The momentum continued on Thursday at Orange City Poker as the Almighty Stack rolled through Flights 1B and 1C, bringing the three-flight total to 229 entries and pushing the prize pool to $57,250 heading into the weekend.
Flight 1B kicked off the day with 69 entries, and players battled through eighteen levels before the field was reduced to just nine survivors. Leading the group was McKinley Allen, who bagged 1,630,000, matching the overall tournament lead set in Flight 1A by Michael Hayes. With both players now tied at the top, the chase for Sunday’s pole position is fully underway.
The evening session, Flight 1C, delivered another strong turnout with 80 entries. Play wrapped up at Level 18 with 28 minutes left on the clock, and ten players secured their seat in Day 2. The flight ended with a rare tie at the top, as David Pierce and Drake Espenlaub each advanced with 1,580,000, just shy of the tournament’s leading mark.
With 29 total players now through to Day 2 and four flights still to come, the Almighty Stack is building toward a deep and competitive finish. Players will have several more opportunities to enter across Friday and Saturday before all qualifiers return on Sunday, November 16th at 11:10am to play down to a champion.
