$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 99 of 1,804
Average Stack: 182,000 (23 bb)

The number on the clock has just ticked down into double digits with less than 100 players remaining. Ty Akbasli still leads, though his stack just suffered a small flesh wound at the hands of Frank Gil.

An early-position player limped into the pot, and Frank Gil did the same a couple seats over. On the button, Ty Akbasli raised to 25,000, and both opponents calls.

The flop came . When the first player checked, Gil moved all in for 66,000, and Akbasli re-shoved with his towering stack. The third player ducked out of the way to leave Gil heads up for his tournament life.

Gil: (pair of tens)
Akbasli: (flush draw)

The turn and river safely completed the board for Gil, and he doubled up.

Frank Gil – 228,000 (29 bb)
Ty Akbasli – 540,000 (68 bb)