Action folded to Aleksandr Gnatenko's button where he put out a raise to 16,000. Manig Loeser peered at his hole cards from the small blind and cut out a three-bet to 42,000. The big blind folded and action came back around to Gnatenko. He decided to four-bet to 85,000.
Loeser announced "all in" which was actually a bet for Gnatenko's tournament life. Gnatenko snap called and the hands were tabled.
Gnatenko:
Loeser:
Gnatenko was in need of help going to the flop but found little of it when hit the felt.
"Come on!" Gnatenko yelled. "Ace!"
Instead it was the to fall on the turn. He pleaded once again for one of his outs on the river. Unfortunately for Gnatenko, the finished off the board and he became our 14th-place finisher.
Loeser, on the other hand, scooped up a massive pot and is now sitting on 1 million in chips.
The eliminations have come fast and furious here in Level 19. The latest to go was Ryan Schmidt, who was dispatched by chip leader Manig Loeser.
It happened when Schmidt got his stack of approximately 165,000 all in preflop holding the and was called by the of Manig. The flop paired both players' ace, but Manig's queen was the better kicker. The turn meant Schmidt needed to catch a nine on the river to survive, but since this is an elimination post you already know that didn't happen. Instead the peeled off to send Schmidt home in 13th place.
We're now down to 12 players which means it's time for the two-table redraw.
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Sandor Molnar raised to 32,000 under the gun preflop while still stacking chips from a hand he won right before. Joe Cada asked for Molnar's total stack count and then re-raised to 80,000. The others folded and Molnar announced he was all in for 310,000 total. Cada called and the cards were flipped.
Cada:
Molnar:
It was a flip for Molnar's life and he would not survive as the board ran out . Sandar Molnar is eliminated in 12th place and will walk away with $15,643.
Joe Cada made it 18,000 from the button and Ami Alibay raised it right back to 28,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Cada and he flat called.
The two saw a flop of and Alibay fired 30,000 which was quickly called by Cada. The turn was the and Alibay bet 50,000. Cada came over the top for 150,000 and Alibay mucked his hand, showing the in the process.
Cada is now sitting on about 1.03 million while Alibay has fallen to around 430,000.
Nearly 12 hours ago Greg Hobson led the returning 117 players with the biggest stack. He managed to ride that stack all the way to the final two tables, but his run just came to an end in 11th place.
It happened when Keven Stammen opened for 18,000 from the cutoff and then called when Hobson moved all in from the button for approximately 100,000.
Hobson:
Stammen:
"Two outs," Hobson pointed out upon seeing he his pair was dominated. The flop gave him some runner-runner straight possibilities, but the turn quickly dashed those hopes. It was down to a nine for Hobson, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
As the start-of-the-day chip leader Hobson no doubt had dreams of a gold bracelet, but he'll have to settle for a $15,643 consolation prize instead.