Before we started play today here at Day 1b, a young man by the name of Chris Karambinis came up to us and said something along the lines of "this tournament is over. You are looking at the winner." How serious he was about this we don't know, but what we can tell you is that Karambinis is backing up his talk so far. As of right now, he is our chip leader with 98,000.
Karambinis is no stranger to the WSOP-C stage. Karambinis won a ring last year in Southern Indiana, winning a 6-max event for $15,795. We will keep an eye on Karambinis as the night progresses.
Registration isn't closed until the end of play tonight, but as of right now, we have a low turnout tonight. Only 79 players have entered Day 1b, and 45 are left as he approach level 9. For now, the floor does not plan on stopping play before the end of level 12, though they may consider it if the eliminations come at a rapid pace.
We've lost a few of our notables in the last half hour, including Jeff Fielder, Nathan Bjerno, Kevin Boudreau, and Erik Roussakis. Of those players, only Roussakis will have the option to re-enter tomorrow, as the other three players have all fired two bullets.
We are in Level 9 right now, and we have reached our final four tables. The eliminations are sure to slow down at some point, but they haven't as of yet.
Mstr Lynch (yes his name is pronounced master) has vaulted his way into the chip lead here in level 9. Lynch scooped a huge pot in the previous level when his held in a big all in confrontation versus his opponent's . He has continued to build his chips since, and is now sitting on a monster stack of 120,000.
Lynch hasn't registered a live cash since Feburary of last year, but before that, he accomplished quite the feat when he won back-to-back preliminary events at Harrah's Rincon in 2011, winning a $555 buy-in and $1,080 buy in event.
