Poonhath Triples; Van Eeden Busts
Three players have their stacks in the middle and Rajeev Poonhath is the shortest among them for the last 30,000, followed by Tony Van Eeden in the next seat. Giovanni Gaggia looked both up for the following showdown.
Rajeev Poonhath: Q♣J♣ 
Tony Van Eeden: A♣J♦
Giovanni Gaggia: A♦K♥
"The ace is dead, " Poonhath said and another player remarked "the jack also".
Nothing changed on the 8♥5♥5♣ flop but Poonhath picked up a flush draw with the 2♣ turn. "One more!" he demanded and the K♣ river saw his wish granted. Poonhath tripled while Van Eeden was eliminated in the small side pot.
"Tony, don't forget your time banks," Giovanni Zanette joked to Van Eeden, who had apparently never used any time banks in sixteen years. On his previous table, Van Eeden timed out without knowing to lose all of his time banks and then asked the floor to receive more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
295,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
230,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
163,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
145,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
90,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
75,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
68,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
Busted | |