Perkins Flops Nuts, Loses to Runner-Runner Boat
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
We heard a loud roar across the room and ran over to see a large pile of chips being pushed to Xiaohu Chen, who had the ![]()
sitting in front of him. At the other end of the table was (former) chip leader Brad Perkins, who had tabled ![]()
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The board? ![]()
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We learned that Perkins had shoved all in on the flop, and Chen tanked for five minutes, had the clock called on him, and announced a call with time running out. He then went runner-runner for a full house to clip Perkins and stay alive in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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180,000
88,000
|
88,000 |