Glen Lafaye Eliminated in 17th Place ($41,488)

Byron Kaverman opened to 45,000 sitting in the hijack, and Glen Lafaye flatted out of the small blind. Eric Afriat tried to play the bully once again - as he has all tournament - three-betting to 120,000 in defense of his big blind.

Kaverman was unimpressed though, and he four-bet to 245,000 after his usual routine of taking a minute or so to think. Lafaye suddenly sprung to life, five-bet jamming for the rest of his stack (right around 330,000 total). Afriat got out of the way and Kaverman called the bet after committing himself with the previous four-bet, tabling as he did so.

When he saw Lafaye reveal Kaverman quietly told the table "I guess that's the hand I wanted to see," as his jack-high hand was actually flipping rather than dominated.

Flop:

When the flop came down talk of a big sweat circled the table, as Kaverman had picked up eight additional outs with his up-and-down straight draw. The turn was a swing and a miss, however, coming .

River:

Just like that Kaverman had caught up to cross the finish line first in his race against Lafaye, making his straight to send the latter home in 17th place.