$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
John O’Neal called off the last of his chips in the dark from the big blind after Gabriel Tudorache raised from the small. Gabriel tabled 
and John was ahead with 
.
Then the board rolled out 
shipping the pot to Gabriel with trip Kings. John hit the rail just before the end of play.
That left 20 players to bag up their chips. Counts will be posted shortly.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
John Pappas checked the river on a board of 
and action was on John O’Neal.
Before O’Neal acted, Pappas said “Ace-King no good.” Undeterred, O’Neal proceed to bet 6,500, which Pappas quickly called, showing 
for a pair of 8s to go with the 7s on board. O’Neal mucked and Pappas took the pot.
John Pappas has been on the waiting list for one of the high limit games for a while. He put his name on the list a while back, in case he busted out. They keep rolling his name over since he’s still in the tournament.
As they near the end of play, Michael Laake has extended his lead over the field. He’s got over 350k.
With 22 remaining, the average stack is 102k.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 12: Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
Before the blinds went up, Marsha Wolak (sb) tangled with Kevin Blewitt.
They got to the turn with a board of 
and Kevin shoved for 33,500. Marsha tanked for a minute, then called, showing 
. She was ahead of Kevin’s 
, but he had a flush draw and one overcard.
The river delivered the giving Kevin the bigger pair. He chipped up to ~115k. Marsha’s stack dropped to ~69k after getting Greensteined by an Ace on the River.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 11: Blinds 600/1,200/100 ante
Michael Laake is crushing this field. As of the break, he was up to 271k, about 3.5 times the average stack.
Josh Adkins, winner of the PLO event earlier in the series, was one of Michael’s victims, according to his Tweet:
Busted AQss to @Michael_Laake ‘s AJo. Gl bro
— Josh Adkins (@JoshPAdkins) December 19, 2014
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Mark Rose (sb) got all-in holding on a flop of 
which gave him a flush draw with gutshot. Unfortunately for Mark, his opponent in the big blind had 
, nullifying the flush draw.
The last two came 
giving his opponent the nut flush and giving Mark the boot.
Players are on a break, which will be their last of the night. They’ll return for two more levels, then bag up. Registration closed with 75 (unofficial) entries in this flight.
Only 29 of those still have chips. Average is ~78k.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 10: Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante
Ed Vasconcelos got his last chips in with pocket 9s, running into Neri Sanchez’ pocket Queens.
The Ladies were good to Neri and he took the pot. Ed, who satellited into the Championship for $190, was busted.
Darryll Fish has also busted out, along with Maroun Akiki, Greg Baird, Alan Korpi, Konstantinos Pantaridis, Tony March, Austin McCullers, Rafael Reis, Richard Clayton, and Adam Rouse.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Brett Bader opened the pot early and got a call from John Pappas on the button, the the big-blind 3-bet.
Brett shoved for 16,400 total. John folded and the big blind called, showing 
. Brett was way ahead with 
. The board fell 
and Brett doubled up.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 9: Blinds 400/800/75 ante
Michael Laake leads the remaining 42 players as of dinner with ~185k. Average stack is ~53k.
Here are some more rough chip counts as of the dinner break:
Marsha Wolak 132k
A. Nonymous 100k
Gabirel Tudorache 90k
Kevin Blewitt 75k
Greg Baird 73k
Tony Tran 69k
Mark Rose 54k
Martin Welch 52k
Herbert Woodbery 47k
Kyle Peck 46k
Anthony Pellegrini 40k
Ron Puleo 40k
Carlos Loving 35k
John O’Neal 34k
Maroun Akiki 31k
Josh Adkins 30k
Amelio Amato 28k
John Pappas 27k
Robert Gill 24k
Brett Bader 18k
Freddie Kirkland 14k
Ed Vasconcelos 12k
Darryll Fish 10k
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
Eight levels are in the books and the remaining players are off on a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at about 6:35.
The indecisive ones out there have until play resumes to decide if they want to late-register or re-enter this flight. Once level 9 begins, registration will close for this flight.
There are still two more starting flights, beginning at 11am Friday and Saturday, so still plenty of opportunity to get into the action.
$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: Blinds 300/600/75 ante
Before the blinds went up, Martin Welch pulled off a bluff at tough table.
After an early position player limped, and another limped from the hijack, Tony March (cutoff) and Darryll Fish (button) also limped.
Martin was in the small blind and tossed in two gray chips (10k) making it 10,250 to go. Michael Laake surrendered his big blind and then one by one, the others tossed their cards in the muck.
As the dealer was pushing the pot to Martin, he showed his 
. Martin’s up to about 58k.
Martin won the Seniors event here last December in a five-way chop for $3,905 and a seat in the Championship.