Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
Aaron Mermelstein raised to 12,000 and Dan O'Brien tanked for a while before moving all in for 93,000. The action folded back to Mermelstein and he made the call.
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and O'Brien doubled up.
Anthony Spinella got it in with two pair holding the ![]()
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board.
Unfortunately for him, Richard Pflum had the better two pair with the ![]()
. The
river bricked and Spinella spun out.
From the hijack seat, Joe Serock raised to 14,000. Alex Lynskey reraised on the button to 38,000, and then Serock moved all in. Lynskey called it off to put himself at risk for 196,500.
Lynskey had the ![]()
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board kept Lynskey in front, and he doubled to 400,000 in chips. Serock was left with 85,000.
After a raise from Dejuante Alexander, Romy Reyes just moved all in for 115,000 chips and Alexander made the call right away.
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and Reyes was knocked out.
In back-to-back hands, Travis Burch went from about 135,000 to out, falling in 64th place as the tournament's official "bubble boy."
On the first hand, Burch had Justin Young on the ropes with what could have been the bubble. That is, if Burch's ![]()
held up against the ![]()
for Young. But, the board ran out ![]()
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and Young doubled up. He was all in for 119,500.
On the next hand, Burch moved all in for his last 15,000 from the button. Mark Herm called from the big blind with the ![]()
, meaning Burch was in a dominating position with the ![]()
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The flop, turn, and river came ![]()
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, and Burch was eliminated.
The first all in and call on the bubble goes to David Sands, who jammed close to 70,000 with the ![]()
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Bryan Piccioli made the call with a dominated ![]()
and Sands paired on the ![]()
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board to double through.
Hand for hand continues with Sands in a much more comfortable position.
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when Alex Lynskey checked to Aaron Mermelstein who bet 30,000, and the Aussie pro check-raised to 85,000. Mermelstein made the call and on the river the
hit.
After a while Lynskey checked, and Mermelstein checked behind.
Lynskey showed ![]()
,and Mermelstein raked in the pot with ![]()
.