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Level 13:  Blinds 1k/2k/300 ante

They’re down to 72 players remaining at 8 tables.  Average stack is about 54k.

Here are the chip leaders as of the break:

Jonathan Jimenez 146,800
Thomas Larson 134,200
Benito Marichal 113,700
Alex Bergfors 101,800
Paul Belzano 97,300
Derrick Cutler 89,900
Mitchell Mantin 84,900
Andres Morales 82,300

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 11:  Blinds 600/1,200/200 ante

During the previous level, (blinds 500/1,000) 5 players took a flop for 2,000:  .  It was checked to Cody Ferguson (West Palm Beach, FL) in the cutoff and he fired 4,500.  Andres Morales (button) jammed for ~36k.  Everyone folded to Cody, (Deerfield Beach, FL) who called, having Andres covered.

Cody was ahead with for trip tens.  Andres had for two pair.  The last two came running spades, , to give Andres the flush and the double-up.

Then after the blinds went up, the same two battled again.  Cody was all-in for 4,300 and Andres said “call”, then flipped his cards up, even though there were still players to act behind him.  (He was given a warning for exposing his hand with action pending.)  Everyone else folded and the cards were tabled.

Cody was again ahead with .  Andres held .  The flop gave the lead to Andres when it came .  Then the on the river put Cody back in front.  Then the hit the river, giving Andres two pair and giving Cody his second bad beat of the day.

Cody’s not sure about playing again tomorrow — he’s a little demoralized by the beats he took from Andres Morales.  Andres makes his living as a Network Specialist.  He’s now up to about 75k.

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Level 10:  Blinds 500/1,000/100 ante

Registration has closed for Flight C with an unofficial entry count of 322.

Of those, 117 remain in action as they near the end of level ten.  Levels are now 30 minutes long and they will halt play for the night with about 15 minutes remaining in level 15.

Lots of familiar faces are still grinding it out.   We know who the grinders are when we keep seeing them in event after event.  Elliott ‘Comrade’ Zaydman, Joe Williams, Richard Hope, Wally Maddah, Steven Bennett, and Steele Sutter are plying the felt again in this flight.

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Level 9:  Blinds 400/800/100 ante

Players are back on the felt following a break.

The board says there are 317 entrants in this flight so far with registration still open until the start of the next level.  Here’s how the numbers went for the first two flights:

Flight A: 261 entries*, 27 advanced
Flight B: 323 entries*, 36 advanced

*Unofficial

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Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/500 ante (14:48 remains)

Since Flight A halted early, Flight B had to stop at the same time.  There were 36 players remaining in the flight and they have now bagged up their chips.  They will return at 1pm Wednesday for Day 2.

Dinh Nguyen was the chip leader with 442,000.

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Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/500 ante

Cinda Goodale had jumped into the chip lead with almost 200k with 63 players remaining, but at the start of level 15, she has dropped back into the pack.  Cinda is a local semi-professional poker player.

Flight B is down to only 40 players and will halt play with 14:48 remaining in this level, then bag up for the night.

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End of Level 6:  Blinds 150/300/25 ante

Players in Flight C are on a break at the end of level 6.

Just before the end of the level, three players were all-in pre-flop.  Jorge Hernandez held AQ, seat 5 was ahead with pocket Kings, and seat 2 had pocket 7s.

The board ran out A T T 6 3 and Jorge caught an Ace to triple up.  Seat 5 won a small side pot, and seat 2 was left short-stacked, but no one busted out.

Jorge chipped up to just over 20k, back where he started.  He owns a mechanic shop and lives here in Hollywood, but is originally from Cuba.  He’s been in the US for about 20 years.

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Level 5:  Blinds 150/300/25 ante

On the turn, the board read and the player in seat 2 fired 2,200.  Joe Williams (Benton City, FL) tossed all his chips in, totaling 5,500.

“Is this a re-buy?” asked his opponent.  The dealer informed him it is re-entry, not re-buy, and he can re-enter until the start of level 10.

After about a minute, the player called all-in and showed for top/top.  Joe rolled over for the straight and a lock on the hand.

The river was a useless and seat 2 headed for the registration desk.  Joe chipped up to about 15k.