$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$2 Million Guaranteed
Level 17:  Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Players are in no hurry to put their chips at risk so close to the bubble, a change from normal post-dinner activity. Keven Stammen made a small error and it cost him a lot of his stack.

Already short after dinner, Stammen moved in for less than a min-raise over a pre-flop open, but his opponent lost track of the action and didn’t realize action was on him.

Thinking the player called, Stammen prematurely tabled and the floor was called. The other gentleman let his hand go despite the low cost and showed while staff gave Stammen a one orbit penalty.

He joked with the rest of the field but came back to an even smaller stack. Stammen tried for a double several times but it was Angel Vu who finally looked him up from the big blind with . The WSOP and WPT winner needed help with but was left drawing thin after the flop.

The turn left him pulling for a Queen but blanked the river to go out just short of the money.