Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship (Freeze-Out)
Level 18: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Jose Silva moved all in from middle position for 30,000, and Kane Kalas called from the big blind with and a slightly larger stack. Silva turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Silva won the pot with his king to double up in chips and knock Kalas down to less than a single big blind.

Jose Silva  –  74,000  (7 bb)
Kane Kalas  –  9,000  (<1 bb)

The next hand, Thayer Rasmussen raised UTG+1 to 25,000, Neil Blumenfield reraised from the hijack to 60,000, and Kalas called all in from the small blind for 8,000. Rasmussen called the 60,000, creating a side pot of 104,000. Any further betting would go into the side pot.

The flop came , Rasmussen checked, Blumenfield bet 65,000, and Rasmussen folded. Blumenfield took the side pot.

Kalas turned over for five high, and he’d need something runner-runner to stay alive against Blumenfield’s (pair of nines).

The turn was the , the river was the , and Blumenfield won the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate Kalas in 69th place.

Neil Blumenfield  –  755,000  (76 bb)
Kane Kalas  –  Eliminated in 69th Place  ($15,000)