Alvarado Busts Tran to Seize Lead
This tournament is fast becoming the JC Alvarado show and the Mexican player is running so hot right now it is a wonder he has not burst into flames.
We saw Alvarado push an opponent off a 45,000 pot after jamming the river on a fairly dry queen-high board to pad out his stack further before he put an end to Linh Tran’s Day 2 hopes and dreams the very next hand.
Tran was down to his last 20,000 and moved all-in from middle position with 
and Alvarado woke up in the small blind with 
and made the call.
The 
runout was not the one Tran was after and he hit the rail and Alvarado now has a massive 200,000-plus stack – we are not sure exactly how much for sure though as he has them unevenly stacked and does not know exactly how much himself. It’s definitely more than 200,000 though.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |