"January $100,000" (Flight 1E): Newman One Of The Top Stack, Heading To The Second Break

"January $100,000"
$360 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 102

Michael Newman (Nanuet, NY) is a dangerous player, especially once given some chips, as the players at Table 1 are learning at the moment.

After publishing our first post of the day, Francis Margaglione made us aware that he played last night (Flight 1D), and ended up falling short of bagging, after amassing a stack over 240,000 at one point.  Francis is seeing the same fate this afternoon, after starting the day with almost 80,000, he was just all-in for his final 15,000 (but did happen to double up).  With Margaglione dropping down as he has, some new players are atop the leaderboard, one of which is Michael Newman (Nanuet, NY).  Newman is only a few months removed from that massive score at Hard Rock, when he shipped the $3,500 No Limit Hold'em Championship, earning over $374,000.  Newman will be heading to the second break (at the end of this level) with over 80,000, with updated chip counts to follow, once play resumes in Level 9.

When players return from break, they will be posting blinds of 400/800/100, with just four more levels of open registration remaining.