Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
After finding a double himself, Channing has gone one better by sending an opponent to the rail.
With all the money going in on a flop, Channing held against Roger Robinson's .
The turn landed the to give Channing his flush, and after the fell on the river, Channing climbed to over 430,000 in chips.
The next group of eliminated players have all received $6,657 in prizemoney.
64 - Frederic Bussot
65 - Thupten Thondup
66 - Devin Porter
67 - E Moran
68 - William Criego
69 - Ronald Stanley
70 - Natacha Leduc
71 - Earnest Bell
72 - Henrick Antanesian
Andrew Margolis saw the last of his chips enter the pot with John Dolan putting his tournament life at risk.
Margolis:
Dolan:
The flop fell down to put Margolis on the edge of his seat at the prospect of being eliminated, but when the landed on the turn he was a near lock to win the pot unless one of the remaining Aces or Kings were too fall on the river.
Fortunately for Margolis the river peeled the to see him double through to 135,000 as Dolan slips to 450,000 in chips.
Every poker player dreams of one day not only winning a tournament, but also fighting back Jack Strauss style from a single chip!
Hey, even this very blogger has done it before!
Kyle Bonazzo must having been thinking that maybe today could be his day after being all in for just a single 500-ante during the mid stages of last level.
He managed to build that 500 in chips all the way up to 50,000, until now.
Finding himself all in from under the gun for his last 44,000, Christopher Kastler put Bonazzo's tournament life on the line.
Bonazzo:
Kastler:
The board ran out to see Bonazzo flushed to the rail as Kastler climbs to 500,000 in chips.
The next group of busted players are all taking home $7,821.
55 - Roger Robinson
56 - William Wilson
57 - Nghiahiep Nguyen
58 - Adam Adler
59 - Nathan Doudney
60 - Dylan Wilkerson
61 - Dan Linneman
62 - Dmitry Stelmak
63 - Joseph Hanna
The next nine players are the last to receive a non-five figure payout; totalling $9,275.
46 - Phillip Delaney
47 - Andrew Margolis
48 - Alexander Gruibem
49 - Herbert Gelman
50 - Kyle Bonazzo
51 - Sean Lenning
52 - Jaime Roberts
53 - Trevor Vanderveen
54 - Anthony Pirone
Kenneth Whelan opened to 26,000 from the button only to have Brandon Meyers move all in from the small blind for 155,000.
Whelan made the call for his last 144,000 and we were off to a showdown.
Whelan:
Meyers:
The board ran out to see Whelan double through to 295,000 as Meyers slips to just 11,000 in chips.
Michael Glasser found himself all in holding against the dominating of Hamed Cholagh.
The board fell to put Glasser on the rail and Cholagh to 145,000 in chips.
Pedro Fernandez has found a much needed double through Dan Kelly.
Fernandez:
Kelly:
The board was spread to see Fernandez double through to 85,000 as Kelly slipped to 160,000 in chips.