$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 10: Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante 37 Players Remaining, 36k avg (30 bb)
Burrell & Roque
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 6: Blinds 200/400/50 ante 105 Entries (Reg./RE until ~3:30 pm)
Luis Narvaez
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.
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.
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.