Eychenne Shoves on Kovalski; O'Dwyer Runs Into Romero's Queens
Heads-up on a flop of K♦3♦J♣, Thomas Eychenne bet 15,000 from the hijack and Fabiano Kovalski called in the big blind.
The turn was the J♦ and Kovalski led out for 18,000. Eychenne called and the Q♠ fell on the river. Kovalski then bet 20,000, and Eychenne used two time banks before announcing all in.
Kovalski had around 250,000 remaining and tanked for a minute before folding. Eychenne allowed him to pick one of his cards, and Kovalski chose the Q♣.
At the same time at another table, Alejandro Romero had opened to 20,000 under the gun and Lirong Hu Yu called in the hijack. Steve O'Dwyer then reraised to 190,000 in the cutoff, leaving only a few chips behind, and Romero shoved all in. Yu folded, but O'Dwyer quickly put in the rest of his stack.
Steve O'Dwyer: 9♠9♥ 
Alejandro Romero: Q♣Q♥
Yu told O'Dwyer what he folded as the flop came A♠K♦10♣. "Why would you tell me that?" O'Dwyer said incredulously.
"You're never supposed to say," Romero added. The turn was the A♥, while the 3♦ river was no help to O'Dwyer as the EPT champion was sent to the rail, but not before shooting Yu another annoyed look.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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850,000
558,000
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558,000 |
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800,000
238,000
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238,000 |
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400,000
239,000
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239,000 |
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250,000
199,000
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199,000 |
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Busted | |
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