Jake Flores Eliminated in 19th Place ($13,978)
Action folded around to Mike Schmid in the small blind and he decided to raise to 40,000. Jake Flores looked down at his cards, thought a moment and moved all in for his remaining 226,000. Schmid thought for about a minute before making the call. His 
was well ahead of the 
of Flores but the window card hit Flores hard. It was the 
and came with the 
and 
. The turn was the 
and Schmid needed one of the three Nines left in the deck.
The dealer slowly dealt the last card face down and dragged it to where the river card should go. After building the anticipation with a slow draw, he quickly flipped it up when it reached its final destination. Of course at that point it could only be the 
. The table and rail all flinched a little for different reasons when it hit and in just over one level, we have eliminated nine players and have reached our final two tables.