Event 1: Ultimate Restart

$350 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
Level 16: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 345
Average Stack: 166,000 (21 bb)

Chad Freedman's stack waiting for him to come back
Chad Freedman’s stack waiting for him to come back

Players are taking their seats and we’re just about ready to restart the Ultimate Re-Entry tournament. We have 345 players remaining of the starting 4,075 entrants and they are already in the money before the first card goes in the air.

We expect a lot of activity at the start as players try to double their short stack or hit the payout desk. Hour-long levels on Day 2 will deepen the stacks quickly but there will be a line to get paid in the beginning.

Chad Freedman bagged up the biggest stack in Flight A and he stayed there after all eight flights were complete. His 639,000 is slightly ahead of Richard Whitebrook’s 636,000 and former Seminole Hard Rock Poker champion Raminder Singh.

Play will resume with 23 minutes 24 seconds remaining in Level 16.