Event 1 (Flight 1C): Alibrandi Grabs The Early Lead

"Battles At The Beach"

Event 1 ($175 No Limit Hold'em $125,000 GTD)

Level 6 (Blinds 200/400/50)

Total Flight 1C Entries: 83

Paula Alibrandi (Miramar, FL)

The action has been fairly slow over the course of the first five levels of the day, with a large portion of the field hovering around the chip average of 25,000.  One player to have gained a little separation from the field has been Paula Alibrandi (Miramar, FL).  Sitting with just over 70,000, Paula is looking to bag chips on one bullet for this event, and eventually add to an already impressive tournament resume.  

Alibrandi has over $113,000 in live tournament earnings, and is coming off a year in which she recorded (8) cashes, totaling $14,061 in earnings.  While a large percentage of her (41) career results have come here in Florida, Alibrandi has actually seen her most tournament success while in the state of New York.  Paula's best cash came in 2015 at the Seneca Niagara Casino, when she finished runner-up in the $910 Western Poker Challenge main event ($37,190).  There's no doubt that Paula would like to continue this upward trend over the course of this flight, and earn herself a seat into the Battles At The Beach main event (worth $1,500).