Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The under-the-gun player raised to 12,000 and Jimmy D'Ambrosio (early position), Gary Avnilov (cutoff), and the big blind all call.
The flop came 
and all three players check to Avnilov, who bet 30,000. Only D'Ambrosio called and they went to the turn.
A 
on the turn had Avnilov betting 45,000 into D'Ambrosio, who sat in thought before turning on the table talk, proclaiming: "You know what? I'll put your ass all in." Avnilov snap-called.
Gary Avnilov: 
Jimmy D'Ambrosio 
With D'Ambrosio turning the nuts against Avnilov's set of sixes, the Brooklyn-native only had one out but the river brought the 
to give D'Ambrosio a pot of well over 500,000 chips.
D'Ambrosio would win a couple of small pots after to send his chip stack over the 700,000 mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
702,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
Busted |
, the big blind player was first to act and was in the tank. She slowly cut out a stack of 75000 and slid it into the pot. Her opponent, Noah Shwartz, snap- called. 
for trip jacks but Schwartz tabled his 
was no help but he spiked one of his seven outs when the 
small-blind shove was called by eventual champion Zhi Wu with 
.
flop, then D'Ambrosio fired 17,500 on the 
. 
but it was no match for the 
full house of D'Ambrosio. Meanwhile, Lazrus was eliminated with 
. 
