A little family rivalry ended with Tom MacKinnon falling in 10th place. His nephew, D.J. MacKinnon, opened to 22,000. Tom moved all in for 101,000 and D.J. called after getting an exact count.
Tom MacKinnon:
D.J. MacKinnon:
The younger MacKinnon's hand held up through the board, and we're down to nine players.
Rob Bourney pushed all in with the and Bob Herman called with a dominating . Once again the best hand held up through an uneventful board and Bourkney made his exit.
After winning a flip with ace-king against D.J. MacKinnon's pocket queens, Scott Hosbach took a flop against chip leader Nick Walker. Hosbach committed his stack with the and needed to fade a plethora of ous against Walker's . The turn and river bricked off, and Hosbach is right back in it.
Adam Foster, who had been quiet at this final table, shoved for 133,000 from the cutoff and Scott Hosbach called from the button. Scott Gaddi though it over for about 30 seconds in the big blind befor letting it go. Cards on their backs.
Foster:
Hosbach:
The Hosbach buzzsaw continued to drive through this field as the board sent Foster to the rail in eighth place.
Scott Gaddi raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Bob Herman called all in for less in the big blind. "Time to gamble," said Herman as he rolled over his . He had live cards against Gaddi's , but the board sent him to the cashier to collect his $2,462 payday.
A lot of small pots are being passed around at this time. Brian McCormick still leads with about 940,000, although it's difficult to get an exact count of his tower of red and yellow chips.
Brian McCormick only has two results on his Hendon Mob database profile, but one of them came right here in last year's Seneca Fall Poker Classic. McCormick finished runner-up to Andy Spears in the Main Event, pocketing more than $32,000 for his two days of work. It was a back-and-forth heads-up battle between McCormick and Spears, but eventually the seasoned pro ousted the amateur after nearly five hours.