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 
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 
and when the 
hit the turn, Q cheered, as he made a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000 | 48,000 |
|
175,000 | 175,000 |
|
|
50,000 | -90,000 |
and Toby Floyd faced a raise to 100,000. He shoved all in for 130,000 more. After some agonizing, and seemingly deciding that he shouldn't call, his opponent decided to call anyway, saying he had too much money in the pot already. He turned over 
and Floyd had a set of nines with the 
. The river was a blank, and Floyd eliminated his opponent before he stacked up to over 500,000 chips.
, and Hutter checked. The next player bet 22,000, De Silva folded, and Hutter called.
, and both players checked. The river was the 
, and Hutter led with a bet of 78,000. His opponent folded, and Hutter won the pot.
couldn't beat the 
, and both players checked.
for top pair, and De Silva mucked his hand.
for an open-ended straight flush draw, and he had the shortest stack of the bunch.
hit on the river and Glass also made a full house. With that, Glass and Mordue chopped up the main pot, and then Pilgrim lost out to Mordue for the side pot and was eliminated.
