Event 1: No Change at the Top; Young Crushed Out

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 93
Average Stack: 613,000 (31 bb)

Jason Newbold (Hollywood, FL)
James Newbold (Hollywood, FL)

The tournament dropped under 100 players after the break and the average stack has moved over 30 big blinds for the first time today. Raminder Singh, TJ Shulman, and Johnny Tang continue to set the pace with Philly-native Thai Ha-Quang moving into contention.

James Newbold is the new owner of a million chip stack after he caught against Jason Young. They put the chips in the middle after Young flopped top set and Newbold the nut flush draw. His card hit to knock Young down to less than five big blinds at the break and put himself over 1.5 million.

Million chippers:

Raminder Singh – 1,833,000 (92 bb)
TJ Shulman – 1,778,000 (89 bb)
Johnny Tang – 1,685,000 (84 bb)
Thai Ha-Quang – 1,576,000 (79 bb)
Luis Zedan – 1,574,000 (79 bb)
James Newbold – 1,327,000 (66 bb)
Mark Johnson – 1,240,000 (62 bb)
Ronald Campillo – 1,160,000 (58 bb)
Edgar Varas – 1,102,000 (55 bb)
Gedeminas Kiuberis – 1,021,000 (51 bb)