Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,764,330
Entries
387
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Bardah Goes Bust
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ruben Costa raised to 11,000 and Ronnie Bardah moved all in for 25,000. Action got back to Costa and he made the call with the 
. Bardah was dominated with the 
.
The flop was good to Bardah as the 
rolled out to give him top pair and put him in the lead. The turn added the 
to the board and now Costa just needed a spade, a jack or an ace to eliminate Bardah.
The river completed the board with the 
and Costa smacked a straight to send Bardah to the rail in 60th place, just a few spots short of the money. Costa increased his stack to 380,000 in chips.
Tehan Crushes O'Brien
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
From under the gun, Joe Tehan raised. Taylor von Kriegenbergh called from middle position and then Dan O'Brien reraised from the cutoff seat to 33,000. Tehan moved all in for 140,500 after action got back to him and von Kriegenbergh folded. O'Brien called.
Tehan: 
O'Brien: 
The board ran through 
and O'Brien was crushed all the way down to 8,000. Tehan doubled and now has about 300,000 in chips.
O'Brien Surviving for Now
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dan O'Brien was all in for 7,500 from the hijack seat and Leonard Cortellino reraised from the button to isolate. Everyone else folded.
O'Brien:
Cortellino: 
The board ran out 
and O'Brien was able to stay alive. He's back to 26,500 now.
O'Brien Out
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dan O'Brien couldn't last any longer and has hit the rail in 58th place, putting the rest of the field on the money bubble.
"Bubbling Builds Character"
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
From under the gun, Lonnie Heimowitz raised to 12,000. Adam Junglen three-bet from the hijack seat and then action folded to Nick Binger in the big blind. He reraised all in for 49,500 and Heimowitz folded. Junglen made the call and the cards were tabled.
Binger: 
Junglen:
The board ran out 
and the river delivered the blow that sent Binger out the door in 57th place. He officially became the bubble boy of the 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun $5,000 Main Event after a final count of the players.
Binger is in great spirits though and even said, "I just keep telling people that bubbling builds character."
Beasley Drops First
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Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
While Michael Binger was bubbling at one of the adjacent tables, the final hand was in play at Mike Beasley's table. The floormen arrived with the racks to break the table just as the dealer began dealing what would be Beasley's final hand of the day.
It began with Aaron Overton opening to 12,500, and Beasley three-bet him to 27,500 with about 100,000 behind. Overton four-bet shoved his 
, and Beasley quickly called off his stack with 
.
The 
flop was just what Beasley was looking for, pulling into a huge lead with two cards to come.
The turn was a disaster, though, as the left Beasley drawing dead to the river, eliminating him in 56th place. His table breaks while he heads home to Florida in search of some more action.
Froehlich Finds a Taker
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
On a 
flop, Tim Sullivan got his last 62,000 chips into the middle with 
. That kicker presented a problem with Eric Froehlich looked him up with the dominating .
The turn meant there would be no chop, and the river was a swing and a miss. That's another player out, while Froehlich moves up to a very healthy 455,000 with that elimination.
Lee Two-Outed and Eliminated
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
After Thomas Hoglund Jr. raised the button, Bernard Lee reraised all in from the big blind for about 90,000. Hoglund Jr. made the call with pocket sevens, but was behind the pocket tens of Lee.
A seven flopped for Hoglund Jr. to give him a set and he held up from there to send Lee out the door.
Fernandez Doubles with Aces
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jacobo Fernandez just doubled up with the 
against the for Chris Dombrowski. Fernandez now has 490,000 or so and Dombrowski dropped back to 200,000.