Chris Bjorin Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,903)
Malcolm: x-x / / x
Bjorin: x-x / / x
It took two hands, but Chris Bjorin is out. First he tangled with Bryan Malcolm, raising third street after Malcolm completed and then calling single bets on fourth, fifth and sixth streets. At the river, Bjorin folded.
"Thank you," said Malcolm. "Long time coming. Had to wait until sixth street before I liked it."
That loss left Bjorin with 24,000. The next hand, he caught the bring-in with the and completed to 8,000. Paul Evans raised the , clearing everyone else out. Bjorin put his last chips in and Evans called. The boards ran out:
Bjorin: / /
Evans: / /
Evans doubled up (he had almost an identical stack to Bjorin) and sent Bjorin to the rail in 16th place.