The monotone flop read when we found Michael Assante and Leonardo Palermo heads up. Palermo checked to Assante who bet 50,000. Action was back on Palermo and he decided to cut out a check-raise to 120,000.
Suddenly it was back to Assante to make a decision and he announced that he was all in. This was a bet for Palermo's tournament life and after about fifteen seconds he announced a call, showing .
"Wow," said Assante, "I'm totally dead." He showed
"How did you not snap his face off!? remarked Mike Jukich to Palermo.
The turn brought the and gave Assante a glimmer of hope to make a straight with a non-club ten. The river was the , however, and Palermo's nut flush secured him a double.
Tony Natale checked on over to Michael Assante who fired 50,000. Natale called and the dealer produced the on the river. Natale checked once again and Assante fired a bet of 100,000. Natale announced a call.
Assante rolled over {ks] for top pair and Natale mucked his hand. Assante is now up to 2.32 million.
Ken Silberstein opened with a raise to an unknown amount and Andrew Rudnik replied by moving all in over the top for 295,000 total. Action came back to Silberstein and he instantly announced a call.
Silberstein:
Rudnik:
Rudnik was behind and in need of help going to the community cards. The dealer fanned and the table let out a collective gasp as Rudnik was able to make a set and jump into the lead. Silberstein could not find a king or a queen on the turn () or the river () and Rudnik was able to double through.
Rudnik now has about 630,000 while Silberstein has fallen to around 540,000.
Ken Silberstein opened to 37,000 before the flop and Leonardo Palermo called from the big blind. Both players tapped the table after seeing the flop which prompted the dealer to put the on the turn. Another check to Silberstein allowed him to bet 51,000. Palermo stuck around and the river brought the .
Palermo checked once more and Silberstein bet 70,000. Palermo snapped him off and tabled . Silberstein mucked and Palermo took down the pot. He's now sitting on about 680,000 while Silberstein has fallen to around 630,000.
Patrick Friday opened with an early position raise to 60,000 and Michael Assante three-bet to 120,000 from two seats over. Action folded all of the way back to Friday and he announced all in for about 300,000 total. Assante snapped him off.
Friday:
Assante:
Assante was crushed and looking for help. Unfortunately for him, the dealer's did not do the job and he became our official final table bubble boy.
Now that the final table has been reached official chip counts will be on the way.
Ken Silberstein completed from the small blind only to have Rex Clinkscales make it 40,000 to go from the big. Silberstein stuck around and the dealer showed the two a flop of . Silberstein checked on over and Clinkscales fired 50,000.
Silberstein slid out a check-raise to 200,000 and Clinkscales went into the tank. With only 300,000 behind Clinkscales was making a decision to put his tournament life on the line this hand. A moment passed before Clinkscales opted to lay it down and the pot was pushed to Silberstein.
when we found Michael Assante and Leonardo Palermo heads up. Palermo checked to Assante who bet 50,000. Action was back on Palermo and he decided to cut out a check-raise to 120,000.
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and gave Assante a glimmer of hope to make a straight with a non-club ten. The river was the 
, however, and Palermo's nut flush secured him a double.
on the river. Natale checked once again and Assante fired a bet of 100,000. Natale announced a call.
for top pair and Natale mucked his hand. Assante is now up to 2.32 million.
and the table let out a collective gasp as Rudnik was able to make a set and jump into the lead. Silberstein could not find a king or a queen on the turn (
) or the river (
flop which prompted the dealer to put the 
on the turn. Another check to Silberstein allowed him to bet 51,000. Palermo stuck around and the river brought the 
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. Silberstein mucked and Palermo took down the pot. He's now sitting on about 680,000 while Silberstein has fallen to around 630,000.
did not do the job and he became our official final table bubble boy.
. Silberstein checked on over and Clinkscales fired 50,000.