Defending Champ KO'd
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Action folded to Shander de Vries in the small blind and he shoved all in. William Reynolds was in the big blind and called for his tournament life.
De Vries: 
Reynolds: 
The 
flop didn't change anything but the 
turn gave Reynolds a pair of queens and the best hand. In order to eliminate his opponent, de Vries needed to catch one of the two remaining nines. Given the title of this post, you know that is what happened. It was in fact the 
and Reynolds' lives ran out. De Vries is up to 420,000.
flop soon answered that question. Mercier hit two pair and held on to win as the 
hit the turn, followed by the 
on the river. Just like that, Mercier is back up over 750,000 while Fair, who started the day as the chip leader, is down to just 83,000.
and was dominated by the 
of Tom Marchese. The 
flop hit Marchese, but the 
turn gave Reynolds a straight. Luckily for Marchese, the river came the 
and was once again dominated, this time by the 
and each player's ace player. Chop, chop again. Reynolds is still short with 95,000.
flop was help to neither player, so Seidel's ace high was still best. The 
turn made no difference and the 
on the river helped Seidel improve to a pair of kings. He doubled to 176,000 while Mercier continued to slide, this time down to 475,000.
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. Reiman dropped to 585,000 after the hand while Affleck doubled to 400,000.
, Josh Arieh was all in with 
on the turn was not it. In order to survive, Arieh needed a deuce on the river. Unfortunately for him, it was the 
and he was eliminated from the tournament. Baker is up to around 300,000.