$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 1d Completed
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1d
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
Buy-in
$535
Prize Pool
$223,400
Entries
420
Level
27
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Danny Lobato Leads All After Day 1d Concludes
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Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Fred Miller entered the final flight with a great stack of 268,400 and he might have thought that by the time Day 1d came to a close that he'd still hold the chip lead. Danny Lobato had other plans as he would crush all comers and end the night with an overwhelming chip lead at 522,300 in chips. Only 16 players would be moving on to Day 2 and on the final hand of the night Lobato would lay a sick beat on Christian Rodriguez in a 300,000+ chip pot when Lobato's 
hit a six on the river to send a devastated Rodriguez and his 
to the rail.
The $200,000 Guarantee was easily met as a total of 420 entrants came out over the four different starting flights. Of those 420, only 64 will be returning later today at 3 p.m. local time and with just 45 players making the money, 19 unlucky players will go home empty handed. Lobato had company at the top of the chip counts for a while as Chris Swanson ran his stack up with a big hand against Vegas pro Rex Clinkscales and ended the day with 330,100 in chips which is good for second overall. Rounding out the top three for day 1d was Ken Fishman with 190,400.
Others that will return for the final day later today include Alec Bradlow (81,700), Cindy Beltran (113,500), Chris Bolek (29,800), Mike Shammos (154,200), Nicolas Mann (160,600), and Michael Beattie (136,700). Plenty of players would come up short of moving on including Alex Outhred, Jeff Trudeau, Michael Laake, and Jordan Wunder.
This concludes our coverage of Day 1d. Make sure to follow along with PokerNews as we continue our coverage with Day 2 later today. We'll be here until a winner is determined so tune in!
End of Day 1d Chip Counts (full)
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
522,300 | |
|
|
330,100 | -7,900 |
|
190,400 | |
|
|
160,600 | |
|
|
154,200 | 99,200 |
|
|
136,700 | |
|
|
131,100 | |
|
|
113,500 | -28,800 |
|
|
107,100 | |
|
|
81,700 | 1,700 |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
60,000 | |
|
|
58,800 | |
|
|
31,700 | |
|
29,800 | -95,200 |
|
|
29,400 | -67,600 |
Lobato Lays Sick Beat on Rodriguez to End Play For the Night
Level 15
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
It was folded to the player on the button who opened the action for an unknown amount and Danny Lobato decided to apply maximum pressure with his big stack by moving all in. Christian Rodriguez was in the big blind and after looking at his cards agonized for several minutes before deciding to make the call and risk his tournament life. The player on the button quickly got out of the way and Rodriguez was in great shape to score a massive double up with his as Lobato only had .
The flop came 
keeping Rodriguez in the lead. The turn changed nothing as it was the 
and only a six would give the pot to Lobato. That was precisely what the dealer put out on the river with the 
. Rodriguez shot out of his chair and rushed to the back of the room.
"Are you serious? Are you serious?" he said to no one in particular. Tears looked as if they were starting to form in the corners of his eyes. His tournament was over and he started to walk out of the room but not before looking back at the table one last time as if there was some small sliver of hope that it hadn't been a six put out on the river. The card hadn't changed though. Rodriguez shook his head, dreams dashed, and his fate sealed he walked towards the exit.
Lobato in the meantime added to his chip lead as he finished the night with a staggering 522,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
522,300 | 222,300 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Swanson Takes the Chip Lead
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
As told to us by Chris Swanson, Rex Clinkscales opened the action to 10,000 and Swanson reraised to 25,000. It was folded back to Clinkscales who moved all in for approximately 85,000. Swanson snap-called with 
while Clinkscales showed 
. An ace on the flop was more than enough for Swanson who eliminated Clinkscales and moved into the chip lead with 338,000 in chips while doing so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
338,000 | 228,000 |
|
Busted |
Down to Two Tables
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
A short-stacked player opened to 21,500 leaving himself just 2,000 behind. It was folded to Christian Rodriguez who grabbed a stack of T5,000 chips and made it 50,000 to go. Chris Swanson thought for a moment but ultimately decided to fold and the short-stacked player put in the last of his chips with 
. Rodriguez showed 
prompting Swanson to let out a sigh of relief as he told the table he folded pocket eights.
The board ran out 
to give Rodriguez the pot and putting us down to the final twenty players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
Outhred Out
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Alex Outhred moved all in first to act for approximately 45,000 from late position and found one caller. The two were off to the races with Outhred holding 
and his opponent 
. The board ran out 
and despite picking up straight and flush draw outs Outhred was unable to improve and the pair of sevens took down the pot. There are 24 players remaining — 8 more before play wraps up for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Bolek Takes One Out
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
We got to the table and Chris Bolek was up against a shorter-stacked opponent who was all in and at risk on a board of 
with Bolek holding 
for a pair of kings and his opponent holding 
for a pair of nines. The river was the giving Bolek trip kings and eliminating the short stacked player.
Bolek had been biding his time well and with that pot moved above the 100,000 chip mark with 125,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000 | 60,000 |