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Douglas moved all in with , and John Hunt reraised with . Chandrasekhar Billavara held K-Q and thought awhile about calling before mucking his hand.
Hunt had Douglas dominated...until the flop came . That jack put Douglas in the lead, and when the board ran out and he survived and doubled up at Hunt's expense.
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And when he goes to sleep tonight, he's going to have nightmares about jacks. Jacks on the flop, especially.
Hunt pushed with , and Chandrasekhar Billavara called with the . That wasn't a good sign for Hunt in the last hand, and it wasn't a good one here. The flop came to give Billavara the lead, and when the fell on the turn and the on the river it gave the hand to Billavara and sent Hunt out in third place. He lost two consecutive hands when he went in as the favorite, but John Hunt will take home $292,476 as a consolation prize.
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After the first few hands Billavara seemed to get the best of both the cards and the action. He moved first at several pots and built up his stack. But Douglas managed to avoid a trap in one hand. He limped with J-6 and Billavara checked his option with 3-4 offsuit. The flop came A-J-3 and both players checked. The turn was another three -- and again both players checked. A four fell on the river, giving Billavara a full house, and this time he led out into the pot for 500K. Douglas thought it over, thinking that perhaps his jack was good...but he ended up throwing his hand away and avoided handing over a big chunk of his stack.
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After Douglas open-pushed several times and got Billavara to surrender the blinds and antes, he tried the same move with and Billavara called with .
We'd seen so many players come from behind to win that it felt like a queen would spike on the flop, but when the dealer spread the cards we saw the . And whatever drama was left ended when the hit on the turn, leaving Douglas drawing dead and Billavara our champion.
Chandrasekhar Billavara came to this final table as the shortest stack, but he picked up aces on the first hand and played fast and aggressive on the way to the bracelet and the $722,914 first prize. Taylor Douglas was the chip leader coming in and throughout most of the day, but after losing some tough hands he battled back to finish as our runner-up, winning $467,101.
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, and John Hunt reraised with 
. That jack put Douglas in the lead, and when the board ran out 
and 
he survived and doubled up at Hunt's expense.
, and Chandrasekhar Billavara called with the 
to give Billavara the lead, and when the 
fell on the turn and the 
on the river it gave the hand to Billavara and sent Hunt out in third place. He lost two consecutive hands when he went in as the favorite, but John Hunt will take home $292,476 as a consolation prize.
and Billavara called with 
. 
. And whatever drama was left ended when the 
hit on the turn, leaving Douglas drawing dead and Billavara our champion. 
