Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The field is quickly approaching the bubble with less than 10 minutes remaining in Level 14, as the tournament clock displays 113 entries. Another batch of recent eliminations has been posted below, which includes the likes of Johnnie "JohnnieVIBES" Moreno.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Melissa King
|
Busted | |
Nathan Young
|
Busted | |
Ian Dean
|
Busted | |
Lucas Kulbe | Busted | |
Grant Illig | Busted | |
Justin Heilman | Busted | |
Allen Peter
|
Busted | |
Scott Dattelk
|
Busted | |
Ken Reed-Bouley | Busted | |
Johnnie Moreno | Busted |
More commotion just came from Table 3, the very same table that started the day with quads to a Royal Flush, and it was the recently-crippled Ali Novin who brought about the raucous after getting all in preflop from the cutoff against Stacy Bush in the small blind.
Novin:
Bush:
Both players connected with the flop , leaving Novin in need of running full house outs to improve his top pair, top kicker beyond Bush's set. Just like that, running came to earn him another double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stacy Bush |
169,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
Ali Novin |
86,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
Ali Novin started the day with 21,000 and found himself down to just 7,000 after paying his big-blind ante. He wound up all in against Jeff Grimes, who was on the button.
Novin:
Grimes:
"Everybody say a king!" sang Novin in party fashion. One appeared in the window, and his top pair held over Grimes's queens on a runout of .
"Back to starting stack," Novin said. "I essentially bought into Day 2."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Grimes |
86,000
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
Ali Novin |
20,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
More eliminations have piled up in the early minutes of the Level 14, as one table has already broken and a second is likely to soon follow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jackie Kromeich
|
Busted | |
Justin Hinkelman
|
Busted | |
Loran Hackman
|
Busted | |
Joe Murzyn
|
Busted | |
Zachary Robinson
|
Busted | |
Josh DeVader
|
Busted | |
John Weber
|
Busted |
On the very first hand of the day at Table 3 moments ago, Nancy McDonald opened to 12,500 in early position and was called by Saif Sayah in the small blind. The flop came and Sayah checked to McDonald, who continuation-bet 8,000.
Action checked through the turn and the river came . The rest of the chips made it into the center, and the room erupted.
McDonald:
Sayah:
McDonald had hit running sevens to make quads, only to see Sayah turn over a flopped Royal Flush to eliminate her from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Saif Sayah |
207,500
105,500
|
105,500 |
Nancy McDonald
|
Busted |
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Sean Johnson opened to 6,500 in early position and was called by Brett Reichard in the cutoff. Duane Gerleman re-jammed for 50,000 in the small blind and found Johnson as his only taker.
Gerleman:
Johnson:
A jack in the window of the runout spelled the end for Gerleman on the first hand of the day.
Also eliminated on the first hand of the day was Kerry Hildebrand, who ran ace-queen into ace-king preflop for her stack of 48,500 and failed to get there.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brett Reichard |
459,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
Sean Johnson |
122,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
Duane Gerleman | Busted | |
Kerry Hildebrand | Busted |
Play is underway on Day 2 with six minutes remaining in Level 13 and the button beginning in the four seat.
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000