Event 5 (Day 2): The Slow Crawl Towards The Money Bubble

Event 5 ($570 NLH - $250,000 Guarantee)
Level 17 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/500)
Total Entries: 467
Day 1B Players Remaining: 64
Chip Average: 182,000

Michelle Shah (Delray Beach, FL)

The field is still a little way from the money, with (63) players currently remaining, and (45) making the money.  It's around this time of a tournament that you'll see the big stacks exploiting the below average to short stacks.  That is exactly what's Michelle Shah (Delray Beach, FL) is doing at the moment, increasing to chip leading stack to over 450,000.

Shah has an impressive tournament resume, with over $68,000 in career earnings, mostly coming between Florida and Las Vegas.  Michelle has (10) recorded cashes this calendar year, including three during the PCA (two of which were final table finishes in secondary events).