Event 6: Gregg Fund Eliminated in Sixth Place ($1,296)

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 1,200/2,400/400 ante

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Gregg Fund (pictured above) was all in on a PLO hand on the cutoff with AcKd4c3s and Kevin Ho just had him covered with a stack worth 95,000 holding Kc10h8c7h on the big blind. The final board read 10d5d6s2c9h and Fund was eliminated on the hand in sixth place, good for $1,296. Ho stacked up close to 200,000 after the hand.

 

Event 6: Robert Campbell Doubles Up

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 ante

In the rare No Limit Hold’em hand that saw an all-in pot in this event it was Robert Campbell who had his tournament life on the line with KhQh for 14,100. Kevin Ho had him covered with 6h6c in the hole and the final board was dealt 10h9h4d8h7s.  Campbell doubled up to survive with over 30,000 thanks to a flush.

Event 5E: Tweet-Outs from Flight E

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 14:  Blinds 1,200/2,400/400 ante

Players are dropping fast as the end of the night looms.  They’re gambling it up to try to accumulate some chips to bag or bust out and try again in Flight F.

A couple of players have tweeted their departures:

 

Event 6: Joe Mobley Eliminated in Seventh Place ($1,080)

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000/300 ante

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Another bustout in another PLO pot. This time it was Joe Mobley (pictured above) who moved all in on a board reading 10c10s8d4h. His all-in shove was worth 26,200 on the big blind and Brad Young called hijack. The two players then opened up their hands.

Young: AhQd10h7d
Mobley: Jh10d9d9s

River: Ac

Mobley was eliminated in seventh place, good for $1,080, and Young increased his chip stack to 170,000.

Event 5E: Ladies Making Their Mark

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 13:  Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

Angel Vu has been the one to watch since this series began, since she is the current points leader on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year leaderboard.   She started the series with 1120 points and through the first four events has picked up 310 more, for a total of 1430.

Marsha Wolak (foreground) & Nancy Birnbaum (background)
Marsha Wolak (foreground) & Nancy Birnbaum (background)

WSOP bracelet winner Marsha Wolak is hot on her heels, currently occupying 3rd place on the POY leaderboard.

Not to be overlooked is Nancy Birnbaum, one of the most decorated women on the WSOP Circuit with 3 gold rings.

All three of these ladies are plying their trade on the felt in Flight E tonight.

Event 6: Tuan Pham Eliminated in Eighth Place ($864)

$560 Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em / PLO (Re-Entry)
Level 12: 800/1,600/200 ante

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Another PLO hand has produced a bustout in Event 6. This time the short-stacked Tuan Pham (pictured above) was all in with QhJs9s9h against the AdJc6h10d of Gregg Fund on a final board reading Jh7d4c5d7s. Pham was eliminated in eighth place, good for $864, and Fund grew his chip stack to 150,000 after the hand.

Event 5E: Registration Closed

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 11:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

Registration closed for Flight E at the end of level 9.  There were unofficially 439 entries in this flight, surpassing all previous flights and bringing the event total to 1,665.

Some of the many familiar faces still in this Flight are Woodrow Pass, Nancy Birnbaum, Steele Sutter, Angel Vu, Joe Gibbons, Marsha Wolak, Guillermo Hamilton, and Mark Shulla.

Players are on break and there are about 117 remaining in this flight.