Thursday, February 14, 2019

$150 NLH $50,000 GTD (Flight 1A): New Name Up Top, As Robert Tanner Vaults Up The Leaderboard

$150 No Limit Hold'em
$50,000 GTD
Level 11 (Blinds 800/1,600/1,600)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 58
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 18

Robert Tanner (Wellington, FL) has over $75,000 in lifetime tournament earnings, headlined by two major wins (WSOP Circuit, and Isle Poker Classic).

As we were heading towards the tournament area moments ago, Garrick Young was spotted heading down the escalator, which was pretty surprising (considering he was one of the top five stacks less than thirty minutes ago).  His elimination brought the field down to (20) players, and caused Table 3 to break, as players from that table found their new seating assignments.  Still racking up his chips at Table 3 was Robert Tanner (Wellington, FL), who knocked out Young, and assumed the chip lead after winning one of the larger pots of the day.

Tanner has had a very successful last two years, beginning with his trophy win during the 2017 Isle Classic.  Robert took first place in a chop of Event #16 ($150 No Limit Hold'em $100,000 GTD), which was worth $14,202.  At the time, that was his career best cash, but he would surpass that number during last year's WSOP Circuit at Coconut Creek.  Tanner won his first ring after taking down Event #4 ($360 No Limit Hold'em "Double Stack Turbo") for $18,810.

Robert Tanner - 160,000 (100bb)

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