Colavito Needs a Double
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Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Danny Colavito has been grinding his short stack all day long, and he's finally found a spot to stick it in there.
Under the gun, Ari Engel opened to 3,400, and a player in middle position flat-called. Colavito was next, and he moved all in for 14,700. Engel reraised all in with his big stack, and that successfully got him heads up with a chance at the knockout. "I'm dead," Colavito incorrectly assumed.
Showdown
Engel: 
Colavito: 
The 
flop was a bit of a sweat for Colavito, but the 
turn and 
river kept his ace safe. Engel could afford that donation (he's still got about 185,000 chips), and Colavito really needed that double up. Mark him down for more than 33,000 now.
was up against not only 
, but 
as well.
, eliminating Tryba from the Main Event.
turn and 
river clinched the hand for Yang and he now commands a stack of about 155,000.
, and both men checked through to the 
river, and Engel loaded up again. He fired 25,700 at the pot, and that drew a long stare from his opponent. Cai cut out the call from his stack of about 170,000, and he shuffled it in his right hand as he eyed up the potential damage to his stack. After another minute or three, he uncapped his cards and slid them into the muck, moving Engel up to about 210,000.
, and the short-stacked big blind went broke with 
. A lecture from table mate TJ Cloutier followed, and Engel simply listened and nodded along. "Well thank you. It's not every day you get to sit with one of the game's greats," he said finally.
against 
and Fohrenbach is left with just five big blinds to work with.