$350 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

With the board showing on the turn, Dwight Barclay got it all in for 85,000 with (jack-high straight) against Frank Argano’s (ten-high straight). Argano’s only hope is a jack on the river for a chopped pot.

The river card is the , and Barclay wins the pot to double up in chips — crippling Argano in the process.

Dwight Barclay  –  270,000  (33 bb)
Frank Argano  –  10,000  (1 bb)

The next hand, Barclay limps from the cutoff for 8,000, Argano moves all in from the button for 9,000, and everyone calls. It’s a four-way pot that includes Jordan Peralta in the small blind and Nigel Murray in the big blind.

The flop comes , and Peralta bets 24,000. Murray and Barclay both fold, and Murray shows his .

Surprisingly, considering he was down to a single big blind, Argano turns over a powerful hand — . But he needs to improve to stay alive against Peralta’s (two pair).

The turn is the , the river is the , and Peralta wins the pot with his two pair to eliminate Frank Argano in fourth place. (Murray points out that he would have caught a runner-runner jack-high straight.)

Seat 1.  Dwight Barclay  –  257,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Jordan Peralta  –  158,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Nigel Murray  –  425,000  (53 bb)

Frank Argano  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,862)