With registration and re-entry for this flight closing at the start of Level 9, the official numbers are in.
There were a total of 181 entries and re-entries today and when added to the 249 two-flight total from Friday, that brings the grand total up to 430 entries and re-entries with one flight still to come.
The event's $50,000 Guarantee is now a distant memory with the prize pool already up to an estimated $69,445 and counting.
Those who look at the chip counts tab above will no doubt have seen the name Dalton Dawkins on the list throughout the day.
He's been using the PokerNews My Stack App all day to keep us and the rest of the world wide web up to date on the status of his stack.
Now we've gone out and got the skinny on Dawkins, who just moved up to 70,000 and a spot among the bigger stacks by getting it in with the against the and winning the race.
Darryl Bagley and Bryan Irish-Jones were two of four players putting in 1,100 to see a flop.
But when Bagley fired 4,000 at it, Irish-Jones was the only one to come along for the ride. The turn brought the and Bagley shipped it over a 6,500 lead from Irish-Jones.
Irish-Jones made the call with for two pair and big trouble for Bagley's .
The river bricked, Bagley is currently firing another bullet and Irish-Jones is suddenly pushing close to 60,000.
Amherst, NY's Dan Ozimek was in the right place at the right time when one short stack shoved 4,150 with the and a second player jammed 23,000 over the top with .
One seat over, he looked down at and pushed in as well, having them both covered. The blinds let go and Ozimek's aces held on a board giving him a spot among the leaders.
From that early chip up reported on PokerNews, to a high water mark of about 40,000, Pat Tighe has now slid all the way down to half of a starting stack.
The latest valley on his chip graph came when he called a 2,000-chip bet heads-up on a flop. His opponent then checked the turn and Tighe bet 5,000.
The call came, and so did the river, bringing checks from both. Tighe mucked when his opponent showed
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