Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
There were roughly 35,000 chips in the pot on a flop of K♥Q♠7♠.
Lior Serfaty of Team Kitai checked to Jacob Stone on the button, and he fired out a bet of 9,000, and Serfaty called.
Stone decided to put Serfaty all in on the 10♣ turn.
Serfaty went deep into the tank and folded a K♦ face up.
On the first hand of hand-for-hand play and the field needing one exit to burst the bubble, Jeff Sluzinski of Team Boski raised all-in from middle position to 61,000.
Chen-An Lin made the call with his last 51,000 chips.
Chen-An Lin - Kevin Chen: K♥K♦
Jeff Sluzinski - Kevin Latta: A♥A♣
The runout of 4♦5♠2♥Q♠3♠ didn't save Lin from the last money-less exit. It was the worst time for a cooler, and a couple dozen players from around the room gathered around the table to witness it.
The tournament has entered hand-for-hand play with 208 teams remaining and one knockout from the bubble.
Three places away from the money, Team Ayala in the hijack was all-in and at risk for 120,000 against Tyler Willse of Team Chong in middle position.
Team Ayala: K♦K♥
Team Chong: A♥Q♣
Team Ayala was on its way to double with kings, but Team Kiong flopped trips on 6♥Q♠Q♥2♠7♣ to send Team Ayala to the rail.
Wilson Lo of Team Lo on the button was all-in and at risk for 11,000 against Cole Griffith of Team Griffith in the cutoff.
Team Lo: A♦5♦
Team Griffith: J♦10♠
Griffith hit two pair on 2♥J♥K♠10♦4♣ and Team Lo was sent to the rail
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"There is a very big pot here," a player told PokerNews. According to the players at the table, Gennadiy Dvosis from Team Do in the small blind checked a flop of 3♣3♠10♥, then Anthony Banuelos of Team Philipps bet 11,000.
Dvosis said he raised to 29,000, but Banuelos three-bet to 75,000. Dvosis four-bet to 134,000 and Banuelos went deep into the tank before folding.