It happened when Joe Iannello limped, Sunny Ali called from the small blind, and the big blind checked his option. When the flop came down , the big blind checked, Iannello bet 75,000, and Ali raised to 200,000. The big blind folded, Iannello called, and the appeared on the turn.
Iannello was first to act and moved all in for right around 900,000, and Ali snap-called.
Iannello:
Ali:
Iannello had turned a wheel, but Ali had him bested with a six-high straight. The table was in disbelief at the hand, but Iannello could still chop with a six. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Iannello missed and became the 11th-place finisher.
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Two quick eliminations — one at each table — means we're down to the final table of 10 players.
In the first, action folded to Adam Lamphere in the small blind and he just limped. Gary Tsui then moved all in from the big for his remaining 150,000, and Lamphere snap-called.
Tsui:
Lamphere:
Lamphere had played his big pocket pair coyly, and Tsui fell into the trap. Tsui managed to pick up a wheel draw on the turn card, but the river blanked and he was dispatched in 12th place for $6,109.
Jay Slonske got his last 313,000 all in preflop and found himself chasing David Sutton.
Sutton:
Slonske:
The flop didn't do Slonke any favors, and he needed to pair his deuce to double. The turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the turn. Slonske, a local $2-$4 limit player here at Potawatomi, missed and took his leave from the tournament in 13th place, good for $4,703.
Action folded around to Kenny Go in the small blind and he moved all in for 495,000. Sunny Ali looked down at his cards in the big, liked what he saw, and made the call.
Go:
Ali:
Go got it in good, but the flop was disaster as Ali made a pair of aces. The turn meant Go needed a six and a six only on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked.
A preflop raising war resulted in poker pro Shiva Dudani getting his stack all in against John Sun.
Sun:
Dudani:
Dudani had a kicker problem after the flop paired both players' ace, and he failed to pair it as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river. Dudani will take home $4,703 for his 15th-place finish.
Kenny Go opened for 60,000 only to have Shiva Dudani move all in from the big blind. Go had the small er stack and opted to call off for 286,000.
Dudani:
Go:
Go seemed surprised to be ahead, but he stood nonetheless to watch the flop come down . "Stop it there," Go said when the turn gave Dudani an open-ended straight draw. Fortunately for Go, Dudani missed it as the blanked on the river.