"June $50,000 GTD" (Flight 1G): Garcia On Top For The Moment

"June $50,000 GTD"
$75 No Limit Hold'em
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 218

Ray Garcia (Houston, TX)

Flight 1G play just entered Level 8, which is the final level of open registration for players to enter (or re-enter) this 11:00am flight.  Ray Garcia (Pompano Beach, FL) is one of the chip leaders in this field, which is now north of (200) entries.  Garcia's next recorded cash would actually be his first, which is something that most poker players never forget.  The 75,000 stack is well over (100) big blinds at the moment, but the structure of this event definitely pushes the action once registration closes, so he still has some navigating to do in order to reach the bagging process.

One of the other larger stacks in the field belongs to Will Cusella (West Palm Beach, FL), another recreational player that is looking to notch his first Hendon Mob recorded cash.  The lack of tournament resume is no knock on Cusella's ability, as most all of his playing is in cash games.  Cusella sits just below Garcia's number, playing 61,000 at the moment.

There will be a (15) minute break at the conclusion of this level, with action resuming at 1:38pm.  Once cards are back in the air, updated chip counts will be tallied from the field and posted.