Level 7 (Blinds 250/500/75)
Total Day 1B Entries: 628
Norman Michalek (Westfield, NJ)
Norman Michalek (Westfield, NJ) is coming off a very up and down series, starting off with the largest live tournament score of his career in Event 1 (12th Place – $15,708). He then proceeded to fire many bullets in Event 15, totaling close to $5,000. After a few days off, Michalek is back in action this evening, and is now double the starting stack.
As we were standing at Michalek’s table, Norman check-called a bet of 4,000 from an unknown player on a board of {9d} {5c} {4s}. He would check once more after the dealer dropped down the {7c} on the turn, and would be faced with another bet, this time for 10,000. Michalek made the call once again, checking a third time after the {kc} on the river. His opponent looked as if he was going to bet, but eventually tapped the table for a check, with Norman turning over {10s} {10d}. That would be good enough for the win, and Michalek chips up to 63,000.
Michalek is usually very active on Twitter throughout these events, but has chosen to keep a low profile during this prestigious event.