Blinds – 8000/16000 With his last 39,000, Michael pushes and gets called by someone who has pocket Aces. Michael shows 8♥ 9♥. The flop has the 5♥ the 7♥ on the turn, and the 6♥ on the river! He now as 78,000
Blinds – 6000/12000 We are down to 5 tables and these short stacks are surviving.
With 53 players left in the field, we are now on a 20 minute lunch break, When we resume, the blinds will be 6000/12000
Blinds – 4000/8000 Under the gun, Sam moves all-in. He gets one caller with A♠ J♠ for less than 20K Sam shows pocket Kings, while Player A shows A♠ J♠ A jack comes on the turn but no spades were to be found. Sam now has 125,000
Blinds – 4000/8000 We are playing one more level before lunch. Currently we have 65 players left.
As we close this level, Nancy St. Laurent who had four wins in the months of August, is now at the top of the chip leaderboard with 200,000 in chips. Nancy has already earned a “Double Stack” for the Season 32 Finals. Please note, the photo was taken earlier in the tournament.
Tournament Director Lionel has proclaimed that 185 players have registered for today’s event. Just a reminder on what the payout structure is: 1st* $2,500.00 2nd * $1,650.00 3rd * $1,200.00 4th * $800.00 5th * $600.00 6th * $500.00 7th * $450.00 8th * $400.00 9th $350.00 10th $250.00 11th $250.00 12th $250.00 13th $200.00 […]
Blinds – 3000/6000 With eight minutes left on clock at this level, players will be on a 20 minute lunch break. Eighty players remain.
Blinds – 3000/6000 Here is a more defined chip count of the top stacks around the room: Kevin Su 170,000 Billy Lynn 160,000 Mark Murphy 120,000 Robert Walker 120,000 Nancy St. Laurent 120,000 Paul Prusik 115,000
Blinds – 2000/4000 The field has dwindled down to 110 players very quickly today. We should be around 90 players by the time Lunch Break approaches…