After the bubble burst, Nick Holewinski was so excited about making the money that he went over to his girlfriend, Elissa Reuter, who just so happens to be at the same table, and gave her a celebratory kiss on the cheek.
Reuter was clearly happy to have made the money, especially since she had folded pocket queens to avoid becoming the bubble girl.
Sitting on the button, action was folded to Dan Miller who raised to 3,500 preflop. He was called by Patrick Silvey in the small blind, while the big blind folded.
The flop came down 
and Silvey, who had Miller covered, announced he was all in. Miller called without hesitation and turned over 
for a flopped set. Meanwhile, Silvey showed 
and needed some help to bust Miller.
That help came on the turn with the 
. Miller couldn't find the case king on the river, which was 
.
Miller was graceful in his exit and patted Silvey on the back as the room erupted into applause.
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We didn’t catch the hand, but when we arrived at Table 3 mountains of chips were being pushed towards Zhen Cai.
His victim was Shaun Harris, one of our former chip leaders here in Event #1. In front of Cai lay 
and the board read 
.
After the hand was sorted out, Harris was left with just 30,000 chips while Cai was sitting with over 70,000 chips.
David Fischer is taking advantage of those trying to back into a min-cash here in Event #1.
In a blind for blind battle, Fischer called a 2,200-chip bet from the big blind after a 
flop.
The turn brought the 
and the player in the small blind checked to Fischer who shoved for about 30,000. His opponent folded, and Fischer chipped up to 65,000.
Nicholas Dipalo just hit the rail after moving all-in pre-flop and being called by two players.
The action started with Samuel Sperrazza who opened to 2,500 from early position. Dipalo then moved all-in for his remaining and 8,700 and the red-hot Shaun Harris smooth called on the button. Sperrazza called as well and the three saw a monster flop: 
.
Harris and Sperrazza elected to check the action all the way down, and after the 
turned and the came on the river all the hands were tabled:
Dipalo: 
Sperrazza: 
Harris:
Sperrazza’s rivered flush won him the pot, growing his stack to 66,000. Harris took a small hit, falling to 97,000 and Dipalo of course hit the rail.
Over at Table 5, a player short on chips committed his last 3,600 to the pot. Action folded to Christopher Perez in the big blind who hesitant called with his “favorite hand,” 
.
His opponent was ahead with , but Perez picked up a straight draw on the flop. The 
gave him a few more outs, but it was the 
on the river that sent his opponent home. “It’s my favorite hand,” said Perez, which sent a laugh among the players at the table.
A few hands later, there was about 8,000 in the pot when Orly Rayez bet 2,500 into Paul Katte on a board. Katte went into the tank as the rest of the table asked how many more people until the money. “Seven,” was the floor’s response as Katte stared down Rayez. After a couple of minutes Katte folded. Rayez showed 
for a pairs of eights and Katte rose from the table in disgust, indicating he folded the best hand. Katte was eliminated a few hands later, out of the money.
Meanwhile, Marcelo Araujo’s attempt at a comeback was cut short and he was eliminated from Table 4.
Action seems to be tightening as the money bubble nears.
While we've had our backs turned, Michael Diaplo has amassed a huge stack of over 100,000 chips. While we're not certain of where they came from, we can say with accuracy that Shaun Harris has slipped in the count and has less than 60,000 at this point.
A player in early position open shoved for 5,200 and the action folded to Kent Washington in the big blind who snap-called with . His opponent tabled .
The 
flop brought a gut-shot straight draw, but the turn () and river (
) both blanked.
After the knockout Washington’s stack is over six-figures with 106,000 chips.
We're only four players away from the money and play is predictably slowing down as players strive to take home a paycheque for their day's work.
John McAvoy final tabled last year's Casino Employees Event, finishing 7th and earning $10,545 for his efforts. This year he hopes to return to that same final table.
McAvoy recently eliminated a player after calling an open shove to 6,000 with from middle position. His opponent tabled and the 
flop pushed McAvoy into the lead.
Neither the on the turn nor the on the river changed anything and McAvoy was awarded the pot sending his opponent to the rail and increasing his stack to 17,000 chips.
