From under the gun, David Carey raised all in for 186,000. Action slid over to Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano, and he made the call after the dealer gave him the official count. Everyone else folded, and it was Carey's against the for Mariano.
"I need some of your luck," said Mariano to Eric Ethans, citing the earlier hand when Ethans came from behind in miraculous fashion with ace-queen versus Robert Fein's pocket aces.
Ethans responded by blowing Mariano a kiss.
The board ran out , and Mariano couldn't land the knockout blow to Carey, who "survived" the hand and successfully doubled up.
Joshua Gibbs just ended up all in for his last 153,000 chips and Jill Hoelting came over the top for 214,000 total, after which Eric Ethans called to put two players at risk of getting knocked out.
Gibbs:
Hoelting:
Ethans:
The board ran out and Hoelting knocked out Gibbs, while doubling through Ethans in the process.
Marty Gorenc's run in the 2015 Run It Up Reno $565 Main Event at the Peppermill Reno has come to an end, after he failed to win an all-in clash with Valerie Hanley.
After Hanley raised to 50,000 from the cutoff seat, Gorenc moved all in for around 300,000 from the big blind. Hanley made the call with the , and she was well out in front of Gorenc's .
"Nice hand," said Gorenc.
"Thanks, but anything can still happen," responded Hanley.
The board ran out to give Hanley a full house and send Gorenc to the rail in 17th place. Stay tuned for a complete redraw of the final 16 players.
Ivan Zarate was all in with pocket eights against the pocket queens of Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano. No help came for Zarate, and he was eliminated in 18th place.
On the flop, Kristin Kane was all in for 349,000 with the . She was up against the for Marty Gorenc. The and completed the board, and Kane doubled to nearly 800,000 in chips. Gorenc dropped back to 350,000 or so.