Event #41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Mario Puccini opened to 32,000 and action folded over to Morten Mortensen, who went all in from the small blind for his last 114,000. Puccini called to put Mortensen at risk and cards were tabled.

Mortensen:   
Puccini:   

The board ran out       and Mortensen paired his eight to double through Puccini to 272,000.

Puccini is down to 665,000.

Mario Puccini	665,000	-120,000
Morten Mortensen	272,000	151,000

(Before the redraw)

Dylan Hortin opened to 34,000 from under-the-gun and action folded around to Greg Ostrander, who three-bet to 82,000 from the hijack position. Hortin called to see a flop, which came    .

Hortin checked to Ostrander, who bet 150,000. Hortin responded by check-raising all in and Ostrander called after tanking for a bit.

Hortin:   
Ostrander:   

The   turn and   river kept Ostrander in the lead with his jacks and he doubled through Hortin to 1,470,000.

Hortin was knocked back down to 775,000.

Greg Ostrander	1,470,000	750,000
Dylan Hortin	775,000	-608,000

Morten Mortensen opened to 35,000 from middle position and was met with an all-in shove for 276,000 by Elio Fox in the hijack. Mortensen made the call to put Fox at risk and hands were revealed.

Fox:   
Mortensen:   

The       board kept Fox's queens in the lead and he doubled to 590,000.

Mortensen is down to his last 150,000.

Elio Fox	590,000	170,000
Morten Mortensen	150,000	-300,000

Players have taken their seats and cards are back in the air!

We caught up with the action on a     flop. Darryl Ronconi checked to his lone opponent - Peter Nguyen, who fired 53,000 into the middle. Ronconi then check-raised all in for 393,000 and Nguyen tank-called.

Nguyen:    for aces with a jack kicker.
Ronconi:    for two-pair.

The   turn and   river changed nothing and Ronconi doubled through to 830,000. Nguyen slipped to his last 165,000.

Darryl Ronconi	830,000	500,000
Peter Nguyen	165,000	-525,000

We caught up with the action on a     flop, where Mario Puccini had his entire stack of 378,000 in the middle against Hiren Patel.

Patel:    for an open-ended straight draw and flush draw.
Puccini:    for a set of nines.

The   turn and   river left Puccini with nines-full of queens and he doubled through Hiren, who was knocked down to 100,000.

Puccini is up to 820,000.

Mario Puccini	820,000	420,000
Hiren Patel	100,000	-430,000

Karim Lehoussine went all in for his last 130,000 from the hijack position and was called by Jackie Glazier from the button. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.

Glazier:   
Lehoussine:   

The board ran out      , leaving Lehoussine with trip kings, but Glazier with a superior fours-full of kings.

Lehoussine will take home $22,377 for his efforts, while Glazier is up to 1,260,000.

Jackie Glazier	1,260,000	140,000
Karim Lehoussine	0	-130,000

We missed the exact details, however, after a series of preflop raises and re-raises, John Hice found himself all in with    against the    of Kyle Frey.

The board ran out       and Frey's pair of kings sent Hice to the rail.

Kyle Frey	1,170,000	270,000
John Hice	0	-295,000

Alejandro Trevino pushed all in for his last 132,000 from the cutoff and was called by Darryl Ronconi on the button. Directly behind him, Jason Koon pushed all in himself for just under 300,000 and Ronconi again made the call to put both players at risk.

Ronconi:   
Trevino:   
Koon:   

The board ran out       and Koon scooped the pot with his straight, eliminating Trevino in the process.

Koon is up to 740,000 after that one.

Jason Koon	740,000	440,000
Alejandro Trevino	0	-350,000

It was folded over to Vincent Bellissimo, who opened to 21,000. Kyle Frey re-raised to 61,000 total from the big blind and Bellissimo pushed all in for about 240,000. Frey made the call and Bellissimo was at risk.

Bellissimo:   
Frey:   

Bellissimo saw that he was dominated and in bad shape going the flop.

The board ran out       and Frey's hand held up to eliminate Bellissimo.

Kyle Frey	740,000	379,000
Vincent Bellissimo	0	-275,000