$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 63/231

Nancy Thomas raised all in from early position for about 16,000, the player in the hijack called, George Boyadjian reraised all in with a covering stack from the cutoff, and the player in the hijack called all in for about 45,000 with . Boyadjian showed a leading , while Thomas trailed with .

The board came down , giving the hijack aces and queens to double through Boyadjian and eliminate Thomas.

Down to just a few thousand, Boyadjian was eliminated a few hands later.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 81/231

The player in the cutoff rasied to 3,000, and Matt Yorra called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Yorra checked, his opponent continued for 3,500, and Yorra check-raised to 7,500. His opponent reraised all in with a covering stack, and Yorra called all in for 19,000 with for a pair of kings, leading his opponent’s for a pair of jacks.

The turn gave Yorra’s opponent an open-ended straight draw, but the river was safe for Yorra to double up.

Matt Yorra – 45,400 (45 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 99/231

Michael Newman raised to 2,000 from the button, the player in the small blind reraised all in with a covering stack, and Newman called all in for about 15,000 with , trailing his opponent’s .

The board came down , no help to Newman, ending his Flight A.

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 108/231

Registration for Flight A of Event 1 has closed with 231 entries. Here were the top five stacks at the second break:

Anthony Abdo – 108,000 (135 bb)
Dmitry Agrachov – 101,500 (127 bb)
Jonathan Gold – 91,000 (114 bb)
Joel Harwood – 86,000 (107 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 83,500 (104 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 219

In a battle of the blinds following a flop of , Jacquelyn Scott (small blind) and her opponent in the big blind go back and forth before Scott’s opponent winds up all in for about 24,000 with for bottom pair against Scott’s for top pair.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Scott to score the elimination.

Jacquelyn Scott – 53,000 (88 bb)

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
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Level 7: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Entries: 206

Ory Hen – 58,000 (116 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 39,000 (78 bb)
Dmitry Agrachov – 32,500 (65 bb)
Abbey Daniels – 32,000 (64 bb)
Matt Yorra – 29,000 (58 bb)
Matt Axelrod – 21,000 (42 bb)
Nancy Thomas – 17,500 (35 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott – 16,000 (32 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 15,000 (30 bb)
Michael Newman – 15,000 (30 bb)

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

After a series of raises, 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship winner Michael Newman had most of his stack committed from middle position with , racing with his early-position opponent’s .

The board came down , no help to Newman, securing the pot for his opponent.

A few hands later following a flop of , Newman was all in from the big blind for about 2,800 with , but trailed his opponent’s . The turn and river completed the board, and Newman was eliminated.

With re-entries available until the start of Level 9, Newman re-entered a few minutes later.

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

Players have just returned from their first break of the day. Through the first four levels, there are 172 entries. Registration remains open until the beginning of Level 9 (roughly 3:30 pm).

11am: $250 Big Stack Flight A – $50,000 Guaranteed

• $250 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
• 15,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Registration and unlimited re-entry until the start of Level 9 (~3:30pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~6:45pm)
• Day 2 takes place Wednesday, December 27th at 2pm
• Structure sheet

7pm: $250 Big Stack Flight B – $50,000 Guaranteed

• $250 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed
• 15,000 chips and 30-minute levels
• Registration and unlimited re-entry until the start of Level 9 (~11:30pm)
• Play concludes following Level 14 (~2:45am)
• Day 2 takes place Wednesday, December 27th at 2pm
• Structure sheet

Tournament updates will begin after the first break of the 11am flight