Ami Barer raised to 3,200, Anthony Spinella flat-called and a short stack in the next seat to Spinella's moved all-in for 55,000. Barer reshoved for 140,000 and Spinella folded.
Barer turned over and was in good shape against the dominated . The final board read and Barer's ace-king held.
Action folded to Ole Schemion, who jammed it in from the small blind with . He was called by Jonathan Poche, who held in the big blind. Poche flopped a pair of aces, and that was all she wrote for the German crusher.
A short-stacked player shoved for 10,100 on the button, and Blake Bohn made the call out of the small blind. Hasan Habib joined in from the big blind, and Bohn and Habib checked down the board.
Bohn showed for two pair, and it turned out he'd gotten there on the river, as the player on the button showed .
Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 5,500 and then called when Refael Shaoulian three-bet all-in for his last 26,000. Pantaleo turned over and was racing against the of his opponent.
The flop kept the nines of Pantaleo as the best hand, but he needed to avoid a king, queen or club in order for that fact to remain true. The turn was followed by the and Pantaleo knocked Shaoulian out.
Timur Margolin and Jason Koon has stacks of chips, almost 600,000 between them! Tyler Cornell and Kevin MacPhee are nicely poised as the money bubble looms.
The cards are back in the air and there are 96 players remaining. Seventy-two of these players will make it to the money places, which we expect to be reached either in this level or the one after. Who will be the unfortunate soul who bursts the bubble? Stay tuned to find out.