Uncle Johnny Joins the Party
Level 6
: 300/600, 0 ante
John Esposito was just seen walking with chips in a rack to take his seat as the most recently-registered player in the field. He did not waste much time before firing this bird after finishing in third place in the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship not long ago for a massive payday of $466,407.
Esposito is the second player of the day to have registered this tournament after being eliminated from the final table of the aforementioned Poker Players Championship. Bryce Yockey was the 4th place finisher in that event, earning $325,989 and was ready for some Omaha Hi-Lo as soon as he busted, having already built his stack up to around 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
20,900
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20,900 |
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60,000 | |
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and both players checked. The turn was 
and Yockey fired for 4,000. Martini made the call. Both players then checked the 
river.
for the king-high flush and Martini was unable to top it, sending his cards to the muck and finding himself with under 25 big blinds in his stack.
. Nick Guagenti checked from the small blind and John Monnette checked behind him in the big blind. Chris Vitch was in early position and bet 1,100. Allen Kessler was on the button and called. Guagenti folded and Monnette called. Three players went to the 
turn and all three checked.
and Monnette led out for 4,000. Vitch and Kessler both folded and Monnette took down the pot without a showdown, having recently chipped up from 8,600 to nearly triple that.
, clean as can be for Wilkerson to secure the double as the dealer counted his stack to confirm the figure.
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with a player from middle position all in. Action was on the cutoff, who had a bet of 3,000 in front of him already. He folded, putting action onto Roger Teska on the button who had a bet of 15,000 already out. He called all in for less than the original shove to put action on the small blind, who was the final player in the hand. The small blind asked for a count and ultimately made the call.
