Isle Open Championship (Day 3): Manuel Quinonez First To Exit After Dinner, Out In 6th Place ($21,407)

2017 Isle Open | Event #21
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Isle Open Championship| $500,000 GTD
Level 28 (Blinds 40,000/80,000/10,000)
Total Event #21 Entries: 404
Event #21 Players Remaining: 5

Emanuel Quinonez (Orlando, FL) just experienced the highlight of his tournament poker career, after coming into this event with a total of $3,600 in earnings.

The first half-hour back from dinner felt like a waiting process, with the table curious to see which short stack was going to be at risk first.  The were four all-ins from the short stacks (2 from Birnbaum and 2 from Quinonez), all of which got through.  That was until Nissin Vaknin opened the button to 300,000, with both shorties in the blinds.  Nancy let go of her hand, while Manuel ended up making the call, leaving himself with 650,000 behind.  The dealer fanned out the 9♠ 5♠ 2♥ flop, with Manuel checking to Vaknin, who bet 600,000.  Quinonez verbalized a call and tabled his hand, not realizing that he had 50,000 behind (never announced himself all-in).  The turn would come with Manuel's hand still exposed (8♠ 8♦), with the J♠ hitting the felt.  Manuel tossed the chips in, Vaknin quickly made the call, and would turn over J♣ J♦.  He hit a set on the turn, but still needed to fade spades on the river, which he did successfully (10♥ river).

Quinonez earns a career highlighting score of $21,407 for his sixth place finish, and heads to the podium to collect his money.