$350 No Limit Hold’em Black Chip Bounty
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 140
Average Stack: 175,000

Joel Duarte raises to 12,000 under-the-gun and Francisco Milanes moves all in for 34,500 from early position. Action folds back around to Duarte, who gets an exact count from the dealer and then spends a minute in the tank.

Duarte calls and the cards are tabled. Milanes shows and has Duarte’s dominated.

The flop changes everything, however, as it comes , giving Duarte top pair and leaves Milanes drawing to three outs.

The turn is the and the river is the to send Milanes home in eighth place. He takes home $630 for his efforts and the final eight players are going on a 15-minute break.

Joel Duarte – 240,000
Francisco Milanes – Eliminated