$150 No Limit Hold’em
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458
Players Remaining: 48

The last flight of the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event wrapped up in the early hours of Wednesday morning and Salah Levy bagged the chip lead to lead the 48 survivors.

Those survivors come back on Wednesday at 1 p.m. for Day 2 and play down to a winner.

Levy bagged the lead with 254,500, but is joined at the top of the 1F counts by Stosh Gepp and Jordan Meltzer with 242,000 and 206,500 in chips, respectively.

Over the six starting flights, there were 1,804 entries which generated a prizepool of $216,480. The top 108 players will cash and first place is worth $49,957.

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458
Players Remaining: 62

Karsten Bauer gets his last 18,500 into the middle preflop on the button against the player in the cutoff and the big blind.

The cutoff shows , the big blind shows , but Karstens has them all trumped with his .

The flop is and leaves everybody drawing thin. The turn is the and both of Karstens’ opponents pick up a flush draw. The river is the and Karstens fades the spade to triple up.

The big blind wins a small side pot from the cutoff, since the cutoff had the second biggest stack of the three players. Bauer is now just shy of 30 big blinds as the level nears an end.

Karstens Bauer – 56,500

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458
Players Remaining: 72

Carlos Loving raises to 3,500 from middle position and the cutoff moves all in for 14,200. Loving quickly calls and the cards are tabled.

Loving shows and is dominated by his opponent’s . The board runs out and Loving can’t improve to send his opponent home.

Loving loses the small pot, but is still healthy on chips and is looking to play two consecutive days of tournament poker without being eliminated. Loving won the $350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty last night for $8,120 and is trying to ride the heater to a deep run in this event.

Carlos Loving – 83,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458
Players Remaining: 90

With the board reading , Stosh Gepp is on the button and gets his opponent in middle position all in for about 80,000.

Gepp shows , good for the second nut straight and bested his opponent’s set. Gepp drags the pot and takes a massive chip lead.

“When I moved in on the river, I was just hoping he didn’t snap-call,” said Gepp after the hand. “Once he didn’t snap-call, I knew I was good and he didn’t have king-ten.”

Stosh Gepp – 210,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 10: 500/1,000
Flight 1F Entries: 458
Players Remaining: 108

With the field size finalized and the prizepool calculated, the payouts have been released for the fifth event of the series.

The top 108 spots will be paid and cashing is worth at least a min-cash of $346. Payouts gradually increase to the top prize of $49,957 and the title.

Here is a look at the payouts:

1: $49,957
2: $29,372
3: $20,146
4: $13,638
5: $9,417
6: $7,252
7: $5,520
8: $4,048
9: $2,901
10-12: $2,078
13-15: $1,624
16-18: $1,364
19-27: $1,147
28-36: $974
37-45: $823
46-54: $714
55-63: $628
64-72: $563
73-81: $498
82-90: $455
91-99: $411
100-108: $346

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight 1E Entries: 383
Players Remaining: 33

The fifth flight of the $150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry event was, until the sixth flight kicked off, the biggest of any starting flight. It only makes sense that the biggest stack of the tournament thus far would come from it.

Ty Akbasli couldn’t seem to lose a single pot of any significance in the late stages of Day 1E and bagged the chip lead of both his flight and of the overall tournament with 405,000.

After 14 levels of play, the 383 players that entered this flight were trimmed down to just 33 players, with the aforementioned Akbasli leading the way.

Joining Akbasli at the top of the 1E chip counts are Olvenso Savoie, Sebastian Toro and John Palace with 290,500, 206,500 and 204,000, respectively.

The 33 survivors bring the total number of Day 2 entrants thus far to 135. They will all come back on Wednesday at 1 p.m. to play down to a winner.

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458
Players Remaining: 128

There is about 30,000 already in the middle on the river with a completed board of .

Zoltan Czinkota is in the small blind and inquires about what Michael Nasserazad has left in his stack. After getting a rough count of what is left, he moves all in for effectively Nasserazad’s last 9,500.

Nasserazad snap-calls and shows . Czinkota tries to muck his hand, but it must be exposed since it is an all in situation. The dealer exposes Czinkota’s and Nasserazad doubles up.

Michael Nasserazad – 44,000
Zoltan Czinkota – 17,000

$150 No Limit hold’em
Level 7: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Flight 1F Entries: 458

With the start of level 7, late registration and re-entry for this flight is closed. This is the largest of the six starting flights with 458 entries in Day 1F.

That brings the total field size to 1,804 and generates a prizepool of $216,480.

There are 135 players who have secured seats for Day 2 on Wednesday and the survivors from 1F will join them to play down to a winner.

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 14: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight 1E Entries: 381
Players Remaining: 38

On a flop of , the big blind gets all in for about 110,000 against Ty Akbasli on the button. Akbasli shows , but needs to fade a lot of cards against the big blind’s .

The turn is the and the river is the to keep Akbasli’s hand in the lead and eliminate the big blind. Akbasli nears 400,000 and has a massive chip lead with only a few minutes left in this flight.

Ty Akbasli – 385,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em Re-Entry
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight 1E Entries: 381
Players Remaining: 53

On a flop of , the big blind checks and Ory Hen bets 7,500 from middle position. Ty Akbasli calls from the cutoff and the big blind calls as well.

The turn is the and action checks to Akbasli, who bets 12,500. The big blind calls and Hen folds. The river is the and the big blind bets 25,000. Akbasli bets enough to put the big blind all in and the big blind quickly calls, he is all in for about 40,000 total.

Akbasli tables , good for the nut flush and he drags the pot against the big blind’s , giving him a straight.

Akbasli eliminates a player just as they head on their last break of the night. He is the chip leader of the flight with about an hour left of play.

Ty Akbasli – 268,000