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As a result of the bubble bursting right before the end of the day yesterday, there are more than a few short stacks clinging to life in the first level of play today. One such short stack was Bradley Russell who shoved all in from the hijack and was called by Randall Bostick in the cutoff. Russell showed the 
but was trailing to Bostick's 
. The board ran out 
sending Russell to the rail.
We already reported that Lashlee's stack has been slipping downward today and it just took another hit.
After a flop of 
Lashlee called Scott Dietz's all in. Lashlee showed 
for a flopped set and Dietz held the 
for a double gutted straight draw. The 
on the turn changed nothing but the 
on the river gave Dietz his straight and knocked Lashlee's stack down to less than 20,000.
Dietz now sits with around 35,000.
From middle position Charles Chang moved all in for his final 20,400. Howard Dion thought for a bit before deciding to call all in for 18,300 from the big blind. Dion's Hollywooding didn't get the blinds to come along and he calmly flipped over his 
. Chang held the 
.
The 
flop gave Chang some hope and Dion a sweat. The turned was the 
, the 
river bricked Chang again and his chip stack fell to just single big blind.
A few hands later he was able to find a flipping situation but was unable to win. After a friendly hug from a competitor and Chang is on the rail.
We missed the action, but Thanh Ngo, who started the day second in chips, was just seen sending a ton of chips over to Stefan Martin. Martin showed 
on a board of 
and it looked like Ngo showed 
. After then hand, Ngo has tumbled down to 30,000 while Martin is amongst the chip leaders at around 83,000.
After a preflop bet of all in by his opponent and a call by Michael Thomas, the two players tabled their hands.
Thomas: 
Opponent: 
The board fell 
and Thomas' ace kicker was good enough to take down the pot. Thomas is now sitting with 25,000.
Facing a raise, Adam Falk, from Kentwood, LA shoved all in for 10,400 against Bradley Russell, from Las Vegas, NV. Russell called and flipped up and Falk showed .
The flop ran out
to give Falk a dominating lead. The turn came 
, and the river 
for Falk's set of sevens's to hold up.
Poker comes with swings of fortune that Michael Allen surely knows well.
From middle position, Allen open-raised to 5,000 and was met will an all in push from Frank Magliarditi in the hijack for approximately 22,000. Allen tanked but eventually convinced himself to call and revealed the 
, which was dominated by Magliarditi's . The board ran dry 
and Magliarditi doubled up to just over 50,000 given the blinds and antes, while Allen fell to just 12,000.
A couple hands later, Allen went all in from early position and was called from the big blind. Allen was in good shape with 
against his opponent's . The board came 
, doubling Allen back up to around 27,000.
You may remember Flora from Day 1 when he survived the bubble twice, including tripling up with less than three big blinds on our bubble hand. Well he is still playing his short stack well and recently doubled up after winning a race with against the of Joseph Zeman.
Flora raised his stack to about 23,000 while Zeman fell back down to 69,000.
Just a couple of hands later, Ray Flora once again got involved in a hand for his entire stack, only this time we was not as fortunate as before. Flora's opponent announced all in on a board of and Flora called, flipping over . Unfortunately for Flora, this was behind the of his opponent. The river bricked out and Flora was eliminated.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
With a few railbirds cheering him on, Michael Barela has been adding to his stack.
Most recently he raised from the hijack pre-flop only to have the small blind, Michael Will, raise all in. Barela made the call without much thought and tabled his which was well ahead of Will's . The board ran out 
allowing Barela to pad his stack. He now sits with around 55,000.
