Zachary Clark called 4,000 on the turn with the board reading before the completed the board on the river. Clark's opponent thought for a minute and then announced that he was all in for approximately 30,000 in chips. Clark snap-called and tabled the for the nut flush. His opponent quickly mucked, angrily, and headed out the door.
Clark raked in the pot and stacked 'em up. He's now just under six figures as we move to about the halfway point in the last level of the day.
Anthony Spinella has been the clear chip leader of the tournament for the last hour, so its no surprise that he's the first player to crack the 200,000 mark. We caught the hand where it happened. The button min raised Spinella's big blind, and since 800 chips is nothing to him at the moment, its no surprise that he called. The flop came , and both players checked. The turn brought the , and Spinella led out for 3200. His opponent called and they took a river of . Spinella cut out a bet of 6500, and his opponent called again. Spinella flipped up for two pair, and his opponent shook his head and mucked.
Spinella is now sitting at a whopping 205,000, nearly 100,000 then anyone else by our estimations.
Brad Garrett has just been sent to the rail by Anders Taylor after being crippled by Tom Macey as we approach the halfway mark of the final level on Day 1.
Earlier, the action folded to Macey who raised from late position; Garrett called from the blinds, so it was heads-up to the flop of . Garrett checked, Macey bet 4,000 and Garrett check-raised to 12,000 before Macey announced he was all-in. Garrett snap-called.
Macey:
Garrett:
Needing one of 16 outs, neither the on the turn or the river were what Garrett was looking for. Over the next few hands, Garrett pushed all-in and stole a few blinds and antes, but then in his final hand, he pushed all-in for 11,100 after a button raise preflop to 2,000. Taylor called from the small blind and the button got out of the way before the cards were tabled:
Taylor:
Garrett:
Board:
Although Garrett wasn't shown the love today from the cards, he definitely earned the respect of his fellow players, who all got up and shook hands with him before he took his leave. Well played, sir!
Macey is now up to 85,500 while Taylor is now on 92,500.
We missed the preflop action but saw that there was already a decent amount in the pot between two of our bigger stacks. On the flop, Anthony Spinella bet 5,000 and Greg Mueller called. The on the turn went check check as the players saw a river. This time Spinella threw out a hefty 15,100 bet. Mueller counted out the chips and said that he felt that his opponent got there on the turn or river. He eventually made the big call and Spinella showed . Mueller flashed before he mucked his hand and said that he was thankful that he didn’t lose more at least. Spinella was up to 185,000 after the hand while Mueller was down to 27,000.
We caught up with the action three handed on a flop. One player checked to Victor Ramdin who bet 2,000. The next player called while the first played folded and the turn when check check. On the river, Ramdin check called his opponents 3,500 bet. He was shown for trips though and mucked his hand. Ramdin was down to 37,000 after the hand.
When we got to Amit Mahkija's table, he was all in for 16,750 after a raise from the cutoff and a call from the button. The cutoff tanked for over a minute before going all in himself. The button folded after about 20 seconds of thought, and the two players flipped their cards up.
Mahkija:
Opponent:
The board ran out , and Mahkija doubled up to around 35,000. After the hand, the button sarcastically told the cutoff "nice shove" as he told the table he folded AQ, meaning that Mahkija was lucky in more ways then one to survive the hand.
Greg Mueller has just taken a pot off Anthony Spinella, who only just arrived at table four as the final level of the day approaches.
However, it's not going to prove too much of a big deal for Spinella, as we almost fell over when we saw the mountain of chips he had of front of him.
"This guy's been running sick, it's amazing!" Mueller exclaimed. The frivolity was soon over, though, as Mueller and Spinella found themselves heads-up into a flop that read . Mueller opened for 3,000 and Spinella called, then both players checked the turn of the before Mueller fired again after the river . Spinella folded his hand and Mueller increased his stack to 54,000.
As for Spinella? He's on 160,000 in chips. MIND = BLOWN.
before the 
completed the board on the river. Clark's opponent thought for a minute and then announced that he was all in for approximately 30,000 in chips. Clark snap-called and tabled the 
for the nut flush. His opponent quickly mucked, angrily, and headed out the door.
, and both players checked. The turn brought the 
, and Spinella led out for 3200. His opponent called and they took a river of 
. Spinella cut out a bet of 6500, and his opponent called again. Spinella flipped up 
for two pair, and his opponent shook his head and mucked.
. Garrett checked, Macey bet 4,000 and Garrett check-raised to 12,000 before Macey announced he was all-in. Garrett snap-called.
on the turn or the river 
were what Garrett was looking for. Over the next few hands, Garrett pushed all-in and stole a few blinds and antes, but then in his final hand, he pushed all-in for 11,100 after a button raise preflop to 2,000. Taylor called from the small blind and the button got out of the way before the cards were tabled:
on the turn went check check as the players saw a 
. Mueller flashed 
before he mucked his hand and said that he was thankful that he didn’t lose more at least. Spinella was up to 185,000 after the hand while Mueller was down to 27,000.
turn when check check. On the 
for trips though and mucked his hand. Ramdin was down to 37,000 after the hand.
, and Mahkija doubled up to around 35,000. After the hand, the button sarcastically told the cutoff "nice shove" as he told the table he folded AQ, meaning that Mahkija was lucky in more ways then one to survive the hand.