$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 49/250

A player in middle position limped in, Michael Tait completed the small blind, and the player in the big blind raised all in for about 22,000. The initial limper folded, and Tait called with , racing with the big blind’s .

The board came down , giving Tait a pair of tens to eliminate his opponent.

Michael Tait – 88,000 (55 bb)

Not long ago, Tait lost an all-in confrontation and thought he was out. A few levels later, Tait is sitting on a comfortable stack as play enters the final two levels of the night.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 56/250

David Zaldivar – 185,000 (116 bb)
Tom Millward – 175,000 (109 bb)
Claudio Kalili – 169,000 (106 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 68/250

Nigel Murray raised to 3,000 from the hijack, and Daren Stabinski called from the cutoff.

They checked to the turn of a board where Murray bet 4,500. Stabinski called.

The river was the , Murray checked, Stabinski bet 5,000, and Murray folded.

Stabinski smirked, showed for a flopped full house, and collected the pot.

Daren Stabinski – 34,000 (28 bb)
Nigel Murray – 75,000 (63 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 90/250

Daren Stabinski raised to 2,000 from under the gun, a player in middle position called, Michael Newman called from the hijack, the player in the small blind called, and Nigel Murray called from the big blind.

The flop came down , and action checked to the player in middle position who bet 5,000. Newman reraised all in for 21,200, and the player in the small blind isolated the pot with a shove of his own.

“You don’t have a set, do you?” asked Newman.

The player in the small blind showed , while Newman tabled for a set of fours.

The turn and river completed the board, giving Newman the double.

Michael Newman – 58,200 (73 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 250

Registration has closed for Flight B of the $250 Big Stack (re-entry). There are 250 entries for the second starting flight, bringing the field size to 481 entries.

Payout information will be made available at the beginning of Day 2.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 225

Joseph Duchman limped from under the gun, Michael Newman limped from early position, and Tony Ruberto raised to 2,500 from the cutoff. Both Duchman and Newman called.

They checked to the turn of a board where Ruberto bet 3,500. Duchman check-folded, Newman check-raised to 15,000, and Ruberto called all in for 12,450.

Newman:
Ruberto:

Newman led with trip kings against Ruberto’s two pair and flush draw, but the river was the to give Ruberto a winning ace-high flush.

Tony Ruberto – 33,500 (67 bb)
Michael Newman – 17,500 (35 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 217

A short-stacked Errol Massey was all in for about 3,200 from middle position with against his opponent in early position with .

The board came down , safe for Massey to double with ace high.

Errol Massey – 7,400 (19 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 211

Facing two limpers before him, Tony Ruberto raised to 1,200 from middle position. The player in the small blind three-bet to 2,250, the limpers folded, and Ruberto called.

The flop came down , the player in the small blind bet 3,150, Ruberto reraised all in for about 5,400, and his opponent called with , leading Ruberto’s .

The turn and river completed the board, giving Ruberto’s opponent quad nines to score the elimination.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 199

TK Miles – 41,000 (137 bb)
Nigel Murray – 38,000 (127 bb)
Michael Tait – 26,000 (87 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 24,000 (80 bb)
Abbey Daniels -15,500 (52 bb)
Steve Karp – 14,000 (47 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 13,500 (45 bb)
Michael Newman – 12,500 (42 bb)
Tony Ruberto – 9,000 (30 bb)
Errol Massey – 6,000 (20 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 34/231

Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Table and seat assignments will be posted following the completion of Flight B at about 3 a.m.