Mario Stanic Crashes Out Before the Break

Mar 21, 2025

Photo: Mario Stanic

In a big three-way all-in after the Diamond 10Heart 8Diamond 5 flop, Wanhao Zhao is all-in for 168,000 with the Heart 10Diamond 8 in the big blind for the top two pair. He is up against Spade KSpade 10 for James Rubinski and Diamond ADiamond 4, the latter of which belongs to Mario Stanic.

Stanic vividly asks for a diamond but catches none on the Spade 7 turn and Spade Q river.

Both Stanic and Rubinski are then all-in preflop, looked up by Adrian Indovino and Gary Lin. Indovino bets the Spade JHeart 9Diamond 3 flop for 55,000 and Lin folds, then grimaces “why do you bet so much with top set, I am not calling,” once Indovino flips over his Diamond JClub J.

Stanic’s Club 7Heart 7 and the Spade 9Diamond 9 of Rubinski are on thin ice, and the Club 3 turn as well as the Heart 5 river seal their fate. After the hand, they are on a 15-minute break, the last one for tonight.

Adrian Indovino – 722,000 (120 bb)
Wanhao Zhao – 565,000 (94 bb)
Gary Lin – 310,000 (52 bb)
Mario Stanic – Eliminated
James Rubinski – Eliminated

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