Tikerpe Cracks Aces to Stay Alive
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Down to just 11 big blinds Matthias Tikerpe was all in with the 
and Gaelle Baumann looked him up with the 
. The board came 
and Tikerpe's two pair kept him in the running.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
310,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
300,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
295,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
295,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
275,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
210,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
165,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
145,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
140,000
13,300
|
13,300 |
|
95,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
85,000
-44,100
|
-44,100 |
|
||
|
52,000
-63,900
|
-63,900 |
and Chisu's full house with sixes over fours scored the double knockout, cutting the bid of Coren Mitchell to become the first three-time champion short.
, but a queen on the river ended his Main Event attempt.
against pocket eights and flopped a nine only for an eight to show up on the river.
and Kosk spiked his queen on the turn to survive. Patel, the former star of "2 Months 2 Million", was left with mere crumbs but doubled the hand afterwards to get to 10 big blinds.
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