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Level 25
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
There still hasn't been much excitement in the early stages of this final table (apart from tournament supervisor Bob Smith using his brute strength to retrieve a lost playing card from under the rail), but here's the action from the two flops we've seen in the last ten minutes.
Selim Oulmekki raised to 70,000 from the UTG +1 position and both Andy Philachack and Hasan Anter called before Oulmekki and Philachack checked on the flop of 
. Anter bet 200,000 and the others folded.
A short time later, John Hortavich, Nemer Haddad and John Borzio limped into a pot to see a flop of 
, but when Borzio open-shoved, Hortavich and Haddad folded. True story.
. Haddad then led out for 230,000 on the turn of the 
and Oulmekki called, only to fold after Haddad shoved on the river 
.
and Paris was shocked that was eliminated.
, Nathan bet 125,000 and Smith moved in with the rest of his short stack. Nathan wasted no time calling and tabled 
. Smith tabled 
and need help on the river. He bricked on the river when it came 
appeared in the window, followed by the 
and 
. The turn and river ran out 
, 
and Smith was crippled down to 350,000.
