Event 16: Big Stack Brian Altman Bullies the Bubble and Knocks Out Evan Dahl to Reach the Money

$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 219

Brian Altman vs Evan Dahl on the Event 16 Money Bubble
Evan Dahl (center) had the misfortune of playing two hands against Brian Altman (foreground left) on the Money Bubble, and it cost him.

Brian Altman had a solid chip lead at the start of the Money Bubble, and he used those chips to pressure his opponents in pretty much every hand.

With the board showing 5s4s3d6c on the turn, Altman bet 25,000 from the hijack, and Evan Dahl tanked for a while before calling from the button.

The river card was the Jc, Altman moved all in, and Dahl tanked for a while before he folded. Altman took the pot.

Brian Altman  –  760,000  (190 bb)
Evan Dahl  –  113,000  (28 bb)

A few hands later, after Altman had picked up even more chips, Altman shoved the small blind. Jason Brin called all in from the big blind for 48,000 with 6d6c. Altman turned over 10d9d, and Brin needed his pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came 4h4d2s8cQc, and the pocket sixes held up for Brin to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jason Brin  –  100,000  (25 bb)
Brian Altman  –  725,000  (181 bb)

A few hands later, Altman moved all in from the hijack. Evan Dahl called all in from the button with 5s5h, and Altman turned over AhKd.

The board came Kh10h3d10s8c, and Altman paired his king on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Dahl on the Money Bubble in 29th place.

Brian Altman  –  825,000  (206 bb)
Evan Dahl  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With nine seconds on the clock, they have time for just one more hand before taking a break, and when they return, Level 16 begins with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante.

With 28 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 156,000 (31 big blinds). The field will be playing all the way down to a winner tonight.