$300 CSOP/Jeff Conine Celebrity Event (Re-Entry)
Structure | Prizes
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 120 of 307

Most of the tables in the field are filled with amateur poker players, sports personalities, local celebrities, and the like, and there’s nobody in the room who’s having a bad time, from the looks of it. One table is just slightly more serious than the others, though.

Over in the far corner of the room, there’s a table that contains Michael Mizrachi, Jorie Damiani, Ronit Chamani, Patrick Eskandar, and Jon Gorsuch — five professional or semi-professional players. Eskandar is the one driving most of the action thanks to his big stack, but both Chamani and Mizrachi recently won significant pots, too.

Chamani got a full double-up for 9,900 chips despite getting in preflop trouble with against an opponent’s . Chamani found a nine on the flop, though, and the board ran out to double her up to about 20,000.

Just a moment later, Mizrachi got involved in a battle of the blinds in which he put his next-door neighbor at risk with against . The runout gave Mizrachi the knockout and a boost up to about 30,000 chips.