Allen Kessler has been nursing a short stack for the past couple of hours, and he just committed his last 12,400 from middle position. Action folded to Joel Klipping in the small blind, and he called, which promoted Marius Toderici to fold the big.

“I do not have a very good hand,” Kessler admitted. “First time I was the first one in the pot.”

Kessler:

Klipping:

Not since Reagan was in the White House has Kessler shoved with such a hand, but he seemed hopeful when he simply said, “I’m live.”

Indeed he was drawing to two live cards, but neither appeared as the board ran out a dry .

With that, Kessler was felled with less than 20 minutes remaining in the evening while Klipping chipped up to 135,000.

Joel Klipping - 135,000

Allen Kessler - Busted