Short-stacked and sitting on , Jeffrey Hagen open-shoved from under the gun, putting his last 330,000 at risk. A call by Joe Kuether put Hagen up against , and the two player's waited for the flop to reveal their fate.
When the first three cards came , fate seemed to be on Kuether's side, but the showed just how fickle fate can be when it comes to poker. Hagen's supporters on the rail called for spades, and the answered their prayers.
Shouts of "Bingo!" filled the air behind Hagen, who stood and made his own exclamations, with a popular breakfast item blurted out in the excitement. This drew some chuckles from the rail, but Hagen retook his seat with focus etched across his face, oblivious to the laughter.
As told to us by Robert McVeigh, Thomas Laviano opened from the hijack and McVeigh called from the small blind.
The flop came down and both checked to see the turn. McVeigh bet 80,000, Laviano popped it to 300,000, and McVeigh called. The landed on the river and McVeigh checked to Laviano who shoved for 1.39 million.
McVeigh called with for a flush. Laviano's bluff with queen high came up short, ending his run in 15th place.
Robert Mcveigh just notched a double elimination, ousting Tam Truong and Sean Rafael from the field with just ace-queen high.
The two short stacks found themselves all-in preflop, with Truong tabling and Rafael . Holding one another's outs, the two watched as the board came , giving Mcveigh the win and their chips.
Both players will receive identical payouts of $64,376, while the remaining 12 players all earned a $20k+ pay jump with the eliminations.
Dan Kelly just showed the creativity and willingness to gamble that separates the professionals from the amateurs. Or he just got lucky, it all depends on your perspective.
After Theron Eichenberger opened for 80,000, doubling the current big blind, Benny Chang and Kelly came along to see a flop of hit the table. All three players checked this lightly textured board, but on the turn, Kelly opted for a bet of 150,000.
Eichenberger released his hand, but Chang stuck around to see the river, which came . Kelly again led out, this time for 350,000, and Chang pondered his position in the hand for over a minute before tossing a single chip forward for the call.
When Kelly rolled over , Chang had to look at the hand for a moment before mucking his own, a bit surprised to see Kelly called a raise with such a ragged hand, Like they say though, the pros know how to play every hand in the deck effectively, and Kelly's ability to extract value from his trip deuces proved that to be true.
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against Sean Rafael's 
in the cutoff.
, counterfeiting Rafael's pair of sixes and giving Liberto the double up with his tens, sevens, and ace kicker.
, Jeffrey Hagen open-shoved from under the gun, putting his last 330,000 at risk. A call by Joe Kuether put Hagen up against 
, and the two player's waited for the flop to reveal their fate.
, fate seemed to be on Kuether's side, but the 
showed just how fickle fate can be when it comes to poker. Hagen's supporters on the rail called for spades, and the 
answered their prayers.
, giving Mcveigh the win and their chips.
turn, Kelly opted for a bet of 150,000.
. Kelly again led out, this time for 350,000, and Chang pondered his position in the hand for over a minute before tossing a single chip forward for the call.