Allen Kessler opened the button and Mike O'Neill made it 185,000. Alex Yen four-bet to 450,000, and only O'Neill came long. He then led out for 600,000 on the ![]()
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, and Yen mucked. O'Neill showed two eights.
Allen Kessler opened the button and Mike O'Neill made it 185,000. Alex Yen four-bet to 450,000, and only O'Neill came long. He then led out for 600,000 on the ![]()
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, and Yen mucked. O'Neill showed two eights.
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Scot Brady pushed all in from the button for 108,000, and Alex Yen called in the big blind.
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The flop came ![]()
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.
"What a flop," Allen Kessler said. "Something for everybody."
Brady had lots of outs but found only two bricks: the
and
, ending his admirable laddering.
Jim Russler pushed all in from middle position for about 140,000. Mike O'Neill called immediately in the big blind once again, as he'd woken up with ![]()
this time. Russler was dominated with ![]()
.
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Turn: ![]()
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That was it for Russler as the eliminations continue to come fast.
Nick Pupillo shoved all in from the cutoff and Mike O'Neill called quickly in the big blind.
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Pupillo had live cards and asked for one time, but no help came on the ![]()
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.
"It's gotta be a nine," Allen Kessler said, but instead it was a straight draw Pupillo didn't want to see as the
fell. He needed a queen, but the
hit.
Pupillo busted seventh last year and did one better here in 2015.
Craig Spalding got his last 300,000 or so in from the small blind with ![]()
but he was crushed by Alex Yen's ![]()
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flop offered little hope for Spalding, but the
turn gave him outs with an open-ender. The
river missed him, and Yen has about half of the chips in play six-handed.
Jim Will shoved for 83,000, and Allen Kessler isolated in the cutoff on his left for 150,000. Everyone else mucked.
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Kessler claimed Will had a good chance, and the ![]()
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gave both players a straight draw on the flop.
"Queen would be alright," Kessler said.
Indeed it was a
on the turn, and the "Chainsaw" scored an elimination.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Mike O'Neill bet 50,000 from the cutoff, and Nick Pupillo check-raised from under the gun to 130,000 on a ![]()
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flop. O'Neill peeled, and the
hit. Pupillo bet 154,000, and O'Neill said he was all in. Pupillo snap-called.
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O'Neill's draw got bigger on the turn, and he decided to roll with it. The dealer brought out the
river to complete his flush draw.
"Nice hand," Pupillo said right away. He sent 303,000 across the table.
Players are on a break for 10 minutes.