We had a big flip on the first hand of the final table, as Jesus Gabribay’s pocket queens did battle with the Ace-King of Narek Pananyan. The queens held, and Pananyan was eliminated not long after that.
A couple of orbits went by before John Gogreve shoved from early position for about 12 big blinds. Action folded to Michael Criscione, who moved all in, and Daniel Contreras looked at his hand before laughing and open folding Ace-Queen. It was a good fold, as Criscione showed pocket kings, while Gogreve had [Ad][10c]. The kings would hold for Criscione, who scored the knockout, while Contreras avoided what he called the “parking lot hand.”
