$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 17: 2k/4K/500 ante

Players shoved chips around the table for a few orbits before two players found a hand to take all the way.

Jonathan Marks opened with and Mark Gaudino shoved in the next position with . Gaudino was the one at risk and managed to dodge the overcards on the flop. His lucked ended there as Marks hit the turn and the bonus on the river to send Gaudino out in 8th place for $1,061.

$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 17: 2k/4K/500 ante

Ricard Whitebrook was happy to make the final table and was all-in shortly after Angel Vu was sent to the rail.

He was all-in when his was out-flopped by Mohamed Maghraoui’s . Whitebrook picked up a flush draw but was unable to outdraw to stay alive. Whitebrook finished in 9th place for $878.

$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 17: 2k/4K/500 ante

Angel Vu keeps chasing the cash, final tables, and Player of the Year points. She cashed earlier in Event 8 before hopping in Event 11. Vu survived a rough day but made the money and the final ten-player table.

That is where her run ended for the evening when she got all-in with against Ilias Liapas and

“I have two overs!” Vu laughed.

She missed the flop but picked up some outs, none of which appeared on the turn or river. The hand sent Vu out of the tournament in 10th and they formed the official final table.

$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 16: 1500/3K/ 500 ante

Bernard Lubitz

Ilias Liapis is in the small blind and shoves in the dark (without looking at his cards) into his neighbor Bernard Lubitz in the big blind. Lubitz makes the call.

Lubitz:
Liapis:

Lubitz is ahead pre-flop, but the board is not kind to him as it runs out and Liapis makes 2 pair to eliminate Lubitz in 11th place. Lubitz gets $769 for his efforts today. We are now at our final table of 10.

$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 16: 1500/3K/ 500 ante

Tom Nguyen

Tom Nguyen shoves his short stack and is looked up by James Lehman (Palm Beach, FL). The cards are turned up:

Nguyen:
Lehman:

The board doesn’t offer Nguyen any help as it runs and Lehman’s Queens knocks out Nguyen in 12th place, good for $769.

$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 16: 1500/3K/ 500 ante

It may have taken a long time to burst the bubble from 13 to 12 players but they got there in a hurry once they returned from break.

Michael Chiappetta was contemplating his action with the board reading when he finally decided to move all-in. Ilias Liapis called about as quickly as possible.

Chiappetta picked up on the money bubble but they were in a lot of trouble against Liapis’ flopped full house with . There was no help for Chiappetta on the turn or river to make him the unlucky bubble boy.

Liapis picked up another $200 bounty and all players are now in the money.

$560 Buy-In Double Black Chip Bounty No Limit Hold’em Freeze-Out
Level 16: 1500/3K/ 500 ante

Players are now on their 15 minute break. They are at 13 players, with 12 getting paid, and have been for the past hour. The closest we got to an elimination was when Bernard Lubitz went all in for his last 7300 and was looked up by Mike Chiapetta.

Lubitz:
Chiapetta:

The board didn’t burst the money bubble as it came and Lubitz doubled up.

As players return from break, they’ll be moving onto Level 16 of play.