$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

Steven Kaplan came to the final table as the short stack and sneaks into the money.

He makes his last stand for 13k with A-7-5-2, but is beaten by Joe Treffiletti.

Kaplan is the first to cash in this event and takes home $354.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K

Ronnie Bardah has taken over the chip lead after doubling up against then chip leader Joey Weissman with A-K against Joey’s pocket tens.

The big aces are winning their races as Marla Crumpler learned the hard way when her tens would also fall, this time to Juan Peraltas and his A-Q. Crumpler finished in 24th place for $1,917.

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

In a close count between Jeff Green & Michael Moed, Green is just a few chips short and finishes in 10th place, one spot from the money.

Green flops a set of Kings on a board of K-6-4 and is all in for 24k against Moed’s baby flush draw with A-Q-2-3. But Moed gets the fortunate run out of T-J for the rivered straight.

While Green is the bubble boy, the players were able to help him out with a parting gift that is helping ease the pain.

The final 9 players are now in the money for a min cash of $354 as they play for the $4,014 top prize.

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 12K/24K Ante 3K

With the flop showing , Enrique Roman led out for 103K into a pot of approximately 150K. Ryan Bunes raised it up to 230K and after thinking for a few moments, Roman made the call. The turn was the and Roman checked and Bunes did not think too long before moving all in for his last 356K. Enrique again thought about what to do, and nodded his head while announcing a call. He turned over and drew the admiration of his table mates when Ryan could only turn over . The river was no help for Bunes and he is our 26th place finisher, collecting $1,917 for his efforts.

Stuart Paterson was also eliminated. He finished in 25th place also taking home $1,917.

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

Seat-Name-Chip Count

1 Greg Masterson (Chicago, IL) 45k
2 Ron Halperin (Lake Worth) 23k
3 Steven Kaplan (Southwest Ranches) 8k
4 Robert Wachtel (Atlanta, GA) 48k
5 Jeff Green (West Palm Beach) 32k
6 Michael Moed (Miami Beach) 31k
7 Joe Treffiletti (Fort Lauderdale) 62k
8 Jordan Chizik (Fort Lauderdale) 113k
9 Mike Guardino (Coconut Creek) 27k
10 Joey Prosper (Miami) 110k

$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 100/200

Registration for Event 3 has closed and we ended up with an unofficial total of 84 entrants meaning the Stax Poker Lounge has added some money to the prize pool to hit the $20,000 Guarantee. We’ll have official prize pool and pay out information posted here as soon as it becomes available.

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Players are on a one hour dinner break. There are 26 players remaining and Joey Weissman is leading the way with 1.91 million with Angelo Miele in 2nd place with 1.33 million. They will return to blinds of 12K/24K with a 3K ante. Seating assignments and approximate chip counts of the final three tables is as follows:

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

$240 Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better (Re-Entry)