Table 2: Hands #9-14

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Level 18: Blinds at 6,000-12,000, with a 2,000 ante. Hand #9 - Everyone folds to Jonathan Little, giving him a walk in the big blind. Hand #10 - David Pham raises from middle position to 36,000, winning the blinds and antes. Hand #11 - Bill Gazes raises from the cutoff to 29,000, winning the blinds and antes. |:img:6434,R:|Hand #12 - David Pham raises from middle position to 37,000, and Alex Bolotin calls from the cutoff. The flop comes Q104, Pham checks, Bolotin bets 60,000, Pham raises to 180,000, and Bolotin folds. David Pham takes the pot. Hand #13 - Alex Bolotin raises from late position to 36,000, winning the blinds and antes. Hand #14 - Alex Bolotin raises from middle position to 36,000, David Pham reraises from the big blind to 116,000, and Bolotin calls. The flop comes K53, Pham bets 140,000, and Bolotin folds. David Pham takes the pot.

Table 1: Hands #6-8

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Level 18: Blinds at 6,000-12,000, with a 2,000 ante. Hand #6 - Anthony Newman raises from late position to 36,000, Dimitri Haskaris reraises from the small blind to 91,000, and Newman folds. Haskaris takes the pot. Hand #7 - Tom Nguyen raises from middle position to 36,000, Jon Friedberg reraises from the small blind to 136,000, and Nguyen folds. Friedberg takes the pot. Hand #8 - Dimitri Haskaris raises from the cutoff to 32,000, and Jack Schanbacher calls from the big blind. The flop comes K72, and both players check. The turn card is the 3, Schanbacher checks, Haskaris bets 32,000, and Schanbacher calls. The river card is the 10, Schanbacher bets 43,000, and Haskaris raises to 285,000. Schanbacher folds, showing a king (for a pair of kings), and Dimitri Haskaris also shows a king (without revealing his kicker) as he takes the pot.

Table 2: Bill Gazes Doubles Through Richard Dabal

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Level 18: Blinds at 6,000-12,000, with a 2,000 ante. |:img:6441,L:||:img:6422,R:|Hand #8 - David Pham raises from the button to 36,000, Richard Dabal reraises from the small blind to 136,000, and Bill Gazes moves all in from the big blind for 258,000. Pham folds, and Dabal calls with AK. Gazes shows JJ, and it's a race situation. The board comes Q9683, and Gazes wins the pot with his pocket jacks, doubling up to about 580,000. Richard Dabal drops down to about 150,000.

Table 1: Hands #3-5

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Level 18: Blinds at 6,000-12,000, with a 2,000 ante. Hand #3 - There is a dead button in seat 2, Jon Friedberg raises from middle position to 36,000, Jack Schanbacher reraises from late position to 126,000, and Friedberg folds. Schanbacher shows K-K as he collects the pot. Hand #4 - Mike Matusow raises from the cutoff to 36,000, Anthony Newman reraises from the button to 121,000, and Matusow folds. Newman takes the pot. Hand #5 - Jon Friedberg raises under the gun to 36,000, Jack Schanbacher calls from middle position, and Dimitri Haskaris calls from the big blind. The flop comes 962, Haskaris checks, Friedberg bets 57,000, Schanbacher calls, and Haskaris folds. The turn card is the 3, Friedberg checks, Schanbacher bets 102,000, and Friedberg folds. Jack Schanbacher takes the pot.

Table 2: Hands #1-7

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Level 18: Blinds at 6,000-12,000, with a 2,000 ante. Hand #1 - Jonathan Jaffe raises from middle position to 40,000, winning the blinds and antes. Hand #2 - Jonathan Jaffe raises from middle position to 46,000, David Pham reraises from middle position to 126,000, and Jaffe reraises to 346,000. Pham folds AK face up, and Jaffe takes the pot. Hand #3 - Bill Gazes raises from the cutoff to 38,000, Bolotin reraises from the button to 110,000, and Gazes folds. Bolotin takes the pot. Hand #4 - David Pham raises from middle position to 40,000, winning the blinds and antes. Hand #5 - Jonathan Little raises from the cutoff to 32,000, and Jonathan Jaffe calls from the small blind. Both players check to the river on a board of K645K, Jaffe checks, Little bets 40,000, and Jaffe folds. Jonathan Little takes the pot. Hand #6 - Bill Gazes raises from middle position to 35,000, winning the blinds and antes. Hand #7 - Jonathan Jaffe raises from the cutoff to 34,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Table 1: Larry Greenberg Eliminated in 17th Place ($29,073)

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

Level 18: Blinds at 6,000-12,000, with a 2,000 ante. Hand #1 - Jack Schanbacher raises from the button to 34,000, winning the blinds and antes. |:img:6419,R:|Hand #2 - Jon Friedberg raises from middle position to 36,000, Jack Schanbacher calls from the cutoff, Mike Matusow calls from the button, and Larry Greenberg calls from the small blind. The flop comes Q98, and Greenberg moves all in. Friedberg and Schanbacher both fold, but Matusow quickly calls with J10 for the nuts -- a queen-high straight. Greenberg shows KQ for a pair of queens, and he'll need something runner-runner to stay alive. The turn is the 6, the river is the A, and Mike Matusow wins the pot with a queen-high straight. Larry Greenberg is eliminated in 17th place, earning $29,073.

Final Two Tables

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

TABLE 1 Seat 1: Mike Matusow Seat 2: Larry Greenberg Seat 3: Anthony Newman Seat 4: Tom Nguyen Seat 5: Henry Doiban Seat 6: Dimitri "Jim Dawgs" Haskaris Seat 7: Jon Friedberg Seat 8: Charlie Marchese Seat 9: Jack Schanbacher TABLE 2 Seat 1: Bill Gazes Seat 2: Alex Bolotin Seat 3: Jonathan Little Seat 4: Patrick Kelly Seat 5: Jonathan Jaffe Seat 6: Carl Restifo Seat 7: Seat 8: David "The Dragon" Pham Seat 9: Richard Dabal

Kevin Saul Eliminated in 18th Place ($29,073)

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

|:img:6440,R:|Action folds around to Richard E. Dabal in the small blind who makes a raise. Saul reraises all in for about 105,000 and Dabal makes the call. Dabal shows QJ while Saul shows 33. The board comes A97Q7 eliminating Saul from the tournament in 18th place. This hand completed after the tournament director stopped action for the table redraw. So the final two tables will start with 17 players.

Arthur Azen Eliminated in 19th Place ($27,135)

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante

|:img:6429,R:|After a flop of K53, Alex Bolotin bets 45,000 from middle position, and Arthur Azen calls from the button. The turn card is the 5, Bolotin bets 90,000, and Azen moves all in for 225,000. Bolotin says, "Let me double check and make sure I have it," and he looks at his cards. Bolotin calls, showing 109 for a diamond flush. Azen shows KJ for two pair, kings and fives, and he'll need to catch another king or a five to stay alive. The river card is the 9, and Alex Bolotin wins the pot with his diamond flush, building his stack to a little more than 800,000. Arthur Azen is eliminated in 19th place, earning $27,135.

Mike Matusow Feeling Good

Level 18: 6,000-12,000, 2,000 ante