James Van Alstyne Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,282)
Hold'em
Two hands of hold'em liquidated James Van Alstyne's remaining chips and sent him to the rail in 14th place. First, Van Alstyne played a pot from the big blind against Dustin Leary. On the turn, with the board showing , Van Alstyne checked and called a bet. The river brought the . Van Alstyne checked again, drawing another bet from Leary of 20,000. Van Alstyne had only 37,000 behind and tanked for about a minute before calling.
"Just an ace," said Leary. He opened . Just an ace was good enough after Van Alstyne mucked.
A few hands later Van Alstyne was all in pre-flop against Andrew Revesz and Ken Lennaard. Revesz and Lennaard checked all the way to the river, . That's where Lennaard's bet folded Revesz. Lennaard opened for the nuts. Van Alstyne mucked and headed out to collect his prize money.