$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 226

Faraz Jaka raised from middle position and Thomas Boivin moved all in for about 90,000 from the big blind. Jaka called and the cards were tabled.

Jaka showed and was flipping with Boivin’s . The board ran out and Jaka turned a queen to eliminate Boivin in 17th place.

Boivin was eliminated in 17th place for $5,745 and the field is down to its final two tables.

Faraz Jaka – 375,000 (75 bb)
Thomas Boivin – Eliminated

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 18: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 226

George Dolofan raised from middle position and John Racener moved all in from the big blind for about 50,000. Dolofan called.

Racener tabled and was in great shape against Dolofan’s . The flop changed everything after it came , putting Dolofan in a great spot.

The turn was the , giving Racener a gutshot, but the river was the and Racener was eliminated in 18th place. He took home $5,749 for his efforts.

George Dolofan – 342,000 (68 bb)
John Racener – Eliminated

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 226

Hand-for-hand only lasted for about 10 minutes and players are now in the money.

Once they were in the money, a player in early position raised and Spencer Champlin moved all in for 58,000. His opponent called and it was a flip between Champlin’s and his opponent’s .

The board ran out and Champlin flopped top two pair to double up. Champlin earned his second cash in as many days and is looking to make his second final table as well. He finished eighth in yesterday’s $1,100 no limit hold’em for $5,745.

Spencer Champlin – 130,000 (32 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 32 of 226

Dan Colman moved all in for 29,000 from the cutoff and Ian O’Hara called on the button. The blinds folded and the cards were tabled.

O’Hara showed and Colman grimaced, seeing that his diamonds were covered, before showing .

The board ran out and Colman paired his ten to double up through O’Hara. With 32 players left, the field is just three eliminations from the money and hand-for-hand play is approaching.

Dan Colman – 67,500
Ian O’Hara – 147,000

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 35 of 226

Charlie Carrel opened the button to 5,300, and both blinds called to see a three-way flop.

It came . It checked to Carrel, who continued for 6,500, and only the small blind called. They both checked through the turn, and the river was the . The small blind led out for 12,000, and Carrel took pause.

“You know when you can’t beat anything…,” Carrel said, trailing off. He raised to either 32,000 or 37,000, and the small blind quickly folded, showing . Carrel let out a satisfied cackle, and he tabled as the dealer pushed him the pot.

Charlie Carrel – 165,000 (69 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Players Remaining: 38 of 226

Charlie Carrel is under the gun and gets into a preflop battle against Connor Drinan in the small blind. Drinan got all in for about 25,000 and got called by Carrel.

Carrel showed and was in the lead against Drinan’s . The board ran out [7]s and Carrel ends up with a flush to eliminate Drinan and move into the six-figure chip counts.

Charlie Carrel – 105,000
Connor Drinan – Eliminated

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 47 of 226

Down to 17,000 chips, Asher Conniff moved all in from middle position, and the small blind called to put him at risk.

Conniff:
Small blind:

The board ran out , and Conniff locked up the pot one card early, doubling up with aces up.

Asher Conniff – 37,200 (23 bb)

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 226

Daniel Weinman opened to 3,200 under the gun, and Byron Kaverman three-bet to 8,000 next to act. From the small blind, Ken Aldridge four-bet shoved for 24,400 total, and that was enough to fold Weinman out of the way. Kaverman called, though, putting Aldridge at risk.

Kaverman:
Aldridge:

The flop was bad news for Aldridge, and he let out a quiet, “Oh s***,” as he fell behind with two cards to come. The turn brought the possibility of a chop into play, but the river completed the board with a blank. Kaverman won the pot with a pair of tens, eliminating Aldridge in the process.

Byron Kaverman – 136,000 (85 bb)
Ken Aldridge – Eliminated

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
End of Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 226

Level 12 concluded, and the field was sent on their 40-minute dinner break. Play resumes around 7:10 p.m. with 56 players remaining.

$2,200 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 226

While Connor Drinan was winning that previous pot, Marc Kropf chatted up the reporters from Seat 5.

“I’m about to double up,” Kropf said. “You should stick around.”

As he was saying those very words, action folded around to the blinds, where he was in the big with about 20,000 chips left. Joe McKeehen moved all in from the small in front of him, and Kropf instantly called all in to put himself at risk.

McKeehen:
Kropf:

It looked for moment that Kropf was going to be a wizard of foreshadowing, but the proverbial poker gods had other ideas.

The flop gave McKeehen a big lead with a set of fours, and the on the turn added insult to Kropf’s injury as McKeehen made quad fours. He was drawing dead to the river, eliminated at the hands of McKeehen.

Joe McKeehen – 100,000 (83 bb)
Marc Kropf – Eliminated