Event 16: Michael Aron Defeats Ian O’Hara to Advance

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout
Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 100 ante
Players 70

Michael Aron (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
Michael Aron (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)

Michael Aron is through to the final table after outlasting Ian O’Hara in the heads-up duel. On the final hand, the board ran out Ks9c5hAc2h, with O’Hara betting every street. The last bet set him all in, and Aron called with the covering stack to put him at risk.

O’Hara: Kh5s
Aron: Kc9h

Both players had flopped two pair, but Aron’s kings and nines earned him the knockout pot. O’Hara was eliminated.

Michael Aron – 105,000
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated