$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 8: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 70

Michael Aron opened to 9,000 in the cutoff, and Michael McNeil three-bet to 23,500 on the button. Mark Smith cold-called in the big blind, and Aron four-bet to 67,000. McNeil folded out of the way, but Smith called the remainder to proceed heads-up.

The flop was . Smith moved all in for just less than 100,000, and Aron quickly called to put him at risk.

Aron: (pair of sixes, straight draw)
Smith: (pair of jacks)

The turn gave Aron a ten-high straight and a big lead with one card to come. The river was not enough to get Smith over the hump, and he was eliminated in fifth place.

Michael Aron – 435,000 (109 bb)
Mark Smith – Eliminated