Carlin Keeps Climbing
Level 10
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Cody Carlin had just busted Tim Thorp when Thorp got in his last 25,000 with Q♦9♠ but ran into Carlin's A♥Q♠. Carlin hit top two pair on the 2♥Q♥A♣ flop, and Thorp was already drawing dead and ending to the exit.
The next hand, Cullen Oldham put in his last 5,000 from under the gun and Daniel Gitt called on the button. Carlin then reraised to 25,000 in the small blind, and Gitt folded.
Cullen Oldham: K♦Q♦
Cody Carlin: A♥Q♠
Carlin again had an opponent dominated and at risk, and he hit top pair on the J♣5♣7♦4♥A♣ board to earn another knockout and increase his stack to around 400,000.