Freitez called. Both players checked the turn and the river was . Delacruz bet 45,000 to get a fold from Freitez and Delacruz showed .
Thivyanathan slow peeled his yet unseen cards and the best he could find was for a pair of deuces. He was eliminated in 103rd place and the rest of the field was in the money.
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 103 of 1,010
With 103 players remaining and 102 getting paid, Event 2 went into bubble mode. Tournament staff paused the clock and they will hand-for-hand until one person is eliminated with two minutes coming off the clock for each hand.
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante Players Remaining: 117 of 1,010
Action is flying in the Poker Room today as the shorter stacks try to build for a late, deep run. Event 2 dropped 16 players in the first 30 minutes and we expect the bubble to hit before the first break.
Woodrow Pass came into the day with his stack already near the top and he’s a added a bit, reaching 394,000, as others dropped.
$360 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 131 of 1,010
The six starting flights of Event 2 wrapped up with 1,010 total entries but only 131 of them return today for Day 2. Cards go in the air at 11 am and they will continue the march towards a champion later this evening.
George Nieves bagged the biggest stack in Flight D and starts Day 2 with the chip lead as the only player over 400K. There are 130 players trying to chase him down with a lot of talent behind him.
There are 43 seconds remaining in Level 13 and blind levels will remain 30 minutes long until they reach Level 25; then they increase to 40 minutes.
With 131 players returning and 102 getting paid, the money bubble should get here in a hurry.