Event 11: Chip Stacks Scaling Towards AJ Kelsall

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 2 of 108 Entries

After a prolonged period of pretty even stacks between the final two players, things are now tilting in the direction of AJ Kelsall. Here is a look at the chips among the final two players.

Seat 1: Blaise Ingoglia – 900,000
Seat 6: AJ Kelsall – 2,340,000

Event 9 Flight F: Registrations Closes with 260 Entries to Take the Total Number up to 973

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight F Entries: 260

Registration closed for Flight F of SPS Event 9 with 260 more entries, putting the combined total at 973. The largest starting flight of the tournament was the last one, and the $100,000 guarantee was surpassed before cards even got into the air for this one.

Flight F will continue until 26 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 tomorrow at 2 pm in the money. Players must bag to cash.

FlightDayEntriesAdvanced
AMon 10a12213
BMon 2p11512
CMon 6p14915
DTues 10p12813
ETues 2p19920
FTues 6p260TBD
Total97373

Event 11: Sean Boland – 3rd Place ($12,360)

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Remaining Players: 2 of 108 Entries

Sean Boland

Sean Boland busted when his A-Q ran into the A-J of Blaise Ingoglia on a final board reading  A-10-7-10-J. Boland busted in third place, good for $12,360. Boland was the winner of the July no-limit hold’em leader board, and he won a prize package worth $8,900.

Ingoglia stacked up 1.82 million after collecting the pot, which gives him a slight advantage over the 1.42 million held by Kelsall to start the final match.

Event 11: Ryan Luker – 4th Place ($8,530)

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Remaining Players: 3 of 108 Entries

Ryan Luker

Ryan Luker has busted out of Event 11 in fourth place, good for $8,530 in prize money.

Here is a look at the chip stacks among the final three players:

Seat 1: Blaise Ingoglia – 1,500,000
Seat 3: Sean Boland – 360,000
Seat 6: AJ Kelsall – 1,380,000

Event 9 Flight E: Play Ends with Chi Phan in the Lead

$200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight E Remaining Players: 20 of 199

Here is a look at the chip counts for the 20 players that have advanced to Day 2 on Wednesday. Chi Phan topped this flight with a stack of 424,000.

Chi Phan – 424,000
Julio Novo – 400,000
William Brown – 347,000
Isiah James – 338,000
Brent Hoover – 290,000
Travis Hall – 257,000
Ryan Hogan – 214,000
Michael Silva – 200,000
Mostafa Majed – 190,000
Hyndi Khomutetsky – 188,000
Daniel Sudhop – 157,000
Tam Nguyen – 139,000
Woodrow Pass – 137,000
Adam Isaacson – 134,000
Jim Polanski – 133,000
Zak Vankueren – 124,000
Andrew Hoffman – 109,000
Cesar Trinidad – 98,000
Zachary Johns – 69,000
Zachary Fischer – 66,000

Event 11: “Fly Eagles Fly” – AJ Kelsall Takes Out Two in a Row

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Remaining Players: 4 of 108 Entries

AJ Kelsall

Ricardo Eyzaguirre was all in for around 300,000 with KcQs from the hijack, and AJ Kelsall had him covered holding Qh9h on the button. The final board read Qd9c7d2c3d, and Eyzaguirre was eliminated in sixth place, good for $4,470.

Just a few minutes later Daniel Zucker was all in for about 200,000 with 10-7, and Kelsall had him covered holding As4c on a board that ran out ace-high. Zucker was eliminated in fifth place to take home $4,470. Kelsall increased his chip lead to 1.43 million after collecting the pot.

A fellow player at the table said “Fly Eagles Fly” after the one-two knockout punch, and it came from no less than a New York Jets fan so the final table shared a laugh.

AJ Kelsall – 1,430,000 (95 bb)
Daniel Zucker – Eliminated in Fifth Place ($6,070)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($4,470)

 

Event 11: Final Table Seating Chart with Chip Counts

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players: 6 of 108 Entries

Here is a look at where the final six players are seated at the final table with chip counts:

Seat 1: Blaise Ingoglia – 755,000
Seat 2: Ryan Luker – 320,000
Seat 3: Sean Boland – 635,000
Seat 4: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 300,000
Seat 5: Daniel Zucker – 200,000
Seat 6: AJ Kelsall – 1,020,000

Event 11: Johnny Bromberg – 8th Place ($3,400); Mark Koeln – 7th Place ($3,400)

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players: 6 of 108 Entries

Johnny Bromberg

Johnny Bromberg was eliminated in eighth place, and Mark Koeln exited in seventh place with both players pocketing $3,400. The final six players have now been seated at the final table.

Event 11: AJ Kelsall Making a Deep Run

$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Remaining Players: 8 of 108 Entries

AJ Kelsall

AJ Kelsall is among the final eight players in Event 11, and he will be adding to his career earnings of more than $2.8 million wherever he finishes tonight. The Tampa resident was born in Pennsylvania, and you need to look no further than his fandom for Philadelphia sports teams to see that first hand.

Kelsall holds a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, and he has three WSOP Circuit gold rings as well. Kelsall has nine tournament victories in his career, and the largest tournament score he has claimed was worth $443,259 for a third-place finish in a six-max no-limit hold’em event earlier this year at the WSOP.