Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Now that players are in the money, everyone is upping their aggression and stacks are growing.
Here is a look at some of the stacks around the room:
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Rellinger |
480,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Daniel Wagner |
400,000
226,100
|
226,100 |
Blake Napierala |
400,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Jeffrey Hobrecker |
375,000
223,200
|
223,200 |
Jason Garofalo |
330,000
96,900
|
96,900 |
Randy Pfeifer |
330,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
John Stempien |
275,000
11,700
|
11,700 |
Maria Parlatore |
230,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Scott Aitchison |
225,000
110,800
|
110,800 |
Jerry Pokerwinski |
210,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
April Than |
190,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Veerab Zakarian |
150,000
58,400
|
58,400 |
|
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Vincent Palma |
100,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
Cameron Bartolotta |
90,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Peter DeSantis |
85,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Carol Leonardi |
65,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Kyle Kozoh |
60,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
Rio Mansour |
50,000
-20,900
|
-20,900 |
Dan Tone |
45,500
-29,500
|
-29,500 |
Action folded around to the player on the button, and he raised to 15,000. Alan Findlay was in the small blind and moved all in for his remaining 85,000. The button thought about it and eventually decided to call.
Findlay tabled , while his opponent showed .
Findlay was on his feet and watched as the board ran out , giving him the double and leaving his opponent with just one big blind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Findlay |
200,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Varun Palackan and Brian Bordinaro had the exact same stacks and got them both in the middle before the flop.
In a classic race, Palackan held and Bordinaro tabled .
Bordinaro pulled ahead when the flop came , but the turn was the and he was drawing dead to the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Varun Palackan |
95,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Brian Bordinaro | Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Daniel Wagner has built up a tower in front of him and acquired many of those chips from Sandra Boyle.
Boyle lost a chunk of her stack with pocket kings after losing to Wagner's bottom pair and flush draw. The very next hand, Boyle got her remaining stack in the middle with ace-queen but ran into Wagner's pocket aces.
Boyle finished on the bubble in 64th place.
All remaining 63 players are now in the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Findlay |
115,000
5,300
|
5,300 |
Sandra Boyle
|
Busted |
Cameron Bartolotta and Rodolfo Navas both got their chips in the middle before the flop, with Navas being the player at risk.
Bartolotta:
Navas:
The board ran out and Bartolotta raked in the pot, sending Navas to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Cameron Bartolotta |
130,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
Rodolfo Navas | Busted |
Andrew Fitting was all in for the last of his short stack and he got a call from two players - one of them being Carol Leonardi.
The flop came , which was checked to the turn.
The turn was the . Leonardi led out for 5,000 and got a call from her opponent.
As the river came down, Fitting stood up from his chair. Leonardi led out for 10,000 and her opponent eventually folded. She turned over for quad fives, and Fitting hit the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Carol Leonardi |
100,000
-8,200
|
-8,200 |
Andrew Fitting
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The remaining 79 players are on a 15-minute break to color up some chips.
Blake Napierala appears to be the chip leader so far with about 340,000.
A total of 63 players will hit the money today, and that number is fast-approaching!
Play resumes at approximately 11:55AM.