The Sweeney Swoops In
Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Huge pot for Andrew Sweeney as he doubled up to 700,000 crippling Istvan Birizdo in the process.
Birizdo had made a big move with 
but Sweeney had 
and held on a 
board.
Birizdo was left with just 100,000 remaining which went in as a three-bet shove against Jean-Yves Malherbe's initial 12,000 open. The Frenchman wasn't the problem though, Sotirios Koutoupas in the big blind calling the shove was. Malherbe quickly folded to leave Birizdo in trouble.
Birizdo: 
Koutoupas: 
The board came 
and the tournament was down another player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
476,000
|
476,000 |
|
500,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |