Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:14 PM Local Time
Mel Wiener Has To Catch a Flight, in 3 Hours
A player opens in middle position raises to 1,150 and the player in seat one goes all in for 3,225. Mel Wiener has a plane to catch at 6 p.m. local time, so he shoves all in also for 5,100.
The original raiser calls Wiener's all in and seems quite happy to be the one to send him home. It might not be as easy as he'd hoped because he has , but when Wiener turns over he knows he has a chance. The original all in player has the short stack and .
The board runs out . When the ace hits the board so does Wiener, slapping his hand on the felt in excitement.
"I do have a plane to catch at six," he says as he scoops in the pot. Stay tuned to see if Wiener misses his flight on purpose because he has a huge stack in this tournament.