$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

Flight C of Event 4 of the 2015 Winter Poker Open played from 143 starting entries to 30 remaining. Ryan Gittings, who was born in Champagne, Ill. but now resides here in Tampa, leads the way with 262,800 chips. Giddings busted a previous chip leader, Gil Levy, late in the day to catapult to the top of the counts.

Bagging Flight C second in chips was Myong Han. Han came out of nowhere to claims 257,000 putting him firmly toward the top of the counts.

Complete Flight C chip counts:

1. Ryan Gittings – 262,800
2. Myong Han – 257,000
3. Aric Pluskat – 131,800
4. Michael Scott – 110,000
5. Eliezer Heredia – 97,200
6. June Amer – 95,900
7. John Pappas – 93,600
8. Terry Watson – 89,900
9. Michael Henim – 76,100
10. Joseph Van Bemmel – 64,700
11. Anthony Solares – 63,100
12. Nathan Lee – 62,100
13. Travis Jackson – 53,600
14. Scott Hentry – 53,500
15. Jason Moore – 50,300
16. Jim Agnello – 49,700
17. Lawrence Kiang – 46,800
18. Stephen Alling – 42,900
19. James Patterson – 41,900
20. John Ripstra – 41,400
21. Anthony Pellegrini – 41,200
22. David Twible – 39,700
23. Wesley Skinner – 35,900
24. Mike Samuel – 34,000
25. David Vogel – 30,900
26. Patrick Arnold – 26,700
27. Daniel D’Eugenio – 23,900
28. David Pisciotta – 22,400
29. Huan Nguyen – 18,900
30. Eric Rivkin – DNR

The last of the starting flights is underway now with registration open until 10:30 p.m. ET. Day 2 resumes Wednesday at 11 a.m.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50

Players are taking their seats for the final flight of Event 4 and we’re near the guarantee before cards are in the air. We only need 53 entrants in the evening session to top the $50,000 guarantee, everyone after that will build it up higher.

The first three flight drew 364 entrants and 64 are set to return tomorrow for Day 2.

Players in Event 4 will sit down to big 15,000 stacks and 30-minute levels during the entire tournament. Late registration for the final flight is open until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm and we’ll know exactly how far they ran up the prize pool. Play will conclude at the end of Level 12 for a return tomorrow at 11am.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

Level 12 came and went and Flight C of the $150 big stack no limit hold’em re-entry tournament is in the books. It appears 30 players are in the midst of bagging with Ryan Gittings holding the chip lead of 262,800. The title of second in chips goes to Myong Han. He bagged 257,000. As is, those numbers puts Gittings and Han second and third in the combined Flight A/B/C counts for now.

Complete Flight C chip counts will be shortly shortly.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 12: 1,000/2,000/300 Ante

With the start of Level 12 comes the last level of the night. In 30 minutes, those players still alive will bag and tag set to return for Day 2 tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET. As of now, 37 remain.

Complete Flight C chip counts will be posted shortly after play wraps.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Ryan Gittings sits well over 200,000 after he hit a fortunate flop and Gil Levy hit a less fortunate river.

Gittings was in the big blind and Levy, who lead the tournament earlier in the day, was in the cutoff. There was a round of betting on a flop. The turn was the . Gittings checked and Levy bet 4,700. Gittings raised to 15,000 and Levy quickly called. The river was the . Gittings started to lead for what looked like 30,000 and Levy reached into his stack prematurely. Gittings slowed down, betting just 5,000. Levy wasted no time splashing a raise of 15,000 in. Just as fast, Gittings shoved having Levy covered.

“How many more flights do we have?” Levy laughed while looking at his watch.

He called and saw the bad news. Gittings held for a flopped straight that turned into an eight-high straight on the river. Levy held for a rivered two pair and hit the rail.

Gittings now holds 217,000 and leads the way with just about 45 minutes left in the day.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Level 9 is underway and registration is closed in the third of four starting flights in Event 4, a $150 big stack no limit hold’em tournament. The field topped out at 143 entries — the largest of the starting flights thus far — bringing the three-flight total to 364 with tonight’s Flight D still to come. The prize pool sits at an unofficial $43,680 and has all but passed its $50,000 guarantee.

Flight-by-flight breakdown:

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 400/800/100 Ante

Griffin Arnold is the Flight C chip leader after eliminating Ladies Event runner up Mary Donahoe. As recapped by the table, Arnold held on a flop. Donahoe shoved all in and Arnold called. He spiked a straight on the river and ended Donahoe’s run at a second final table appearance. After snatching the last of Donahoe’s stack, Arnold claims 102,500 chips and leads the way.

When recalling the hand for media staff, one tablemate jokingly referred to Arnold as “Money Man”. Turns out, the nickname may be fitting. Two years ago Arnold finished 9th in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship for nearly $175,000.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 6: 200/400/50 Ante

The clock shows 125 entries meaning Flight C has surpassed last night’s Flight B and is officially the largest of the starting days to this point. Registration remains open until 3:30 p.m. ET and that number is assured to grow even more as players turn out to jockey for their share of a healthy prize pool.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Beginning of Level 5: 150/300/25 Ante

Cards are back in the air following the first break with the clock reading 113 players entered to this point. Play has started slow this flight compared to others as it proved difficult to find big stacks. A stroll past Table 31, though, revealed the chips of Gil Levy from San Diego. He holds over 60,000 — more than four times starting stack — and sits comfortably in front of his adversaries.

Terry Watson, meanwhile, is one of the tournament’s other leaders. His stack totals about 40,000.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Holdem (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 100/200

With just over 20 minutes remaining in Level 4 the field has officially hit 100 entries. Late registration/re-entry is available for about three more hours and, in that time, the field is expected is to grow even more and surpass yesterday’s Flight B as the largest flight of the event thus far.

Players will take their first break of the day shortly and we’ll provide a look at some of the stacks at that time.