Event 13 (Day 1C)

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Level 17 (complete):  Blinds 5000/10000/10000 BB Ante
Entries:  917
Remaining: 221
Average Chips: 416,000

Ben Diebold races ahead of the flights with 1,933,000.

Rinat Ruvinov has 1,400,000.

Kevin Grabel finished with 1,212,000.

Other stacks we followed today:
Dan Walsh – 993,000
Joshua Lawson – 1,158,000
Chris Kennedy – 683,000

Katie Stone had 13 bigs in the last level, then in the final hands doubled through Abraham K., then flopped two pair to double again to 592,000.

Official counts and seat draws will be posted when available.

Players who reached Day 2 should gather at noon on Friday, September 14.

More action from the final levels:

Dominic Colonna battling with Dae O, foreground. Dominic hits a set on the last hand to take down his aggressive opponent.

Thumbs up, again. Kennedy gets it in with his opponent drawing dead to chip up.

Busacca gets a shove through Sucov and Dever, then relinquishes his hand on 9.

Bitondo, white cap, shows up with an unexpected two pair from EP to double.

Will the Thrill gets a late level double on table 1, then gets to discuss it.  The chips are all with Diebold a few seats down, however.

Flight D is currently running – still time to get in!

GL.

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End of Level 15:  Blinds 3000/6000/6000 BB Ante
Entries:  917
Remaining: 340
Average Chips: 270,000

We take the final color up break of the day – players are now aiming to bag and tag.

Ben Diebold has at least 1,400,000 on table 33.

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Level 15:  Blinds 3000/6000/6000 BB Ante
Entries:  917
Remaining: 349
Average Chips: 262,000

A very pleased Steven Lerner, upper right seat 4, puts a river beat on the table. James Hunt, upper left seat 2, can’t take it and buries his head in his hands.

A brutal set over set and overpair developed on five, when Steven Lerner opened , very short, gets called by sixes and then is three bet by hunt. They end up getting all the money in, and James can only lament his untimely lack of luck, losing both the main and sidepotz. Lerner leaps up and claps his hands when the on the river saves his tournament.

Bizarrely, as bad as that sounds, the same scenario just went down at the adjacent table.

Randy Edwards collects a huge pot to reach 850,000, set of jacks against tens and aces.

Dan Walsh is the one who looks pained, but really he’s the one cruising with a million chips, while seat 8 is about to lose to a set with some helpless jacks.

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Level 13:  Blinds 2000/4000/4000 BB Ante
Entries:  916

The flight is condensing post registration. Signature players are being moved into the TTA, but several of action are still in play.

Michael Dobbs has 550,000 in the Signature Room…

… but it’s still thumbs up for Kennedy, now approaching 800,000.

Abraham Korotki is still in it, holding around 225,000.

Back in the TTA: Gary Lent on 4 sees two opponents bet into him – while holding the nuts They impale themselves and Gary has 600,000.

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Level 13:  Blinds 2,000/4,000/4,000 BB Ante
Entries:  917

Players in Flight C are back in action and registration has closed for this flight.

The unofficial entry count is 917, bringing the overall total through the first three flights to 1,901.

They’ve got five levels to play before bagging up for the night.

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End of Level 12:  Blinds 1500/3000/3000 BB Ante
Entries:  893

Dan Walsh, left, always active and up for big pots, is one of the big stacks. Here he is on table 30, tucked into the corner of the TTA, in another three bet pot.

This is your final chance to get (back!) into the action this flight. Break ends at 4:46 pm. Some extra time may be needed for color-up, follow the floor’s directions.

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Level 12:  Blinds 1,500/3,000/3,000 BB Ante
Entries:  879

Josias Santos

Josias Santos got his short-stack in from the big blind against two players.  By the time they reached the river, the board read and it was time to showdown.

Josias tabled for quad Kings to take the pot.  After tripling up, he was back to about starting-stack size.

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Level 11:  Blinds 1200/2500/2500 BB Ante
Entries:  815

At the start of ten, Edan Sucov was just an average stack. First he opened from MP with a slightly hard to play hand, , and would likely need to improve as three players in position gave him action. First Sunny Patel called, the CO jumped in, then the button raised.

Patel flats Sucov.

With all the money in the middle, Sucov peeled the three-bet while shaking only Patel.

On , Sucov and the CO checked to the aggressor, who jammed in his remaining 100,000. Sucov quickly called, and after the cutoff gave up, Edan fastrolled the set. The button sighed angrily, and watched his fail to improve.

Getting it in dead.

Now deeper, a big pot developed between Edan and Charles Furey. Charles raised from early, while only Edan called from the BB. On , Furey curiously checked back the typical cbet board.

Then the hand got more interesting as Sucov led the , which he could have easily hit or have improved with a draw that would have not liked a flop bet. However, Furey had a plan, and raised the 7,000 lead to 21,000.

Furey, left, versus Sucov, right.

Now representing TPTK at minimum, and likely stronger, Edan faced a choice that might be for stacks. He made the call.

The river is the 6s, which he checks, then Furey shoves for about 70,000.

A lot of time passes, and some talk between the players. Time is called.

Sucov tanks some more.

Finally, Sucov challenges Furey, trying to get him upset, “You can’t bluff me,” said,” looking straight into Furey.

As the seconds are ticked down my the floor, Sucov reveals his feelings of exasperation and slams in the call.

Charles nods and tells Edan he’s good, flopping over . Sucov takes it down, busts Charles, and now has over 300,000.

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Level 11:  Blinds 1,200/2,500/2,500 BB Ante
Entries:  852

Christopher Kennedy

Christopher Kennedy is tucked away in the back of the Signature Room, quietly amassing a big stack.  He’s playing about 500,000 as they approach the end of registration for Flight C.

He may be having a little déjà vu as well.  He bagged the chip lead in Flight B of Event 10, the Deepest Stack and was the overall chip leader coming into Day 2, but flamed out in 33rd place ($962).  That was following a 24th place finish in Event 9, the Deeper Stack ($452).

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Level 10:  Blinds 1,000/2,000/2,000 BB Ante
Entries:  817

As Flight C continues to grow, let’s take a look at yesterday’s two flights.  They drew a combined total of 986 entrants and of those, 235 managed to get chips in a bag for Day 2.  (Average Stack:  ~420,000).

They’re listed below, in a searchable and sortable table.

Bear in mind that these players can still play either/both of today’s flights if they wish without automatically forfeiting chips already bagged (best stack forward) to try to better their standing going into Day 2.

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