Brankin Doubles Up
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Peter Djordjevic opened to 23,000 and got calls from Colin Lovelock and Cedric Lorblanchet. Pete Brankin moved all in from the big blind and Djordjevic then moved all in for 208,000. The two other players both folded.
Brankin prepared to show his hand.
"Well you must be ahead," said his opponent, as Branking tabled 
. "I thought I'd get good odds," he said showing 
There was a king on the 
flop, but Brankin retook the lead on the 
turn and held on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
160,000 | |
|
|
150,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
140,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
and Gough bet 38,000. Moneymaker called. The river was the 
and Gough bet 43,000. Moneymaker quickly called.
runout and Lovelock moved above 500,000 in chips.
of Jen-Yue Chiang.
board and sent Chiang to the rail, doubling through Jerjis to sit on around 400,000 in chips.
and Moneymaker checked. Sweeney continued for 55,000 and Moneymaker check-raised to 155,000.
and was ahead of the 
of Sweeney. That was until the 
too little too late as Sweeney doubled through the start-of-day chip leader to become the first player over a million in chips.