"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Official End Of Flight 1E Chip Counts

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 15

Fletcher	McKinney	351,000
Scott	Bailey	215,000
Jose	Parra	174,500
Carlos	Fonseca	158,000
Evan	Teitelbaum	152,500
David	Jacobs	137,000
Alicia	Goldstein	96,000
Fredy	Moreno	92,500
Brian	Nelli	87,000
Arlene	Vazquez	83,000
Juan	Camilo Pineda	74,500
John	Santoro	57,500
David	Smith	52,500
Scott	Kerr	49,000
Michael	Paweleck	35,500

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Two Tables Left In The Flight

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 20

Flight 1E is down to two tables, with the following lineups after players from Table 3 found new homes:

Table 1:

1. Joseph Vitale
2. Elicia Goldstein
3. Daniel Genachte
4. A. Nonymous
5. David Jacobs
6. Jose Parra
7. Carlos Fonseca
8. Mike Beasley
9. Evan Teitelbaum
10. Mike Pollak

Table 2:

1. Fletcher McKinney
2. Mickey Smith
3. Scott Bailey
4. Brian Nelli
5. Arlene Vazquez
6. John Santoro
7. Scott Kerr
8. Eric Lefkowitz
9. Jeff Goodman
10. Juan Pineda

Flight 1E has just over one level remaining in play, but will conclude if the field reaches (13) players.  Official chip counts from this flight will be posted after the bagging process has finished, as this will conclude the coverage for today's action.  The chip counts from the 6:00pm flight (Flight 1F) will be posted shortly after 1:00am, with "live blogged coverage" picking up tomorrow afternoon, when the cards get in the air for Flight 1G (11:00am).

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): "Ohh No...Not This Again"

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 14 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/400)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 24

When coverage started for the day, we featured Tom Gity as the chip leader at Level 9, and mentioned his brutal Day 2 last week.  It looked as if Tom had turned things around today though, as his 90,000 stack from earlier in the day had turned into 170,000.  

After Fletcher McKinney opened the action with a raise to 5,000, one player made the call, followed by Tom Gity three-betting to 25,000.  The three-bet would clear the players behind Gity, and allowed for McKinney to just make the call.  The player to have flatted released his hand, with Gity and McKinney heads up to a J♥ J♠ 10♥ flop.  McKinney checked to Gity, who quickly announced that he was all-in, which was followed by an even faster call from Fletcher.  Gity almost seemed surprised to hear McKinney make the call, giving us the largest pot of the flight.  Gity tabled his Q♥ Q♦, but couldn't believe it when Fletcher rolled over A♣ A♥.

"Ohh no...not this again," Gity said, referencing a similar type spot from last week.  The turn would bring an open-ended straight draw for Tom, but those outs would not amount on the river, giving McKinney the chip lead pot (310,000).  Tom would be eliminated a few hands later, left with only 3,000 after shipping over the 146,500 all-in of McKinney.

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Updated Chip Counts After Final Break

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 26

Evan Teitelbaum (Parkland, FL)

Players are back from break, and have four levels remanning in the flight (scheduled), unless the field hits (13) players before that point.  One of the biggest movers over the past four levels was Evan Teitelbaum (Parkland, FL), who returned from the break after Level 8 with just 24,000 in chips.  Evan spent the two hours that followed trending upward, and is now third in chips amongst those that are left (140,000).  The top five stacks in the field are held by:

Fletcher McKinney - 155,000

Tom Gity - 145,000

Evan Teitelbaum - 140,000

Jose Parra - 125,000

Juan Pineda - 116,000

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Lineups Of The Remaining Three Tables

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 12 (Blinds 800/1,600/200)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 30

The field is now down to (30) players, spread across three tables in the tournament area.  Listed below are the table lineups:

Table 1:

1. Joseph Vitale
2. Mickey Smith
3. A. Nonymous
4. David Jacobs
5. Jose Parra
6. Paul Shafran
7. Mike Beasley
8. Evan Teitelbaum
9. Ari Ben-Mayer

Table 2:

1. Fletcher McKinney
2. Rob Insinga
3. Skip McDonough
4. Avi Levy
5. Tom Gity
6. John Santoro
7. Scott Kerr
8. Eric Lefkowitz
9. Karin Powsner
10. Freddy Moreno

Table 3:

1. Jeff Goodman
2. Juan Pineda
3. Mike Pollak
4. Carlos Fonseca
5. Daniel Genacthe
6. Scott Bailey
7. Bob Warren
8. Brian Nelli
9. Elicia Goldstein
10. Arlene Vazquez

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Fletcher McKinney Beginning To Pull Away

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 11 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 34

Fletcher McKinney (Winterhaven, FL)

The Flight 1C action has been pretty timid to this point, and with just over three tables remaining, it's surprising to have not seen some big stacks pop up across the field.  Fletcher McKinney (Winterhaven, FL) is the current chip leader, sitting with just over 140,000.  There are only two other players in the field above the 100,000 mark, but as we've seen time and time again, a lot can (and will) change over the last few levels of the night.

