Angel Pagan Eliminated in 15th Place ($13,805)

Matt Waxman was under the gun and opened the action with a min-raise. Action folded around to Angel Pagan in the big blind and he defended. The flop saw Pagan check, Waxman bet 18,000 and Pagan wake up with a big all-in check-raise to roughly 280.000. Waxman thought for well over a minute before making the call.

Waxman:
Pagan:

Both players had flopped a pair, but Waxman's aces had him well out in front. The turn wasn't particularly interesting, and it meant Pagan needed to catch either a seven or a jack on the river to stay alive. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . It was a blank for Pagan and he was bounced in 15th place.