"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1F): Official End Of Flight 1F Chip Counts

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1F Entries: 232
Flight 1F Players Remaining: 29

Alex	Martinez F	327,500
Greg	Shain	289,000
Danal	Saffa	262,500
Thomas	Timmons	208,000
Uri	Tenenboim	201,500
Shawn	Vrenna	193,000
Lisa	Teebagy	182,500
David	Coughlin	173,500
Dennis	Brinn	167,500
Jonathan	Ouinjian	165,000
Liz	Hagensick	151,000
Colby	Covington	147,500
Michael	Mayo	139,000
John	English	124,000
Angel	Sanchez	122,500
Edina	Pantinchin	120,500
Claudio	Bernal	119,500
Scott	Harwood	98,000
Michael	Weinberg	95,000
James	McCaffrey	95,000
Linzell	Borders	95,000
John	Magnetta	93,000
Steven	Bennett	90,500
Mike	Bonsignore	79,000
Eric	Brewster	69,000
Tim	Coan	55,500
Jeffrey	Cohen	51,000
Donna	Papa-Yacobellis	38,500
Michael	Anderson	18,400

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Official End Of Flight 1E Chip Counts

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 19

Raminder	Singh E	318,000
Pasquale	Caiazza	298,000
JC	Madrid	260,000
Michelle	Roth	257,000
Charles	MacLennan	256,000
Philip	Consolo	253,000
Emmanuel	Santos Orlang	219,500
Craig	Witz	138,500
Dmitry	Agrachov	120,500
Anwar	Mohamad	120,000
Preecha	Taepakdee	104,500
Garrick	Young	102,000
Alex	Carfagno	86,000
Dolphus	Powers	82,000
Jessica	Beyrer	63,500
Ira	Horowitz	59,000
Juan	Ferrer	55,000
Alvaro	Vivas Grisales	49,000
Howard	Newman	25,500

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Raminder Singh Bags Chip Lead, Earns A Seat Into Next Week's $1,100 NLH Single-Ante

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 21

Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) was all business this afternoon, and found himself atop the flight's leaderboard once all hands were finished across the field. 

Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, FL) entered Flight 1E just after the halfway point of registration, and immediately made an impact at his table.  While he spent most of the day above the chip average, it wasn't until the final two levels, that he found himself towards the top of the leaderboard.  Singh unofficially bagged over 300,000, which was a healthy margin more than names like JC Madrid, Michelle Roth, and Charlie MacLennan.

Official chip counts from the flight will be posted once all bags have been verified by tournament staff.  This will conclude live blogged coverage for the day, but followers can check back late this evening (it's really early tomorrow morning for official chip counts from Flight 1F.

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Entering The Final Level Of Flight 1E

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 16 (Blinds 2,000/4,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 26

The tournament clock just transitioned into Level 16, which is the final scheduled level of flight.  Players will continue through the 10:00 minute mark, at which point the clock will be paused, and the amount of hands remaining will be announced.  Once those hands are finished at each table, the bagging process will begin, and players will pack up their chips for Sunday (Day 2 at 12:00pm).

The official chip counts from the flight, along with the winner of the chip lead bonus, will be posted once all bags have been verified.

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Lineups Of The Three Flight 1E Tables That Remain

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 28

With two levels remaining in Flight 1E, the seating assignments for the final three tables across the tournament floor, are listed below:

Table 1

1. Adam Beyrer
2. John Nguyen
3. Philip Consolo
4. Dolphus Powers
5. Alex Carfagno
6. JC Madrid
7. Howard Newman
8. Roberto Forges
9. Alvaro Grisales

Table 2

1. Margaret Martin
2. Charlie MacLennan
3. Dmitry Agrachov
4. Raminder Singh
5. Pasquale Caiazza
6. Skip McDonough
7. Juan Ferrer
8. Shawn Mohamed

Table 3

1. Craig Witz
2. John Vidal
3. Michelle Roth
4. Ira Horowitz
5. Al Gomez
6. Emanuel Orlang
7. Scott Levitt
8. Garrick Young
9. Jessica Beyrer
10. Preecha Taepakdee

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Updated Chip Counts After Final Flight 1E Break

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 13 (Blinds 1,000/2,000/300)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 37

John Vidal (Pompano Beach, FL) may be in the middle of the pack at the moment, but he's only a few pots away from chip lead bonus contention.

