McNabola Grabs a Few from Waaland
After winning that big all-in versus Paul Snead, Cory Waaland was soon open-raising to 60,000 from the cutoff, and the action folded to John McNabola in the small blind. McNabola then made a small reraise to 110,000, and after studying that for a moment Kevin Saul folded his big blind.
As Waaland contemplated McNabola's action, conversation revealed that he hadn't noticed Waaland's original raise when he made his bet. "Don't let that affect your decision, though," cracked McNabola. "It does a little," confided Waaland.
Finally Waaland reraised to 225,000, and McNabola called without much hesitation. The flop then came 
, and again McNabola acted quickly by declaring he was all in.
Waaland tanked for a short while, then inquired the floor about the possibility of showing his hand before acting. He was told he couldn't without receiving a penalty, and so after a few moments more Waaland mucked. McNabola showed one card — the 
— and collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,080,000 | 30,000 |
|
935,000 | -115,000 |
. Waaland began to pace back and forth as the dealer put out the 
turn and 
river. Waaland came out on stop and clapped his hands in celebration.
and another check from Foulkes, and this time Bharat bet 80,000 and Foulkes called, building the pot to around 350,000.
, and this time Foulkes decided to lead with a bet of 225,000. Bharat thought about a half-minute and called, then Foulkes turned over 
for an overpair of queens. Bharat tapped the felt and mucked his hand, complimenting Foulkes for having won that round between the two.
and Dare having taken the initiative, with Mintchev check-calling a Dare turn bet.
landed on fifth street, the pot exceeded 300,000 and Mintchev was checking again. This time Dare bet 140,000, and after checking to see what Dare had left behind, Mintchev let his hand go.
. "Well, he didn't have anything," said Pete Campo with a kind of mock incredulity at the sight of Dare's hand.
. John McNabola bet 250,000 from the big blind and Paul Snead called from the button. McNabola then checked the 
and it was good enough to win the large pot as McNabola simply folded. "You were coming no matter what I did," McNabola pointed out.
, making the river 
inconsequential and reducing the field to 12.
flop elicited some "oohs" and "aahs" from the spectators, and then Snead moved all in. Both Schonbach and McNabola seemed frustrated and sent their cards to the muck.
to avoid elimination. But the board came 
, then 
, then 
. Campo meanwhile had 
, Campo had doubled while Massri tumbled to just over 200,000.
