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Level 13:  1,000/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  95

We have about an hour left in the day and Flight B is down to five tables with 37 players remaining of the 95 entries. We lose a players and gain a player, the number stays consistent.

We will see another handful of players hit the rail before we close for the evening.

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Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  93

Players returned to their seats and ready to play out the last three levels of the day. They are chasing a familiar face at the top of the counts; Anthony Astarita is leading them all with 375,000.

If we stopped right now, he would be the overall chip leader after two flights. But he has two hours to spin it higher.

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Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  93

Level 11 is coming to an end which means they are on the verge of the last break of the day. We have 93 entries so far for a $217,500 prize pool with one more big Saturday flight to go.

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Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  91

Early we mentioned Skip McDonough as one of our visitors from South Florida. He is making the most of his trip so far and moved up among the leaders with 180,500.

McDonough went deep in this tournament when it ran in Hollywood with a 12th place finish for $8,755.

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Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  87

The dinner break came to an end and we now have 87 entries in the game to push the prize pool over $200,000.

Luke Brereton continues to lead the field with 189,500 but Michael Rossi swears he is going to catch him. He came back to a stack worth 155,000 and has a chance to do that.

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Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  78

Flight B players are now enjoying their 40-minute dinner break away from the action to regroup and recharge themselves. They will return and play six more levels before bagging up for Day 2 on Sunday.

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Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  77

The bigger buy-in game is bringing players into town for a piece of the action. We’re seeing players come from afar to participate, afar away as South Florida. We found Paul Balzano, Evan Teitelbaum, and Skip McDonough on this side of the state trying to win a Tampa trophy.

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Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  73

Cards are back in the air after the second break and we have a new chip leader. Luke Brereton is making his first appearance in this series and the WSOP Circuit ring winner is wasting no time. He spun his starting stack up to 183,000 after six levels to top the rest.

Flight B will play two more levels before taking a 40-minute dinner break.

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Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  65

Level 6 came to an end and Flight B players were sent on the second break of the day. The prize pool is now over $175,000 with registration and re-entries available until the start of Day 2.

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Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  57

A walk among the tables found Michael Malinconico building a nice stack heading into the heart of the day. The New Jersey transplant has more than 3x’d his 50K starting stack and sits with 156,000 after five levels and change.

Flight B will make their way through Level 6 and take the second break of the day.