$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Players are on an abbreviated break, here are their current counts.

Seat 3: Daniel Buzgon – 220,000 (22 bb)
Seat 4: Aaron Mermelstein – 573,000 (57 bb)
Seat 5: Alain Rodriguez – 259,000 (26 bb)

$350 Pot Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 6,000/12,000

Qui Van had turned down a chop with seven players left and after his elimination in 6th place, the final five stopped play right before the 3 AM deadline making a deal.  After the chop agreement was made, the chips were counted up and Robert Wachtel squeaked by Garrett Dukes and Jeff Cookson to win the Event 9 title.

In the deal, Watchel picked up the title and $5,578.  Dukes finished in 2nd place for $5,531. Third place went Jeff Cookson taking home $5,467 followed by Lonnie Heimowitz in 4th winning $4,719.  Brad Ruben rounded out the final five taking home $4,331.

Congratulations to our Event 9 Champion – Robert Wachtel!

$250 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 2,000/4,000

We’ve hit the final nine players here in Event 6.  We’ve also reached the bubble with eight players getting into the money. Here is the new table draw for our remaining H.O.R.S.E. players:

Seat 1: Tim Fiorvanti
Seat 2: Nick Marsico
Seat 3: Bruce MacGregor
Seat 4: Peter Cleven
Seat 5: Kathy Fleck
Seat 6: Aaron Friedman
Seat 7: Gerald Mitchell
Seat 8: Richard Shtrax
Seat 9: Zack Milchman

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Stop and go action, long stretches of play with little happening and then quick eliminations. It happened earlier and it just happened again.

John Dubois was still processing at the payout desk when Marc Bronstein made (what turned out to be) a poorly timed move. He opened to 20,000 from the button and Aaron Mermelstein three-bet to 65,000 from the big blind.

Bronstein responded with a four-bet shove for just over 200,000 and Mermelstein quickly called with . Bronstein’s move with was in trouble and he never caught up as the board ran out . It was a tough spot but he had to settle for 4th place and $8,010.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

John Dubois’ fall from grace was fast and now complete. After sending doubles to Marc Bronstein and Alain Rodriguez, it was his turn take a shot when he open shoved his short stack with and Rodriguez called in the big blind with .

Dubois was dominated and needed running stay-alive cards after the . The turn left him drawing dead to 5th place for $6,230,

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

It hasn’t been all heaters for Dubois, shortly after taking the pot from Aaron Mermelstein and Daniel Buzgon, he called a three-bet shove from Marc Bronstein. It was a race between Dubois’ but he was unable to catch up to Bronstein’s to send a cool 100K across the felt.

Soon after he played a smallish pot again Alain Rodriguez that got crazy on the river. Rodriguez moved all-in for his final 99,000 with the board reading and Dubois called.

“Chopped pot?” Rodriguez asked as he tabled . He was wrong, Dubois was holding an inferior straight with to make the former leader the new short stack.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

“I wouldn’t fold a hand for the next 30 minutes.”

That was Aaron Mermelstein’s advice to John Dubois.

This time he got both Mermelstein and Daniel Buzgon with his heater. Mermelstein raised to 16,000 from under the gun with Dubois coming along on the button and Buzgon from the big blind.

Mermelstein checked the flop and Dubois tossed out 35,000 to get reluctant folds from his two opponents.

Then he got a laugh and head shake from the rest of the players when he turned over for the joint.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

Alain Rodriguez found an interesting way to get back in the game. One of his shoves was finally called and it was his against John Dubois’ .

The snowmen moved further ahead when Dubois flopped a set when it came . Rodriguez was drawing thin but picked up a gutshot on the turn, then hit his four-outer on the river to double up over 150,000.

Dubois is still ok, sitting with 280,000.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

There wasn’t much action over the first 30 minutes following the break. Alain Rodriguez has chipped up his short stack with shoves but there have only been a few show downs in smaller pots.

What action has occurred has usually been between Aaron Mermelstein and John Dubois. They played several hands against each other with Dubois generally coming out on top.

“Maybe I’ll win one against you this time,” Mermelstein joked with Dubois.

A flopped set of nines and a river straight with jacks gave Dubois two pots off Mermelstein but they are still both plenty deep.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000/500 Ante

Seat 1: Marc Bronstein – 220,000 (37 bb)
Seat 3: Daniel Buzgon – 275,000 (46 bb)
Seat 4: Aaron Mermelstein – 265,000 (44 bb)
Seat 5: Alain Rodriguez – 70,000 (12 bb)
Seat 6: John Dubois – 223,000 (37 bb)