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The light's growing dim for Mackey.
James Mackey is newly short-stacked after being rivered in back-to-back pots. First Vanessa Rousso took Mackey's stack down a peg, flopping middle pair with and then rivering a king to overtake Mackeys flopped top pair.
Just a few hands later, Mackey played a three-way pot with Blake Buffington and Nam Le. On a flop of , Buffington opened for 27,000. Mackey was the only caller. Buffington checked the turn and was then faced with a bet of 45,000. He tanked for more than a minute before tossing in a call.
On the river Buffington moved all in. Mackey asked for a count (62,500) and then called with , top pair. Buffington turned over for a flush draw that made a running two pair. Mackey's frustration was evident all over his face as he paid off the river bet.