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Christian Escano is quickly sinking towards the bottom of the chip count. In this hand he announced he was all in preflop. When called by an opponent tabling 
, Escano assured him, "You've got me dominated." True to his word, Escano turned over 
.
Escano would receive no help in a board reading 
and is down to just 6,000 after doubling up his opponent to 11,000.
In our first hand, Kenyon McKellar raised to 2,300 from early position. He was called by the big blind.
The flop brought 
and the big blind check-called Miller's bet of 2,000.
The turn was 
. The big blind checked once more, but called off their last 3,200 when McKellar announced he was all in. McKellar's 
were behind the big blind's 
.
The river brought the to McKellar, and he knocked out another opponent, growing his stack to 59,000.
The very next hand a woman announced she was all in for 4,975 on a flop reading 
. McKeller showed his 
before folding, and he's back down to 57,000.
When he's not riding chip-swinging roller coasters, McKellar is a bartender at the Fiesta Henderson.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
There was about 6,000 in the pot preflop at Table 3 between the woman in the small blind and Mac Davis, who was on the button and sporting an old school Jerry Rice jersey. After the flop came 
, the small blind bet 1,500 and was quickly called by Davis. The woman slowed down and checked the 
on the turn, and Davis responded by firing out a bet of 7,000. This was too much for the small blind and she folded, giving Davis the pot and bumping his stack to 29,000.
Dan Miller limped into the pot from second position. The small blind called and Cary Lucier bumped it up to 2,100. Miller called and the small blind folded.
The flop was a draw-heavy 
. Lucier checked, and Miller bet 1,500. Lucier called the bet and they were headed to the turn.
The turn was the 
. Once again, Lucier check-called, this time for 4,000.
The river was the 
. Lucier checked the river and Miller announced he was all in for his remaining 3,825 chips. Lucier called and mucked when he saw Miller had flopped a straight with 
.
We arrived at Table 14 to see Daniel Ahn call another player's all in. Ahn's 
were up against 
. However, Ahn improved to a set on a flop that read 
. The turn delivered a 
with a 
following on the river. Ahn collected a few thousand more chips and freed up a chair for a new player.
Ahn is now sitting with about 29,000 in chips.
Jonathan Kotula, who won this event in 2008, raised preflop and had one caller. After the flop came 
, Kotula bet 3,200 only to have his opponent push all-in. Kotula made the call and flipped over 
, while his opponent was behind with 
. The turn was the and the river . Kotula eliminated another player and increased his stack to well over 40,000. Could Kotula take this event yet again?
Jack McClelland was all in pre-flop with and needed to improve against his opponent's 
. The flop allowed him to do just that when it delivered . The turn was a and the river was a , and McClelland shot up to about 10,800.
Jack McClelland was in the small blind for 300 of his remaining 1475 when he decided to call a players raise. The call put McClelland all in and he turned over 
against his opponent's 
. The flop brought 
and McClelland took the lead. The on the turn and 
on the river changed nothing. With the folded big blind and antes, McClelland is now up to 4,425.
We turned our attention to Table 12 upon hearing a player say they were all in on a board reading . The player, holding was called by Kent Washington who had flopped a set with his . The river was , which gave Washington a full house and some more chips to add to his growing stack.
