In a battle of the blinds, Greg Olson has doubled through Isaac Haxton. Preflop, the table folded to Olson who raised to 12,000 from the small blind, and Haxton called from the big blind.
The flop came . Olson bet 13,000, and Haxton called.
The turn was the . Olson bet 25,000, Haxton raised all in, and Olson called with his remaining 40,000.
Olson showed . Haxton showed and was drawing dead.
Olson is now up to 220,000, and Haxton down to 210,000.
The two-table bubble has proven to slow down play among the final 19 contestants. Everyone wants to make 2 tables because of the significant pay jump, and the remaining players are good enough to make it happen for themselves.
After several aggressive hands from Andrew Robl during the limit round, he once again raised from the cutoff. Johnny Neckar reraised from the SB, and Robl called. The flop came . Neckar bet, Robl raised, and Neckar was all in. Their hands . . .
Neckar
Robl
The turn brought another seven for Robl, and Neckar is out in 19th. They are now redrawing to balance the last two tables.
Robert Williamson III is in middle position and raises. Pat Pezzin re-raises from late position. Williamson three-bets all in and Pezzin calls. Williamson has and Pezzin has . The board is and Williamson is eliminated.
In the last hand of the limit-half of Level 16, Jordan Smith has been eliminated.
David Rheem and Smith capped the betting preflop, leaving Smith just 4,000 chips. The flop came 9-6-9, and Smith was all in. Smith showed A-10, and Rheem pocket tens. A nine came on the turn, and an eight on the river. Rheem took the pot with tens full, and Smith was out.
Andy Bloch lost most of his chips just before this hand after making a laydown to David Williams in a large, multiway pot. Roland de Wolfe raises in early position and Andy Bloch moves all in blind, in the small blind, as he is very short stacked. David Olson re-raises in the big blind and de Wolfe calls. The flop is and Olson bets. De Wolfe raises and Olson re-raises all in. De Wolfe calls.
De Wolfe
Bloch
Olson
The turn is and the river is and Olson and Bloch are both eliminated.
Andrew Robl raised to 12,500 from the button. Anh van Nguyen reraised to 35,000 from the big blind. Robl then bumped it up to 100,000, which would put van Nguyen all in. Van Nguyen made the call.
Van Nguyen showed K-Q, and Robl A-10. The board came A-7-Q-4-3, and Van Nguyen was eliminated in 14th.