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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.
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 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
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 |
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 |
Players are now on a 10-minute break, their last of the evening. There are 24 players remaining.
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
114,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
105,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
91,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
73,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
72,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
|
72,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
66,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
54,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
50,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
42,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
37,200
1,350
|
1,350 |
|
|
31,000
-3,600
|
-3,600 |
|
28,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
5,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
No major hands have gone down in the last half hour. The tournament is close to being down to two tables as there are 19 players remaining.
