Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
2016 PokerNews Cup Borgata
Main Event
Day: 2
Klatzkin Bubbles
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
David Fink opened on the button and then called the shove of Jakov Klatzkin in the small blind. Fink had 
and was racing against two sixes. He flopped a queen to bust Klatzkin, and hand-for-hand play was over before it even began.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Final 18 Redraw and Counts (full)
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Table 1
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Liberto |
| 2 | Aaron Massey |
| 3 | Nikolai Sears |
| 4 | Taylor Wilson |
| 5 | Barry Hutter |
| 6 | Sergio De Zen |
| 7 | Rob Elias |
| 8 | Jack Duong |
| 9 | Amir Babhkani |
Table 2
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Van Sanford |
| 2 | David Fink |
| 3 | Sergio De Zen |
| 4 | Jayaram Kovoor-Chathoth |
| 5 | Jason Deutsch |
| 6 | Christian Harder |
| 7 | David Olshan |
| 8 | Nicholas Gerrity |
| 9 | Jake Bazeley |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
320,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
315,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
||
|
290,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
275,000 | |
|
250,000
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
230,000
143,500
|
143,500 |
|
200,000
-34,500
|
-34,500 |
|
160,000
89,500
|
89,500 |
|
135,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
125,000
-134,500
|
-134,500 |
|
108,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
85,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
80,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
80,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
First Two to Cash
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Justin Liberto and Nicholas Gerrity were eliminated shortly after the redraw and have made their way to payouts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
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"One of These Years"
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
Nikolai Sears opened to 14,000 early and got one caller before Dominic Picinic made it 45,000 to go in the cutoff. Sears shoved all in, and Picinic called off 100,000 more.
Sears: 
Picinic: 
The flop came 
but the 
turn killed Sears' hand as he now had just two outs. The river was a 
.
"One of these years," he said with a sigh as he shipped most of his stack.
Players are on break for 15 minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
316,500
181,500
|
181,500 |
|
|
52,500
-177,500
|
-177,500 |
Nikolai Sears Eliminated in 16th Place ($3,492)
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 500 ante
With no action in front of him and a short stack on his left, Aaron Massey moved all in from the small blind and Niklai Sears tanked from the big. He checked the tournament clock and noticed the pay jump, as this was happening the field went on break around them.
Sears turned his head to the side, called off and they went to showdown.
Sears: 
Massey: 
The board ran 
, Massey paired his eight and sent Sears to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
206,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Elias Doubles Through Duong
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Rob Elias shoved all in for 74,000 from an early position, and Jack Duong called on his immediate left.
Duong: 
Elias: 
The aces held, though Elias did have a scare on the turn when the 
board gave Duong a flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
167,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Amir Babhkani Eliminated in 15th Place ($4,074)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jack Duong opened for a raise and called the all in of Amir Babhkani.
Duong: 
Babhkani:
Both players hit sets but it was Duong's three jacks trumping three tens on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
285,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Dominic Picinic Hits Half Million
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Dominic Picinic opened from under the gun, Jack Duong called and Taylor Wilson called from the small blind. The flop came , action checked to Duong and he bet 33,000. Wilson called and Picinic moved all in.
Duong mucked his cards and Wilson took a good long look at his cards before mucking his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
183,500
|
183,500 |
|
|
150,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
145,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
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