McNabola Nabs Flush, Survives

"All in and a call."

So said the dealer at the feature table just now. The all-in player was John McNabola, his entire stack of 672,000 at risk with . The call had come from Brian Phelon, sitting to McNabola's right, who had his opponent covered when he tabled his .

The flop came , and after that king arrived McNabola tapped the felt as though to acknowledge he'd accepted that the end of his Main Event run had arrived.

But the turn was the to provide McNabola a flush draw. Then came the river… the ! The table reacted audibly at the sight of all the diamonds on board, and McNabola suddenly appeared a lot more comfortable in his seat after having gone from near-elimination to a stack challenging that of leader Ben Reason.