A Double and a Triple Up
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Timothy Adams shoved his short stack and was called by Dmitry Yurasov on the button and Ekrem Sanioglu in the small blind. Both active players checked down the board 
and Adams showed 
. Yurasov had the 
and Sanioglu only 
.
At the same time over on table four, John Juanda raised and Pavel Plesuv shoved the button to put ultimate pressure on the short stacks in the blinds and Juanda. The latter, however, called for his last 131,000 and the showdown took place after Adams' tripled up.
John Juanda: 
Pavel Plesuv: 
There was no sweat on the board 
and there are still 32 players remaining.
As a result, Alain Goldberg has become the shortest stack, in a recent hand he check-folded a flop of 
flop against the bet of Aliaksei Boika.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | -145,000 |
|
275,000 | 150,000 |
|
145,000 | 100,000 |
|
55,000 | -7,000 |