Level 17: 6,000-12,000/12,000
The new level kicked off with a couple more eliminations and the rapid pace became kind of exhilarating. Every half a minute an all-in and call, with an average of around 30 blinds in the new level.
A rare double saw Nikolay Ponomarev defend the and flop trips against Kevin Belvedere. The red fives couldn’t get there on the runout and Belvedere took a hit to around 140,000, Ponomarev doubled for 56,000 and pulled ahead by a small margin.