“POY is in the front of my mind, I'm gunning for it,” Michalak said after his second final table of the year. The board ran out 10 ♦ 5 ♠ 3 ♦ Q ♦ 8 ♣, and that was all she wrote for Michalak, who has cashed three times in the last four HPT tournaments. The 9 ♠ blanked on the river, and Vargas exited in ninth place.Īfter Thomas Montoya and Michalek followed him out the door in eighth and seventh places respectively, John Michalak (not to be confused with Michalek) was sent to the rail on Hand #99 when he moved all in on the button holding the A ♠ K ♥ and Martin called from the small blind with the 10 ♣ 10 ♥. Unfortunately for him, the dealer burned and turned the A ♦ to give Martin a bigger set.
It was a cooler for Vargas who came from behind on the K ♣ 10 ♠ 8 ♣ flop by making a set.
