$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

Some big names have been rolling into town over the last week and a lot of them hopped in the $570 buy-in 8-Handed event yesterday. The tournament drew 142 entrants to create a $71,000 prize pool with the winner set to earn nearly $18,000.

Of the ten players returning today, Giovanni Rodriguez is the clear front-runner with Barry Hutter next in line.  Matt Stout and Joe Calderon are bringing up the rear with 18 big blinds.

They are about ready to get underway and play down to a winner.

Table 7:
Seat 1 – Yigal Hen – 84,000
Seat 3 – Joe Calderon – 109,000
Seat 4 – Ira Schwartz – 173,000
Seat 5 – Giovanni Rodriguez – 395,000
Seat 6 – Matt Stout – 109,000

Table 8:
Seat 1 – John Brody – 65,000
Seat 2 – Joe Ebelhar – 208,000
Seat 6 – Barry Hutter – 293,000
Seat 7 – Pasquale Caiazza – 114,000
Seat 8 – Herbert Woodbery – 156,000

Payouts:

1st: $17,749
2nd: $10,636
3rd: $7,704
4th: $5,723
5th: $4,296
6th: $3,436
7th: $2,854
8th: $2,414
9th: $1,633
10th: $1,633