Payne Knows No Pain
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Samantha Abernathy raised to 25,000 and Mark Payne squeezed to 58,000 from the button. In the big blind, Robert Spano four-bet to 130,000 and Abernathy folded, Payne called. On the flop 
, Spano continued for 150,000 and Payne tanked for more than two minutes.
Then he grabbed his red Terminator bounty chips, looked at the dealer, and announced all in. Spano gave it some thought and folded to see his opponent peek under both hole cards and then cheekily turn over the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,230,000 | 340,000 |
|
330,000 | -290,000 |