Maillard Next to Go

Joan Maillard open-shoved his short stack when the table folded around to his button. He had just about 40,000 left when he pushed in, and the big blind quickly made the call with the covering stack, tabling {9-Diamonds}

. Maillard was in danger and racing for his survival with {K-Spades}

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Fate was not with Maillard for this race. The board ran out {A-Hearts}

. That pair of nines turned into a set of nines, and that was plenty good enough to sent Maillard to the payout desk in 32nd place. That's good enough for a pay bump up to $6,250. Not too shabby for two days' work.