$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante
10 Players Remaining, 140k avg (35k avg)

Stephen Diamantas and Enzo Romano are in a preflop betting war and Romano calls Diamantas’ all in bet of 78k.

Romano’s AK leads AQ and holds after the board runs out 2-4-3-2-8.

Diamantas earns $1,000 for his 11th place finish as the remaining players draw for final table seats.

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante
11 Players Remaining, 127k average (32 bb)

“Tampa Bay” Ray DelCueto is all in preflop for 60k with against the ] of Filipp Khavin.

DelCueto doesn’t connect, finishin in 12th place for $1,000.

On his way out the door, DelCueto grabs a schedule of events and has his eye on Tuesday’s 11 am Seniors event, the 12 pm Flight C of Event 3 and circles the 8 pm Turbo Mega Satellite into the Championship Event.

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/400 ante
12 Players Remaining, 117k avg (29 bb)

Table 1

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Brian Fuchs 346k
2
3
4 Julio Novo 175k
5 Joseph Williams 131k
6 Ricardo Rodriguez 202k
7 Manny Minaya 157k
8
9 Stephen Brite 49k

Table 2

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 “Tampa Bay” Ray DelCueto 71k
2 Roberto Quintana 158k
3 Enzo Romano 105k
4
5
6
7 Filipp Khavin 136k
8 Stephen Diamantas 72k
9 Jessie Wheatley 103k

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,200/2,400/300 ante
24 Players Remaining, 71k avg (30 bb)

Players are back from their last break of the day. The field will play two full levels and three minutes into Level 15 to match the stop time from Flight A.

Chip Leaders

Garth Fudens 172k
Oliver Arcand 155k
Jeffrey Trudeau 138k
Jacob Naumann 114k
Robin Fisher 107k

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,500/3k/400 ante
12 Players Remaining, 117k avg (39 bb)

Moments after Marvin Karlins goes out in 14th place, Ryan Sponaugle hits the rail in 13th.

Sponaugle is all in for 31k with pocket Kings, but Filipp Khavin flops an Ace with A4 to get the knockout.

“I’m not mad about the call,” says a mildly annoyed Sponaugle, “I’m mad that the Ace always has to hit.”

Sponaugle throws a “I hope you win,” to Khavin on his way to the cage. Both Sponaugle and Karlins earn $875.

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,500/3k/300 ante
14 Players Remaining, 100k avg (33 bb)

Wally Madah (Tampa, FL) puts the last of chips all in with against Enzo Romano’s KQ, whose King-high wins the pot.

Maddah’s 15th place for $875 is his second cash of the series after finishing 14th in the Event 2 Turbo.

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1,200/2,400/300
15 Players Remaining, 93k avg (39 bb)

Ron Puleo, Manny Minaya and Jessie Wheatley see a flop of .

Minaya bets 10k, Wheatley calls and Puleo moves all in for ~50k.

Minaya moves all in for 114k total and Wheatley calls, covering both players.

Puleo: (set of 9s)
Minaya: (over pair)
Wheatley: (top pair, top kicker)

Turn: (Wheatley flush draw, Minaya & Wheatley straight draws)

River:

The river Jack gives Wheatley and Minaya each the nut straight to knock out Puleo in 16th place.

Puleo takes home $750 and an elimination by running cards also earns him our Hard Rock, Hard Beat of the Day

Hard Rock, Hard Beat of the Day – Puleo

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante
16 Players Remaining, 88k avg (44 bb)

Payouts before the break and remaining players.

Place-Name-Payout

17th Archibald McLaughlin $750
18th Anthony Keshish $750

Table 1

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Brian Fuchs 31,300
2 Ron Puleo 108,800
3
4 Julio Novo 216,900
5 Joseph Williams 81,800
6 Ricardo Rodriguez 51,400
7 Manny Minaya 132,700
8 Jessie Wheatley 205,800
9 Stephen Brite 32,400

Table 2

Seat-Name

1 “Tampa Bay” Ray DelCueto 81,300
2 Roberto Quintana 94,800
3 Enzo Romano 107,600
4 Marvin Karlins 20,300
5
6 Ryan Sponaugle 106,000
7 Filipp Khavin 69,800
8 Stephen Diamantas 54,600
9 Wally Maddah 24,800

$560 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 800/1,600/200 ante
18 Players Remaining, 78k avg (49 bb)

Event 2 winner Filipp Khavin (St. Petersburg, FL) eliminates a short stack to send the remaining 18 players into the money. This is Khavin’s second cash of the series.

The top two finishers in December’s Championship Event are still in the running for the $15,000 top prize. Stephen Diamantas won $122,000 when he defeated Ryan Sponaugle ($72,000) heads up for last year’s title.

“I have a feeling we’re going to be heads up again,” says Sponaugle just after the bubble breaks.

Place-Payout
1: $15,000
2: $8,250
3: $4,750
4: $4,000
5: $3,000
6: $2,500
7: $2,000
8: $1,500
9: $1,125
10-12: $1,000
13-15: $875
16-18: $750

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 9: Blinds 500/1k/100 ante
54 Players Remaining (of 142 entries), 32k avg (32 bb)

Gerald Silva 84k
Daniel Carlton 79k
Jeff Trudeau 72k
Tim WInningham 64k
Christopher Carlson 59k
Thomas Villetto 54k
Michael Henin 50k
Carlos Perez 47k
Robin Fisher 46k
Samuel Char 46k
Patricia Castillo 45k
Ramesh Patel 45k