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Just before the break, there was another big pot involving the outspoken Kurt Scheer.
David Woo opened to 11,000 from early position, and Scheer made the call two seats over. The flop came out , and Woo checked.
"How much you got?!" asked Scheer indignantly. "I believe if you call, I will put you all in. I'll take you for 20,000 first!" With that, he clumsily flicked in that amount for his bet. Without delay, Woo check-raised to 50,000, and Scheer insta-called.
Fourth street came the . "What you wanna bet?!" asked Scheer immediately. The answer was 47,000, as Woo made the bet, leaving himself just 7,000 behind. Scheer again called quickly.
The river fell the . Woo moved in for that last 7,000, and Scheer matched the bet, putting Woo's tournament life in danger.
Showdown
Woo:
Scheer:
It was quite the cooler for Woo, flopping the underset to Scheer's top set. With that, the early chip leader David Woo collected his belongings and headed for the door. Scheer is now quite healthy with right at 330,000 in chips, good enough to take over the chip lead.
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Justin Allen opened the pot with a raise to 20,000, and Dwyte Pilgrim made the call from the small blind. Heads up, the flop came . Pilgrim checked, and Allen moved all in for his last 20,000. Pligrim instantly called.
Showdown
Allen:
Pilgrim:
Allen was behind but still had two overcards to catch. To his delight, the spiked the turn, vaulting him into the lead. Just to pile it on, the river came the to further improve his hand to aces up. With that, Justin Allen has notched a much-needed double up, sitting now with just under 90,000.
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Billy Kopp got Mike Ratcliff all in before the flop, Kopp with and the at-risk Ratcliff with .
The board ran safe for Ratcliff. That is, until the river. A king landed like a bolt of lightning, winning the race for Kopp and sending Ratcliff to the door just shy of the money.
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Ted McCollom - Out
Ted McCollom opened the pot with a raise to what appeared to be 10,000. Two seats down, Anita Vasquez moved all in for 44,400. When it passed back around to McCollom, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders and made the call.
Showdown
McCollom:
Vasquez:
The dramatic flop came , keeping Vasquez in the lead but granting McCollom a flush draw. The turn and river came and respectively though, two clean misses. When the chips were counted down, McCollom was just slightly covered by the last lady standing, and he has been eliminated just shy of a payday.
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Eric Cloutier
Eric Cloutier open-shoved all in from the cutoff seat, sliding his final 29,000 chips into the ring. Two players ducked out, but Richard Kirsch looked him up from the big blind.
Showdown
Cloutier:
Kirsch:
Cloutier was at risk and behind, but he did have two suited live cards to play with. Unfortunately though, the community cards ran out , spelling the end for Cloutier.
With that last elimination, 19 players remain. We are now dealing hand-for-hand as we are officially on the money bubble.
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A small celebration has just broken out amongst the three remaining tables, a surefire sign that we are now in the money. Bubble hand forthcoming.
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Bubble boy Dan Schmiech
It took a little while for someone to actually get all in with a call on the bubble, but it finally happened.
Dan Schmiech saw a flop against Jean Gaspard. The board came down . Schmiech moved all in and was called by Gaspard.
Showdown
Schmiech:
Gaspard:
Schmiech would need a lot of help on the turn and river to stay alive and try and make the money. Things wouldn't work out for him though after the turn and river fell the and then the .
Schmiech was eliminated in 19th place and is the official bubble boy as we're now into the money. We'll be posting the final two tables' seating assignments in a few moments.
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We have reached the end of Level 15, and with the antes about to bump to 500, we no longer need the black T100 chips. We're taking a quick pause to color up and race off, and we'll be right back in action.
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Dwyte Pilgrim - 18th Place
Kenny Milam opened the pot to 9,000, and Dwyte Pilgrim re-raised to 18,000. Milam was the lone caller, and it went heads up the rest of the way.
The flop came out . Milam led out with 7,000 chips, only to see Pilgrim raise it back to 20,000. Milam called.
The turn card was the , and both players checked. The river brought the . Milam passed again, and Pilgrim moved all in. After a moment to consider, Milam made the call, having his opponent just covered by about 10,000 chips. Milam tabled , prompting Pilgrim to muck his cards, stand up, and walk towards the bar.
With that, the ever-cashing Dwyte Pilgrim has become our 18th-place finisher.
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, and Woo checked.
. "What you wanna bet?!" asked Scheer immediately. The answer was 47,000, as Woo made the bet, leaving himself just 7,000 behind. Scheer again called quickly.
. Woo moved in for that last 7,000, and Scheer matched the bet, putting Woo's tournament life in danger.
spiked the turn, vaulting him into the lead. Just to pile it on, the river came the 
to further improve his hand to aces up. With that, Justin Allen has notched a much-needed double up, sitting now with just under 90,000.
and the at-risk Ratcliff with 
, keeping Vasquez in the lead but granting McCollom a flush draw. The turn and river came 
and 
respectively though, two clean misses. When the chips were counted down, McCollom was just slightly covered by the last lady standing, and he has been eliminated just shy of a payday.
. Milam passed again, and Pilgrim moved all in. After a moment to consider, Milam made the call, having his opponent just covered by about 10,000 chips. Milam tabled 
, prompting Pilgrim to muck his cards, stand up, and walk towards the bar.