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

Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante

Just before the start of level 12, we saw another couple of players exit the tournament.

Konstantinos Pantaridis busted out with a full house, holding K3 on a board of K 7 5 5 5.  Josias Santos had A5 for quadzilla to take the pot.

On a board of Sterling Savill bet and his opponent shoved.  Sterling called, showing .  His opponent had and was drawing slim to one of two remaining Queens.  When the landed on the river, another player hit the rail.

Only 34 remain out of 90 entries in this flight.  Average stack is ~79k.

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

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/100 ante

A huge hand went down on table 2, creating a new monster stack.

On a flop of three players got all their chips in the middle.  An unknown player had for two pair.  Brian Arbaugh had pocket Aces with the for the straight-flush and nut flush draws.  Matt Rose had and had flopped a flush.

The last two cards were bricks and Matt scooped the pot.  He’s up to over 320k and the clear chip leader.  Arbaugh and the other player were busted.

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

Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/100 ante

Players have just returned from a break, but there was lots of action before the end of level 10.

Two short-stacked players were all-in pre-flop holding A7 suited and AJ offsuit against Yong Wolfer’s pocket 8s.  The board came K 5 3 Q 2 and changed nothing.  Yong scooped the pot and busted both opponents.  Yong was the winner (via chop) of Event 1 a couple of weeks ago.

On the river with a board of Jose Galvez got all-in and called by Richard Clayton.  Jose’s pocket Aces had been cleanly cracked by Richard’s when he turned a straight.  Jose was gone before the break.  He was the winner (via chop) of Event 5.

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

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

Wally Maddah got his last chips in holding pocket Tens, but ran into Barry Wiedemann’s pocket Queens.

The board rolled out A K 2 9 9 and it was over for Wally, who is expected to relocate to the 6pm satellite.

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

Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

Before the blinds went up:

Tony March moved in for his last 10k on the river with a board of putting Greg Jennings in the tank.

Despite the paired board, flush and straight possibilities, Greg eventually called, showing .  Tony mucked his hand and headed out.

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

Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante

On a flop of Joe Boulais (bb) bet 2,200.  Chris Dombrowski  (hijack) raised to 5,800.  Joe gave it some thought, then folded.

On the river with a board of Tom Nguyen (button) bet 2k.  His opponent in seat 8 thought about it, then folded.

There’s a whole lot of folding going on right now as players seem to have tightened up after dinner.

There were 90 entries in this flight and only 49 of them still have chips.

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

Returning to Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante

Tom Nguyen and defending champ Stephen Diamantas share the chip lead with about 160k each (200 big blinds).

Here are some other chip counts as of the dinner break:

Yong Wolfer 130k
David DiBernardi  125k
Angel Vu 85k
Peter Williams 67k
Josias Santos 66k
Manny Minaya 65k
Konstantinos Pantaridis 65k
Phil Wasserman 55k
Chris Dombrowski 53k
Mansour Kader 53k
Jose Galvez 51k
Sterling Savill 50k
Lachen Imkhaoun 50k
Daiane Mendes 45k
Darryll Fish 40k
Tony March 36k
Richard Clayton 32k
Ross Fischer 22k
Wally Maddah 13k
Michael Scott 13k
John Holley 11k

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

End of Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante

Level 8 is complete and players are off on a 45-minute dinner break.  Play will resume at about 6:28pm.

When they start level 9, registration for this flight will close and no more entries or re-entries will be allowed.  Players will have to wait for Flight C tomorrow at 11am to try again.

There are 86 entries in this flight so far, with about 54 of them still in action.

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

Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante

Phil Wasserman doubled up when his turned a boat against his opponent’s .  The final board was when Phil shoved on the river.

Peter Williams sent an opponent to the rail when his pocket Jacks flopped a set.  On the flop of they got all the chips in.  His opponent had two pair with and was drawing slim to a back-door straight.   The last two fell and Peter took the pot while his opponent took the walk.

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

Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante

Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Winter Poker Open Championship winner from 2013, Stephen Diamantas, is back trying to defend his title.

He’s doing well so far, up to about 100k.