Bardah Bounced

Ronnie Bardah's day is done as we near the end of Level 17. The WSOP bracelet holder battled gamely with a short stack for nearly four hours today, but finally met his end in a hand against Alex Ortiz.

That hand began with Bardah open-raising from middle position for 30,500, then Ortiz calling from a seat over. Bardah turned over , and when he saw Ortiz's he moved to gather his belongings.

The flop came . "Is that a nine?" asked Bardah, then he saw the jack as well and continued to move to leave. The turn was the and river the , and Bardah gave Ortiz a pat on the back as he left.