Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2014 PPC North America Championship at Tampa Downs
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
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
Stack 'Em To The Top
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Level 8
: 400/800, 75 ante
Here's a look at some of the big stacks in the room as we counted some stacks down during the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
116,000 | |
|
|
114,500 | |
|
|
112,000
8,800
|
8,800 |
|
|
87,300 | |
|
84,500
84,500
|
84,500 |
Half the Field Left
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Out of the 105 entrants that started the day, the tournament is down to 52. They still have some play left before they call it a night as they will play down to the final 16.
Clinkscales Makes The Tough Call
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We got to the table with approximately 45,000 in the pot and a board of 
. Rex Clinkscales checked to Mike Shammos who made a bet of 20,000. Clinkscales took a few moments before tossing in what appeared to be a reluctant call. Shammos said "fours" and turned over 
. A relieved Clinkscales turned over a set of fives with his 
and took in the nice pot with the gutsy call with four clubs on the board.
Clinkscales has $453,064 in lifetime reported tournament winnings with his biggest cash being $121,095 for winning a World Series of Poker Circuit ring back in May of 2013.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
76,200
|
76,200 |
|
|
71,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Private Training With One of the Best at PPC Events
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Alex Outhred is a well-known and respected poker instructor whose background includes being an instructor for both the World Poker Tour Boot Camp and World Series of Poker Academey Poker Camps. Not only does he know how to teach the game, he can play it as well as evidenced by two deep runs he's had in the WSOP Main Event. In 2008, he took 54th place out of 6,844 in the Main Event for $135,100 and just last week he finished 140th for $52,141 in the 2014 Main Event.
Outhred recently signed on with the PPC as one of their Team Pro's and is bringing poker learning to PPC stops with his "sat-enlight" training where he will gather a group of players for a single table satellite and discuss the play after each hand with the players at the table. The program has proven to work like a charm as well - three of the players in one of the instructional satellites the other day all went on to win seats into the $200,000 Guaranteed Main Event.
While observing Outhred in his most recent "sat-enlight" he went over bet sizing and aggression and pointed out to a player how making a different bet could have led to a more profitable result. "I want to do this at as many of the stops as I can," said Outhred. "But I also want to get more of the PPC Team Pros to teach these. Give them an idea of how to run these and incorporate their thought processes when teaching."
Just another thing that makes the PPC stand out from other poker tours.
Danny Lobato Has Reason to Smile
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Sitting with 168,500 and the biggest stack in the room at the moment is local Danny Lobato. He'd battled valiantly earlier today before having ace-king lose a race to pocket threes and decided to give it another shot tonight. Lobato took 16th at the PPC Tampa Downs Winter Fest event earlier this year for $918.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
168,500
168,500
|
168,500 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Beltran's Kings Send an Opponent Home
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
A player in early position opened to 3,300 and one to his left Cindy Beltran made it 13,000 to go. It was folded to a player in late position who moved all in for approximately 30,000. The original raiser folded and Beltran was quick to call.
"That's not good for me," said the all in player who was at risk. He turned over 
and was correct in his thinking as Beltran held 
. The board ran out 
to give Beltran the pot and eliminate her opponent. Beltran had 142,300 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
142,300 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200