$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

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

The bags are in and locked up for the night.  It appears that Thomas Larson is the Flight C chip leader with 257,500.  David Shmuel was close behind him with 256,500

The late-arriving Matt Stout bagged 254,000, just 3,500 chips behind the leader.

Once we have a full list of chip counts, they will be posted in the blog.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3k/500 ante

Jorge Leidi (Aventura, FL) got all-in holding AK suited, only to run into pocket Aces on his left.  It looked like Jorge was going to bust out with just a couple of minutes left in the night, but the board ran out Q T 2 5 J and Jorge rivered Broadway to double up.

With about 15 minutes remaining in level 15, the clock was stopped and the surviving 30-something players bagged their chips for the night.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3k/500 ante

Guillermo Hamilton shoved his short-stack, then seat 7 shoved, then David Shmuel (Miami, FL) shoved, having the other two covered.

Guillermo had and was in bad shape against seat 7’s and David’s pocket Jacks.  The board ran out giving David a set and the pot.  He chipped up to ~290k, good for the chip lead.

Guillermo and the player in seat 7 reported to the rail with just a few minutes left in the night.

David Shmuel owns electronics shops in Miami, but is originally from Israel.  He’s been in the US for 20 years.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 15:  Blinds 1,500/3k/500 ante

Players are back in action following the last break of the day.  They will stop with about 15 minutes remaining in the level, just as Flights A & B did, then bag up for the night.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

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.