Total Entries: 178
Players Remaining: 10
Chip Average: 534,000
In a span of 30 seconds, both Mike Dentale and Lawrence Pileggi were knocked out of the Main Event.
Dentale had been announcing for a while that he was on a cooler, and it finally led to his elimination when Tim Bishop knocked him out on Table 30.
Over on Table 29, Pileggi pushed all-in pre-flop from the small blind after Christian Harder raised to 15,000 from the hijack seat and Jonathan Ivy called from the button.
Harder deliberated for a while before making the call with Ax Jx. Ivy got out of the hand and the players were heads up.
Pileggi's pocket Qx's had a sizable lead after the 2x 2x 4x on the flop. But as had been the case as of late with hands involving Pileggi, everything changed on the turn when Harder got an Ax. He also got a Jx on the river, improving his two pair.
Here is the seating order at the final table. Chip counts will follow shortly:
- Jonathan Ivy
- Charles Welch
- Robert McLaughlin
- Brian Hastings
- John Lakatosh
- Fred Jafarzadeh
- John O'Brien
- Christian Harder
- Ulises Roman
- Timothy Bishop
