Eugene Fouksman opened the action with a raise to 50,000 from under the gun. Christopher Bonn called and the flop came . Fouksman continued out for 75,000 and Bonn quickly reached for calling chips.
The turn came and Eugene stacked out 150,000 and pushed them into the middle. Bonn immediately announced that he was all in and Fouksman shot his cards into the muck just as quick.
Christopher Bonn opened the action by moving all in preflop. It folded around to Ken Silverstein in the big blind who made the call.
Silverstein struck gold when the flop fell , pairing his king and catapulting him into the lead. The turn came and Bonn was one card away from elimination. The struck the river in a dramatic fashion and Bonn was able to clinch the double up.
John Mitchell opened for 56,000 from under the gun and Eugene Fouksman called. The blinds released and the flop came . Mitchell led out with 66,000 and Fouksman called. The turn came and Mitchell pushed out 110,000. Fouksman gave it some thought and then slid in a call. The river came and Mitchell fired again, this time to the tune of 175,000.
Fouksman tanked for a good while and counted out calling chips, nut then decided to lay his hand down. Mitchell turned to the side and let out a huge breath.
The break at the end of the level can't come soon enough for Fouksman.
Every other hand at this final table seems to be an all in, and this one is no different. Action folded around to Pete Kaemmerlen's button and he made it 52,000 to go. Eugene Fouksman got out of the way from the small blind and Ken Silverstein pushed out a three-bet from the big blind, making it 130,000.
Kaemmerlen replied by announcing that he was all in and Silverstein quickly called, throwing on the table. Silverstein was racing with Kaemmerlen, who tabled .
The flop came and Kaemmerlen jumped into the lead, also holding the king of diamonds and hindering Silverstein's hopes for any flush outs. The turn and river came and and Kaemmerlen was able to score a key double up.
Eugene Fouksman has doubled up two short stacks in as many hands. Christopher Bonn moved all in for 181,000 and Eugene Fouksman called from the big blind. The hands were tabled and they were off to the showdown.
Fouksman:
Bonn:
The board ran and Bonn spiked his magic card on the river to stay alive.
Eugene Fouksman raised to 35,000 and found a three-bet to 100,000 from Christopher Bonn. The flop came and both players checked. The came on the turn and Bonn fired a bet of 100,000. Fouksman called and then river brought the .
Bonn pushed out a large stack of maroon T10,000 chips, for a bet totaling 300,000. Fouksman called, turning up for a heart flush, and Bonn showed . This hand crippled Bonn, leaving his at about 180,000.