Mascolo Over a Million
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Giulo Mascolo opened to 22,000 in the hijack and action folded around to Yin Liu, who three-bet to 85,000 from the big blind. Mascolo called and the two saw a flop of 
. Liu made a continuation-bet of 85,000 and Mascolo called.
Action checked through the turn 
, bringing the river 
on board. Liu checked once more and Mascolo responded by going all in for around 430,000.
Liu went into the tank for around two minutes as Mascolo sat still, giving off nothing as he awaited action. Eventually, Liu folded and Mascolo raked in the pot that was sent his way, adding several new stacks of T5,000 to his total, surpassing seven figures along the way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,085,000 | 382,000 |
|
602,000 | -110,000 |
removed those two outs as Lukac improved to a full house, leaving his only chance at survival being a river ace to chop with a higher full house. Unfortunately for the Czech native and 2011 WSOP Main Event runner up, the river fell 
and sent him home from the tournament shortly after the first break of the day.
board gave Rusu aces and queens, sending Quintas to the payout desk.
for Violleau to hold and eliminate the Day 1a chip leader.
and Lesniewski hit the ace on the river to double.
