And it all comes crashing down for Noah Schwartz. He worked his short stack quite well after being crippled earlier, getting all the way back to 200,000 in chips. When he flopped two pair with on a board of , he probably thought he was in great shape. His opponent, Grant Levy, bet 21,500 after Schwartz checked. Schwartz then moved all in for 200,000. When Levy called, he must have figured he was in trouble.
Indeed he was. Levy showed down for a set of eights. That left Schwartz drawing incredibly thin. He never got there. When the stacks were counted down, it turned out that Levy just barely had Schwartz covered. Levy had 450,000 chips total after the hand; Schwartz had a payout slip to take to the cage.