Tim Finne has been battling with the short stack for most of this final table, and he just survived another all-in clash. He was all in on fourth street against Zac Fellows and Chris Amaral who checked until the river where Fellows' bet was tank-called by Amaral.
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Fellows made a full house for the high as Finne collected a profit with the low, as Amaral was left caught in the middle.
Michele Limongi raised from under the gun before next to speak, Zac Fellows, popped it up. The table folded around and Limongi made the call.
The flop was and Limongi checked to Fellows who fired a bet. Limongi called. The turn was the and Limongi checked, Fellows bet, before Limongi check-raised. It didn't faze Fellows who popped it up again, with Limongi calling.
The real antics started on the river when Limongi checked the and Fellows fired once more. Limongi was in the tank for a full five minutes in which time he wanted a count of Chris Amaral's chips which were spread out in a mess on the felt. Eventually the clock was called and Limongi plonked out a call but Fellows showed for top two pair to take it down.
Limongi slips to just 135,000 as Fellows is looking strong once again.
Once again Chris Amaral was all in preflop for his last chips and this time his opponent was Tim Finne.
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Needing the board to brick, Amaral and entourage watched the first four cards fall but let out a collective gasp when the peeled off to pair up Finne on the river.
After an entertaining run, Amaral departs in 5th place for a collect of $63,536.
After a dour battle through the Omaha round which saw both short stacks survive with split pots on multiple occasions, Michele Limongi has finally been cracked and eliminated in 4th place.
It was Razz that finally did it in a hand against Zac Fellows:
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Fellows made a ten-low which was enough to finally get the better of his rival and eliminate Limongi from the tournament. He collects $87,264 for a tremendous tournament.
Short stack Tim Finne was recently able to double up during a hand of Razz against Zac Fellows, when Fellows' board ended up double pairing and Finne caught good. As a result the chip counts are now as follows:
James Van Alstyne - 1,825,000
Zac Fellows - 1,800,000
Tim Finne - 550,000