Flight B: Prize Pool Nearing $100,000

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Entrants: 182

With 182 entrants in Flight B thus far, the total field size currently stands at 453. The prize pool is more than $95,000, nearly doubling the $50,000 guarantee. Registration remains open until the start of Level 9 (roughly 10:30 pm).

Among the chip leaders after the first 4 levels are Kirkor Tekneci (46,000), Ory Hen (39,000), and Trent Smith (38,000).

Event 1: Flight A Chip Counts

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 271
Average Stack: 99,000 (33 bb)

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1RaffaelloLocatelli355,500
2NashaatAntonious289,500
3FrankLerczak169,000
4RichardLeger161,000
5JonHouseworth155,500
6NicholasChiappetta143,000
7LarryKlur140,000
8JackRolnitzky140,000
9MichaelYenko132,500
10WilliamThibeault130,000
11SheldonGross129,500
12AngelBracho128,500
13AaronFlamand115,500
14MarieFisher110,000
15JulioSanchez94,000
16GeorgeDavis92,000
17PasqualeCaiazza89,000
18EricSiegel85,000
19RickDwyer83,500
20JeffFogel81,000
21CyrilGittens80,500
22AllanBieler77,500
23HaimToorgeman75,000
24NathanManuel73,000
25CraigWitz73,000
26EthielGarcia72,500
27RobertRosquete71,500
28JeremieGuez71,000
29EvanTeitelbaum69,500
30EricHubbs66,000
31EdwardMedoff66,000
32RafaelLima65,000
33TheoLawson62,000
34AlexanderHaber58,000
35MichelGariepy57,000
36MarshaWolak56,500
37GeorgeBoyadjian55,000
38AlGomez48,500
39PeterBronstein42,500
40PeterPetakus36,500
41JouleKadadu33,000

 

Event 1: Last Break for Flight A

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 271

Here are the chip leaders and a few other stacks at the last break in Flight A:

Rafael Lima – 188,000 (94 bb)
Nashaat Antonious – 168,500 (84 bb)
William Thibeault – 161,000 (80 bb)
Larry Klur – 135,000 (67 bb)
Carlo Rodriguez – 121,000 (60 bb)
Jon Houseworth – 115,000 (57 bb)
Average Stack – 72,600 (36 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 68,000 (34 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 49,000 (24 bb)
Ory Hen – 38,000 (19 bb)
Daren Stabinski – 38,000 (19 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 35,000 (17 bb)

Day 1A survivors will bag and tag at the conclusion of Level 14.

Event 1: Flight A Registration Closed; Guarantee Surpassed

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 271

Registration has closed for Flight A and the guaranteed prize pool of $50,000 has already been reached. A total of 271 entries registered for Flight A, bringing the prize pool to nearly $57,000 thus far. Flight B begins at 6 pm.

Here is a look at a few of the top stacks in the room at the close of the Flight A registration period:

Marie Fisher – 134,000 (167 bb)
Marsha Wolak – 130,000 (162 bb)
William Thibeault – 113,000 (141 bb)
Jon Houseworth – 109,000 (136 bb)
Craig Witz – 87,000 (108 bb)

Play will commence until the end of Level 14 (roughly 6:45pm) when the remaining players will bag and tag for the evening.

Fun in the Sun Day 1 Schedule

11am: Event 1 (Flight A) – $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em

  • $50,000 guaranteed
  • 15,000 chips, 30-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9
  • Play concludes following Level 14
  • Day 2 begins tomorrow at 1pm
  • Structure sheet

6pm: Event 1 (Flight B) – $250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em

  • $50,000 guaranteed
  • 15,000 chips, 30-minute levels
  • Late registration and re-entry available until the start of Level 9
  • Play concludes following Level 14
  • Day 2 begins tomorrow at 1pm
  • Structure sheet

Tournament updates will begin this afternoon.

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