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)

Event 1 (Flight A): Nancy Thomas and George Boyadjian Eliminated

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
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 AdQc. Boyadjian showed a leading KhKc, while Thomas trailed with AcJc.

The board came down Qh10s3cAh6d, 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.

Event 1 (Flight A): Matt Yorra Doubles Up

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
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 QcJc5h, 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 KdKs for a pair of kings, leading his opponent’s Jh10d for a pair of jacks.

The 9s turn gave Yorra’s opponent an open-ended straight draw, but the 2h river was safe for Yorra to double up.

Matt Yorra – 45,400 (45 bb)

Event 1 (Flight A): Michael Newman Eliminated

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
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 Ac5d, trailing his opponent’s 5s5h.

The board came down QsJc10d10s3d, no help to Newman, ending his Flight A.

Event 1 (Flight A): Registration Closed; Chip Leaders at Break

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
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)

Event 1 (Flight A): Jacquelyn Scott Takes One Out

$250 Big Stack (re-entry) Flight A
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Entries: 219

                                                                           Jacquelyn Scott

In a battle of the blinds following a flop of Kd6h2d, 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 3h2h for bottom pair against Scott’s Ks7c for top pair.

The 10h turn and 4d river completed the board, safe for Scott to score the elimination.

Jacquelyn Scott – 53,000 (88 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 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)