Hawkins Makes Friends with the Beast to Stay Alive
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
Action folded around to a shot stacked Maurice Hawkins in the cutoff. He moves all in for 5,500 total. Next to act is Ankush Mandavia and he calls the shove. Everyone else folds leaving the two players heads up going to a showdown.
Hawkins: 
Mandavia: 
The flop comes down 
giving Hawkins a big lead as the only player with a diamond. The turn is the 
though, and that takes the lead away from him as Mandavia makes a pair of aces. Hawkins begins to push forward his signaling that he can still make a flush. And while he doesn't make a flush on the 
river, he does make trips, and that gives him the best hand and allows him to double up through Mandavia, giving him right around 12,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 20,000 |
|
12,000 | -12,000 |
, Benarroch check-called a bet of 2,500 and then checked the 
and close to 10,000 already in the middle of the table, the action is on Maurice Hawkins. Santiago Nadal checked over to Hawkins. Hawkins puts out a bet of 4,500 which Nadal calls. 
and Nadal checks once more. Hawkins checks back quickly this time. Nadal shows 
and action checks to Zinno again. This time he moves all in for his last 5,850 chips. His opponent thinks it over for about 30 seconds before eventually deciding to release his hand. Zinno is able to take down the pot and nearly double without a showdown, allowing him to move just over half of what he began the day with.
for a full house, and Olisar showed the 
before making a beeline toward the exit.
