Nick Pupillo, pictured at MSPT Tropicana Evansville
Nick Pupillo, who made a deep run in Mid-States Poker Tour Tropicana Evansville last month, is among the recently registered. Pupillo took seventh there for $8,647, and he notably cashed for $99,981 at the Monster Stack tournament in this year's World Series of Poker. A native of Illinois, Pupillo is located within the tour's footprint, and we may see him at more stops in the future.
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Brandon Meyers and Lance Harris, who have $975,517 and $231,290 respectively in live cashes and seven figures each online, both just walked into the venue and took seats in the tournament.
A player opened for 700 in early position and was called by Paul Cross in middle position. The player on the button shoved all in for 3,400, and the opener called. Cross moved all in, and he folded out the raiser to isolate the player on the button.
Cross:
Button:
The board ran out , meaning Cross won with aces on the river.
A player in the small blind put his last 10,225 in the pot on the end, with the board having come . Mychal Sheridan was considering his choices from early position when we got to the table, and he sighed and said he was calling.
"It's yours," the small blind said with disappointment, showing .
Jim Lawrence and Matt Kirby checked out of the blinds on a board of , and a player in middle position bet 1,300. Both blinds called, and a finished out the board. The blinds checked once more, and the middle player bet what looked like 1,625. Lawrence quickly folded, but Kirby indicated he wanted to see his opponent's stack. Seeing it was 5,025 more, Kirby put the player all in, and he folded without much thought.
, Gary Tsui got it all in holding 
against an opponent who couldn't beat his top full house.
, meaning Cross won with aces on the river.
. Mychal Sheridan was considering his choices from early position when we got to the table, and he sighed and said he was calling.
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for a king-high flush.