Players are now back from the final break of the flight, with updated chip counts from the field listed below.  Preecha Taepakdee (Boynton Beach, FL) still has a commanding chip lead over the remaining players, but we've seen how things can change over the final three levels.  

Preecha Taepakdee - 235,000

Garrick Young - 170,000

Pasquale Caiazza - 170,000

Michelle Roth - 165,000

Dmitry Agrachov - 145,000

Roberto Forges - 130,000

Al Gomez - 125,000

John Vidal - 110,000

Howard Newman - 100,000

Dolphus Powers - 100,000

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Garrick Young Joins The Group Up Top, Looking To Add Another Win To his Resume

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 12 (Blinds 800/1,600/300)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 44

Garrick Young's (Miami Gardens, FL) table has been pretty chatty, with no shortage of needling between players that are sharing the felt.

As we head towards the final break of Flight 1E, one of the most recent Battles At The Beach champions is climbing up the leaderboard.  Garrick Young (Miami Gardens, FL) reached two final tables during the series, including a win in Event #13 ($175 No Limit Hold'em Single-Ante).  The $4,963 that Young earned for first place was the largest cash of his career, with his second largest result coming just a week later, when he finished third in Event #17 ($150 No Limit Hold'em).

Garrick Young - 148,000 (92bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Taepakdee Gets The "Double Feature," After Reaching The 200,000 Mark

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 11 (Blinds 600/1,200/200)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 157
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 54

Preecha Taepakdee (Boynton Beach, FL) is now the overwhelming Flight 1E chip leader, hoping for things to stay that way for the remaining five levels.

It's not often that a player gets featured in back-to-back blog posts, but sometimes these stories just write themselves.  After collecting the updated chip counts, Preecha Taepakdee and Georges Boyadjian would be spotted in a pot against each other.  The two players were on the turn, with a board that read A♦ 3♥ 2♥ 4♥, and Preecha first to act (from the small blind).  Boyadjian had his hand extended towards the muck, like he was going to fold to any bet, but ended up calling the 4,000 wager from Preecha.  The board would then complete with the 9♦ on the river, with Taepakdee firing out 16,000.  Georges quickly made the call, and watched as Preecha tabled A♥ Q♥, having turned the flush (after flopping top pair).  Boyadjian flashed the 5♦, before mucking his hand, having turned the wheel.  

With that pot, Taepakdee eclipses the 200,000 mark, and gains himself some separation from the rest of the field. 

Preecha Taepakdee - 210,000 (175bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Updated Chip Counts From The Flight 1E Field

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 10 (Blinds 500/1,000/200)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 159
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 62

Preecha Taepakdee (Boynton Beach, FL) is sitting with the second largest stack in the field, and would be a favorite to be involved in the final race for the chip lead.

Since her strong start, Michelle Roth has continued the upward trend, and sits as the flight's chip leader in Level 10 (145,000). Just a few thousand chips behind Roth is Preecha Taepakdee (Boynton Beach, FL), who is coming off his first cash in four months.  Preecha puts in solid tournament hours, but only selects particular tournaments to play throughout the year.  His most recent entry was in the $3,500 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship Event, in which he finished in 46th place ($14,536).  The result would bring Preecha's career earnings above $140,000, and clearly gave him the tournament bug, after the sizable gap between cashes.

A lap around the field yielded some of the top stacks from Level 10:

Michelle Roth - 145,000 (145bb)

Preecha Taepakdee - 140,000 (140bb)

Pasquale Caiazza - 130,000 (130bb)

Howard Newman - 100,000 (100bb)

Craig Witz - 90,000 (90bb)

Al Gomez - 85,000 (85bb)

Jake Embres - 81,000 (81bb)

Steven Bennett - 60,000 (60bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Flight 1E Closes With (159) Entries, Posted Guarantee To Be Reached This Evening

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 9 (Blinds 400/800/100)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 157
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 75

Flight 1E of the $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD) has officially closed with (159) entries, making it the second largest of the five flights to have been played.  The combined prize pool is now at $83,160, with only (128) entries needed to reach the posted guarantee.  That number should be easily attainable this evening, meaning tomorrow's flights (which are often the largest) will just be padding the overall prize pool.  This final number could fall somewhere in the $140,000-$150,000 range, with the posted first place prize ending up north of $25,000.

