Event 2 (Day 1A): Christensen Climbs As Dinner Break Starts

Event 2 ($360 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD)
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Day 1A Entries: 140
Day 1A Players Remaining: 62

Erik Christensen (Miami, FL)

As the last minutes of Level 8 wind down, the remaining players in the field prepare for their (45) minute dinner break (6:05-6:50pm).  With the field shrinking down as each minute passes, we are beginning to see some larger stacks emerge.  One of the top stacks heading to dinner belongs to Erik Christensen (Miami, FL), who sits with just over 140,000.

Christensen is coming off a solid 2016, in which he had $57,112 in recorded tournament earnings.  He most recently reached the final two tables of the RRPO $3,500 Championship at Hard Rock Hollywood, finishing in 19th place for $12,890.  Erik had (9) total cashes last year, all of which were over $1,400.  He's going to need a deep run in this event to keep that steak going, but is off to the kind of start that will help get kickstarted.

Blog coverage will return once the cards are in the air for Level 9 (approximately 7:00pm), and will continue through the later stages of today's flight.