Event 1 (Flight B): Tony Ruberto Doubles Through Michael Newman

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight B Entries: 225

Joseph Duchman limped from under the gun, Michael Newman limped from early position, and Tony Ruberto raised to 2,500 from the cutoff. Both Duchman and Newman called.

They checked to the turn of a KcKh5hJh board where Ruberto bet 3,500. Duchman check-folded, Newman check-raised to 15,000, and Ruberto called all in for 12,450.

Newman: Ks9h
Ruberto: AhJs

Newman led with trip kings against Ruberto’s two pair and flush draw, but the river was the 7h to give Ruberto a winning ace-high flush.

Tony Ruberto – 33,500 (67 bb)
Michael Newman – 17,500 (35 bb)

Event 1 (Flight B): Tony Ruberto Eliminated

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 211

Facing two limpers before him, Tony Ruberto raised to 1,200 from middle position. The player in the small blind three-bet to 2,250, the limpers folded, and Ruberto called.

The flop came down 8s7d5s, the player in the small blind bet 3,150, Ruberto reraised all in for about 5,400, and his opponent called with 9s9d, leading Ruberto’s Ad8h.

The 9h turn and 9c river completed the board, giving Ruberto’s opponent quad nines to score the elimination.

Event 1 (Flight B): A Few Chip Counts from Around the Room

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 25 ante
Flight B Entries: 199

TK Miles – 41,000 (137 bb)
Nigel Murray – 38,000 (127 bb)
Michael Tait – 26,000 (87 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 24,000 (80 bb)
Abbey Daniels -15,500 (52 bb)
Steve Karp – 14,000 (47 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 13,500 (45 bb)
Michael Newman – 12,500 (42 bb)
Tony Ruberto – 9,000 (30 bb)
Errol Massey – 6,000 (20 bb)

Event 1: Flight A Chip Counts

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 34/231

Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Table and seat assignments will be posted following the completion of Flight B at about 3 a.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1HaimToorgeman379,000
2BassamMourad229,000
3MariiaLevseieva202,500
4AnthonyAbdo197,000
5RaminderSingh171,500
6YigalHen140,000
7PawelDacka130,000
8MatthewEwert128,000
9AlmogBiton127,000
10JoelHarwood111,000
11RobertGianquitti104,000
12GomenNassou102,500
13JacquelynScott101,000
14StuartGreenbaum100,000
15MattAxelrod92,000
16D.J.Swatscheno92,000
17LeightonGaynair91,500
18MarkNahama90,500
19JorgeGomez86,500
20DanielGenachte76,000
21MichaelKrumenacker74,500
22MatthewLipchitz74,500
23ChrisNomikos73,500
24StevenLangert73,000
25StevenCohen68,500
26MitchellSmith61,500
27MarcSacheli56,000
28OryHen50,000
29JoshWasserman46,000
30MichaelFryett42,500
31GailHand41,000
32DimitryAgrachov38,500
33GreggSilverstein33,500
34DavidNathaniel31,000

Event 1: Flight B Underway

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight B
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1: 25/50
Flight B Entries: 97

The cards are in the air for Flight B of the $250 Big Stack (re-entry). There are 97 entries thus far and combined with the 231 Flight A entries, the $50,000 guarantee has easily been surpassed. Registration is open until the beginning of Level 9 (about 11:30 p.m.).

More frequent updates of Flight B will begin following the first break.

Event 1 (Flight A): Haim Toorgeman Leads The 34 Survivors

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 34/231

                                                                                  Haim Toorgeman

The remaining 34 players from Flight A have bagged and tagged for the night. Leading the way with a commanding chip lead is Haim Toorgean with 379,000.

We’ll have full chip counts of the remaining players within the hour.

Event 1 (Flight A): Anthony Abdo Takes Out Another

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 37/231

Matt Axelrod opened to 5,200 from the button, Anthony Abdo called from the small blind, the player in the big blind three-bet shoved for roughly 78,000, Axelrod folded, and Abdo called after a few moments with Ad10c, leading the big blind’s Ah4c.

The board came down KcKdQc3d7c, safe for Abdo to score the elimination.

Anthony Abdo – 187,000 (78 bb)

Event 1 (Flight A): A Few Chip Counts From Around the Room

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 54/231

Haim Toorgeman – 170,000 (106 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 127,000 (79 bb)
Joel Harwood – 124,000 (77 bb)
Jeffrey Silverstein – 108,000 (67 bb)
Matt Yorra – 100,000 (62 bb)
Anthony Abdo – 96,000 (60 bb)
Dmitry Agrachov – 85,000 (53 bb)
Matt Axelrod – 76,000 (47 bb)
Ory Hen – 65,000 (41 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 46,000 (29 bb)
Yigal Hen – 34,000 (21 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 23,000 (14 bb)