$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante
Blinds are up and the player count is down to 27. The average stack for this flight is 49k.
Still in the hunt in this flight are familiar faces Julio Novo, Sterling Savill, Woody Pass, Tom Nguyen, and Tony March.
They’ll get a break at the end of this level, then return for two more before bagging up for the night.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante
37 Players Remaining, 36k avg (30 bb)
Peter Burrell (Orlando, FL) gets run over by pocket Aces before the end of registration and jumps back into the tournament, only to find that he’s now sitting next to his nemesis.
“It was a bad shove,” says Burrell, who moved all in with 18 big holding AQ against Tony Roque’s (Wesley Chapel, FL) AA.
“I don’t really want to be sitting here either,” he says as the luck of the draw lands Burrell back at Roque’s table.
Not only does Roque have a big stack with more than 70k, but he also has position on Burrell.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 500/1k/100 ante
110 Entries (Flight C – 6 pm Tonight)
Flight B registration closes with 110 entries. Tony Roque (Wesley Chapel, FL) and Julio Novo (Sarasota, FL) are the chip leaders, each with 65k.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
108 Entries (Reg./RE until ~3:30 pm)
Players have less than one hour to jump in (or back in) to Flight B of this $100,000 Guaranteed event.
Once registration closes at ~3:30 pm, the next chance to play Event 5 is tonight’s Flight C at 6 pm.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
105 Entries (Reg./RE until ~3:30 pm)
Luis Narvaez (Kissimmee, FL) raises preflop, his opponent moves all in for 15k and Narvaez snap calls.
Narvaez: KK
Opponent: 99
Narvaez hits a King on the turn and to add insult to the elimination, the river brings a 9. “Set over set,” says the player as he contemplates re-entering.
Narvaez takes his stack to 50k and is one of the chip leaders.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 5: Blinds 150/300/25 ante
91 Entries (Reg./RE until ~3:30 pm)
As we approach 100 entries, Dan Wilson (Apollo, FL) is the early chip leader with 48k (160 bb).
Several stacks are in the 30k-35k range.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: Blinds 100/200
86 Entries
The field is heading towards it’s first break of the day.
As a gauge, Flight A had 171 entries with 22 players bagging an average stack of 93k (23 bb); Fletcher McKinney (Winter Haven, FL) is the chip leader with 228k (57bb).
Registration & re-entry for Flight B is open until ~3:30 pm.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 2: Blinds 50/100
66 Entries
The Tampa poker market is alive and well and the die hards are back after yesterday’s crazy day that featured two Main Event trophies and the first flight of this event.
Tom Nguyen (Tampa, FL), who picked up $8,480 as part of a 10-way chop in Event 1, is in the field. He arrives to the table to see Woody Pass (Tampa, FL) and Bob Arvay (Tampa, FL) tangle in a hand.
“Here’s a 1,700 donation,” says Arvay after Pass’ river bet. “Then fold and give me the money,” quips Pass who misses two draws and turns over Jack-high.
Arvay’s pocket Kings are best, but he was leery Pass hit trip 8s on the paired board. “I played with him enough to know I was crushed or it was a complete bluff.”
“I might as well go home if you can’t hit 17 outs,” says Pass who had an open ended straight and flush draws going to river.
This is by far the most interesting of the early tables and includes Bridget Freemon (Lakeland, FL) who appears to be the life of the party.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: Blinds 25/50
After a chaotic Sunday that saw two Winter Poker Open trophies awarded, Monday is a day for players to catch their breath.
The $100,000 Guaranteed prize pool event continues with the second of seven flights.
Players began with 12,000 chips and all levels are 30 minutes long.
Late registration and re-entry are available until the start of level 9 (about 3:30pm).
Schedule
Flight A: 171 Entries/22 Players Remaining
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Monday, 6PM
Flight D: Tuesday, 11AM
Flight E: Tuesday, 6PM
Flight F: Wednesday, 11AM
Flight G: Wednesday, 6PM
Day 2: Thursday, 12PM
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
End of Level 14: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
There were 22 players remaining out of 171 entries in this flight. Chip average for this flight is 93k.
They’ve bagged up and will return Thursday at 12 noon for Day 2.
Here they are with their chip counts:
Fletcher McKinney 228,000
Gabriel Tuduraohe 214,000
Paul Stanechewski 130,000
Robert Sheets 121,000
Lawrence Dowling 118,000
Eric Wilkinson 117,500
Mike Harwood 116,500
Edward Compton 106,000
Michael Bronzo 96,000
Edith Norman 89,000
Wally Maddah 82,000
Garth Fuddens 80,500
Taylor Patterson 74,500
Ronald Hollis 73,500
Ross Valenza 66,000
Curtis Deltynt 65,000
Stephen Snedeker 61,000
Mary Louise Martin 58,500
Fabio Lonard 56,500
George Perez 32,500
Phouthasin Vorasame 31,500
Sandford Sero 29,500