Marlon Goonawardne raises to 23,000 from the small blind, David Kruger re-raises to 60,000 from the big blind, Goonawardne moves all in and Kruger ultimately folds the face-up. Kruger is now down to 200,000.
Local player Marlon Goonawardne has drawn such a large flock of railbirds that they have completely clogged the foot traffic on the floor. One supervisor just had to leave the tournament area in order to move them closer to the rail.
Two of them managed to sneak up behind me just a few minutes ago.
"You know his nickname is 'Fish', right?"
Fish or not, Goonawardne has 1.1 million out of the 1.85 million chips in play.
David Kruger - 4th Place
Marlon Goonawardne raised 18,000 from the button. David Kruger called. The flop was . Both players checked. The turn was the . Kruger checked. Marlon Goonawardne bet 20,000 and Kruger called. The river was the . Kruger fired out 100,000. Goonawardne raised all in and Kruger called.
Kruger:
Goonawardne:
Marlon Goonawardne caught a runner-runner Broadway straight to bust Kruger in 4th place. He collected $41,440.
"That's so sick!" Kruger repeated over and over. He slipped an f-bomb in there a few times.
After that hand, Marlon Goonawardne increased his stack to 1,400,000. Down to three players including Michael Binger (bounty player).
Steve Leonard moved all in and Marlon Goonawardne called.
Leonard:
Goonawardne:
The flop was and Leonard flopped a monster draw, even though Marlon Goonawardne was ahead. The turn was the and the river was the . Leonard won the pot with a flush. He doubled up and increased his stack to 180,000.
Marlon Goonawardne is still way ahead with over 1.3 million in chips.