Eyster Doubles Up
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Thila Narayanan raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and Kevin Eyster went all in from the button for 595,000. Narayanan made the call to put Eyster at risk for his tournament life.
Narayanan: 
Eyster: 
The board ran 
, and Eyster's pocket nines double him up to put him at 1.190M in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,190,000 | 470,000 |
|
700,000 | -600,000 |
and he picked up a caller in the form of Joey Couden, who called from the big blind with the 
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to bring the straight home for Couden. He checked over to Wince who elected to check back.
and Wince's queens doubled him up to 2.06M in chips.
in early position and decided to make the smooth call. In the big blind, Joey Couden also held 
and came along with the call.
. With top pair, Friedman led out with 125,000 into the three-way pot and got a call from Cramer who had the nut flush draw. Couden got out of the way.
with two checks and the river 
. Both players checked it down.
, and Cramer's set of queens held to double him up early in the final table.
. Eyster continued with a 150,000 bet which was called by Hart. The turn was the 
to improve each hand. Eyster shoved all in and Hart considered it for a few moments before making the call.
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