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Pasquale Caiazza Leads As Registration For Flight 1E Closes

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 152

Pasquale Caiazza (Davie, FL) waits to hear a ruling from the tournament staff, in regards to a misunderstanding during a recent hand.

Just over half of the field remains, as players head on their second break of the day, returning to Level 9 in a few short minutes (400/800/100).  Pascuale Caiazza (Davie, FL) leads the group with just over 130,000, and sits as just one of a few that have eclipsed the century mark.  Caiazza is an accomplished tournament player, with over $204,000 in career earnings, including a deep run in the most recent $1,100 No Limit Hold'em WPTDeepstacks Immokalee event.  Pasquale reached the final four tables of the  tournament, finishing in 29th place, and earning $3,627.

Once play resumes, we will update followers of the official numbers from the flight, and then publish the first list of updated chip counts from the field.

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Eddy Espinosa Sends One To The Exits, Continues Upward Trend

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 7 (Blinds 250/500/75)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 149

Eddy Espinosa (Lake Worth, FL) is one of the early leaders in the field, and could be putting himself in contention for a seat in the largest buy-in event he ever played.

As we were passing Table 3, Robert Golden would be all-in and at risk against Eddy Espinosa (Lake Worth, FL), who was already off to a fast start.  When the cards were tabled, Espinosa held a commanding lead, with Q♠ Q♣ against the J♥ J♦ of Golden.  The board ran out with no card higher than a seven, and Eddy would send Golden packing.  Espinosa was one of the chip leaders before that pot took place, and now finds himself one of the top five stacks in the room (75,000).

Just a min-cash in the event would likely be Espinosa's largest score to date, as he has four recorded results on Hendon Mob, with the largest coming back in 2016 ($130 No Limit Hold'em event at Coconut Creek).  Considering the posted tournament history for Eddy, a deep run in this tournament would likely be a career highlight.  

Eddy Espinosa - 75,000 (150bb)

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Scott Levitt Part Of Late Arriving Group, Guarantee In Sight Tonight

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 6 (Blinds 200/400/50)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 123

It had been a while since we saw Scott Levitt (Delray Beach, FL) in a tournament field at the Isle Poker Room, but he's now seated for the first time since the Battles At The Beach.

The Flight 1E field is continuing to grow by the minute, as a late rush of players just took their seats across the tournament floor.  One of those players was Scott Levitt (Delray Beach, FL), who is just over a month removed from a incredible two week span at Hard Rock.  During their most recent Escalator Series, Levitt finished third in both the $250 No Limit Hold'em, and the $350 No Limit Hold'em.  Each result was worth over $31,000, and helped Scott bring his lifetime earnings north of the $200,000 mark (his earnings now sit at $216,673).  Joining Levitt in the field just a few moments ago were:

John Nguyen

Al Gomez

Walter Swirsky

Evan Kahan

Douglas Baer

Preach Taepakdee

Pasquale Caiazza

Ronald Johnston

Raymond Winters

"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1E): Steven Zukowski Looking To Grab That First Five-Figure Score

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 5 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 110

Steven Zukowski (Pompano Beach, FL) is sporting his standard tournament poker attire, which includes the mirrored shades and black hat.

The cards are back in the air, and as the field continues to grow, so does the list of notables.  Steven Zukowski (Pompano Beach, FL) was spotted just before break, and is a player in the field that's on the precipice of something big.  The more time and study that players put into this complex game, the more they see success, as has been the case with Zukowski.  He plays in at least three or four tournaments on a weekly basis, and has already recorded (21) cashes this year alone.  His lifetime earnings are just shy of $74,000, and what makes that number even more impressive, is that he's reached that point without a score over $10,000.  

Steven's best cash came back in 2013, when he won a $65 No Limit Hold'em event here at the Isle Poker Room, that had a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool.  The first place money was worth $9,000, which still stands atop his results.  A final table run in this event will definitely yield numbers north of $10,000, so that's exactly what Zukowski has his eye on.

Steven heads our second look at notables in the field, including the likes of:

Jacquelyn Scott

Alberto Niebla

Curtis Daye

Lawrence Klur

Raymond McDonough

Dmitry Agrachov

Steven Bennett

Oneil McCalla

Paul Mabel

Garrick Young

Christopher Gilkey

Craig Witz