A short-stacked player raised to 20,000, nearly all of his stack, from late position. Action folded to Joe Villella's big blind, and he put the player at risk.

Villella:
Short stack:

The flop came , giving Villella top pair, while the short stack's best hope was to spike a ten. A turn gave the short stack a pair, but the river ended his tournament life.

Villella's stack is nearing 300,000, while others are fighting to get to half of that.

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