Just before the last break Jonathan Tamayo was eliminated, and right after play resumed both Jeff Lisandro and Annie Wang hit the rail as well.
There are now 40 players left, with the top 30 getting paid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Tom Schneider was down to just 600 — less than the small blind — and was all in from the SB before the first draw. Alexander Condon opened from middle position, and all the others folded.
Schneider took two, then one, then one, while Condon took three, then three, then one. Condon then tabled 
, and Schneider showed his four cards — 
— before squeezing the last. It was another , pairing him up and sending him railward in 10 spots shy of the cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
76,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
Busted | |
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We don't know the exact betting action, but we know that both Daniel Negreanu and Konstantin Puchkov had 6,000, or four bets, in front of them going to the first draw. Both players drew one, then Negreanu check called a bet from Puchkov. Negreanu drew one again while Puchkov stood pat, then check raised after Puchkov bet out. Puchkov called, and both players stood pat on the final draw.
They also both checked, and Negreanu announced "eighty-seven," and started to reveal 
. However, he stopped revealing his cards when Puchkov tabled a better 
. After taking that one, Puchkov jumped up to 58,000, while Negreanu dropped to 55,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
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|
55,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
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Another table has been broken, meaning that we have just 36 players left. Once we lose one more table worth of players, the players will be in the money.
Kevin Iacofano, Richard Ashby, and Wes Self are recent eliminations. Here's a snapshot of the remaining 36 players' chip counts at the moment as they near the end of Level 13. Just six more eliminations, and the money bubble will burst.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
138,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
132,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
||
|
119,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
102,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
|
84,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
84,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
78,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
||
|
77,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
76,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
75,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
74,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
74,000
-9,300
|
-9,300 |
|
|
||
|
59,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
55,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
54,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
54,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
52,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
|
43,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
||
|
36,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
33,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
32,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Jon Turner raised it up under the gun, and Ryan Tepen three bet it next to act. It folded back around to Turner, and he didn't take long to put out a fourth bet. Tepen called, and in what is a rare site in this game, Turner stayed pat before the first draw. Tepen drew one, and called a bet from Turner, who stayed pat again on the second draw. Tepen drew one card again, then took the hint to fold after Turner fired out another bet.
Turner showed the table for one of the best possible hands you could have, amazingly without drawing any cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
28,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
Level: 14
Limits: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Just now Ali Sarkeshik leaned over to Justin Bonomo, sitting on his right, and eyeing his short stack said "You gotta win a hand." He was alluding to the fact that they are now only a few spots from the money, but Bonomo's stack wasn't healthy enough to withstand a few more rounds without picking up some chips.
Doug Booth had just been eliminated in 36th — meaning they are five from the cash — when Calvin Anderson raised from the cutoff and Bonomo called from the small blind. Bonomo took two cards and Anderson three, then Bonomo bet, Anderson raised, and Bonomo called. Both took one on the second draw and then both checked.
On the last draw both took one card again, and Bonomo bet all in with his last 2,600. Anderson called, and Bonomo tabled . Anderson flashed his cards — showing he'd made an — and Bonomo survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
As Leonard Martin was losing the last of his short stack to fall in 35th on one table, Daniel Negreanu found himself engaged in an interesting battle against Ali Sarkeshik at another.
The hand began with a Dale Townsend raise from under the gun, with Negreanu reraising from the button. "Four," said Sarkeshik as he reraised again from the big blind. Townsend stepped aside and Negreanu called.
Before Negreanu could even discard any cards, Sarkeshik was patting the table and placing a bet before him. "Really?!" said Negreanu, who then tossed two cards and called the bet. Sarkeshik quickly patted the felt and again and set out another bet.
"It's a train, Daniel," said Sarkeshik with a grin that was part friendly, part I'm-about-to-run-you-over.
Daniel discarded one, and soon he was the one grinning as he was raising. "Come on!" said Sarkeshik as he called.
Both stood pat on the third draw, Sarkeshik checked, and Negreanu bet. Sarkeshik tanked for a while before calling.
"Number two," said Negreanu, turning over . Sarkeshik showed an and mucked, and the pair continued to discuss the hand as the next one was dealt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
81,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
52,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
Busted | |
Action folded to Timothy Finne in the small blind, and he limped in. Konstantin Puchkov raised it up from the big blind, and Finne called, then drew three cards. Puchkov drew two, and bet out after Finne checked. Finne called, then both players drew two cards. Puchkov bet out again, and Finne kicked his hand in.
On the next hand, Finne raised it up from the button, and Puchkov put out three bets from the small blind. Mike Watson cold called the bet, and Finne called as well. Puchkov and Finne drew one card, while Watson drew two, and Puchkov fired right out. Both his opponents called, and while Watson and Finne drew one, Puchkov patted. He bet out again, and this time, Watson was the lone caller. The drawing action was the same, and after Puchkov bet, Watson let out a sigh, and tossed his hand in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
123,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
74,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
