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Table 17 has quickly become the table where all the cool chips are hanging out.

No less than four players have very large stacks and will be causing trouble for anyone else sitting there for the rest of play tonight.  Matt Glantz, Vlad Mezhertisky and Alex Haber are sitting pretty but nowhere near Zeely Malik who just won a massive pot and appears to be the chip leader in the room.

Twenty minutes remain on Level 10 wth 144 players still in action tonight.

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It’s getting late, everyone.

Allen Kessler excitedly shared a quote heard at the table during play a little earlier and blessed us with this little nugget of snark:

“If stupidity were a sickness, you’d be in the hopsital.”

Allen Kessler, ladies and gentlemen.  He’ll be here all weekend.

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We’ve reached the final level of Day 1B.  With a $2,000,000 prize pool on the line, every one of the 162 players remaining is trying to build their stacks to make a run at this championship.

Among the leaders are Kent Taepakdee, Ed Blount, Jarod Ludemann and Kevin Stammen as we get ready to wrap up play for the night.

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Ed Blount has emerged as one of the chip leaders here in Day 1B.  He’s also leading the tournament in another category.

Blount is working over a fourth bottle of wine so far today.  Seeing that it’s the only bottle of wine in the room, he may have figured out a new key to successful poker.  No word yet if he’ll be getting sponsored by the 80’s band UB40 any time soon.

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Two of tonight’s Day 1B female participants, Vanessa Selbst and Natasha Barbour will be taking part in the Ladies’ Night taping of “Poker Night In America”.  It will be the first ever televised all-female cash game and will be filmed right here at Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood in Paradise Live.

Tapings for all the shows will be starting tomorrow as well as the PNIA team livestreaming this championship event’s final table.  It will also be broadcast on Fox Sports 1 in 2015.

Good luck to everyone playing on the “Poker Night in America” tapings this week!

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The cards are back in the air for the final two levels of Day 1B.  As of now, we are listed at 180 players and counting down fast.

One player not headed out the door any time soon is Kent Taepakdee.  Taepakdee has a large stack of 5k chips in front of him and is well on his way to coming back tomorrow playing for the championship.

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Players are now on their final 15 minute break for the day and the green 25 chips will be coming out of play.

Out of Day 1B’s 342 entries, 189 players remain trying to reach Day 2 tomorrow and get their piece of this $2,000,000 prize pool.

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She’s so good it’s just scary.

The unbridled agression and reading skills of Vanessa Selbst were on display again as Selbst ended up in a four-way pot.  After a flop of and all four checked it was on.  With a on the turn, Selbst bet out 7,000 and her opponent on the button called.

With a on the river, Selbst checked.  Her opponent put out a small bet of 6,000 after which Selbst quickly went over the top for 14,000.  After getting a call, Selbst found her opponent with and playing the board after being counterfeited.  Selbst showed for king high and won the significant pot.

If Selbst continues plays like that, she could be on her way to another championship being added to her stellar resume.

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As we all know, when the numbers start to dwindle in a large poker facility like the Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood Ballroom it can tend to get a little chilly.  The air conditioning is always set to accomodate a large amount of people but when the body heat is gone, players sometimes resort to interesting tricks to keep warm.

But it looks like Angela Prada-Moed is pulling out all the stops.   We all wish we could fit in a seat like that.  Someone get Angela a hot chocolate and a cupcake, please.

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Alex Haber is on a heater.

A stunned table looked on as Haber sent another player to the rail.  Haber with called his oppenent hold on a board.  After a blank on the turn, Haber rivered a 9 and claimed another victim.  Haber cleared the 100k mark with the win.

Meanwhile, Will Failla continues to chat it up as usual.  Whether it’s giving a cordial greeting to the blog team or mentoring up-and-coming pro Nick Yunis, Failla is never short on table talk.  Failla currently stands around 35k.