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Joe Mckeehen had 4,000 in front of him on a flop of , and his opponent had 1,500. The player then moved all in for effectively 15,000 or so, Mckeehen called, and the hands were tabled.
Mckeehen:
Opponent:
Mckeehen didn't make his flush draw, but the turn and river came , respectively to give him a straight. He doubled to around 40,000 chips.
We get over to a table and see a ton of chips in the middle of the table and a flop that shows . Three players are all in. The shortest stack of the three has and had to be feeling good until he saw the other two hands he was up against. Matt Salbserg had for flopped middle set but even he was behind Bob Link who had flopped the world with .
Link could still lose the hand if the board paired. The turn was the changing nothing. The river improved Link's hand, giving him a flush, as it was the . The player with Aces was eliminated and Salsberg was crippled. He would bust and re-enter moments later.
According to Tournament Director Tab Duchateau there were 194 entrants. As soon as we have the prize pool and payout information available, we'll post it here.