Event 5: Down to the Final 14

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 24:  12,000/24,000/4,000 ante

Lola Massad
18th-Place Finisher Lola Massad (Charlotte, NC)

With 18 players remaining, Lola Massad was all in from the big blind for 560,000 with KsKc. She needed her hand to hold to stay alive against Ory Hen’s QsQh.

The board came Qc8h4sJs7h, and Hen flopped a set of queens to crack Massad’s kings and send her to the rail in 18th place.

Ory Hen  –  2,665,000  (111 bb)
Lola Massad  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($2,449)

Oneil McCalla was all in from middle position for about 440,000 with AcQh, but he was dominated by the AhKc of Christopher Nomikos (UTG).

The board came 10h5s3c7s4s, and Nomikos won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate McCalla in 17th place.

Oneil McCalla  –  Eliminated in 17th Place  ($2,449)

After a flop of 10h8h8s, Steven Bennett got it all in for 352,000 with AsAc (overpair) against Lisa Teebagy’s 8s6c (trip eights).

The turn was the Qs, and the river was — the Ah.

Bennett rivered a full house (aces full of eights) to win the pot and double up in chips.

Bennett won a nice pot off Teebagy on the very next hand, and these were their counts at that point:

Steven Bennett  –  1,420,000  (59 bb)
Lisa Teebagy  –  1,940,000  (81 bb)

In the final minutes of the level, both Armando Gutierrez and Jorge Rivera were also knocked out.

Armando Gutierrez  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($2,449)
Jorge Rivera  –  Eliminated in 15th place  ($3,735)

Level 24 comes to an end, and there is a short break to color up chips. Level 25 begins with blinds at 15,000-30,000 and a 5,000 ante, and with 14 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.2 million (40 big blinds).