Event 14: Ira Schwartz – 6th Place ($3,436)

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante

Ira Schwartz
Ira Schwartz

Ira Schwartz was all in on a flop reading KhJd3h with 8h7h in the hole on the cutoff, and Giovanni Rodriguez called to cover him on the big blind with KcJs. The turn and river fell Kd3c and Schwartz busted on the hand.

Schwartz was eliminated in sixth place and he took home $3,436 in prize money. Rodriguez ran off with the chip lead after the hand, stacking up 650,000.

Event 14: Pasquale Caiazza Doubles

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

The flop read 8d5h4h when Pasquale Caiazza moved all in for 98,000 on the small blind and Ira Schwartz called on the big blind. The two players then tabled their hands.

Caiazza: 4d4s
Schwartz: AsKs

Turn and River: 10s7h

Caiazza doubled up on the hand to survive with over 200,000 and Schwartz was down to 210,000 after the hand.

Event 14: Two More Doubles

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

We have had another pair of double ups during the last stretch of play at the final table. In the first, Herbert Woodberry was all in with AhKd and that was enough to top the AsJs of Joe Calderon on a final board reading KcQc3sKs8h. Woodberry’s shove was for 71,000 and he doubled up to survive.

Calderon was down to 90,000 after paying out the double, and he was all in a short time later. Calderon held KsQc against the Qs9s of Ira Schwartz. The final board was dealt 8d4d3d2dKc and Calderon doubled back up to 200,000.

Event 14: Barry Hutter – 7th Place ($2,854)

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Barry Hutter
Barry Hutter

The board read QhJd5dQs when Barry Hutter was all in for 175,000 from the hijack and he was just barely covered by the 179,000 held by Ira Schwartz. The two players then tabled their hands.

Schwartz: AsQc
Hutter: Q-10

River: 8h

Hutter was eliminated on the hand in seventh place, good for $2,854, and Schwartz stacked up close to 400,000 after the hand.

Event 14: Joe Ebelhar – 9th Place ($1,633)

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

Joe Ebelhar
Joe Ebelhar

Joe Ebelhar was all in preflop for 17,000 and Pasquale Caiazza, Herbert Woodberry, and Giovanni Rodriguez all called. The flop was dealt As8c4h and Caiazza bet 30,000. Woodberry and Rodriguez folded so the two remaining players revealed their cards.

Caiazza: 8d8s
Ebelhar: Qc2c

Turn and River: 3sKs

Caiazza won the hand with his flopped set and Ebelhar was eliminated in ninth place, good for $1,633 in prize money.

Event 14: A Pair Of Doubles

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

We have had a pair of double ups during the first two all-in confrontations since the final nine players combined at the final table. In the first, Joe Calderon was all in preflop for 103,000 with As8h and Giovanni Rodriguez had him covered holding Ah9h. The board was dealt 10s6s5s2c9s and Calderon doubled up to survive thanks a flush on the river.

A few hands later it was Pasquale Caiazza who was all in preflop. His shove was worth 78,000 from the big blind and he held AcAh. Barry Hutter had him covered holding Ks8d. The board ran out AdQc3h2d6h and Caiazza survived. Hutter was down to 400,000 after the hand.

Event 14: John Brody – 10th Place ($1,633)

$570 Eight Handed No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 19: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

John Brody was all in on the small blind for his tournament life with 10s7d in the hole and Herbert Woodberry had him covered on the button holding 10c8d. The final board read Ah9c7s8s5s and Brody was eliminated on the hand in 10th place, good for $1,633. Woodberry stacked up 175,000 after the hand. Play was paused after the elimination so the final nine players could draw for new seats at the unofficial final table of nine.