Corwin Cole's Aces Cracked - Eliminated in 21st Place ($23,855)

Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante

Freddy Deeb opens the pot for a raise and Jason Lavallee flat calls from the button.  Corwin Cole is in the small blind and reraises to 188,000 with about 950,000 behind.  Freddy Deeb folds and Lavallee moves all in. 

Cole calls instantly and shows pocket aces against the pocket jacks of Lavallee.  However, the flop brings Lavallee a set of jack putting him ahead.  The turn and river fail to improve Cole's hand and he is eliminated from the tournament.

Jason Lavallee - 3,050,000
Corwin Cole - 21st place

Chad Batista Eliminated in 23rd Place ($23,855)

Level 18: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante

Chad Batista and Corwin Cole get all the chips in preflop with Cole holding A-J to Batista's A-K.  The board brings a jack and Batista is eliminated.

Corwin Cole - 880,000
Chad Batista - eliminated

Chad Batista Doubles Through Corwin Cole

Level 16: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante

Chad Batista is all in for his last 312,000 with JJ against the QQ of Corwin Cole.

The board comes J972a giving Batista a set of jacks to double up on the second hand of play.

Chad Batista - 632,000
Corwin Cole - 685,000

Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day - Corwin Cole

Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 500 ante

Chip Count Update

Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 500 ante

All of the chip counts have just been updated in the Chip Count Tab.

With 38 players remaining, here is a look at the top five...

Jonas Entin -- 1,1200,000
Jason Lavallee -- 950,000
Corwin Cole -- 890,000
Dee Luong -- 720,000
Dutch Boyd -- 681,000

Bob Safai Eliminated; Corwin Cole Crosses the One Million Mark

Level 15: 4,000-8,000, 500 ante

Bob Safai is all in before the flop with 99 against the AJ of Corwin Cole.

The board comes AJ4K3 giving Cole aces up to eliminate Safai from the action.

Corwin Cole - 1,020,000
Bob Safai - eliminated

Set over Set Puts Corwin Cole at 760,000

Level 14: 3,000-6,000, 500 ante

Corwin Cole eliminates a player and moves to 760,000 after flopping a set of sevens against his opponent's set of fives.

Chip Count Update

Level 11: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante

All of the chip counts have just been updated in the Chip Count Tab.

With 85 players remaining, here is a look at the top five...

Dutch Boyd -- 580,000
Jason Sommerville -- 510,000
Corwin Cole -- 500,000
Richard Scioto -- 403,100
Mark Seif -- 360,000

Recent Eliminations:

Justin Bonomo
Scott Dorin

Justin Bonomo Eliminated by Corwin Cole

Level 11: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante

Justin Bonomo moved all in preflop with pocket jacks, and Corwin Cole called with pocket sevens. A seven on the flop is all it took to send Bonomo home. 

Corwin Cole  -  490,000
Justin Bonomo  -  Eliminated

Chip Count Update

Level 9: 800-1,600, 200 ante

All of the chip counts have just been updated in the Chip Count Tab.

With 144 players remaining, here is a look at the top five...

Chau Giang -- 380,000
Corwin Cole -- 340,000
Mark Seif -- 300,000
Mike Matusow -- 245,000
Markus Gonsalves -- 245,000