Event #11: No-Limit Hold'em Main Event

Bryan Campanello and Gary Friedlander take a flop of     and action checks over to Friedlander. He bets 200,000 from the button only to have Campanello come over the top with a check-raise to 550,000. Friedlander moves all in and Campanello calls for his tournament life of 2.11 million.

Campanello:   
Friedlander:   

Campanello leads with his set of fives but Friedlander is drawing live with four to a spade flush. Friedlander ultimately bricks out, though, as the turn and river are the   and the  , respectively. Campanello doubles up is now back atop the chip counts.

Bryan Campanello - 4,525,000 (113 BBs)
Gary Friedlander - 3,060,000 (76 BBs)

Danny Doucet raises to 125,000 from under the gun and finds calls from Bryan Campanello in the cutoff and Alan Ramkhalawan in the small blind.

The flop falls     and all three players check to see the   on the turn. Action checks to Doucet who moves 150,000 past the betting line. Campanello calls and Ramkhalawan lets it go. The   pairs the board on the river and Doucet bets 350,000. Campanello flings away his cards and Doucet is awarded the pot.

Danny Doucet - 1,880,000 (47 BBs)
Bryan Campanello - 3,340,000 (83 BBs)

John Kloch raises to 65,000 from under the gun only to have Bryan Campanello three-bet to 170,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds fold back around to Kloch and he flats the raise.

The flop brings     to the felt and Kloch comes out swinging into the raiser for 220,000. Campanello calls and sees the turn bring a third heart with the  . Kloch bets 350,000 on fourth street and Campanello calls once again.

The   hits the river and Kloch instantly announces that he is all in for about 700,000 more. Campanello looks at the fourth heart, lets out a sigh, then drops calling chips forward. He shows    for the second nuts. Kloch shakes his head and rolls over    for a pair of jacks and the second best hand.

Campanello rakes in the pot and Kloch is out in 6th place for $33,796. Interestingly enough, this is Kloch's first tournament cash and first final table. He won his seat to this tournament in a home game played with eight of his friends. Not bad for a first live tournament score!

Bryan Campanello - 3,500,000 (116 BBs)
John Kloch - Eliminated

Agustin Berumen ships all in from the cutoff for roughly 800,000 and Eric Blair moves all in over the top from the button for just under 1 million. The blinds fold and the hands are tabled with Berumen at risk for his tournament life.

Berumen:   
Blair:   

Blair holds a tight grip on the hand heading to the community cards and keeps his lead on the     flop. The   pairs the board on the turn, leaving Berumen looking for one of the two remaining fours on the river. Unfortunately for Berumen, the river is the   and he is eliminated in eighth place.

Eric Blair - 1,950,000 (65 BBs)
Agustin Berumen - Eliminated

After an earlier spar with Bryan Campanello, Gary Friedlander once again pushes back against the two-time Circuit ring winner.

Campanello opens with a mid-position raise to 60,000 and it folds around to Friedlander in the small blind who reraises to 190,000. Campanello four-bets to 330,000 and Friedlander takes a moment before announcing a five-bet. Campanello instantly throws away his hand before an amount is stated and Friedlander moves into the chip lead.

Gary Friedlander - 3,550,000 (118 BBs)
Bryan Campanello - 3,300,000 (110 BBs)

A short-stacked John Parten ships all in for just under 200,000 and Bryan Campanello calls from the big blind. Parten shows    and looks to improve against Campanello's   .

The flop comes down     with a king in the window, keeping Campanello in the lead. Parten fails to improve on the turn ( ) or the river ( ) and he becomes the first casualty of the day.

Bryan Campanello - 3,950,000 (131 BBs)
John Parten - Eliminated

Cards are in the air for the unofficial final table of ten!