Alioto Runs Into Aces; First to Bust
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/1,000, 1,000 ante
Tahsin Cankurtaranli open-raised to 3,000 from the hijack and the button called. Piero Alioto then three-bet to 12,000 from the big blind. Cankurtaranli then four-bet to 40,000. The button folded and Alioto five-bet all in. Cankurtaranli snap-called and had slightly more chips as the cards were shown.
Piero Alioto: A♣K♠
Tahsin Cankurtaranli: A♥A♠
Alioto had run into aces. The board ran out 4♦8♦7♦6♦K♥ and Alioto had some outs for the split, but failed to make it an was eliminated. Cankurtaranli, meanwhile, doubled his stack.