If You Want to Win a Tournament, You Might Have To Crack a Few Aces
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
In two out of the last three hands the player who was all in with aces lost. First, Ray Henson doubled through Cory Glass when he shoved ![]()
into Glass's ![]()
. The board ran out ![]()
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and Glass was left with a little more than six big blinds.
Two hands later, John Deckard, aka Johnny Q, shoved all in over a James Mordue raise. There was another shove over Q's and Mordue folded leaving Q heads up against aces. Q had ![]()
and he was against ![]()
.
"Come on put a six out there, just for sh*ts and giggles," said Q. The board ran out ![]()
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and when the
hit the turn, Q cheered, as he made a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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178,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
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175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
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50,000
90,000
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90,000 |