The tournament room was suddenly bustling with commotion as players flocked around Table 5 to see a large three-way all in take place. When we arrived at the table, we found the following hands placed in front of the following players:
Frank Parisi:
Greg Miller:
Jason Nablo:
While we're unsure of the exact preflop action, Nablo had his two opponents both covered in chips and crushed heading to the flop. The dealer spread on the table and Nablo held his lead with his pocket aces. The hit the turn and he was one card away from reducing the field by two players.
The dealer rapped the table and flipped over the on the river, ensuring that Nablo would win the hand. Parisi and Miller were eliminated from play and Nablo brought his stack to around 165,000.
With registration officially closed, the prize pool information has been released! This event had a total of 149 entrants which amounted to a total prize pool of $194,110. The top 18 players make the money and a min-cash will net a payday of $3,106. While that may seem like a solid cash, each remaining player is eyeing up the top prize of $52,410. Here's a look at the full prize pool for the event:
Dave Olshan will not be defending his title in this event. Olshan was treading water most of yesterday and returned today with around 15 big blinds. He committed all of it just moments ago with and was in great shape to double through Scott Gadd, who had . But the flop spelled disaster for Olshan, giving Gadd Broadway and leaving Olshan hoping for a chop. The turn and river changed nothing, and Olshan made a painful exit out of the tournament area.
On a flop of , Ron Wheeler found himself all in for what looked to be around 35,000 in chips against Erik Lemarquand. Wheeler rolled over for top two pair but was behind Lemarquand's for a set of sixes.
Despite rooting for an ace or a nine, Wheeler was unable to improve through the turn () or the river (). He was eliminated from play and Wheeler took down the pot.
Hoss Colao raised to 3,500 from the button and the small blind folded. John Grace three-bet shipped all in for 27,800 from the big blind and Colao went into the tank. Roughly 45 seconds passed before Colao dropped forward a call.
Colao:
Grace:
The board ran out and Colao was able to score the knockout with aces and sixes. Grace was sent packing and Colao now has about 105,000 in chips.
Pete Magliarditi, who has a row of snickers bars placed on the rail in front of him, just gave one of them away to Varun Palackan. Palackan moved his short stack all in with and Magliarditi called with the . The flop gave Palackan an open-ended straight draw, and he added even more outs to a flush when the hit the turn. However, he bricked the river, and Magliarditi rewarded him with the chocolate bar as a consolation prize.
Magliarditi is having a nice weekend at the tables. In addition to winning a seat to this event in a satellite last night, he won the Bad Beat Jackpot in the poker room downstairs yesterday. The jackpot was worth $84,000, and Magliarditi took half.
We arrived at the table just as the money went in to find Long Nguyen all in before the flop holding . Nguyen was at risk for 46,600 but he was out in front of Tom Clayton's .
Both players paired up on the flop with Nguyen retaining his lead. The turn and river brought the and the respectively, allowing Nguyen to double through with his ace-high flush. Nguyen now has around 105,000 in chips.
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on the table and Nablo held his lead with his pocket aces. The 
hit the turn and he was one card away from reducing the field by two players.
on the river, ensuring that Nablo would win the hand. Parisi and Miller were eliminated from play and Nablo brought his stack to around 165,000.
. But the 
flop spelled disaster for Olshan, giving Gadd Broadway and leaving Olshan hoping for a chop. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing, and Olshan made a painful exit out of the tournament area.
, Ron Wheeler found himself all in for what looked to be around 35,000 in chips against Erik Lemarquand. Wheeler rolled over 
for top two pair but was behind Lemarquand's 
) or the river (
river, and Magliarditi rewarded him with the chocolate bar as a consolation prize.
respectively, allowing Nguyen to double through with his ace-high flush. Nguyen now has around 105,000 in chips.
