Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2014 PPC Aruba World Championship
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PPC Aruba World Championship
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$267,720
Entries
138
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000
Last Break of the Night
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are now on a 10-minute break, their last of the evening. There are 24 players remaining.
Kroon Wins Big Pot With 4th Pair
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
We got to the table with all the cards dealt and the board showing 
and approximately 25,000 in the middle. Arun Chugani put out a large bet of 16,400 and his lone opponent in the hand, Mark Kroon, counted out the call in one hand and looked over at Chugani.
"Will you show me if I fold," he asked.
"Definitely," said Chugani, his cards held up from the table ready to be turned over. "You're my friend."
Apparently this was enough for Kroon, who placed the calling chips into the middle.
"You got me," said Chugani as he turned over 
. Kroon said "I have a pair of sixes" and proudly tabled 
drawing admiration from his opponent and the rest of the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
A Family Tradition
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Mark Kroon smiled as he told us how it's not often he gets to sit next to his mother at a poker table in a tournament. His Mom, Marilyn Guess, whom he says is affectionately referred to as "Mama Ho" (a take off of Kroon's "Poker Ho" moniker), is holding her own today with 50,000 in chips as we head into the last few levels of play tonight.
"This is her ninth time in Aruba. My ninth time too," Kroon told us. The mother and son duo take the PPC term "poker-cation" literally. The only thing better would be for the two to both make the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
52,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Josh Kay Sitting at Top of Chip Counts
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Josh Kay, a South Florida resident with $359,317 in lifetime tournament earnings currently holds the most chips on Day 1b with approximately 120,000. Kay's poker career dates back to 2008 and he has two World Series of Poker Main Event cashes to his name with his best score of $66,874 coming for a fourth place finish in a WSOP Circuit event in 2012.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 |
Final Number of Entrants
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
There were 42 entrants today bringing our two day total to 138. That's 50 more than they had last year. Once the PPC Staff has figured out the payout information, we'll have that posted here for everyone.
There are three tables, or 27 players, remaining.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Kings Versus Kings
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Anthony Brammer opened for 1,400 and a short-stacked player moved all in for his last 4,600. Arun Chugani made the call from the button and Brammer also called.
The flop came 
and the short-stacked player shook his head in disgust. Brammer and Chugani both checked.
They would check again on the 
turn and 
river and Brammer would muck when Chugani showed 
. The short-stacked player jumped up, excited, and said "chop chop" as he turned over his own pair of kings with 
.
A Flopped Royal Flush and Some Post-Dinner Break Chip Counts
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
John Ott just flopped a royal flush with 
when the flop came 
. He was unable to pick up many chips against his opponent Parry Shaw but despite that bad beat still sits with what might be the biggest stack in the room at 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
65,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
54,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
47,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
42,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
42,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
40,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
39,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
33,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
33,000 | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |