Zbigniew Fido Eliminated in 7th Place ($39,740)

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Level 35 : 200,000/400,000, 40,000 ante

A massive confrontation of pocket pairs just occurred, with Carlos Alvarado coming out on top of the genuine cooler.

Acting from early position, John Yanni open-shoved for a right around 4 million, with Zbigniew Fido following suit from the next seat over. Fido's bet was for about 2.5 million, and when the action folded around to Alvarado, he announced himself all in as well, putting his last 4.6 million into the middle.

The railbirds, reporters and even the players themselves craned their necks in anticipation of the climactic collision.

Alvarado:
Yanni:
Fido:

When two separate pairs of jacks were turned up in the face of a pair of kings, whoops and hollers went around the table, as Alvarado had both of his opponent's looking for four-flushes or straights alone.

The final board rolled out to leave Alvarado's cowboys in the lead, and when the accounting was sorted out Yanni was left with just 635,000 - or just two big blinds - with which to mount his comeback.

On the very next hand that micro-stack was open-jammed, and both Mitchell Mantin and Philip Neiman calling and checking down through the river, seeking to double-team Yanni for the knockout.

The final board read when it was all said and done, and both Neiman and Mantin failed to show their hands, as they couldn't beat the board. Yanni tabled the for king high, and with that he had surged back from the brink to give himself a new lease on life.