$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  13 of 102

In roughly the 10th hand of hand-for-hand play, Steven Novak was short-stacked and all in early against a handful of other players, with the final board showing .

These were the three key hands at showdown:

Emil Soffer:    (queens & eights, no low)
Scott Hecker:    (ace high, 8-5 low)
Steven Novak:    (queens & fours, 8-7 low)

Novak made two pair and a qualifying low, but Soffer won the high side with a higher two pair (queens and eights), and Hecker won the low side with a lower low (8-5). Novak was eliminated on the Money Bubble in 14th place.

Emil Soffer  –  450,000  (23 BB)
Scott Hecker  –  250,000  (13 BB)
Steven Novak  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 13 players remaining from a field of 102, the average chip stack is about 196,000 (10 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $835 each.