McKinney has a pretty impressive resume, with over $188,000 in live tournament earnings, all of which came prior to 2016.  Fletcher hasn't recorded a result since November of 2015, and you'd have to go back even farther to spot his last Isle Casino Poker cash (June of 2012).  Fletcher has three major scores that make up a good portion of his earnings, with his highlighting score coming in 2007.  McKinney would take home eighth place money in the 2007 $10,000 Main Event of the Gulf Coast Poker Championship (Beau Rivage, Biloxi), worth over $70,000.

The reason for the gap since his last cash in unknown, but it's clear that Fletcher is a name to look out for as this tournament continues on.

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Fonseca's Flopping Full Houses

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 10 (Blinds 500/1,000/100)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 39

Carlos Fonseca (Florida)

The action at Table 9 would start with an open from a player in early position to 3,200.  Even Teitelbaum, Carlos Fonseca, and the player in the big blind would all make the call.  The dealer then fanned out a flop of 9♠ 9♦ 4♦, with the original opener continuing for 9,500.  Teitelbaum released his holdings pretty quickly, but Carlos Fonseca wasn't about to act as quickly.  He surveyed his stack, along with the stacks of the players in the hand, and eventually tossed forward a raise to 20,000.  After the big blind folded, action would be on the original raiser, who began to agonize over his decision.

"Do you have a good hand," the unknown player would ask Carlos, to which he gave little reaction.  About one minute later, A. Nonymous would dump his stack on the felt in front of him, leaving Carlos to call another four thousand.  He would announce the call, and after seeing his opponent's K♠ K♣, Fonseca would table 4♣ 4♠.  His flopped full house was well ahead, and he just needed to fade a king on the turn or river.  Things would run out clean for Carlos, who chipped up to 79,000 with the pot.

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): First Look At Chips Counts, Registration Now Closed

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 9 (Blinds 400/800/100)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 100
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 50

Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) 

The cards are in the air for Level 9 (400/800/100), with registration now closed for Flight 1E.  The flight had a total of (99) entries, with half of that number returning from break.  Isle Poker tournament regular Tom Gity (Pompano Beach, FL) is currently leading the field with 90,000, looking to put last weekend behind him.  Gity was sitting comfortably during the middle stages of Day 2 ("August $150,000), only to get coolered (flush under flush), in a spot where it was very difficult to find a fold.  A deep run in this event would surely help lessen the sting, so a solid Day 2 starting stack is exactly what Tom is looking for. Posted below are updated chip counts from the field:

Tom Gity - 90,000
Juan Pineda - 75,000
John Santoro - 62,000
Paul Shafran - 60,000
Jose Parra - 58,000
Tony Mucci - 36,000
Arlene Vazquez - 35,000
Evan Teitelbaum - 24,000

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): There's No "Days Off" In Blogging

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 86

Karin Powsner (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Avi Levy (Coral Springs, FL)

While taking the day off to recover from food poisoning sounded like a great idea, the interest of the blog followers was too high to stay away from Flight 1E.  "Live blogged coverage" is back for the remainder of the flight, as we jump right into the notables in the field that weren't mentioned earlier.  Karin Powsner (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Avi Levy (Coral Springs, FL) are in the field for the first time in this event.  Both players are Isle Casino Poker Room regulars, but each focus on different sides of the room.  Karin frequents many of the tournaments on the recurring schedule, while Avi could be found playing cash most everyday.  Some others that still remain active in the field as registration closes include:

Evan Teitelbaum
Tony Mucci
Daniel Genachte
Tom Gity
Arlene Vazquez
Paul Shafran

Players will be on their second break of the day at the end of this level, and will be returning to Level 9, with new blinds of 300/600/75.  Once the cards are in the air, we will have the official numbers from the flight, and will also take out first look at chip counts.

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Notables In the Flight 1E Field

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 3 (Blinds 75/150)
Total Flight 1C Entries: 48

Today's numbers are slightly ahead of yesterday afternoon's pace, which ended up having a total of (97) entries.  There are a handful of players taking their second (or third) chance at bagging chips for this tournament, along with some other names in the field for the first time this week.  Some of the early notables in the field include:

Marsha Wolak
John Santoro
David Gelley
Scott Bailey
Frank Scala
Joshua Wasserman
Benjamin Robinson
Glenn Popkin
Ralph Spadafore
Shlomo Maman

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Official Chip Counts (Flights 1A-1D)

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 2 (Blinds 50/100)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 40

"August $100,000" (Flight 1E): Big Numbers Expected This Weekend, A "Day Off" From Live Blogged Coverage

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 1 (Blinds 25/50)
Total Flight 1E Entries: N/A

The "second half" of the "August $100,000" opening flights began just moments ago, as cards got in the air for Flight 1E.  Over the course of the first four flights for the "August $100,000," there have been a total of (416) entries, with (58) players successfully managing to get chips in a bag.  The combined prize pool for the four flights sits at $47,840, which is just under half the way to the guarantee, but some large field sizes are expected for the weekend.

