Sam Romero raised to 450,000 in early position and Larry Sundberg called off in the big blind with less.
Larry Sundberg: K♣2♣
Sam Romero: 4♠4♣
The board ran out 2♠5♥A♥A♣2♦ as Sundberg rivered trip deuces to stay alive.
Sam Romero raised to 450,000 in early position and Larry Sundberg called off in the big blind with less.
Larry Sundberg: K♣2♣
Sam Romero: 4♠4♣
The board ran out 2♠5♥A♥A♣2♦ as Sundberg rivered trip deuces to stay alive.
Joel Smith moved all in for 650,000 from early position and Glenn Schaefers called in the big blind.
Joel Smith: J♦6♣
Glenn Schaefers: Q♣Q♦
Smith temporarily took the lead on the 6♦9♦4♠ flop before the board finished out Q♠9♥ to mark the two-time FPN champion's elimination.
Bonnie Bona was all in for 220,000 in the big blind against Sam Romero in the cutoff.
Bonnie Bona: A♥Q♦
Sam Romero: A♣9♠
Bona had her opponent dominated, but the board proceeded to run out 10♦8♥6♠7♠J♦ to give Romero a straight to mark Bona's elimination in eighth place.
Level: 20
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Suzzanne Barsaloux open-jammed for 140,000 in the small blind and was called by Aaron Miller in the big blind.
Suzzanne Barsaloux: 4♥3♣
Aaron Miller: 10♣6♣
Barsaloux couldn't improve despite flopped a Wheel draw as the board ran out 2♦5♦K♦10♠8♠ to mark her elimination in ninth place.
Joel Smith raised to 160,000 from under the gun and Aaron Miller three-bet jammed a stack of 420,000 from the hijack. Bonnie Bona then called on the button and Smith folded.
Aaron Miller: A♣8♣
Bonnie Bona: K♣Q♣
Miller stayed ahead with ace-high as the board ran out 3♥8♠5♠5♦8♥ to earn him a double.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Belland | 1,375,000 | 34 |
| 2 | Sam Romero | 1,145,000 | 29 |
| 3 | Suzzanne Barsaloux | 940,000 | 24 |
| 4 | Aaron Miller | 420,000 | 11 |
| 5 | Wendy Adamczyk D'Andrea | 310,000 | 8 |
| 6 | Bonnie Bona | 930,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Glenn Schaefers | 970,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Larry Sundberg | 555,000 | 14 |
| 9 | Joel Smith | 1,655,000 | 41 |
Garth Courtney opened to 120,000 in the cutoff with and Glenn Schaefers called in the big blind.
Courtney then got the rest of his stack of 235,000 in on the flop of 4♦8♣A♠.
Garth Courtney: A♣5♠
Glenn Schaefers: A♥4♥
Courtney had been outflopped and couldn't improve as the board finished out 3♠6♣ to mark his elimination on the final table bubble.
Level: 19
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000