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Frank Vizza
Frank Vizza limped into the pot from early position, and Alex Bolotin and Michael Michnik saw a cheap flop from the blinds.
Three handed, the flop came . Bolotin led out with a bet of 35,000. Michnik folded, while Vizza made the call.
On the turn, the paired the board. This time, both men checked. The river brought another repeat card, the . Bolotin checked one more, and Vizza fired out 70,000 chips. Without hesitation, Bolotin announced, "I call," tabling . Vizza open-mucked his own hand, revealing .
Frank Vizza has been a complete card rack here in the early going, but Bolotin finally managed to take a pot off the visor-wearing pro.
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With the betting folded around to the blinds, Alex Bolotin opened with a raise. Big blind Michael Michnik announced that he was all in for 217,000, and Bolotin quickly called, putting his opponent's tournament life in jeopardy.
Showdown:
Bolotin:
Michnik:
The flop smiled on Michnik as it came down . The turn and river were the and respectively, and Michnik's pair of kings is the winner. With that, he doubles his way up to 445,000, leaving Bolotin behind with his 320,000.
donpeters
Action folded around to Jason Young on the button and he moved all in for 171,000 total. Matt Brady got out of the way from the small blind and Alex Bolotin called in the big blind with pocket sixes. Young held .
The flop was good for Young when it came and the crowd let out a big cheer for Young. The turn stayed clean with the and Bolotin would need a six on the river to bust Young.
The dealer dealt the on the river and Young slapped hands with his mates on the rail as Bolotin shipped over the chips.
donpeters
Chris Klodnicki - 8th Place
After eliminating David Zeitlin, Frank Vizza proceeded to raise the next few hands all to 55,000. Finally, he got some action when he raised to 55,000 from early position and Chris Klodnicki moved all in for about 400,000 from the big blind. Vizza quickly made the call.
Showdown:
Vizza:
Klodnicki:
The board ran out and that would be it for Klodnicki. He passed his chips over to Vizza and made his way to the rail in 8th place.
donpeters
David Zeitlin - 9th Place
Frank Vizza raised to 55,000 from the cutoff seat after action folded to him. The button and small blind folded before David Zeitlin reraised all in for a little over 300,000 chips. Vizza tossed over pocket aces and made the call.
Showdown:
Vizza:
Zeitlin:
The flop came down and Zeitlin stood from his seat to get a head start on his exit. The turn was the and then the river the . Vizza made a full house on the hand and sent Zeitlin to the rail as the first player out. He earned a little over $20,000 for his efforts.
Vizza is now the first player over one million chips!
donpeters
Matt Brady opened from middle position to 48,000. Everyone folded around to John Nixon on the button and he took his time to act, a long time. So long in fact, that Alex Bolotin called the clock on Nixon. With about 30 seconds left on the timer, Nixon put in a reraise to 130,000 and action folded back over to Brady.
"They teach you that in Canada?" asked Brady.
"What? To three bet?" responded Nixon.
"No, the ten-minute-tank reraise," said Brady before taking a moment longer to make the fold.
donpeters
Matt Brady raised from the hijack seat to 39,000. and action folded around to Chris Klodnicki in the small blind. Klodnicki reraised to 105,000 and took down the pot.
Only two flops have been seen thus far at the final table and no betting occurred on either of those flops.
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. Bolotin led out with a bet of 35,000. Michnik folded, while Vizza made the call.
paired the board. This time, both men checked. The river brought another repeat card, the 
. Bolotin checked one more, and Vizza fired out 70,000 chips. Without hesitation, Bolotin announced, "I call," tabling 
. Vizza open-mucked his own hand, revealing 
. The turn and river were the 
and 
respectively, and Michnik's pair of kings is the winner. With that, he doubles his way up to 445,000, leaving Bolotin behind with his 320,000.
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and the crowd let out a big cheer for Young. The turn stayed clean with the 
on the river and Young slapped hands with his mates on the rail as Bolotin shipped over the chips.
and then the river the