David Peters Tanks Long, but Tanks Wrong
Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
From under the gun, Daniel Coupal opened with a raise to 75,000 holding 
. Action folded to the cutoff where David Peters called with 
.
The flop came down 
and Coupal led out with a bet of 100,000. Peters called and the two took a turn of the 
.
On the turn, Peters and Coupal both checked. The river was the 
and Coupal led out with a bet of 250,000. Peters tanked for five minutes before finally calling, but Coupal showed down his jacks and took the massive pot while Peters, the start of day chip leader, was left with less than 20 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,620,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
|
510,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
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