We joined the action on the flop for this hand, with the board reading .
Andre Boyer, first to act, checks over to Josh Engerdahl, who puts out a bet of 9,000. Boyer pumps it up to 21,000, and Engerdahl comes back over the top with 61,000. Boyer moves all in and is called, showing against Engerdahl's .
The turn provides some help with the , but the river bricks off the , and Engerdahl ships a big chunk of his chips over to Boyer.
After the confrontation, Boyer stands at 312,000, while Engerdahl is down to 100,000.
is a nice-looking starting hand. It looks even nicer when the flop comes down , as it did for Joe Gotlieb. His opponent stuck around until showdown only to see the bad news. With that pot Gotlieb moved north of 170,000 in chips.
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson got Ken Shaevel to put all of his chips in the middle preflop. Ferguson held and was behind Shaevel's . No help on the flop or the turn for Jesus, but the appeared on the river to make him a pair of aces and the best hand.
Shaevel busted on the hand while Ferguson rose to 227,000.
On a flop of , Brian Haas bet 15,000 against his lone opponent, Jorge Rodriguez. Rodriguez quickly raised to 65,000, but Haas just as quickly reraised all in to 130,000. Rodriguez gave the matter some thought but ultimately surrendered the pot to Haas.
Haas now has 230,000 chips while Rodriguez has fallen to 112,000.
Jay Greenspan
One player we have been remiss in not writing about is fellow writer and blogger Jay Greenspan. Greenspan, author of the book Hunting Fish: A Cross-Country Search for America's Worst Poker Players, is alive and healthy in today's field. He is currently sitting on an average-sized stack of approximately 130,000 chips. At this stage in the tournament, he may not find many fish left to hunt.
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson is on a roll. He recently opened a pot preflop for 14,000. Alan Lai reraised for his last 35,000. Ferguson thoughtfully pondered the situation for several minutes before making the call with . He was behind Lai's pocket nines, but he flopped an ace and rivered another to win the pot with three aces. His stack increased to almost 280,000.
We join this hand after the preflop action is concluded and the dealer burns the first card. The flop comes down . Theo Tran checks, and his lone opponent, Amir Monsefi, bets out 20,000. Theo Tran puts in a big raise to 55,000, and Monsefi goes into the tank.
After a few moments, he calls the clock... on himself. The floor is called over, and Monsefi is given a countdown until he eventually folds his cards face-up, . Tran pauses and then gives the table a show as well, flipping up a flush draw with .
Theo Tran adds on to his stack, and he is now closing in on the chip leaders with 270,000 in chips.
Back-to-back hands with A-Q proved disastrous for Aaron Kanter. In the first hand, he couldn't catch up to the pocket sixes held by Robert Herman and took a 37,000-chip hit after all the money went in preflop.
Just one hand later, Kanter called the 28,000-chip all in of Kenneth Shelton. Shelton held , making Kanter a significant favorite, but the board came .
After these two hands, Kanter fell to 116,000 in chips.
With ten minutes left in Level 14, we have finally dipped under the century mark. Ninety-nine players are left in the field for Event #2, and we will play all the way down until there are just nine left at the end of the night.
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, but the river bricks off the 
, and Engerdahl ships a big chunk of his chips over to Boyer.
is a nice-looking starting hand. It looks even nicer when the flop comes down 
, as it did for Joe Gotlieb. His opponent stuck around until showdown only to see the bad news. With that pot Gotlieb moved north of 170,000 in chips.
. No help on the flop or the turn for Jesus, but the 
, Brian Haas bet 15,000 against his lone opponent, Jorge Rodriguez. Rodriguez quickly raised to 65,000, but Haas just as quickly reraised all in to 130,000. Rodriguez gave the matter some thought but ultimately surrendered the pot to Haas.
. He was behind Lai's pocket nines, but he flopped an ace and rivered another to win the pot with three aces. His stack increased to almost 280,000.
. Theo Tran checks, and his lone opponent, Amir Monsefi, bets out 20,000. Theo Tran puts in a big raise to 55,000, and Monsefi goes into the tank.
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, making Kanter a significant favorite, but the board came 
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