Event 16 (Flight 1C): Those That Play Together...Stay Together

Event 16 ($150 No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Level 4 (Blinds 100/200)
Total Flight 1C Entries: 59
Flight 1C Players Remaining: 50

Steve and Linda Lipkins (Boca Raton, FL)

We've seen a lot of different "combinations" in the fields of these tournaments since the live blog coverage started last October.  There have been brother/sister combos in the field (Michelle and Sean Shah), twin combos (Hector and Nestor Carballo), and husband/wife combos like we have in the field now.

Steve and Linda Lipkins knew each other when they were in sixth grade in Queens, NY.  They each headed down their own paths in life, until they crossed paths once again at their high school reunion (Forest Hills High School) at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island.  The two got to talking, and as the saying goes, the rest was history.  The two have now been married for nine years, and one thing that they enjoy doing together is playing poker.

Having relocated to Florida, the two would watch poker on television, and they decided to play live once

the game took of down here.  Since 2008, the two have been playing tournaments together, and they've amassed some pretty impressive resumes.  Linda has over $81,000 in career earnings, with her largest score coming in 2015 (2nd Place - MSPT Venetian $600 NLH $45,153).  Steve has over $46,000 in recorded tournament earnings, with his largest score coming in a WSOP circuit event in Atlantic City in 2008 (4th Place WSOPC Harrah's AC $340 NLH $14,091).

The two are in today's Flight 1C, and looking to bag chips for Day 2, so they can return on Sunday as a duo once again.