Mean Turn Ousts Argano

Level 21
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Preflop action between Brian Ali and Frank Argano had left the latter with a little more than 100,000 when the flop came . Ali was first to act, and did so by setting out a stack of gray (5,000) chips for a bet of 100,000. "I'm all in," Argano said with a wave of his hands, and Ali quickly called.
"I have a jack," Argano said, tabling . Ali had a pair, too, with
, and when the
spiked on the turn the table reacted with a gasp. Argano quickly stood up, and when the river brought the
he was on his way to the cashier's table.
Chip leader to start Day 2, Argano collects $4,526 for his 25th-place finish. Ali, meanwhile, looks to be nearing the 600,000-chip mark.