$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) End of Level 10: 300/600 with a 75 ante Entries: 83 6of1d
Level 8 concluded, and the field was sent on a 40-minute dinner break. A list of big and notable chip counts will be added here shortly.
Event 4: Greg Marcus Leads a1x6o
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players ed: 80
Level 8 has come to an end and the field is heading on a 15-minute break. There are 80 entrants thus far and late registration is open until the start of level 11.
Greg Marcus is currently the chip leader with about 86,000 and has a sizable lead on the rest of the field.
Here is a look at some other notable chip counts:
Daren Stabinski – 45,000
Ely Levy – 38,000
Josh Kay – 36,000
Loni Harwood – 23,000
Matt Affleck – 21,000
Steve Karp – 10,500
Randy Pfeifer – 10,000
Zo Karim – 4,500
TK Miles – 4,500
Event 4: Josh Kay Takes a Hit 456y57
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 8: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Players ed: 80
A player moves all in for 5,525 from under-the-gun and Ely Levy calls from the small blind. Josh Kay moves all in for about 41,000 out of the big blind and Levy folds, leaving Kay heads-up with his all in opponent.
Kay shows 
, but is dominated by his opponent’s 
. The board runs out 
and the under-the-gun player triples up just before the field heads on a break.
Josh Kay – 36,000
Event 4: First Break 393r5t
$1,100 NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
End of Level 4: 75/150
Entries: 58
The field for Event 4 has grown to 58 players as the first break arrives.
Oscar Trestini appears to have done the most work over the first four levels, turning his 12,000-chip starting stack into 49,150 at the break. Here are a few others worth mentioning:
Daren Stabinski – 29,000
Joshua Kay – 22,100
Loni Harwood – 21,000
Zo Karim – 20,250
Randy Pfeifer – 10,550
Abbey Daniels – 9,400
Matt Affleck – 5,950
Event 4: Approaching the First Break 25464q
$1,100 NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 4: 75/150
Total Players: 50
Now that the business of getting Event 1 in the money is complete, we popped over to the smaller meeting room to check on the Event 4 field. They are up to an even 50 players midway through Level 4 with late still open for more than four hours.
Some of those in early attendance are Loni Harwood, Zo Karim, Daren Stabinski, Abbey Daniels, and Seminole Hardrock Poker Player of the Year contender TK Miles (pictured above).
Event 4: Shuffle Up and Deal 1m503f
$1,100 NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
The small ballroom has been prepared for the start of Event 4, and the kickoff time has arrived. This $1,100 no-limit hold’em event carries a guaranteed prizepool of at least $75,000.
Here are the rest of the vitals:
- Players begin with 12,000 in tournament chips
- Registration and re-entry are open through the start of Level 11
- There is a 40-minute dinner break after Level 10
- Day 1 concludes at the end of Level 16
- Levels 1-16 are 30 minutes apiece
- Levels 17+ are 40 minutes apiece
- This is a two-day event
The cards are in the air, and Event 4 is under way.