A Queen and Her Kings
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Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Cathy Dever doubled through Athanasios Polychronopoulos on one of the last hands before dinner break, when her 
held up over the pro's 
.
The board rolled out 
and Dever's kings dodged the deck's aces to send her the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
221,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
133,000
-167,000
|
-167,000 |
|
||
and Korotki checked first to act. Hawkins was next to act and checked as well. Gregg bet 47,000 and Schulman made it 104,000 to go. Hawkins and Korotki folded and after thinking for about thirty seconds Gregg made the call.
and Gregg checked to Schulman who made a bet of 116,000. Gregg would tank for over 10 minutes. The first half of that time, he sat there frozen, his arms crossed, looking calm, as he thought about what to do. The second half he took his hoodie and headphones off, a puzzled look on his face. Jesse Sylvia stood up and whispered "how do you call the clock on Tony, he's the End Boss!"
and Gregg doubled up to 860,000 in chips while Schulman was knocked down to 200,000.
. Stammen could no longer win the pot, but a chop was the most likely scenario unless the turn and river both produced spades.
- and Palermo's freeroll turned into a full double.
.
, D'Angelo knuckled for the first time, and Seiver once again sat silently in thought. Finally, he reached into his stack with two hands and pushed forward twin stacks of gray T5,000 chips, betting 200,000.
.
to give Sylvia a commanding lead and the 
on the turn and the 
. Qartomy led out for 40,000, both players called, and Qartomy showed 
for a rivered flush. Tamayo mucked, and Young showed a weaker flush; 
. Berlianshik was in great shape with 
and he was off to whine to the television cameras about how bad he runs. "That kid raises every hand and when I finally get a hand, he gets Ace-Queen. Are you kidding me?"
