$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 24:  Blinds 12k/24k/4k ante

As of the dinner break, Daniel Navarrete is the chip leader with 1.14 million.  It’s a very close race, however, as there are four other players over the million-chip-mark.

Jay Romano – 1.1 million
Patrick Hughes – 1.0+ million
Lawrence Smith – 1.0+ million
Willie Wiggins – 1 million

35 players remain with an average stack of 559k.  When they return, blinds will be 15k/30k/5k ante.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 24:  Blinds 12k/24k/4k

Remaining players are off on a 40-minute dinner break.

During the previous level, there was a lot of action over on table 14.  Daniel Navarrete doubled through Brian Gelrod after flopping a set of 3s against Brian’s pocket 7s.

“I donated twice,” said Brian, “then got some back.  Daniel is up to 1.05 million.

Play will resume after dinner 7:10pm.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 24:  Blinds 12k/24k/4k

As the field shrinks, the stacks are growing.  Lawrence Smith (Ft. Lauderdale) is up to 1.1 million and the new chip leader.

Antoine Bunkley got moved to table 6 with former chip leader Kenneth Norman.  Now Antoine is up to just over 1 million, while Kenneth has dropped back to about 700k.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 23:  Blinds 10k/20k/3k

During the previous level:

Vladimer Tsitlidze, who started the day as the chip leader, has been eliminated in 51st place.  He’ll collect $645 for his efforts.

Kenneth Norman and Ginny Smythe got to the river with a board of .  Ginny checked and Kenneth bet 90k.  After some thought, Ginny released her hand.

“Did you have an Ace?” she asked.  “I had top two, ” he replied, “no one likes to fold to me”.

With that pot, Kenneth, who started the day second in chips, chipped up to over 1 million and is the clear chip leader.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 22:  Blinds 8k/16k/2k

Players are back from break and it appears that Willie Wiggins (Miramar, FL) is the chip leader with just over 700k.

Antoine Bunkley (Riviera Beach, FL) is close behind with just under 700k.

Average stack is 349k (22 big blinds) with 56 players remaining.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

End of Level 21:  Blinds 6k/12k/2k

Before the break, Brian Gelrod pulled a big pot when he got stubborn about defending his big blind.

After a player in late position raised to 35k, Brian shoved for ~211k holding Q7 offsuit.  His opponent was way ahead with pocket Jacks, but a Queen in the window sent the pot to Brian.  He’s now up to ~475k.

57 remaining players are off on a 15 minute break.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 21:  Blinds 6k/12k/2k

Michael Larkin (Palm Beach Gardens, FL) was all-in pre-flop for his last 136k.  When his opponent in seat 1 called with AK, it looked like Michael would be headed out.

Then the board ran out A T 8 9 Q giving Michael a straight and the double-up to survive.

On the same table, Joe Calabia (Stuart, FL) got all-in holding pocket Aces against the pocket 8s of Nelli Shteyn.  The board was all Joe: A 9 5 9 Q.   He doubled up to ~340k with Aces-full.  Nelli dropped to ~60k.

Elie Joseph (Salem, MA) is sharing the felt with this crew and has somehow avoided getting into the blog — until now, that is.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 21:  Blinds 6k/12k/2k

Before the break, Larry Klur (Pembroke Pines, FL) got to the river with the board showing and his opponent in early position fired 30k.

Larry only gave it a few seconds thought before calling.  His opponent rolled over pocket Tens, but was beat by Larry’s for a pair of Jacks.  With that pot, Larry chipped up to ~525k.

Larry made the televised final table of the WPT Foxwoods Poker Classic back in 2006, finishing 4th for $292,264.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 20:  Blinds 5k/10k/1k

Before the blinds went up, Kenneth Norman (Scottsdale, AZ) won a huge pot with 32 in the big blind when he made two pair.  He picked up the next pot as well and was still busy stacking chips.  He’s up to ~625k.