$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 14

On the turn with the board reading , Jerry Wong checked and Ari Engel bet 1,150. Wong check-raised all in for about 6,000 and Engel quickly called.

Wong showed , good for a double gutshot straight draw, and needs to get there against Engel’s .

The river was the and Engel won the pot. He won the series 2-1 and eliminated the 2016 November Niner on the bubble.

Ari Engel – 24,000
Jerry Wong – Eliminated 

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 15

Shannon Shorr got the last of his chips into the middle preflop with against Jonathan Little’s pocket nines.

The board ran out and Little flopped a queen to win the pot. Little already held a 1-0 edge in the series and eliminated Shorr on the bubble of this event.

Little moved on to Saturday’s action and is the first player to cash.

Jonathan Little – 24,000
Shanon Shorr – Eliminated 

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 16

Alex Foxen raised to 300 on the button and Kane Kalas three-bet to 975 out of the big blind. Foxen four-bet to 2,675 and Kalas called.

Both players checked a flop of and the came on the turn. Kalas checked again and Foxen bet 2,475. Kalas called and the river was the .

Both players checked and then showed big hands. Foxen showed , good for top two pair and a missed flush draw, but Kalas dragged the pot with .

“I was considering an all in on the turn,” said Kalas. “But I wanted to let you keep bluffing.”

Kalas takes the pot and the chip lead, but trails 1-0 to Foxen in the series.

Kane Kalas – 17,000
Alex Foxen – 7,000

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 16

Ari Engel and Jerry Wong got all the chips into the middle preflop. Wong was at risk showed . He was in bad shape against Engel’s .

The board ran out and both players made a full house, but Engel’s was bigger to win the pot. Wong had one the first game of the match and Engel’s win evens the series at one game a piece.

They are taking a 10-minute break before coming back and playing the rubber match.

Ari Engel – 12,000
Jerry Wong – 12,000

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 16

In the last match remaining in the second round, Corey Dodd defeated Michael Aron to win the series 2-1 and eliminate Aron.

With that match in the books, the second round is complete and a few of the third round matches have already began. All of the matches will be underway by 11 p.m.

The winners of the third round will come back tomorrow in the money and will play down to a winner.

Here are the third round matches:

Left Side

Aaron Mermelstein vs. Steffan Lind
George Lusby vs. Will Givens
Alex Foxen vs. Kane Kalas
Corey Dodd vs. Gary Bolden

Right Side

Sam Panzica vs. Timothy Tenpas
Shannon Shorr vs. Jonathan Little
Jerry Wong vs. Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen vs. John Dollinger

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 17

George Lusby moved all in on the button and Alberto Rodriguez quickly called and was all in for about 3,000.

It was a flip with Lusby’s against Rodriguez’s .

The board ran out and Lusby won the flip. He swept Rodriguez in two matches and moves on to the third round to face Will Givens.

Michael Aron and Corey Dodd are the last match still going in the second round.

George Lusby – 24,000
Alberto Rodridugez – Eliminated 

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 18

With blinds of 250/500, Michael Aron limped in on the button and Corey Dodd checked his option.

Action was checked to the river as the board ran out . Dodd checked the river and Aron bet 800. Dodd raised to 3,200 and Aron thought for a minute before calling.

Dodd showed , giving him two pair, and Aron mucked his hand. Dodd opened up a big chip lead in the rubber match of this series.

With Steffan Lind defeating Daniel Wirgau at a neighboring table, this is one of the last two second round matches going.

Corey Dodd – 19,500
Michael Aron – 4,500

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 19

With only three matches still going on in the second round, the right side of the bracket is filled out and ready for the start of the Sweet Sixteen.

Here is a look at what the third round match-ups look like right now:

Left Side

Aaron Mermelstein vs. Daniel Wirgau/Steffan Lind
George Lusby/Alberto Rodriguez vs. Will Givens
Alex Foxen vs. Kane Kalas
Corey Dodd/Michael Aron vs. Gary Bolden

Right Side

Sam Panzica vs. Timothy Tenpas
Shannon Shorr vs. Jonathan Little
Jerry Wong vs. Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen vs. John Dollinger

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 19

Joe McKeehen get Stein’s chips into the middle preflop with McKeehen showing and in the lead against Stein’s .

The board ran out and McKeehen dragged the pot with the nut straight. He swept Stein in two straight games and advanced to the third round and will face-off against John Dollinger.

Joe McKeehen – 24,000
Marcus Stein – Eliminated

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 22

On the turn with the board reading , Michael Aron checked and Corey Dodd bet 1,200.

Aron called and the river was the . Aron checked and Dodd moved all in for about 5,500. Aron took a few moments and then folded. Aron keeps better than a two-to-one chip lead in the rubber match of this series.

Corey Dodd – 7,000
Michael Aron – 17,000