$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: Blinds 10k/20k/3k ante
Ralph Dyer managed to triple up and then shoved for ~170k, getting a call from Barbara Cardin in the big blind. She was all-in for only 97k (including her 20k big blind).
Ralph had A5 off and Barbara had A3 off. On the turn the board was K Q 9 Q and it looked like they were destined to chop, then a 3 on the river sent the double-up to Barbara and Ralph was back down to ~75k.
$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante
Just before the end of the level, Jack Rovello got all-in against Ralph Dyer. Jack’s pocket Queens held up against Ralph’s pocket Tens and Jack chipped up to about 600k. Ralph was left with only 60k.
End of level and players are taking 15.
$560 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: Blinds 8k/16k/2k ante
Here’s the final table lineup with rough chip counts after a few hands of play:
Just one week ago, Natasha Barbour (right) got married to Mike Raimon and Barbara Cardin (left) was a bridesmaid in her wedding. Now here they are one week later: Natasha and Barbara are at the same final table!
The blinds have been increased to 600/1,200.
All of a sudden there was lots of raising going on with a flop of 
. Phil Wasserman (pictured), Greg C, and Pete W get all in with Wasserman the short stack.
Wasserman shows 
, good for a flush draw and a gutshot and is up against Greg C’s 
, good for the nut straight and draw for a better straight. Pete W shows the same straight and two pair with his 
.
The turn is the 
and the river is the 
, which gives Wasserman his flush and the main pot while Pete W and Greg C chop up the side pot.
Wasserman catapults his stack to 95,000 while Greg C is down to 27,000 and Pete W slides to 40,000.
On a flop of 
, Greg C bets 3,000 and is called by the anonymous player (pictured). The turn is the and Greg C bets 10,000. Anonymous calls and leaves himself with 4,400.
The river is the and Greg C puts him all in. Anonymous snap-calls and shows 
, good for a rivered nut straight. Greg C tables K-T-3-4 with king high clubs in disgust.
The anonymous player doubles up to 38,000 in chips.
There is a three-way all in preflop between a player who wants to remain anonymous, John Imhoff (pictured), and Adam Santos.
Imhoff showed 
, Santos tabled 
, and the anonymous player shows 
.
The flop is 
, giving the anonymous player a flush. The turn is the 
and the river is the . Santos took the side pot with two pair, the anonymous player takes the main pot with a flush and John Imhoff’s aces finished in third place and he was eliminated.
The anonymous player triples up to 17,500 and Santos sits with 48,000.
We missed the action, but Gosbani Hernandez is eliminated in 10th place.
The blinds have been increased to 500/1,000. There are ten players remaining.
As Christy Pham was doubling up, there was an elimination at the other table and they are drawing cards for seating arrangement at the final table. We are five spots away from the money.