Frank Rusnak pushed from the button for 220,000 and Joseph Kuether made the call from the big blind.
Rusnak:
Kuether:
The flop brought about a mega-sweat for both the players and the rail as the landed on the turn.
Needing a five or a spade to stay alive, Rusnak would snatch the latter as the dropped on the river to send him up the leaderboard with 460,000 in chips.
From the cutoff seat, Allen Bari raised to 60,000. Mikhail Lakhitov reraised from the small blind to 165,000 and Bari called. The flop came down and Lakhitov fired 150,000. Bari called.
The turn was the and Lakhitov checked. Bari fired 285,000 and Lakhitov folded.
Nicholas Blumenthal raised to 65,000 from middle position and Farzad Bonyadi called from the button. Maria Ho also called and she was in the big blind.
The three players took the flop of and action checked around to see the fall on the turn. Action checked to Blumenthal and he bet 80,000. Bonyadi called and Ho folded.
The river card was the and both Blumenthal and Bonyadi checked. Blumenthal tabled the and Bonyadi mucked his hand.
Frank Rusnak has been on the climb back up lately since getting crippled to 45,000 in chips. FIrst, his pocket jacks allowed him to double up and just now he doubled again. He got all in with the against the for Jesse Chinni. The board ran out and Rusnak moved to 250,000 in chips. Chinni was knocked back to 1.2 million.
Allen Bari raised from the button, Frank Rusnak moved all in from the small blind and then Mikhail Lakhitov called all in from the big blind. Bari folded and left Rusnak's to go against Lakhitov's .
The board ran out and Rusnak was knocked all the way back to 45,000 in chips after failing to win this flip.
After Nicholas Blumenthal raised to 65,000 from middle position, Farzad Bonyadi reraised all in for 315,000 from the cutoff seat. Maria Ho reraised all in from the small blind and everyone folded to leave her heads up with Bonyadi.
Bonyadi:
Ho:
The board ran out and Bonyadi hit a king to double up.
Ricky Fohrenbach raised to 65,000 and Sean LeFort moved all in for 450,000. Fohrenbach made the call and both players tabled the . No flush came for either player and the two chopped up the pot.
From the button, Frank Rusnak raised all in for 330,000. Cary Katz called all in for less at 180,000 from the big blind. He held the and was in dominating position to double against the for Rusnak.
Unfortunately for Katz, the board ran out and Rusnak spiked a deuce. He eliminated Katz and moved to about 540,000 in chips.