Event 16: Brian Altman Leads the Final 14

$1,100 Eight-Handed NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 219

Final 14 Players
Final 14 Players

Artem Zverkhovskyy moved all in from the button for about 120,000, and Ryan Olisar called from the big blind with JhJc. Zverkhovskyy turned over Jd10s, and he was dominated and facing elimination.

The board came 9h9d7d6h5h, and the pocket jacks held up for Olisar to win the pot and eliminate Zverkhovskyy in 16th place.

Ryan Olisar  –  455,000  (57 bb)
Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($2,670)

After a flop of 9s9c8d, Jason Brin got his short stack all in with 9h6h (trip nines) against Aidan Hynes, who had him covered with Jh9d for the same trips with a higher kicker.

The turn card was the 7h, the river was the 3d, and Hynes won the pot with his jack kicker to eliminate Brin in 15th place.

Aidan Hynes  –  255,000  (32 bb)
Jason Brin  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($2,670)

With 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 313,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,210 each. They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

Here are a few other notable chip stacks, with Brian Altman still in the lead and nearing the one-million mark:

Brian Altman  –  975,000  (122 bb)
Marvin Rettenmaier  –  145,000  (18 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  128,000  (16 bb)

And here is a list of the players who have finished in the money so far:

15th:  Jason Brin  –  $2,670
16th:  Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  $2,670
17th:  Walter Bravo  –  $2,250
18th:  Christopher Suarez  –  $2,250
19th:  Oniel McCalla  –  $2,250
20th:  Michael Libraty  –  $2,250
21st:  Sergio Braga  –  $1,925
22nd:  Anthony Bertuccio  –  $1,925
23rd:  Jean-Louis Santoni  –  $1,925
24th:  Jonathan Bussieres  –  $1,925
25th:  Raj Vohra  –  $1,675
26th:  T.K. Miles  –  $1,675
27th:  Robert Perry  –  $1,675
28th:  Jerry Wong  –  $1,675