Ken Silberstein opened with a raise to an unknown amount and Andrew Rudnik replied by moving all in over the top for 295,000 total. Action came back to Silberstein and he instantly announced a call.
Silberstein:
Rudnik:
Rudnik was behind and in need of help going to the community cards. The dealer fanned and the table let out a collective gasp as Rudnik was able to make a set and jump into the lead. Silberstein could not find a king or a queen on the turn () or the river () and Rudnik was able to double through.
Rudnik now has about 630,000 while Silberstein has fallen to around 540,000.
Tony Natale checked on over to Michael Assante who fired 50,000. Natale called and the dealer produced the on the river. Natale checked once again and Assante fired a bet of 100,000. Natale announced a call.
Assante rolled over {ks] for top pair and Natale mucked his hand. Assante is now up to 2.32 million.
The monotone flop read when we found Michael Assante and Leonardo Palermo heads up. Palermo checked to Assante who bet 50,000. Action was back on Palermo and he decided to cut out a check-raise to 120,000.
Suddenly it was back to Assante to make a decision and he announced that he was all in. This was a bet for Palermo's tournament life and after about fifteen seconds he announced a call, showing .
"Wow," said Assante, "I'm totally dead." He showed
"How did you not snap his face off!? remarked Mike Jukich to Palermo.
The turn brought the and gave Assante a glimmer of hope to make a straight with a non-club ten. The river was the , however, and Palermo's nut flush secured him a double.
Beverly Cheney moved her short stack all in from middle position and had Rex Clinkscales three-bet ship his stack all in over the top. The blinds folded and the cards were shown.
Clinkscales:
Cheney:
Cheney was absolutely crushed but found a glint of hope on the flop.
"It's never easy," someone chimed in from the crowd.
The turn was the and Cheney was looking for one more club on the river to stay alive. It was not meant to be, however, as the hit the felt and she became the first casualty of our final table. She will collect $11,383 in prize money.
Mike Jukich opened with a raise to 40,000 and it folded around to Tony Natale who moved all in over the top. Jukich called and the hands were revealed.
Jukich:
Natale:
The board came and Natale was able to spike the ten to double to around 570,000. Jukich, on the other hand, has fallen to about 1.4 million.
Action folded to Jonas Wexler's small blind. He completed and Ken Silberstein raised to 50,000 from the big blind. Wexler said that he was all in and Silberstein snapped him off.
Wexler:
Silberstein:
At the sight of Wexler's ace, Silberstein immediately dashed out of the tournament area. The dealer spread out and Silberstein flopped top set. The came out on the turn and Silberstein clinched his grip on the hand.
"You're good, Ken" someone yelled as he walked back in the tournament area.
The dealer dealt the meaningless on the river and Mike Jukich and Rex Clinkscales let out yells as if something crazy happened in an effort to trick Silberstein.
"I don't believe you!" Silberstein said with a grin as he walked back into the tournament area. He now has about 1.19 million in chips.
and the table let out a collective gasp as Rudnik was able to make a set and jump into the lead. Silberstein could not find a king or a queen on the turn (
) or the river (
) and Rudnik was able to double through.
on the river. Natale checked once again and Assante fired a bet of 100,000. Natale announced a call.
for top pair and Natale mucked his hand. Assante is now up to 2.32 million.
when we found Michael Assante and Leonardo Palermo heads up. Palermo checked to Assante who bet 50,000. Action was back on Palermo and he decided to cut out a check-raise to 120,000.
.
and gave Assante a glimmer of hope to make a straight with a non-club ten. The river was the 
, however, and Palermo's nut flush secured him a double.
flop.
and Cheney was looking for one more club on the river to stay alive. It was not meant to be, however, as the 
and Silberstein flopped top set. The 
came out on the turn and Silberstein clinched his grip on the hand.
on the river and Mike Jukich and Rex Clinkscales let out yells as if something crazy happened in an effort to trick Silberstein.