Event #55: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #58: Asi Moshe raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and then called when Henrik Hecklen three-bet all-in from the button.

Moshe showed    and needed some help from the board to beat Hecklen's   . That help failed to arrive as the board ran       to double Hecklen up.

Hand #59: Bobby Poe raised to 70,000 and then tank-folded when Hecklen three-bet all-in from the cutoff.

Hand #60: Poe opened to 70,000 from under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #61: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin raised to 60,000 in the hijack and everyone else folded.

Hand #62: David Jackson raised to 70,000 and won an uncontested pot.

Hand #63: Aaron Massey set the price to play at 65,000 in the hijack and Hecklen called. Hecklen then check-called a 70,000 bet on the     flop. Both players checked the   turn.

Hecklen led for 135,000 on the   fold and Massey folded.

Hand #45: Bobby Poe raised to 70,000 in early position and won the pot uncontested.

Hand #46: David Jackson raised to 70,000 on the button, Michael Ferrer instantly jammed all-in from the big blind and Jackson mucked just as fast.

"Pocket sevens were no good there, were they?" Jackson asked, but Ferrer didn't reply.

Hand #47: Henrik Hecklen moved all-in from early position for 390,000 and nobody wanted to look him up.

Hand #48: David Jackson raised to 70,000 and everyone folded. Jackson showed   .

Hand #49: Jackson made it 70,000 to go from early position and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #50: Asi Moshe raised all-in from the button and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #43: Aaron Massey raised to 70,000 from early position and Brian Kennedy moved all in for 700,000 approximate from the cutoff. Action folded back to Massey who snap-called and tabled   . Kennedy turned over    and needed to improve.

The board ran out       and Kennedy hit the rail in 9th place.

Aaron Massey	2,500,000	700,000
Brian Kennedy	0	-830,000

Hand #31: Michael Ferrer raised to four-times the big blind from the hijack and the other active players folded.

Hand #32: David Jackson made it 70,000 to go from early position and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #33: Bobby Poe opened to 65,000 from the hijack and was facing an all-in bet of 154,000 in total from Timothy West in the big blind. Poe eventually folded and was shown    for his troubles.

Hand #34: Ferrer raised to 120,000 from middle position and won the pot uncontested.

Hand #35: Massey raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Jackson called from the big blind. Jackson then check-folded to a continuation bet on the     flop.

Hand #36: The action passed around to Marc-Etienne McLaughlin on the button and he moved all-in for 235,000 with   . Jackson called in the small blind with    and Massey folded his big blind.

Neither player improved on the       board and McLaughlin doubled, much to the delight of his friends on the rail.

David Jackson	5,000,000	-800,000
Aaron Massey	1,800,000	100,000
Brian Kennedy	830,000	-16,000
Bobby Poe	580,000	-120,000
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	495,000	95,000
Timothy West	225,000	-175,000

Hand #18: David Jackson opened to 70,000 from the small blind and Aaron Massey folded.

Hand #19: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from the cutoff and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #20: Asi Moshe raised to 48,000 from under the gun and David Jackson called from the cutoff. The flop was     and both players checked. The turn was the  , Moshe checked and Jackson bet 50,000. Moshe called to see the   fall on the river. Both players checked, Moshe tabled    and Jackson mucked.

Hand #21: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from middle position and took the blinds and antes.

Hand #22: David Jackson raised to 55,000 from middle position and Brian Kennedy called from the big blind. The flop was    . Kennedy checked, Jackson bet 66,000 and Kennedy folded.

Hand #9: Asi Moshe raised to 48,000 from middle position and everyone folded.

Hand #10: Action folded around to Aaron Massey in the small blind who raised to 62,000 and Michael Ferrer folded.

Hand #11: Asi Moshe raised to 48,000 from under the gun and David Jackson called from the cutoff. The flop was     and both players checked. After the   on the turn, both players again checked. The river was the  , Moshe fired 52,000 and Jackson folded.

Hand #12: Action folded around to Bobby Poe in the small blind who raised to 60,000. Asi Moshe called from the big blind and the flop came down    . Both players checked to see the   come on the turn. Poe bet 56,000 and Moshe made the call. The river was the   and both players checked. Poe tabled    and Moshe mucked.

Hand #1: Brian Kennedy raised to 40,000 from middle position and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin called from the cutoff. The flop was     and both players checked. The turn was the  , Kennedy led for 110,000 and McLaughlin called. The river was the   and Kennedy thought for a couple minutes before sliding out 180,000. McLaughlin thought for a moment and eventually called, but mucked after Kennedy tabled    for quad tens.

Hand #2: Aaron Massey opened to 56,000 from the button and Bobby Poe moved all in from the big blind; Massey folded.

Hand #3: Aaron Massey raised to 56,000 from the cutoff and Bobby Poe moved all in from the small blind; Massey folded.

Brian Kennedy	1,100,000	350,000
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin	400,000	-330,000

Marc-Etienne McLaughlin opened to 40,000 from middle position and Georgios Kapalas three-bet to 92,000 from the button. David Jackson reraised to 215,000 from the small blind. McLaughlin folded, Kapalas five-bet all in and Jackson made the call.

Kapalas:   

Jackson:   

The     flop brought a pair for Kapalas, but gave Jackson a flush draw. The   turn sealed it and the meaningless   fell on the river. Kapalas hit the rail just short of the final table in 10th place.

Georgios Kapalas

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-988,000