Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Brent Johnson limped in from early position, Raul Paez raised the pot (22,000) in late position, and the action folded back to Johnson, who called.
The flop fell 
, Johnson checked, and Paez fired out 53,000. Johnson check-raised the pot, going all in, and Paez called.
Paez: 
Johnson: 
"Come on!" Johnson exclaimed.
The turn was the 
, giving Johnson a leading two pair, and he punched the air. The 
on the river improved his hand to jacks and eights, and sent Paez to the rail. Paez grabbed the cards, and spiked them down onto the felt facedown.
Johnson now sits with 255,000 chips.
On an adjacent table, Jason Rosenberg was eliminated with unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
flop, 
turn, and 
river.
— but mucked the other two when Randolph turned over 
for the straight. Perez mucked as well, and Randolph survived, but is still sitting with the shortest stack of those who remain.
, 
, and Perez doubled to over 170,000 chips. Vartzar fell to 38,000.
, and the board came 
to give Johnson a winning straight.
. Both checked, then the turn brought the 
and a bet of 23,000 from Duhamel which Solomon called.
and Duhamel mucked.
flop, then the 
river followed.
and ended with two pair. And Timo Pfutzenreuter was also eliminated in the hand, his cards mucked prior to our arrival.
, and a meaningless 
