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Marc Suckman raised to 3,200 from the cutoff seat before Barry Lang three-bet all in for about 12,000 from the small blind. "I gotta call," lamented Suckman, and he would soon see that it was easily the correct call:
Suckman: 
Lang: 
The board was unkind to the at-risk Lang as it ran out 
, sealing the deal. He's out, and Suckman chips his way up to about 54,000.
Steven Josephsen got his short stack into the middle preflop with 
, and he was looked up by Christian Bates and his 
.
Board: 
That king is no fun for Josephsen, and he was unable to rally to win the pot, ending his day with a small cash reward for his efforts.
Andrew Schultz was just eliminated by our resident chip magnet Jason Young.
Young opened to 3,200 in late position when Andrew Schultz shoved for his remaining 12,000 chips. The blinds released and Young eyed the pot doing some quick math before making the call.
Young: 
Schultz: 
The 
flop was not what Schultz was looking for, and he couldn't find a jack on either the turn (
) or the river (
) eliminating him from the tournament.
Young is still alive however, sitting with 167,000 chips.
Karl Fenton got his ~48,000 chips into the pot with 
preflop, and big stack Taylor Paur put him to the test with 
, racing for the knockout and the chip lead.
But Fenton wasn't going anywhere. A queen dropped on the flop, and the board of 
secured his double up, sitting now right at 100,000. Fenton has taken a big step back to about 86,000, still plenty of chips to do some damage with.
We walked up to the table to see a board of 
spread on the table and about 20,000 chips already in the pot. The player in the small blind led out with a bet of 12,000, sending the decision over to Amnon Filippi.
Filippi tanked and eventually made the call with 
for just that naked ace-high. Sure enough, he was right; his opponent said, "Nice call," as he flung his cards into the muck.
Filippi drags the pot, moving his way up to about 125,000 in the process.
Why? Because moar!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
91,700
|
91,700 |
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
123,000
47,800
|
47,800 |
|
115,000
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
|
||
|
107,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
86,000 | |
|
||
|
80,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
75,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
69,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
55,000
-15,900
|
-15,900 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
46,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
45,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
||
Venkatesh Gupta has a massive, 237,000-chip stack in front of him after cracking an opponent's aces.
Benjamin Kleyman was the unfortunate victim, and we missed the hand but the table looked like this:
Kleyman: 
Gupta: 
Board: .
Yikes.
Robert Cheung opened to 4,100 on the button and David Oliveira three-bet all for a few thousand more from the big blind. Cheung called and the hands were tabled:
Cheung:
Oliveira:
The flop well , giving Cheung a plethora of outs. The 
on the turn took away jack and four outs though, and the 
rivered missed Cheung as well.
Oliveira doubled to 16,000 chips and Cheung slipped to just 18,000.
We've played two full levels of poker, and they've been productive ones. The bubble is no more, and the remaining players, now all in the money, have headed out of the room for a twenty-minute walkabout.
We'll be back when they are.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
