Big Stax 1100 (Day 2): 12th Place - Harder ($6,622)

Level 24 (Blinds 15,000/30,000/5,000)

Total Entries: 428

Players Remaining: 11

Chip Average: 1,945,000 (65 big blinds)

12th Place - Christian Harder

Just as the clock was ticking down to 10 minutes remaining and the tournament supervisor was announcing that 5 more hands would be played tonight, Christian Harder put his tournament life on the life against David Novak.

Harder opened to 80,000 under the gun and was re-raised to 190,000 from Novak in the big blind. Harder shoved all-in for about 900,000 total and Novak made the call.

Harder: 9♥ 9♦      Novak: A♦ K♦

Flop: 7♦ 4♦ 2♠
Turn: Q♦
River: A♠

Not only did Novak get a pair on the river, but he made a flush on the turn to become one of the chip leaders.

Harder was eliminated in 12th place.