$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
34 players remaining, 96k avg (32 bb)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Entries 218:
Prize Pool: $50,000

Place-Payout

1 $13,535
2 $7,978
3 $4,593
4 $3,723
5 $2,901
6 $2,418
7 $1,934
8 $1,451
9 $967
10-12 $629
13-15 $532
16-18 $484
19-27 $435

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante
34 players remaining, 96k avg (32 bb)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 12:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante (26 minutes remaining)

There were 15 players remaining to bag up chips.  They’ll return at 12 noon for Day 2.  Average stack for this flight is 80k.

Here are their chip counts:

Robert Gill 160,800
Kyle Peck 130,500
Anthony Pellegrini 129,500
Tim Harrell 97,100
Manny Minaya 83,500
Richard Hope 77,700
Adam Templeman 71,200
Alexander Beece 70,200
Greg McNealy 70,100
Adam Mouyal 69,300
Leonard Ferguson 68,700
Robbie Godbey 64,400
Wade Whidden 63,500
Cynthia Hickey 35,800
Daiane Mendes 10,000

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Level 12:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/400 ante

Before the blinds went up, Anthony Pellegrini shoved for ~60k on the river with the board showing .

Alexander Beece was on the button and tanked for a couple of minutes before surrendering.  “Show one time,” Alexander implored Anthony.

Anthony did not comply as he pushed his cards to the dealer and collected his pot.  “I flopped the nuts,” Alexander said, which meant he was holding .

Anthony gave nothing away as he collected the pot.

They’ll play four minutes of this final level, then bag up for the night.

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Level 11:  Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

Alexander Beece was up to ~165k.  Then he shipped a double-up to Greg McNealy.

Then CJ Prance shoved for 7,500 and Wade Whidden shoved for 38k.  Alexander made the over-call, showing .  CJ had and Wade had .  The board came giving CJ a flush and triple-up.  Wade got the side pot and Alexander dropped to ~90k.

Then Jeff Shurilla shoved for ~25k and Alexander moved in over the top from the small blind.  CJ was in the big blind and gave it some thought before committing her newly-acquired chips to the pot.

Jeff:
Alexander:
CJ:

Board:  7 3 3 A 7

Alexander paired his Ace and busted both the other players.  He’s also back in the chip lead.

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Level 10:  Blinds 800/1,600/300 ante

Manny Minaya got his 31k in the middle holding pocket 9s against Daiane Mendes, who held AT suited.  The board came and Manny’s pocket pair was good.

He doubled up to ~65k while Daiane dropped to about 15k.

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Level 9:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Players are back from their second break and registration is closed.

There were 80* entries in this flight, bringing the overall total to 218.  That makes the total prize pool $50,000.

Only 26 of them still have chips in play.  Average stack is 46k.

They’ll play 4 minutes into level 12 (just like the previous three flights) then bag up for the night.

* All numbers unofficial until verified by the house.

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Level 8:  Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

Tom Nguyen has been on a rush.

First, he shoved for 11,750 on the turn with the board showing getting Daiane Mendes, Alexander Beece, and another player to surrender.

Then after Alexander Beece limped utg, Tom kicked it up to 3k.  The player in seat 5 shoved for 8,150 and everyone folded back to Tom, who called with pocket 5s.  His opponent had AQ offsuit.

The board ran out J J 2 3 6 and Tom collected another pot, sending his opponent to the rail.  Tom chipped up to ~45k.

Tom’s got Alexander Beece, the current chip leader on his immediate right.  Alexander is up to about 90k.