$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 144 of 1,804 Average Stack: 125,000 (29 big blinds)
We’re used to seeing players arrive late to tournament restarts, especially those with big stacks. Marc Levy took it a little further than most and was the last to take a seat an hour into play. But it wasn’t his original seat because that table was distributed around the room.
Table 14 was already dealing with Ty Akbasli’s chip leading stack, now it has to contend with Levy as well.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 153 of 1,804 Average Stack: 118,000 (29 big blinds)
The rich get richer and the field gets shorter.
Ty Akbasli was at an early-break table and moved over to the middle of the room, he was getting active not long after unracking his chips.
James Hughs open-shoved under the gun for 35,500 and it folded around the Akbasli in the big blind. He took a minute to think before saying “let’s gamble”.
Hughs was ahead with against Akbasli’s live and stayed that way on the flop. Akbasli added a gutshot draw and promptly popped it on the turn to leave Hughs drawing dead short of the money.
James Hughs – Eliminated Ty Akbasli – 510,000 (128 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 183 of 1,804 Average Stack: 98,500 (33 big blinds)
Cards are in the air and Day 2 is underway. We expect a lot of quick exits at the start before action slows when they approach the bubble.
We lost a player on the second hand of the tournament and it was just as leader Ty Akbasli was getting to his table.
“The shortest stack is going in,” Hagai Stein half-joked.
He began the day with only 17,000 and had his best friend Akbasli at the other end of the table with the biggest. Stein was in the big blind and prepared to get them in when John Ho open-shoved his stack from under the gun.
It folded to Stein and he peeped the for the call. He had only one overcard with against Ho’s and was eliminated early as the board ran .
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 Ante Players Remaining: 183 of 1,804 Average Stack: 98,500 (33 big blinds)
Six flights of Event 5 drew more than 1,800 entrants over the two starting days but only 183 were able to make it through the first 14 levels of the tournament. Those players return today for Day 2 and we are scheduled to play down to a champion later today.
They created a prize pool worth $216,480 and the last 108 players will earn a piece. Those who min-cash will take home $346 while the eventual champion banks nearly $50,000.
Ty Akbasli bagged up the biggest stack of all the starting flights and returns as the only player over 400,000. He’s followed by Marc Levy with 323,000 with Olvenso Savoie, Evan Young, Joseph Lachovic rounding out the top five.
Also still alive for the title are Wally Maddah, Zo Karim, Carlos Loving, Johanssy Joseph, Kim Stone, and WSOP bracelet winner Joe Ebanks.
Players are finding their new seats, unbagging their chips, and they will be underway in a moment.
$150 No Limit Hold’em Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante Flight 1F Entries: 458 Players Remaining: 48
The last flight of the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event wrapped up in the early hours of Wednesday morning and Salah Levy bagged the chip lead to lead the 48 survivors.
Those survivors come back on Wednesday at 1 p.m. for Day 2 and play down to a winner.
Levy bagged the lead with 254,500, but is joined at the top of the 1F counts by Stosh Gepp and Jordan Meltzer with 242,000 and 206,500 in chips, respectively.
Over the six starting flights, there were 1,804 entries which generated a prizepool of $216,480. The top 108 players will cash and first place is worth $49,957.
$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante Flight 1F Entries: 458 Players Remaining: 62
Karsten Bauer gets his last 18,500 into the middle preflop on the button against the player in the cutoff and the big blind.
The cutoff shows , the big blind shows , but Karstens has them all trumped with his .
The flop is and leaves everybody drawing thin. The turn is the and both of Karstens’ opponents pick up a flush draw. The river is the and Karstens fades the spade to triple up.
The big blind wins a small side pot from the cutoff, since the cutoff had the second biggest stack of the three players. Bauer is now just shy of 30 big blinds as the level nears an end.
$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante Flight 1F Entries: 458 Players Remaining: 72
Carlos Loving raises to 3,500 from middle position and the cutoff moves all in for 14,200. Loving quickly calls and the cards are tabled.
Loving shows and is dominated by his opponent’s . The board runs out and Loving can’t improve to send his opponent home.
Loving loses the small pot, but is still healthy on chips and is looking to play two consecutive days of tournament poker without being eliminated. Loving won the $350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty last night for $8,120 and is trying to ride the heater to a deep run in this event.
$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Flight 1F Entries: 458 Players Remaining: 90
With the board reading , Stosh Gepp is on the button and gets his opponent in middle position all in for about 80,000.
Gepp shows , good for the second nut straight and bested his opponent’s set. Gepp drags the pot and takes a massive chip lead.
“When I moved in on the river, I was just hoping he didn’t snap-call,” said Gepp after the hand. “Once he didn’t snap-call, I knew I was good and he didn’t have king-ten.”