$300 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 Ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 147

After the Money Bubble burst, a player was moved to balance the tables, and it was Ofer Peleg. Why are we mentioning a simple seat change? Because Ofer ended up sitting next to his brother Nir. (We’ll come back to this situation in a moment.)

At one of the other tables, Rob Benford limped from the button for 4,000, Nancy Birnbaum moved all in from the small blind for 15,500, and Benford called with . Birnbaum turned over , and she’d need to improve to stay alive.

The board came — both players flopped a pair, and Benford went on to win the pot with his pair of aces to eliminate Birnbaum in 19th place.

Rob Benford  –  65,000  (16 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($562)

Now back to Nir and Ofer Peleg.

They only got to play one hand together, sitting side-by-side in the blinds. When action folded to Ofer in the small blind, Nir said, “If you raise me, I’m telling Mom.”

The entire table got a good laugh out of that one.

Ofer went on to win the hand, but during that time, Nancy Birnbaum was eliminated in 19th place, and their table broke.

The Peleg brothers were given random seats at the two remaining tables, and once again ended up seated side-by-side, though this time Ofer had position against Nir.

Here are some notable chip counts as the final 17 players are battling for the final table:

John Holley  –  222,000  (56 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  141,000  (35 bb)
Oniel McCalla  –  115,000  (29 bb)
Ozzie Amor  –  110,000  (28 bb)
Ofer Peleg  –  105,000  (26 bb)
David Levy  –  82,000  (21 bb)
Eugene Nussbaum  –  47,000  (12 bb)
Nir Peleg  –  25,000  (6 bb)