Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 23,000 in the cutoff, Shannon Shorr three-bet to 60,000 in the big blind, and Rettenmaier four-bet to 136,000. After asking the dealer to cut down the bet, Shorr announced that he was all in, betting effectively 580,000.
Rettenmaier snap-folded, and has since lost another pot to dip to 360,000 chips.
Action folded to Dani Stern in the small blind and he raised to 30,000. Ognjen Sekularac defended from the big and it was heads-up action to the flop, which came down . Stern led out for 30,000, Sekularac called and then both players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Stern led out for 95,000 and Sekularac made a quick call. Stern tabled the and it was good as Sekularac simply mucked.
Phil Galfond and Keith Lehr were heads up on a board of , and both players checked. The river was the , Galfond led out for 83,000, and Lehr reluctantly called.
Galfond showed for a flopped flush, and Lehr mucked his hand.
Level 17 has expired, but since hand-for-hand play is in progress, the blinds will remain the same either for an hour or until the bubble bursts. If it's the latter, the clock will immediately move on to the next level.
Things have been slow the past ten minutes or so as everyone seems intent on making the money. In one of the more notable hands we've seen of late, and that's not saying much, Shannon Shorr raised from the cutoff and David "Bakes" Baker defended from the big blind.
The flop saw Baker check and Shorr bet 30,000. Baker responded with a check-raise to 72,000 and it was enough to get the job done as Shorr sent his hand to the muck.
Kevin Eyster opened for a raise from early position, Dani Stern called on the button, and Byron Kaverman squeezed, moving all in from the blinds. Eyster re-shoved, and Stern folded.
Eyster:
Kaverman:
"F*** my life," Kaverman said at the sight of Eyster's hand.
It was all but over when the flop fell , giving Eyster queens full of aces, and Kaverman was officially drawing dead when the turned. A meaningless completed the board, and Kaverman hit the rail.
The tournament is now playing hand-for-hand as it is on the exact money bubble.
A short-stacked Nick Petrangelo, who hails from Feeding Hills, Massachusetts, moved all in under the gun with the and was called by Marvin Rettenmaier, who woke up with the in the big blind. Petrangelo was in trouble, but the flop gave him some hope by delivering two clubs. The turn gave him some more outs to a wheel, but the river would completely miss him and send him home in 21st place, just three spots shy of the money.
The first 10 minutes of Level 17 were pure madness.
On the very first hand, Kyle Julius raised on the button, Steve Sung three-bet out of the small blind, and Julius moved all in for 234,000. Sung quickly called.
Julius:
Sung:
Julius was in great shape to double, and remained ahead when the flop fell , but the turned, giving Sung the lead. The completed the board, and Julius dropped his head down on the table for a second or two before getting out of his chair and exiting the area.
On an adjacent table, Marvin Rettenmaier and Nick Petrangelo got all of the chips in the middle. We're not sure when, but when we got to the table the flop was and the hands looked like this:
Rettenmaier:
Petrangelo:
The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Rettenmaier doubled while Petrangelo was left with just 30,000 chips or so. He doubled shortly after.
On another table, Fabian Quoss moved all in for 137,000 over an open to 20,000 from David Benyamine and a three-bet to 75,000 from Keith Lehr. Benyamine folded and Lehr called.
Lehr:
Quoss:
There was an ace in the window of the flop, and Quoss held as the turn and river bricked , respectively.