Event 17 (Day 3): 18th Place - Faramarz Fiboozabadi ($3,955)

Level 18 (Blinds 2,500/5,000/600)
Total Entries: 178
Players Remaining: 17
Chip Average: 314,118

Fred Jafarzadeh

It took just under half an hour for the first elimination of the day to occur.

Faramarz Fiboozabadi had just had his stack crippled in the previous hand, and pushed all-in with well under 20 big blinds remaining. Fred Jafarzadeh thought for a minute before making the call and turning up a pocket pair that would win the hand.

Jafarzadeh: 8♥ 8♦      Fiboozabadi: A♣ K♦

Flop: 9♠ 6♥ 4♦
Turn: 2♦
River: 9♣

Fred's 8x's held up, sending Faramarz to the rail in 18th place.