$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante
28 players remaining, 318k avg (53 bb)

Mike Raimon and Jebhar Patterson are the latest casualties to put us at 28 players, one spot from the money.

Play is now hand-for-hand. A look at the remaining players with Andre Smith the extreme short stack at 35k (6 bb).

Remaining Players

Angel Vu
Steve Karp
Greg Jennings
AJ Kelsall
Julio Novo
Kyle Peck
Rick Clayton
Herbert Woodbery
Jared Reinstein
Kevin Blewitt
Kozma Llazari
Rob Gill
Al Krux
James Dill
David DiBernardi
Matt Rose
Josias Santos
Derek Bowers
Amelio Amato
Rob LeBeau
TK Miles
Jesse Cook
John Holley
Michael Laake
Alan Ramkhalawan
Allen Kessler
David Levi

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 3k/6k/500 ante
30 players remaining, 297k avg (50 bb)

Marsha Wolak (Sarasota, FL) is all in for 40k (< 10 bb) with AQ against the K7 Kozma Llazari.

Wolak flops an Ace, but the board run out of A-x-x-7-7 gives Llazari the winning trip 7s.

Wolak’s elimination in 32nd place, five spots from the money, leaves Angel Vu (South Daytona, FL) has the lone remaining woman in the field.

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 2,500/5,000/400 ante
36 players remaining, 248k avg (50 bb)

Stephen Diamantas’ (Lakeland, FL) title defense is over. His recent tweet has him going out 12 spots from the money.

Busted in 39thish place. Gl to friends still in. #getemnexttime

— Stephen Diamantas (@SDiamantas) December 21, 2014

Players still in the hunt for the nearly $125,000 first place prize include, in no particular order:

TK Miles
Allen Kessler
David Levi
Mike Raimon
Michael Laake
Amelio Amato
Kirk Adams
Debra Dorcy
Marsha Wolak
Angel Vu
Al Krux
Rick Clayton
Kyle Peck
Julio Novo
Matt Rose
Herbert Woodbery
Rob Gill
James Dill

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 2,500/5,000/400 ante
37 players remaining, 241k avg (48 bb)

Start of the day big stacks Matt Rose (Largo, FL) and Michael Laake (Boca Raton, FL) continue to stay at the top of the chip counts.

Coming back from break Laake has the lead with 612k, while Rose is down to 550k after nearly reaching 700k during the last level.

Three of the final six women have hit the rail. The latest is Christy Pham (Lake Mary, FL) who moves all in with against the of John Holley.

The board runs out and Holley gets the knock out.

Pham joins, Jean Miccio (St. Petersburg, FL) and Barbara Jean Cardin (Apollo Beach, FL) on the rail. That leaves Marsha Wolak (Sarasota, FL), Angel Vu (Daytona, FL) and Debra Dorcy (Edgewater,FL) as the only remaining women.

Championship: $1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante
43 players remaining, 207k avg (52 bb)

Matt Rose (Largo, FL) is the clear chip leader with 670k (168 bb).

Event 10: $150 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 5: Blinds 200/400/50 ante
170 entries

The last trophy event of the series is getting a great turnout with registration and re-entry open for four more levels, until ~5:45 pm.

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,500/3,000/300 ante
50 players remaining, 178k avg (59 bb)

Six of the final 50 players, more than 10% of the remaining field, are women. That’s a fantastic percentage when you consider that women generally make up less than 5% of the entire tournament field.

With only six tables remaining, three of the six remaining women, Marsha Wolak, Debra Dorcy and Jean Miccio, are on the same table.

“Why don’t you tell him how you got those chips,” says Mike Raimon as he teases Christy Pham who leads the women with nearly 200k. Pham shows no emotion and Raimon quickly adds, “it’s okay we’re friends.”

Tensions are starting to build as we creep toward the final 27 who will get a piece of the prize pool.

Girl Power
Approximate Chip Counts

Christy Pham 190k
Angel Vu 130k
Debra Dorcy 125k
Marsha Wolak 105k
Barbara Gene Cardin 90k
Jean Miccio 50k

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,500/3,000/300 ante
54 players remaining, 165k avg (55 bb)

John Holley is the chip leader after getting a huge double-up vs Rodney Rodrigue. Holley’s AK flops two Aces against Rodrigue’s KK in a blind vs blind hand.

Holley jumps to nearly 500k, while the hand drops Rodrigue to less than 100k in the 450k chip pot.

Chip Leaders

John Holley 497k
Michael Laake 493k
Matt Rose 408k
Julio Novo 348k
TK Miles 325k
Al Krux 310k

Notable Chip Counts

Amelio Amato 175k
David Levi 170k
Angel Vu 130k
Marsha Wolak 105k
Rodney Rodrigue 95k
Stephen Diamantas 72k
Allen Kessler 65k
John Pappas 45k

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
60 players remaining, 149k avg (62 bb)

Players are dropping like flies as 1/3 of the Day 2 returning field is gone through 90 minutes of play.

We’ll catch up on the big stacks when players head to break at just after 2 pm.

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

81 Players, 110k avg (55 bb)
Blinds: 1k/2k/200 ante

On the first orbit of the day Kyle Peck (Lakeland, FL) and Carlos Loving (Sarasota, FL) mix it up.

There’s a raise to 5k and a caller with Loving moving all in for 50k. Peck cold 4-bets all in, forcing the other two players to fold.

Peck’s pocket 9s hold against Loving’s AK and Loving is on the rail.

Peck is up to to 175k

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds: 1k/2k/200 ante
90 Players Returning, 99k avg (50 bb)

Main day2,, awesome event, structure, and staff..this place ROCKS!!! @MillionDpoker @SHRTPoker @HardRockByron @HardRockTommy

— Amelio J Amato (@DrAmelio) December 21, 2014

@hohnjolley @SHRTPoker @fsuconrad @DarryllFish good luck today all y’all, I’ll be cyber sweating from the couch #FTallYall

— Dennis Baker (@acbossDennis) December 21, 2014