For a moment there, it looked like we had our bubble hand. Tony G moved all in for 169,000 from middle position and Isaac Haxton made the call. Tony G showed , Haxton revealed and they split the pot when the board ran out .
Frank Kassela open-shoved for his remaining 87,000, Noah Schwartz called from the small blind and J.C. Tran called from the big blind. Tran and Schwartz checked down the board.
Tran showed , Schwartz turned up but Kassela had the best hand with and tripled his stack to 305,000.
Ted Forrest opened for 55,000 from the cutoff and Tony G called from the big blind. The flop came down . Tony G checked and Forrest slid out a stack of 25,000 chips, setting him all in.
Tony G went into the tank and as he thought over his decision, Forrest asked the floor staff if more time would be added onto the clock after the bubble burst to account for the extra time taken during hand for hand play. When he learned time would not be added back on, he called the clock on Tony.
Tony G folded shortly thereafter, his stack falling to 133,000.
A short-stacked Tony G pushed all in for his last 118,000 from the button, and Isaac Haxton called from the big blind. Tony G showed , and Haxton .
The flop came . Haxton was still ahead. But the on the turn provided new life for Tony G. The on the river sealed it, and Tony G is now at 275,000. Haxton has 580,000.
"I'm trying to bubble!" said Tony G afterwards. "Who cares if you finish 21st or 26th?"
Neil Chriss
Alec Torelli raised to 50,000 from the button, Neil Chriss called from the small blind and Greg Raymer called from the big blind.
The flop was . Chriss led out for 100,000, Raymer folded, and Torelli slid out a tall stack of green 25,000 chips, setting Chriss all in. He made the call.
Chriss
Torelli
Though Chriss flopped top pair, Torelli had an open-ended straight draw and filled it on the turn when the fell. The river was the and Neil Chriss earned the unfortunate title of $40K bubble boy.
Our 27 remaining players are all in the money and guaranteed at least $71,858 for their efforts.
With 9:17 remaining in Level 18, the clock was paused and a card was drawn to determine the number of hands that will be played at each table before we wrap up for the night. It was a six, ergo, six more hands.
Players have redrawn for seating at the final three tables and it has been determined they will play six more hands and call it a night. Here's how the remaining 27 are seated:
Table #58
Seat #1 -- Frank Kassela
Seat #2 -- Brian Townsend
Seat #3 -- Justin Bonomo
Seat #4 -- Keith Lehr
Seat #5 -- Clark Hamagami
Seat #6 -- Ted Forrest
Seat #7 -- Andrew Robl
Seat #8 -- Vanessa Rousso
Seat #9 -- Greg Raymer
Table #60
Seat #1 -- Doshi Suresh
Seat #2 -- Alec Torelli
Seat #3 -- David Chiu
Seat #4 -- Vitaly Lunkin
Seat #5 -- Sorel Mizzi
Seat #6 -- Neil Channing
Seat #7 -- Matthew Glantz
Seat #8 -- David Baker
Seat #9 -- Isaac Haxton
Table #62
Seat #1 -- Dani Stern
Seat #2 -- David Pham
Seat #3 -- Brian Rast
Seat #4 -- J.C. Tran
Seat #5 -- Tony G
Seat #6 -- Noah Schwartz
Seat #7 -- Andy Black
Seat #8 -- Matthew Marafioti
Seat #9 -- Lex Velduis
Vanessa Rousso - 27th Place
Keith Lehr opened for 75,000 from early position, Vanessa Rousso moved all in for 350,000 from the cutoff, and Lehr made the call.
Rousso
Lehr
The flop was , Rousso's queens still leading. The turn was the but the spiked on the river to bounce her from the tournament in 27th place. She'll collect $71,858 for her performance.
Happy Tony
Matt Marafioti made it 55,000 to go from middle position, Tony G moved all in for 183,000 from the big blind and Marafioti called. It was a race situation, Tony G's up against Marafioti's .
The flop came down , making Tony G trip aces.
"Reasonable flop," he quipped with a smile.
The turn was the , the river was the and Tony G doubled to 400,000.
J.C. Tran - 26th Place
J.C. Tran raised to 105,000 from early position, Matthew Marafioti reraised to 700,000 from the cutoff, and Tran called with his remaining chips.
Tran
Marafioti
The board came , and Tran has been eliminated in 26th place. Marafioti has about 1.05 million.