There were two very short-stacked players coming back from the break and they have both been eliminated in the first 10 minutes of level 25.
First to go was Jonathan Schaler, who resumed play after the break with just 315,000 chips. He was eliminated by Fabio Luongo, whose
outflopped Jonathan’s
when the community cards came
.
Next to go was Alexander James Allison – known to his friends simply as “Cheese” who open shoved on the button with
and quickly learned that Alain Chauvette was sitting in the bb with
. There weren’t a lot of ways the board could be dealt that would even give Alain a sweat, but the
in addition to the turn
brought some chop possibilities as well as a gunshot for Alexander – but the
removed all doubt and Alexander was sent to the Tournament Desk to get his payout coupon.
4th place, Alexander James Allison, $16,490
5th place, Jonathan Schaler, $12,380