The chip average for the (58) players that are currently heading to Day 2 is 130,000, and with action resuming at the beginning of Level 16 on Sunday, that means an average stack will return with just over (30) big blinds.  The top five stacks after four flights belong to:

Matthew Ehrlich - 296,000

Alberto Niebla - 281,000

Daniel Restrepo - 273,000

Vitaly Shafran - 271,000

Marc Bronstein - 254,500

"Live blogged coverage" of Flight 1E will be on a "day off" this afternoon, but you can look forward to "live look-ins" over the course of the day.  A full list of combined chip counts will be posted shortly, followed by a glance at some of the notables in today's afternoon flight.

Friday, August 25th: Four Down...Four To Go, At The Halfway Point Of "August $100,000" Opening Flights

ICYMI: The second pair of opening flights for the "August $100,000" were played yesterday, beginning with Flight 1C at 11:00am.  Numerous notable players would choose the third starting flight to try and bag chips, including Joseph Couden, Marsha Wolak, Joseph Ritzie, David Gelley, and Thomas Gari.  Registration would close for the afternoon flight with a total of (97) entries, and after the full sixteen levels were played, (14) players would remain to bag chips for Sunday (Day 2).  Alberto Niebla (Miami, FL) bagged the flights chip lead with 281,000, close to 50,000 more than his nearest competitor (Tracy Scala - 234,500).

Flight 1D would follow at 6:00pm, and would end up being the largest flight of the four to have been played to that point (134 entries).  Matthew Ehrlich (Garden City, NY) would bag the flight's chip lead (296,000), heading a group of (17) players that are now returning for Day 2.  The field would reach the thirteen percent mark, with action for the night stopping late in Level 15 (with 10:30 minutes remaining).  While Ehrlich topped the leaderboard, the story from the flight was Paulius Bikus (Ft. Lauderdale, FL).  Bikus was cruising earlier in the day during Flight 1C, and was one of the top three stacks heading into the final pair of levels for the afternoon.  Paulius then went began to spiral downward, losing massive all-in pots, many in pretty rough fashion.  He'd go from over 200,000 to exiting the field in a matter of forty minutes, but would recover in Flight 1D to bag 248,500 (which is the sixth largest stack of the combined flights).

Tournaments: The second pair of "August $100,000" flights are on today's schedule, with Flight 1E getting underway at 11:00am, followed by Flight 1F at 6:00pm.  Both flights have the same structure, with players sitting down to starting stacks of 18,000 units, and playing levels that are (25) minutes in length.  To this point in the tournament, there has been a total of (416) entries, with (58) players having bagged chip from said starting flights.

Promotions: From the moment the doors to the poker room open, the "bonus" high hands are in effect.  Things start with the "Turbo High Hands," with $100 awarded to the qualifying high hand every (10) minutes.  With less tables in the morning hours, we usually see rollovers on a consistent basis, some of which get as high as $600-$700.  The ten minute high hands run from 9:00am-12:00pm, and then transition to a different promotion. 

Things are still "turbo-ish," with $250 high hands awarded every (20) minutes, from the hours of 12:00pm-4:00pm.  The promotion only gets richer after that, as one last transition sees $500 awarded every (20) minutes, from the hours of 4:00pm-12:00am.

11:00am - "August $100k GTD" (Flight 1E): $150 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) 

- Players start with 18,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (25) minutes during Day 1 flights, transitioning to (30) minutes on Day 2

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

6:00pm - "August $100k GTD" (Flight 1F): $150 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)

- Players start with 18,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Level will last (25) minutes during Day 1 flights, transitioning to (30) minutes on Day 2

- All Day 1's will play (16) complete levels or until 13% of the field remains (whichever comes first)

"August $100,000" (Flight 1D): Official End Of Flight 1D Chip Counts

"August $100,000 GTD"
$150 No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1D Entries: 134
Flight 1D Players Remaining: 17

Flight 1D reached the 13% mark prior to the end of Level 16, with the action being paused at that point (10:30 minutes remaining), and the bagging process beginning:

Matthew	Ehrlich	296,000
Daniel	Restrepo	273,000
Paulius	Bikus	248,500
Kareem	Bernardo	221,000
Ian	Cohen	163000
Sadany	Hevia	161,000
Chris	Koulouvaris	153,000
Peter	Bejusca	138,500
James	Orphanos	128,000
Fabrice	Mace	119,500
Yamil	Naif	102,500
Rogelio	Padilla	88,000
Ray	Nalbandian	86,000
Greg	McKenzie	75,500
Daniel	Manghtz	62,000
Alex	Thomas	55,500
Rob	Mullin	41,500