FSPC Main Event (Flight 1A): Linke Returns After Event #7 Win

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 20 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em ($500,000 GTD)
Level 4 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 90

Diane Linke (Delray Beach, FL)

Diane Linke (Delray Beach, FL) may be off to a rough start this afternoon, but regardless of outcome in this FSPC Main Event, she's had the series of her life.  Linke entered the Florida State Poker Championships with just under $10,000 in live tournament earnings, spanning a resume that started in 2011.  Diane was able to quadruple her earnings in a singular score two weeks ago, when she headed a nine-way chop of Event #7 ($360 No Limit Hold'em $200,000 GTD).  The first place finish was worth $32,500, which helped towards today's entry, as she plays in her first ever championship event.  Linke headlines our second look at notables in the field, a list that continues to grow as each level passes:

Joshua Kay

Keith Nassette

Kevin McGillicuddy

Chad Eveslage

Bradley Hinson

Isaiah Goldman

Andrew Touchette 

Joshua Hillock

Ian O'Hara

Danny Shiff

Alik Sitnyakovsky
Nancy Thomas (who was also part of the Event #7 chop, taking 5th place for $17,776)