Frank Rusnak Poker Tournament Updates

A Look At The Field

Jul 14, '18

Here is a look at a few notables in the field here on day 1a. Registration will remain open until the end of level 12, which will be on day 2.

Player Tags: Jeremy Ausmus,   Frank Rusnak,   Darryll Fish,   Farzad Bonyadi,   Samantha Cohen,   Samuel Panzica,   Javier Gomez

Frank Rusnak Triples Up

Jul 19, '16

Frank Rusnak moved all in for 7,325 frm under the gun and the player in the hijack called. Michael Aron was in the big blind and reraised to 18,000. The hijack called.

The flop came A98 and Aron thought for a bit before betting 11,000. The hijack took his time before calling.

Rusnak spent the lengthy deliberation process preflop and post-flop dutifully eating a salad that had been delivered to the table not too long ago. He made significant progress over the course of the hand and remarked, “That was really thoughtful of you guys,” referring to the extra time giving him the ability to eat his food.

The turn brought the 5. Aron checked, his opponent bet 18,000 and Aron eventually called.

The river paired the board with the 5. Aron checked, then his opponent checked back.

Aron showed AK for aces up and the hijack tried to muck, but the table insisted since a player was all-in, he needed to show. The player eventually revealed QQ. Rusnak turned over the 5 first, then showed te 5 for good measure and tripled up with quads, while Aron raked in the substantial side pot.

Frank Rusnak – 24,500
Michael Aron – 110,000

Player Tags: Frank Rusnak,   Michael Aron

Still More Arrivals

Mar 16, '15

Jon Eaton took to Twitter to express his pleasure with the growing field, including players he is familiar with and those he is not.

Great field plus lots of unfamiliar faces at @WynnPoker main. They just need to start serving Guinness.

— Jon Eaton (@sketchy1poker) March 16, 2015

While Eaton was Tweeting away, a few more players of note joined tournament. On another walk through the tables we found Joseph Cheong, David Singer, David Levi, Jimmy Tran, Jared Hamby, Frank Rusnak and Dan Sindelar.

After busting with about one minute left in play last night, Larry Wright is also here again today.

“I went all-in blind from the big blind,” Larry told us. “I didn’t want to come back with only 27,000 anyway.”

Joseph Cheong

Frank Rusnak

Larry Wright

Player Tags: Larry Wright,   David Levi,   David Singer,   Frank Rusnak,   Joseph Cheong

Rusnak Eliminated by Sewell

Mar 19, '13

Frank Rusnak was all in for his last 90,000 and was called by Gary Sewell. Rusnak held Q Q but Sewell was ahead with A A.

A flop of A 9 6 lessened Rusnak’s chances of staying alive even more and when the board completed K 3 his tournament came to an end.

Gary Sewell – 525,000
Frank Rusnak – eliminated

Player Tags: Frank Rusnak,   Gary Sewell

Rusnak Doubles Through Katz

Mar 19, '13

A short-stacked Frank Rusnak has just doubled through Cary Katz.

Rusnak moved all in from the button for 40,700 with K4 and Katz called from the small blind with 66.

Katz stayed ahead after a flop of J87. Ruznak picked up a pair of fours when the 4 fell on the turn but was still behind.

The river changed it all when the 4 was revealed to give Ruznak trip-fours and best Katz’s sixes.

Frank Ruznak – 80,000
Cary Katz – 61,000

Player Tags: Cary Katz,   Frank Rusnak

Bad Beat Almost Follows Bad Beat

Oct 26, '10

There was a tough situation developing over at table 6. Len Ashby raised preflop and Frank Rusnak reraised behind him. Ashby then put out a big stack of chips, seemingly thinking it was enough to cover the remainder of Rusnak’s stack.

Rusnak must have thought so too, because he said call and turned up his QQ. At this point, Ashby showed AQ and the dealer noticed that both players still had chips behind since neither declared they were all in.

A ruling was made that the action would stand and the flop would be dealt. It came 1084 and Ashby moved all in for his last 6,800. Rusnak called and the A hit the turn.

The river was the 7 and Ashby doubled up to 185,000. Left with just 9,300, the floor then informed Rusnak that he would have to receive a one round penalty for exposing his cards.

The entire table then protested, explaining that he would be blinded out. The table all agreed that he should not receive the penalty because everyone assumed both players were all in and there was no malicious intent to deceive any of the other players. The tournament director agreed and Rusnak was allowed to play out his stack.

A few hands later, Rusnak was eliminated.

Player Tags: Len Ashby,   Frank Rusnak