Event 5: Chugging Along

$400 + $50 Omaha H/L 8B  

Down to 11 tables of Omaha players now, with 50 players already relegated to the rail.  Wendell Barnes is one of those that departed before the dinner break.  He'll be back tomorrow to play in the $1k.

Average stack is up to about 15k, but there are a couple of players sitting behind double that, including Miami John Cernuto.  He's up to about 30k.  Omaha specialist Barry Levy is also riding a 30k+ stack. 

Also in today's field is Leonardo Palermo (Ortley Beach, NJ).  He finished 4th in Event 1, the $500 + $60 NL DeepStack (2-re-entry).  It was about 6:30am this morning when he finally busted out of that event, earning $47,832.  I was very surprised to see him back in action already after such a gruelling event.

Other faces I spotted:  Brent Keller, Allen Chang, and Sheree Bykofsky.

Blinds are now up to 300/600 with limits of 600/1,200.