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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.
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.
Action folded to Eric Blair on the button and he put in a standard raise. The small blind got out of the way and Grant Hinkle opted to move all in from the big blind for roughly 135,000. Blair made the call and Hinkle discovered the bad news.
Blair:
Hinkle:
Hinkle was in need of some help, but the flop didn't provide much. The turn gave Hinkle a gutshot straight draw, but it also have Blair flush blockers. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , the last card Hinkle would see in Event #4: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed).
Action came around to Aleksandr Gnatenko in the small blind who made it 20,000. Manig Loeser three-bet to 49,000 from the big blind and Gnatenko called. The dealer fanned onto the felt and Gnatenko check-called an unknown amount.
Fourth street brought the and Gnatenko checked again. Loeser fired 94,000 and was once again called. The on the river prompted two checks and Loeser showed . Gnatenko mucked and Loeser picked up a pot that brings him to around 655,000 in chips.
Rex Clinkscales went all in with his last 55,000 with . His opponent John Beauprez called on the button with . The others folded and they ran it out. The board ran clean and Clinkscales doubled again to be up to 115,000
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.
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.
flop didn't provide much. The 
turn gave Hinkle a gutshot straight draw, but it also have Blair flush blockers. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
, the last card Hinkle would see in Event #4: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed).
on the river prompted two checks and Loeser showed 
