"August $150,000" (Flight 1C): Yesterday Was A Simmer, The Boiling Now Begins

"August $150,000 GTD"
$360 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)
Total Flight 1C Entries: 37

Andrew Blake (Delray Beach, FL) 

While the pair of opening flights from yesterday saw numbers that were surprisingly light, it's clear that player's were just experiencing the "poker hangover" from over six weeks of major tournament series (between the Isle and Hard Rock).  There were already more entries in the first level today, than all of last night's flight (Flight 1B).

Andrew Blake (Delray Beach, FL) makes his return to the tournament felt for the first time since the FSPC, and is looking to continue towards making 2017 his best year of tournament poker (statistically).  Blake has $32,504 in live tournament earnings since the beginning of the year, including two trophy wins during the Isle Poker Classic (January), and a stand-alone with from the "June $50,000" ($75 No Limit Hold'em $50,000 GTD).  Blake headlines the early field, which includes names like:

Paul Shafron

Tom Gity

Zachary Mullinex

Jose Parra

Tracy Scala