Taffaro Can't Hang On; Hand-For-Hand Begins
Level 15
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ken Taffaro started the day as the shortest stack in the tournament and found himself unable to drum up anything in the early rounds of play on the day, leaving him with 16,000 going into the big blind. Nearly one-third of that went to his ante and he committed the rest when Tyler Phillips raised in the hijack and action folded to him.
Ken Taffaro: 
Tyler Phillips: 
An ace-high runout of 
came to leave Phillips' queen kicker best and Taffaro was sent out in 54th place. Moments later, Phil Pompper went out in 53rd. One more elimination is now needed to reach the money and hand-for-hand play is in effect until the bubble bursts with a two-minute runoff per hand until the bubble bursts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
and Kyrylo called. Both players checked the turn 
and the river came 
, with 
and 
and Penney bet 25,000. Calderaro jammed on him and Penney called.
. It needed to improve against Calderaro's 
with heads-up action between Jermaine Gerlin in the big blind and Brian Arbaugh, who was in middle position. 
