| Level: | 24 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 15/560 |
| Prizes: | $159,600 |
The blinds are now up to 40 minutes long with the field down to two tables. I just watched an orbit of action at Table 26, and there was certainly some action.
Hand 1: Melissa Sekulich shoved a short stack from the middle and was called by Amarjot Brar, but they were both on ace-queen and chopped it up.
Hand 2: Victor Ma raised to 85k and took the blinds and antes.
Hand 3: Victor Ma raised the hijack to 80k, but folded when Cris Hillana three-bet the button to 215k.
Hand 4: Rick Kosterman limped the button, and Johnny Dalphond checked to the J♠5♣4♥. He check-folded to a bet of 50k from Kosterman.
Hand 5: Seamus McGearty shoved the button, and Johnny Dalphond called from the big blind with less. McGearty was on queen-jack against ace-king for Dalphond, and when the board missed both players, Dalphond’s big slick took it down.
Hand 6: Victor Ma raised the middle to 100k and got calls from Dan Duong to his left, as well as Edward Kershaw on the big blind. Kershaw checked the Q♦J♥Q♠ flop, Ma bet 40k, Duong called, and Kershaw mucked. When the turn put a third queen on the board, Ma fired 150k, enough to push Duong out.
Hand 7: Victor Ma opened early to 80k, and Johnny Dalphond reraised to 250k all-in from the cutoff. Ma called with a suited ace-nine against ace-king for Dalphond. Dalphond was a little disgusted when the A♠9♦J♠ lop gave Ma two pair, but another jack in the turn counterfeited Ma and gave Dalphond the higher two pair for the win.
Hand 8: Dan Duong opened early to 100k, and Amarjot Brar shoved the small blind. Victor Ma reshoved the big blind, and Duong quickly mucked. Brar was on a suited king, but he was in rought shape to the queens of Ma. The queens held on a board of 10♠10♥6♠3♥6♣ and Ma was up to more than 2.2 million, while Vrar was down to about 250k.
Hand 9: It folded to Amarjot Brar on the button, and he shoved his short stack. Ma woke up with it again, this time tabling aces against Brar’s suited queen-three. The aces held and Ma was up to about 2.5 million while Brar hit the rail in 17th.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Ben Locker was the first player to bust from the final two tables, but I missed the action while I was watching the orbit at table 26. Chris Vermette also hit the rail while I was writing this update, bringing the field to 15 now.
