James Bord Doubles Through Paul Phua
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A tale of two hands this as the first sets up the second...
James Bord opened to 500,000 and Paul Phua wanted to know how much he was playing. "About six million," was the reply. Phua three-bet to 1,500,000 and Bord had a decision. "Anyone got a coin?" he asked. No one did. So he picked up his phone and said. "This side heads, this side tails," and flipped his phone. It landed on the table and he folded. They don't flip coins in the Big One for One Drop, they flip phones!
The very next hand Bord raised it up to 500,000 again and once more Phua three-bet him. It was 1,200,000 total for Bord to continue and again he flipped his phone. "This time I'm all-in," he said. "Call," said Phua.
Bord: 
Phua: 
It was the ultimate cooler and a 
board kept Bord's aces in front, he was all-in for 5,620,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,560,000
5,470,000
|
5,470,000 |
|
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|
9,400,000
-5,325,000
|
-5,325,000 |
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. Strasser won with his ace king, and Einhorn was eliminated.
for quads and Garand was drawing dead with 
. The 
, he wasn't. It was a race though as Newey had 
. The 
run out kept Katz in front and left Newey with just two big blinds.
and Pantling checked. Voulgaris continued for 1,300,000, and Pantling then check-raised to 3,000,000. Voulgaris thought for a minute, then mucked his cards.
. De Carolis led out for 1,000,000 and Voulgaris quickly folded. De Carolis won the side pot, and he and Newey tabled their cards.
, and the river was the 
. De Carolis won with jacks up, and Newey was eliminated.
fell on the turn. Safai bet big, leading out for 1,500,000, Tsang folded and action was on Pantling. He took a look at his opponent's stack (it looked like Safai had about 9,000,000 total) and then slid out enough orange 500,000 chips to set Safai all-in. He almost beat him into the pot.
