$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante Flight B Entries: 476
Frankie Flowers
With the board reading , Frankie Flowers checked and Larry Klur bet 7,000. Flowers pulled a check/raise to 20,000 and Klur went deep in the tank.
“Do you have a set?” Klur asked across the table.
Klur folded and Flowers did not have a set. He showed them for the monster over pair and it moved him up to 52,000.
Flowers is a popular player in our games and he always brings the fun. This time he’s here in the tournament with most of he mind elsewhere.
Flowers’ thoughts are also back home in the Northeast where his granddaughter is undergoing surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after being bord 24-week premature. All the best wishes from your friends at SHRPO.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante Flight B Entries: 463
Jonathan Hilton
On a flop of , a player in early position checked and Jonathan Hilton moved all in for 8,700 from middle position. The hijack called and the early position player folded.
Hilton showed , but was in trouble against his opponent’s .
The turn was the , but the river was the and Hilton rivered a bigger set to double up.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 250/500 with a 75 ante Flight B Entries: 436
Matt Clark (left) versus Marc MacDonnell (right)
Matt Clark opened to 1,300 from middle position and Marc MacDonnell three-bet to 4,500 from late position. Clark called.
The flop came Clark checked and MacDonnell bet 3,300. Clark called.
The turn brought the , Clark checked again and MacDonnell bet 5,600. Clark moved all in and MacDonnell snap called with . Clark needed to get lucky as he tabled .
The river was the giving both players a full house and Clark did indeed get lucky as they split the pot.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 8: 250/500 with a 50 ante Flight B Entries: 431
Tim Reilly
Tim Reilly was heads-up in a pot with the board reading and his opponent checked from the small blind. Reilly put out 7,000 and then faced a check/raise all in for 19,000.
Reilly called with trip aces to lead pocket kings . The completed the board, Reilly sent a player to the rail and moved near 60,000.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante Flight B Entries: 418
Jessica Dawley opened to 850 from middle position, the button called, as did the small blind. Jim Trott moved all in for his last 7,000 from the big blind and Dawley called.
Trott turned over and was out in front against Dawley’s .
The board came and Dawley picked up a flush draw on the turn. The river was the and Trott’s jack kicker held to score his double.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Event (Re-Entry) $250,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 7: 200/400 with a 50 ante Flight B Entries: 410
Charlemagne Benjamin
The second break is over and players are back in their seats. The entry count jumped over 400 and the prize pool topped $700,000 with three more levels plus dinner to register.
Charlemagne Benjamin looks like the new leader with 145,000 with Nick Palma not far behind at 139,000. Zachary Smiley is the only other player over 100,000 with Adil Khan not bar behind with 98,000.