Event 1 (Flight M): Bagging The Bonus, Flight M Concludes

Event 1 ($150 Monster Stack NLH)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Flight M Entries: 115
Flight M Players Remaining: 14

John Palace (pictured top), Joe Niblett (bottom left), and Andrew Touchette (bottom right) earn themselves entry into Event 5.

The action over the last level of play was truly fast and furious, as players were jockeying positions at the top of the leaderboard.  After the "unofficial" counts were done at the end of flight, Joe Niblett (454,000), John Palace (382,000), and Andrew Touchette (290,500) were the top three stacks.

Touched somehow parlayed a 40,000 stack with (20) minutes remaining in the level to the 290,500 he finished the flight with.  After a short stack shoved, and the small blind called, Touchette woke up with pocket jacks.  The jacks would hold, and Touchette would find himself all-in the very next hand, winning a flip and vaulting him to a top three stack.  Once the floor has verified all of the counts, we will be posting the end of flight chip counts.