The tournament has lost Kevin MacPhee and we are down to 17 players in Event #24.
MacPhee was down to just three big blinds so when the action passed to him on the button it was no surprise that he moved all in. Daniel Cascardo called from the big blind to put MacPhee at risk of elimination.
MacPhee showed and Cascardo . A queen and a nine on the flop left MacPhee drawing to a ten for a straight, but another queen on the turn left him drawing dead.
In a three way all in Daniel Strelitz just had the most equity (64%) with his . Kevin MacPhee had and the player on the button had . Strelitz would end up departing from the tournament hough as an ace popped up on the flop: . The on the turn and on the river made no difference anymore and that was the end of it for Strelitz who finished 48th for $7,174.
Kevin MacPhee just leaned back and told someone at a different table that he just lost a huge pot. We made our way over to his table and were just in time to write down all the cards. MacPhee had still in front of him in the small blind. The under-the-gun player was the owner of and had hit the turn pretty hard: | | . The 180,000 (preflop all in) pot went to the under-the-gun player and Kevin MacPhee has to continue with just short of 50,000.
As we came walking by we saw Dominik Nitsche standing up from the table. Adam Levy told us what had happened. Dominik Nitsche had opened and Huy Nguyen in the big blind had made the call. and Nguyen had checked to Nitsche who had made a 5,000 continuation bet. Nguyen had made a check-raise to 14,000 and before they knew it all the chips went in the middle. Nguyen showed for an open ended while Nitsche showed . Both had a draw and the eight high was leading at the time. The didn't improve anyone and the gave both a pair. The eight kicker played though and Nguyen emerged as the winner in that big hand.
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As we arrived the flop was already out there: . In front of the small blind was 2,900, while the big blind had 9,100 laying out there. Paul Wasicka, who played the hand from middle position, had the All In token in front of him, indicating he had put all of his 126,000 in the middle. The small blind pushed his stack forward and the big blind folded.
Wasicka was looking for a ten or five as he tabled for the open-ended straight draw. The small blind was the proud owner of a set with and would see his hand hold: on the turn and on the river. Wasicka counted 48,700 and pushed them to the small blind.
We just saw Jimmy Fricke getting eliminated by his next door neighbor Salvator Dicarlo. We missed the precise preflop action, as we arrived at the time when all chips were already in the middle, but we suspect Fricke had just put all his chips in from the small blind. Dicarlo in the big blind had looked him up. One of the first hands of the day would be very important for Fricke.
Fricke was going to battle with while Dicarlo had . The flop made them switch which card to root for: . No one would hit though with the on the turn and on the river. Jimmy Fricke wished the table good luck and made his way to the exit.
and Cascardo 
. A queen and a nine on the flop left MacPhee drawing to a ten for a straight, but another queen on the turn left him drawing dead.
. Kevin MacPhee had 
and the player on the button had 
. Strelitz would end up departing from the tournament hough as an ace popped up on the flop: 
. The 
on the turn and 
on the river made no difference anymore and that was the end of it for Strelitz who finished 48th for $7,174.
still in front of him in the small blind. The under-the-gun player was the owner of 
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. The 180,000 (preflop all in) pot went to the under-the-gun player and Kevin MacPhee has to continue with just short of 50,000.
for an open ended while Nitsche showed 
. Both had a draw and the eight high was leading at the time. The 
didn't improve anyone and the 
. In front of the small blind was 2,900, while the big blind had 9,100 laying out there. Paul Wasicka, who played the hand from middle position, had the All In token in front of him, indicating he had put all of his 126,000 in the middle. The small blind pushed his stack forward and the big blind folded.
for the open-ended straight draw. The small blind was the proud owner of a set with 
on the river. Jimmy Fricke wished the table good luck and made his way to the exit.
