Duarte Holds with Queens
Level 16
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Milad Oghabian raised to 8,500 from early position but then middle position Morten Mortensen to his left moved all in for 40,000. Right after that, Mathias Duarte in late position shoved all in for the much larger sum of 300,000, which forced a fold from Oghabian. The two players exposed their cards, with Mortensen at risk.
Morten Mortensen: 
Mathias Duarte: 
Duarte started out the hand ahead of Mortensen, and the runout of 
kept it that way and Mortensen was eliminated while Duarte increased his stack to a healthy 350,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 350,000 |
|
180,000 | 180,000 |
|
Busted |