A short stacked Mike Watson pushed all in before the flop and was called by fellow University of Waterloo alumni, Sean Furfaro.
Watson:
Furfaro:
The board brought no help for Watson and he is eliminated from the tournament late in level 9.
Watson and Furfaro actually know each other from their college days when Furfaro announced baseball games for Waterloo. Watson was a player on the team.
Only this time, he flopped quads. This is the second time this level that Carroll has doubled up with pocket rockets, propelling him from dangerously short stacked to over chip average with about 34,000.
Action folds around to the small blind who limps into the pot. Tom Braband checks his option in the big blind.
The flop comes . The small blind leads out for 1,000 and Braband reraises to 3,000. The small blind makes the call.
The turn is the and the small blind checks. Braband makes a strong bet of 6,200. The small blind takes about a minute before acting on his hand, and then checks.
The river brings the . The small blind checks again and Braband announces all in.
The small blind snap calls and turns over for a full house. Braband flashes a .