John McNeilly opened to 18,000 from the hijack seat, and he found calls from three of the players left to act; Michael Traylor (cutoff), Arthur Molloy (small blind), and Drew Caseri (big blind).
The flop brought for the four players, and the blinds checked to the raiser. McNeilly made a continuation bet of 54,000, and that drew a long stare from Traylor before he folded. Molloy and Caseri followed suit with two more folds, and McNeilly only needs one bullet to win that pot.
Tom Masinter was all in for 52,000 after Leroy Patitz raised. Patitz made the call and held the . Masinter was in dominating position to double with the .
Dusty Leary raised to 26,000 from early position and Stanley Quinn called from the small blind to see the flop come down monotone . Quinn checked and Leary checked.
The turn was the and Quinn checked again. Leary fired 25,000 and Quinn made the call.
The river completed the put with the and Quinn fired 60,000. As soon as he bet, Leary folded and Quinn won the pot.
Under the gun, Anthony Winters moved all in for his last 85,000 chips, and Grant Hillman wanted to tangle. From the next seat over, he took his pause to stare at the chip stacks before reraising all in for about 160,000 total. The rest of the table passed out of the way, and the cards were on their backs with Winters at risk.
He tabled , and Hillman gasped at his wrong decision, sheepishly tabling . Thing would improve for Mr. Hillman. The dealer burned a card, and the appeared right in the door. The full board ran , and Winters can't find his double. Despite getting it in as a 4:1 favorite, he's run out of chips, and he's out of the tournament in 17th place.
Joseph Mongkoluaaree raised to 23,000 to start things off. Steve Brown three-bet him to 58,000. Everyone folded back around to Mongkoluaaree and he made the call.
The flop came down and Mongkoluaaree checked. Brown thought for a bit and played with his chips. It looked as those he was counting out a bet amount, but then simply tapped the table for a check.
The turn card was he and Mongkoluaaree checked. Brown fired 64,000 after some deliberation. Mongkoluaaree made the call.
The completed the board on the river and Mongkoluaaree checked. Brown checked behind.
Mongkoluaaree showed the for a pair of kings and Brown tabled the to show that he had the best hand to start. Mongkoluaaree won the pot and moved himself up to 740,000 in chips. Brown dropped to 170,000.
John Miner's opening raise was 60,000 from early position, and that left him pretty much committed to the pot when John McNeilly reraised all in for 174,000. Miner didn't like it, but he called with a similar-sized stack and a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Miner:
McNeilly:
Miner was all around it, but he could not find a six as the board ran . With that, McNeilly has found his double up, all the way back over 350,000 to leave Miner with just 17,000 after paying off his debt.
On the next hand, he was all in for the 16,000 he had in front of him, and big blind Drew Caseri made the call with the lowly . McNeilly's was ahead, but the board came to seal his 18th-place exit.
John Miner opened with a raise to 35,000. Ray Martin moved all in for 145,000 and everyone, including Miner, folded. Big opens seem to be the norm here in Lake Tahoe.
Right after break, Jason Stern fell in 20th and then Ken Churchill followed him out the door in 19th. There are 18 players remaining and here's the two-table redraw.
Table 29
Seat 1: Ray Martin
Seat 2: John McNeilly
Seat 3: Anthony Winters
Seat 4: Grant Hillman
Seat 5: Arthur Molloy
Seat 6: Drew Caseri
Seat 7: John Miner
Seat 8: Ned Mantua
Seat 9: Kevin Fleming
Table 30
Seat 1: Joseph Mongkoluaaree
Seat 2: Steve Brown
Seat 3: Donna Jetter
Seat 4: Stanley Quinn
Seat 5: Leroy Patitz
Seat 6: Michael Traylor
Seat 7: Dusty Leary
Seat 8: Dan Black
Seat 9: Tom Masinter
Nine more players to go before the final table is set!
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for the four players, and the blinds checked to the raiser. McNeilly made a continuation bet of 54,000, and that drew a long stare from Traylor before he folded. Molloy and Caseri followed suit with two more folds, and McNeilly only needs one bullet to win that pot.
. Masinter was in dominating position to double with the 
and Masinter doubled up.
. Quinn checked and Leary checked.
and Quinn checked again. Leary fired 25,000 and Quinn made the call.
and Quinn fired 60,000. As soon as he bet, Leary folded and Quinn won the pot.
, and Hillman gasped at his wrong decision, sheepishly tabling 
appeared right in the door. The full board ran 
, and Winters can't find his double. Despite getting it in as a 4:1 favorite, he's run out of chips, and he's out of the tournament in 17th place.
and Mongkoluaaree checked. Brown fired 64,000 after some deliberation. Mongkoluaaree made the call.
for a pair of kings and Brown tabled the 
. With that, McNeilly has found his double up, all the way back over 350,000 to leave Miner with just 17,000 after paying off his debt.
