Bonkowski Bounces Melikian
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Another preflop all-in confrontation to report between a below-average stack and a big one. In this case, Ara Melikian had the short stack, committing his last 388,000 with 
. And Tyler Bonkowski had the larger stack, looking to knock out Melikian with 
.
The flop came 
, giving Bonkowski a set of queens. The 
on the turn provided a ray of hope for Melikian, but the 
fell on the river, sending him out just shy of the top 100.
Bonkowski now has about 3.6 million.