$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
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Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 57 of 416
Luckenson Pericles was an early chipleader in this flight, but had dropped back down among the rest of the flight.
Then he raised to open the pot, Niall Costigan reraised to 38,000, and Pericles moved all in for about 160,000.
Costigan called with 
, and Pericles was facing elimination as he turned over 
.
Pericles was saved by a six on the flop, and it held up for him to win the pot with a set of sixes and double up in chips.
Luckenson Pericles – 325,000 (65 bb)
Niall Costigan – 110,000 (22 bb)
Right after that, Pericles saw a flop with 
and the flop brought two diamonds. Pericles got it all in against his opponent’s 
, and hit the diamond he needed to win the pot with a flush.
Luckenson Pericles – 460,000 (92 bb)
Pericles is now sitting on a big stack, but he’s still behind chipleader Thang Nguyen, who has 555,000 as the Money Bubble nears.
Thang Nguyen – 555,000 (111 bb)
With 57 players remaining from a flight of 416, the average chip stack is around 182,000 (36 big blinds). This flight will be playing down to the final 52 players, which is also the Money Bubble. Players must bag chips for Day 2 in order to finish in the money.
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