From the small blind, Anthony Spinella raised to 50,000. It was Ravi Raghavan's big blind and he gave it up. Allowing Spinella to pick on him some more.
From under the gun, Ravi Raghavan raised to 52,000. Action folded to Anthony Spinella in the big blind and he reraised all in. Raghavan folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
600,000 | 15,000 |
|
520,000 | 520,000 |
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Bryan Colin has been riding the poker rollercoaster, but he's back up to 760,000 after a couple of big hands played out over on table 280.
Earlier, Colin went heads-up to a flop of 
with Jeffrey Papola; both players checked their option after the flop, as well as on the turn of the 
before Papola opened for 130,000 on the river of the 
. Colin thought about it for a moment and then let his hand go.
A short time later, we caught Colin heads-up in a flop with George Palkotzy with a board that read 
with around 180,000 in the middle. Jalkotzy led out for 110,000 after the turn and Colin called before the dealer produced the 
on the river.
Palkotzy checked, but quicky folded after Colin fired out down a bet of 200,000. Jalkotzy is now on 535,000 while Papola is up to 1,485,000 in chips.
David Vamplew is increasing his chip lead even further, now out to 2.56 million after taking another pot off Anthony Spinella.
Vamplew raised to 43,000 from the button and Michael Spinella called from the big blind to go heads-up to a flop that read 
. Spinella check-called both Vamplew's bets of 59,000 after the flop and of 133,000 after the turn of the 
.
Spinella then checked to Vamplew again on the river of the ; this prompted Vamplew to announce that he was all-in.
"Sigh. Nice play," Spinella muttered before throwing his hand away. Spinella is down to 585,000.
From under the gun, Jeff Papola raised to 40,000. Bryan Colin called out of the small blind and Eddie Blumenthal folded in the big blind. Colin and Papola saw the flop come down 
and Colin checked to the preflop aggressor. Papola fired 50,000 as his continuation bet, but was met with resistance in the form of a check-raise to 122,000 from Colin. Papola gave it up and Colin won the hand.
Bryan Colin check-called a bet of 52,000 on the flop of 
from Eddie Blumenthal. The turn was the and Colin checked again. Blumenthal checked behind this time to see the pair the board on the river. It also brought in a spade flush draw. After Colin checked, Blumenthal began reaching for chips. He bet 103,000 and Colin mulled it over. Eventually, Colin made the call.
Blumenthal tabled the 
for a spade flush after having turned top pair. Colin showed that he called Blumenthal with the 
. Colin slipped to 600,000 while Blumenthal increased to 1.53 million.
The eight remaining players in this year's $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event have been playing small-ball since we've returned for this pre-dinner session, but we've managed to pick up a few flops here and there for you.
However, Anthony Spinella has picked up a couple of pots early on over at table 279. Earlier, Spinella made a button raise to 46,000 preflop and David Vamplew called to go heads-up to a flop of 
, only to check-fold after Spinella's bet of 75,000.
In the next hand, Spinella raised to 41,000 from the cutoff; this time, Geffrey Klein called out of the big blind, but he also check-folded after Spinella's bet of 70,000 after the flop of 
.
We then picked up the same scenario next door on table 280, with George Jalkotzy raising to 43,000 from the cutoff before Jeffrey Papola calling out of the big blind to see a flop of 
, before Papola check-folded to Jalkotzy's bet of 50,000.
With only one elimination to go until the final table, small wonder then that the players are now playing small ball.
The cards are back in the air!
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,259,000 | -11,000 |
|
1,487,000 | -63,000 |
|
1,368,000 | -152,000 |
|
784,000 | 114,000 |
|
|
727,000 | 47,000 |
|
727,000 | -193,000 |
|
|
663,000 | 158,000 |
|
|
641,000 | -79,000 |
