Collins Catching Heat
Greg Collins was just seen having a pot shipped his way to eliminate a short-stacked player, building his stack up to nearly 300,000 in the process. However, he had a stack of 280,000 prior to the hand and confirmed that he had won a huge pot to get him up to 240,000 at the beginning of the level.
In that hand, he went four ways to a flop of 
with one spade and everybody checked, bringing the turn 
. Collins checked and the player on his left bet one-third pot, with a call and a fold ensuing before Collins also called.
The river then fell 
to bring a third spade on board, and Collins led out with a down-bet from the amount on the previous street. The player on his left went all in and Collins immediately called when it was his turn to do so.
Greg Collins: 
Opponent: 
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Collins has since chipped up a bit and appears to be just shy of 300K, making him one of the largest stacks in the room as the number of players in the tournament continues to drop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000 | 55,000 |
. The small blind check-raised Stefan's continuation-bet of 9,000, making it 24,000, and Stefan came over the top for the player's effective stack of 62,000. The small blind called.
and river 
completed the runout and the player tapped the felt to acknowledge Stefan's hand before making his way from the table. The pot was shipped to Stefan, who now finds herself with 200K after collecting and stacking her newly-acquired chips.
. Varnell checked again and Sawaqdeh bet 12,000 more, prompting Varnell to check-raise to 36,000.
accomplished the same thing as a deuce, leaving Hart's straight to top Buckley's tens up and eliminate him from the tournament.
and Rodriguez led out for 30,000, sending McMaster into consideration for more than half a minute before folding 
face-up.
to score the pot and the knockout, bringing himself over a quarter-million in the process.
