Alan Sansone raised to 130,000 from the cutoff, and Richard Gargel made the call out of the big blind.
Both players checked the flop, and the turn prompted an all-in move from Gargel. Sansone called immediately. Gargel tossed into the middle, and Sansone tossed his cards in face down. The dealer informed him they had to be turned over.
"Go ahead," Sansone said. "I can't win."
Sansone's holdings were revealed to be , and an officially completed the hand. Sansone's down to two big blinds.
David Katz pushed all in over the top of a raise from Steve Saklad, who made the call.
Katz:
Saklad:
Chop possibilities opened up for Katz on the flop, but a turn gave Saklad a flush draw to eliminate some outs. The river was the , and Saklad's queen kicker played to send Katz out.
A short-stacked Gina Saldano got the last of her chips in shortly after the recent redraw, but she was unable to produce a winning hand and exited in 18th place.
Although she fell short of the final table, Saldano earned $507 for her deep run here today.
Brandi Baldwin got it all in with the best of it, holding against , but when a straightening board of rolled out by the turn, her tournament was over via a bad beat.
Nonetheless, Baldwin pocketed $507 for the run here today, enough to come back tomorrow and try her hand in the continuing $250,000 guaranteed event.