$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 5: 150/300 with a 25 ante

After a series of raises, 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship winner Michael Newman had most of his stack committed from middle position with , racing with his early-position opponent’s .

The board came down , no help to Newman, securing the pot for his opponent.

A few hands later following a flop of , Newman was all in from the big blind for about 2,800 with , but trailed his opponent’s . The turn and river completed the board, and Newman was eliminated.

With re-entries available until the start of Level 9, Newman re-entered a few minutes later.