Krause On the Rail; Novotny Doubles
Andreas Krause had hung around with a short stack for a while but eventually saw his hopes fade. In a duel of short stacks, he could not beat the pocket kings of Yurii Shevchuk on a board of Q♣Q♠4♦10♣8♥ and headed to the payout desk.
One table over, Tomas Novotny three-bet jammed his last 140,000 and Ryan Oliver called with the words "I hope you don't have aces. I am ahead of everything but aces."
Novotny did have the aces, though, and revealed his A♥A♠J♠6♣. Oliver's K♦K♣9♠3♣ had some outs all the way on the 9♥2♠2♣ flop and 7♠ turn but the 2♥ river ensured the double up of the Czech player.
"That's a good strategy to just wait for aces," Oliver joked.
"Yeah, it has been working well so far ... every three orbits," Novotny grinned back.
There are only 25 players remaining and they will redraw once the next casualty is confirmed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 100,000 |
|
400,000 | -120,000 |
|
330,000 | -20,000 |
|
Busted |