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Level 12: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 46 of 283

The action picked up over the last level before the last break. Flight B is down to 46 players with 35 being the magic number for an early hard stop to the day.

This happened yesterday as well but the bustouts slowed after the break so it’s a coin flip if we get there.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 72 of 283

Svi Soudai’s reign at the top of the leaderboard was shortlived, but he was there to witness the carnage. Matthew Ehrlich opened the action, Chad Millward came along next to act, and Francis Margaglione moved all in right after for 60,000.

The small blind player called all in for less, Ehrlich moved all in over the top and Millward came along for the huge, four-way all in pot.

Small blind:
Ehrlich:
Millward:
Margaglione:

The kings were in great shape and Ehrlich had everyone covered with the biggest stack but the flop changed that in a hurry. Margaglione and the small blind player were in line for their chopped up double and they had it after the turn and river.

They paid out the main pot and then went to work on the side pot. Both Millward and Ehrlich had a lot of chips with all of Millward’s 236,000 going to his neighbor while he went to re-enter.

Ehlrich moved up to 485,000 for the lead and go in contention for Michael Newman’s overall chip lead of 503,000 from Flight A.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 81 of 283

Svi Soudai was already in the lead but he extended it after sending another player out. He was sitting with 274,000 when an early position player shoved for 37,000. Soudai moved all in over the top and the big blind player thought about coming along.

He released and Soudai was in great shape with dominating . They both hit the flop but Soudai was still outkicking his opponent. The board finished and to push Soudai’s stack over 300,000.

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Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 81 of 282

The field continues to grow even as tables are broken down. We are down to nine tables with 81 players but that will fluctuate as new players join.

Jon Borenstein is making his first appearance of the series and he’s already more than tripled his 30,000 starting stack. It was a different story for Tristan Wade when the Florida pro was a quick enter and exit after dinner.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Entries: 282

The dinner break is over and players are back in their seats, ready to grind down through Level 15. Those with chips at that time will bag them up to join the 28 from Flight A.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries: 276

Level 9 came to an end and Flight B players are heading out of the poker room for 40 minutes of relaxation away from the tables.

They will return around 6:10pm and begin the process of playing down through Level 15.

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight B Entries: 269

The day is more than halfway complete and players will enjoy an extended break for dinner after Level 9. They’ll have 40 minutes to grab a bite or relax before returning to play six more levels.

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Level 8: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Entries: 261

In the blink of an eye, the entry count blasted over 251 after a quick run to the registration desk. Event 1 now has more than 500 combined entries to push the prize pool over the guaranteed $150,000.

Players have the rest of the day to register or play tomorrow or max-late reg on Sunday afternoon very near the money bubble.

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Level 7: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight B Entries: 244

Cards are back in the air and Chad Millward continues to set the pace at the top of the leaderboard. He began his day with a 30,000 stack, ran it up to 130,000 before the first break, and went on the second with 245,000.

That’s halfway to Michael Newman’s end-of-day chip lead for Flight A with nine more levels to go. Former SHRP champ Francis Margaglione appears to be the only other player over 200,000 but they have six hours to build a bag.

Top stacks and notable counts:

Chad Millward – 245,000
Francis Margaglione – 206,500
Bullet Bob Saunders – 145,000
Al Gomez – 121,000
Charlemagne Benjamin – 111,500
Stuart Greenbaum – 105,000
Zoltan Czinkota – 83,500
Wally Maddah – 69,700
Jacquelyn Scott – 67,000
Abbey Daniels – 41,000
John Magnetta – 37,000
Erik Christensen – 23,600
Daren Stabinski – 18,800

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Level 6: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 237

The second break of the day is underway and players are taking advantage of the facility outside of the poker room.

We will track down our top stacks and a few notable counts while they are away.