Andrew Rudnik moved all in for 510,000 from under the gun and Justin Cohen immediately said call when it was on him in the hijack.
Cohen:
Rudnik:
Rudnick stood up and gathered his belongings like a deafeated man even though there were still five cards to come. The flop changed nothing and neither did the on the turn meaning Rudnik was down to one of the two remaining jacks left. The river came the however and the crowd gave a huge gasp as Rudnik hit the two-outer to stave off elimination and double up while Cohen took a hit. After the hand, a railbird yelled “Is this for real?” and indeed it is!
In contrast to final table of Event #8 and #20, the first two $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Events, there has been very little postflop action tonight. The blinds aren't defending and three-bets don't find calls. With effective stacks actually deeper than we started the day, it will be interesting to see if players continue to only raise/fold preflop or if they adjust and start to play more pots.
On the last hand before the break, Benjamin Volpe raised to 85,000 and Justin Cohen moved all in for 820,000 as the next to act. Volpe asked for a count and then made the call as the players turned up their hands.
Volpe:
Cohen:
Volpe was in commanding lead to knockout his opponent and it was still looking that way after the came out on the flop. The landed on the turn however to vault Cohen into the lead and he jumped up and yelled before going over to his rail. The on the river bricked out Volpe and Cohen doubled though him.
There was just an announcement made for Johnathan Clancy to please come to the tournament table since the cards are in the air. But Clancy just strolled in midway through the first hand.
First to act, Andrew Rudnik raised to 125,000. It folded around to Robbie Verspui who looked down at his cards and quickly announced he was all in. Rudnik snap-called and Verspui knew he was in trouble.
Rudnik:
Verspui:
The flop gave us a sweat when it came . Verspui could now catch one of the two remaining Jacks to stay alive. This is ironically something that his opponent, Rudnik, accomplished just a few hands ago. The turn was the and for a moment Verspui thought he had it. The river was the which brought less of a pause and Rudnik chipped up to 2 million. Verspui was crippled and left with just 125,000.
Although he had come back from this figure earlier at our final table, he would be unable to do it again. On the very next hand, he moved all in from the small blind and Rudnik put him at risk from the big blind. In order to stay alive, Verspui's would need to catch up on the of Rudnik. He would find no such luck on the flop. The turn and river would brick twice and Verspui is our 7th Place finisher.
First to act, Benjamin Volpe raised all in for his final 735,000. It folded around to Jonathan Clancy in the small blind who asked for a count. After a couple of moments, he announced he was all in for slightly more. Andrew Rudnik quickly folded his big blind and the hands were turned up.
Volpe:
Clancy:
This became the battle of the rails. Each player has had about 15 guys or more sweating him at all times today and each group let the entire Amazon Room know they were here. The flop was and the sweat was on. The turn was one of the only cards that didn't increase Volpe's equity when it landed the . Still, he could hit a Jack or Queen to double up and cripple Clancy. But the river was the and Volpe's dreams of glory will have to wait for another day.
With that pot, Clancy reaches his high mark for the day with 1.6 million chips. Afterwards, a member of his rail could be heard asking, "How did that hold?!"