$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 483

Flight A:  483 Entries; 48 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway  
Flight C:  Friday at 11am
Flight D:  Friday at 5pm
Flight E:  Saturday at 11am
Flight F:  Saturday at 5pm
Flight G:  Sunday at 11am
Flight H:  Sunday at 5pm
Day 2:  Monday at 1pm

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 6 of 78

With the final board showing on the river, Bruce Freedman was all in against Michael Dreese:

Michael Dreese:    (set of eights, 8-6 low)
Bruce Freedman:    (two pair, 8-7 low)

Dreese scooped the entire pot to eliminate Freedman in seventh place.

Bruce Freedman  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,053)

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 7 of 78

Perry Klein was short-stacked and all in preflop against Michael Dreese and Gabriel Ramos.

The flop came , and Dreese and Ramos put in 12,000 each (with a bet and a raise).

The turn card was the , Dreese checked, Ramos bet 12,000, and Dreese called.

The river card was the , Dreese checked, Ramos bet 12,000, and Dreese check-raised to 24,000. Ramos called, and all three players showed their cards:

Michael Dreese:    (king-high flush)
Gabriel Ramos:    (eight-high flush, 6-5 low)
Perry Klein:    (ace high)

Dreese won the high side with his king-high flush, and Ramos took the low side with his 6-5 low. Klein was eliminated in eighth place.

Perry Klein  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($936)

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 8 of 78

With the blinds at 3,000-6,000, Perry Klein moved all in from middle position for 8,000. Adam Walter called from the hijack, and Hyndi Khomutetsky raised from the cutoff to 12,000 (because the all-in was less than half of a full raise). Harry Eisenberg called from the big blind, leaving himself just 4K behind, and Walter called.

Four players in the pot, with one all in.

The flop came , and Eisenberg moved all in for 4,000. Walter and Khomutetsky both called.

Still four players in the pot, now with two all in.

The turn card was the , Walter bet 12,000, and Khomutetsky called.

The river card was the , Walter bet 12,000, and Khomutetsky called. Here were their hole cards in descending order of chip counts:

Adam Walter:    (nine-high straight, 7-6 low)
Hyndi Khomutetsky:    (trip aces)
Harry Eisenberg:  mucked
Perry Klein:    (full house)

Klein won the high side of the main pot with his full house, and Walter won the low side of the main pot with his 7-6 low. Then Walter scooped the rest of the pot with his straight, eliminating Eisenberg in ninth place.

Adam Walter  –  160,000  (27 bb)
Perry Klein  –  18,000  (3 bb)
Harry Eisenberg  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($819)

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 9 of 78

With the final board showing , Eric Von Gutternberg was all in with for a pair of aces with a 7-6-5-4-A low.

But Bruce Freedman turned over to scoop the entire pot with two pair for the high end (sevens and sixes), and a 7-6-5-2-A for a better low hand.

Bruce Freedman  –  125,000  (21 bb)
Eric Von Guttenberg  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($702)

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with an 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 388

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 100K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Constantinos Liapis  –  118,500  (148 bb)
2.  Mihaly Luckas  –  106,500  (133 bb)
3.  George Hortelano  –  102,000  (128 bb)

$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10 of 78

The Omaha 8 event reached its final table ten at the end of Level 16 and they gathered together as one. Michael Dreese hit the final table with a healthy lead followed by Hyndi Khomutetsky, Gabriel Ramos, and Michael Rosenberg.

Seat 1: Michael Dreese – 201,000
Seat 2: Eric Von Guttenberg – 45,000
Seat 3: Perry Klein – 44,000
Seat 4: Gabriel Ramos – 110,000
Seat 5: Adam Walter – 102,000
Seat 6: Hyndi Khomutetsky – 119,000
Seat 7: Michael Rosenberg – 107,000
Seat 8: Wayne Brown – 78,000
Seat 9: Harry Eisenberg – 13,000
Seat 10: Bruce Freedman – 105,000

Payouts:

1st: $7,908
2nd: $4,563
3rd: $2,855
4th: $1,931
5th: $1,463
6th: $1,170
7th: $1,053
8th: $936
9th: $819
10th: $702

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 48 of 483

Flight A came to an end with 48 players advancing to Day 2, and 9:31 remaining in Level 17. The surviving players are all guaranteed at least $700 for a min-cash on Day 2, though the full prizepool won’t be available until registration has closed in all eight flights. Players who survive multiple flights, will play their largest stack on Day 2, and receive $2,500 for each of their smaller stacks.

Here are the six players from Flight A who bagged up at least 300K:

1.  Bret Grebow  –  557,500
2.  James Salmon  –  429,500
3.  Dejan Petkovic  –  388,500
4.  Jason Young  –  361,000
5.  Frankie Flowers  –  356,000
6.  David Bradshaw, Jr.  –  317,000

Flight B is currently underway, with registration open (unlimited re-entries) until 11:45 pm.

There will be two more flights tomorrow (Friday), with Flight C beginning at 11:00 am (registration open until 5:45 pm), and Flight D beginning at 5:00 pm (registration open until 11:45 pm).

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 48 of 483

With 49 players remaining, and only 48 advancing to Day 2 to reach the money, a player got it all in with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Paul Pantoja’s .

But the board came , and Pantoja rivered a diamond flush to win the pot and eliminate his opponent to burst the Money Bubble and end Flight A.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 51 of 483

Flight A is taking their last break of the day with 51 players remaining and 48 of them making the money. They will go into hand-for-hand when 49 are still here and continue that way until one player is eliminated.