Eliminations 23 to 19

  • Level: 20
  • Small Blind: 5K
  • Big Blind: 10K
  • Ante: 1K
  • Chip Average: 305.5K
  • Remaining: 18
  • Entries: 221


  • The first few players since the money bubble burst have been eliminated from the tournament.

    19th place: Ruben Percival, $1,260.00
    20th place: Alex Fiorani, $1,155.00
    21st place: Benoit Jean, $1,155.00
    22nd place: Gary Yeghiayan, $1,070.00
    23rd place: Jonathan Neil Hansmeyer, $1,070.00

    Alex’s elimination was a cooler – after having recently lost a pot to reduce him from his high point of over 350K, Jordan Martin raised preflop to 25K from middle position and Jonathan Theriault called from the button in Seat 9. Alex raised all-in and put his 100K+ stack at risk, only to be called by Jordan. Jonathan folded.

    Alex turned over 10 of Spades 10 of Hearts while Jordan held Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts. The flop had “a little something” for both of them: Jack of Clubs 8 of Hearts 10 of Diamonds for set over set, and the turn 5 of Clubs and river 3 of Spades didn’t save Alex. Even more “coolerish” about it is that after the hand one of the other players reported folding a Jack, meaning that Jordan’s top set was possible only due to the case Jack on the flop.