Rodney Colson has heaps as the night nears its end.
Rodney Colson bet 25,000 on the end on a board of , and Mychal Sheridan thought for awhile before tossing out a call. Colson showed for top pair on the flop, and Sheridan seemed peeved at himself as he mucked, saying he had a small pair in the hole.
"You don't hit your set, you get out," he muttered to himself.
Rob Wazwaz three-bet to 12,000 from the button after a player raised to 5,500 in an early position. The opener shipped for about 45,000, and Wazwaz quickly called.
"Good luck," Wazwaz said upon seeing his opponent's , indicating it was a race. Indeed, Wazwaz flipped .
A community of meant Wazwaz locked it up on the river with a pair of aces. After the hand, he proclaimed that he knew he would get there. A player asked how he knew, and Wazwaz was vague.
Table 29 just saw by far the biggest pot of the night.
Brady Nissen had about 160,000, and he got it all in at risk on the turn with the board reading with , top two pair. Andrew Null covered him and had the better hand with set of sixes (), and he needed only to fade a queen or a jack on the river. Paint hit the board, but it was the , and Null dragged the enormous pot while a disappointed Nissen looked on.
Nick Pupillo, pictured at MSPT Tropicana Evansville
Alan Carty opened for 4,200 under the gun, and Nick Pupillo jammed his 28,500 stack from middle position. Action folded back to Carty, who quickly called. Pupillo shook his head, revealing , but he was in better shape than he seemed to expect as Carty had . One of Pupillo's outs materialized on the board, but since it was preceded by a third eight for Carty, it was for naught.
We found Mark Sandness in the aftermath of an all in on a board of . The defending champ had in front of him, and his opponent had failed to catch up with . Sandness had his foe covered, and he collected the player's stack as everyone racked up to break the table.
, and Mychal Sheridan thought for awhile before tossing out a call. Colson showed 
for top pair on the flop, and Sheridan seemed peeved at himself as he mucked, saying he had a small pair in the hole.
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meant Wazwaz locked it up on the river with a pair of aces. After the hand, he proclaimed that he knew he would get there. A player asked how he knew, and Wazwaz was vague.
, top two pair. Andrew Null covered him and had the better hand with set of sixes (
), and he needed only to fade a queen or a jack on the river. Paint hit the board, but it was the 
, and Null dragged the enormous pot while a disappointed Nissen looked on.
. One of Pupillo's outs materialized on the 
board, but since it was preceded by a third eight for Carty, it was for naught.
. The defending champ had 
in front of him, and his opponent had failed to catch up with 