Here are the ranks and payouts for the most recently eliminated players:
11th: Lisa Teebagy ($458)
12th: James Deleo ($458)
13th: Cliff Gladstone ($370)
14th: Patrick Tobar ($370)
15th: Eric Kolodny ($370)
16th: Shawn Vrenna ($317)
17th: Lloyd Nastase ($317)
18th: Evan Teitelbaum ($317)
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 12,000/24,000/3,000 Ante
Lisa Teebagy has doubled up a couple of the short stacks, and she has been overtaken by the field. She also dropped a significant pot against Howard Mash when she bluffed the river with jack-high. Mash found a call with queen-high, and that pot moved him dangerously close to 1,000,000 chips. He’s now the chip leader with 11 players remaining.
If you’ve been following the coverage this week, you’re already familiar with the name. Mash was here late last night, eventually winning the $500 heads-up event in the wee hours of the morning. He’s making a long night of it again tonight, looking to go back to back in the Coco Poker Open.
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 10,000/20,000/2,000 Ante
The tournament’s first million-chip stack is sitting in front of Lisa Teebagy. She’s a Florida grinder who’s tasted success in this building before. In 2014, Teebagy won the $150 six-max WPT Regional event, earning more than $7,000. She has more than $50,000 in combined tournament winnings with the majority coming right here in her home state.
With 15 players left, the chip average is just about 375,000. Teebagy has the big stack of about 1,050,000 chips in front of her now, as she continues to keep the field at arm’s length.
The field has been reduced to two tables, as nine more players have made the trip to the payout desk. Each of them collected $264:
19th: Ronald Cheatwood
20th: Alan Dobrow
21st: Malcom Purow
22nd: Jorge Frade
23rd: Alex White
24th: Kishor Bhakta
25th: Gili Prizament
26th: Jerome Bradpiece
27th: Rafael Ramos
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
The field has been reduced to 27 players, and there is a big pack hovering around the 350,000-chip mark. And then there’s Lisa Teebagy. She’s been on the radar for much of the evening, but her stack has skyrocketed over the last few levels. She has 675,000 chips in front of her, nearly twice as many as anyone in the pack that’s chasing her.
The first nine players who finished in the money earned $229 apiece:
28th: Bruce Phillips
29th: Tuan Vu
30th: Hugh Coley, Jr.
31st: Joseph Gale
32nd: Jason Kozlowski
33rd: Michael Brand
34th: Jeffrey Goodman
35th: Marianne Dewitt
36th: David Esquijarosa
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000/500 Ante
That was quick. It took just one hand of hand-for-hand play to burst the bubble. The field has been reduced to 36 players at the final four tables, and everyone left is now guaranteed a payday of at least $229.
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 4,000/8,000/500 Ante
There are 37 players remaining, and only room for 36 of them in the money. The tournament is now being dealt hand-for-hand until the bubble bursts.
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
The players have returned from the break, and the cards are back in the air.
The race atop the leaderboard is a tight one, with four players already across the 200,000-chip mark. Boca Raton’s Michael Brand is the man to beat right now:
Michael Brand – 294,000 (59 bb)
Monty Dweck – 268,000 (54 bb)
Dennis Rodriguez – 235,000 (47 bb)
Lisa Teebagy – 203,000 (41 bb)
$130 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 2,000/4,000/400 Ante
The first 14 levels are complete, and the players are on their second full break of the evening. While they’re away, the black T100 chips will be colored up and raced off.
There are eight tables left in play, and the plan is to play down to a winner tonight. Action resumes in 15 minutes.
