Todd Barlow Eliminated in 10th Place ($38,676)
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A big three-way pot, complete with some controversy, spelled the end of the tournament for Todd Barlow. Joe Cassidy brought it in on third street in front of Nikolay Evdakov, who completed. Barlow and Cassidy both called.
On fourth street, Cassidy double-bet his open fives to 24,000. Evdakov called before Barlow announced raise. He seemed not to realize that a double-bet was on board and tried to raise to 36,000, leaving himself 2,000 behind. A floor was eventually summoned who ruled Barlow to be all in. Cassidy then asked if he could raise and the floor said yes, because Barlow's raise was more than half of the required amount.
Cassidy raised to 62,000, drawing howls of protest from non-English speaker Nikkolay Evdakov. No fewer than three people (including me) were trying to explain to him in Russian why the raise was allowed, but Evdakov was having none of it. Finally the floor told him that the raise was to 62,000 and he needed to act on his hand. Evdakov called.
Cassidy bet fifth and sixth streets, with Evdakov calling each time. At the river the action was checked down. Cassidy showed two pair, kings and fives. Evdakov didn't want to open his hand but was instructed to do so because of Barlow's all in. He showed a small pair and a busted straight draw before mucking.
Cassidy sighed as he showed his unimproved nines. "I had a feeling I should fold," he said. Be that as it may, he's the 10th-place finisher.