Paulin Wakes Up to Queens in the Big Blind
Level 15
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
We got to the table as Pierre Paul Paulin was stacking chips, with his opponent packing his things. A player in early position shoved for about 100,000 and action folded to Paulin in the big blind. He slowly peeled his cards and then quickly called.
The early-position player revealed pocket tens, but Paulin found himself with two ladies.
The board ran out dry and Paulin held on to bust his opponent, adding to his stack of around 40 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 |
, but Chartier held 
and it wasn't looking good.
and the hijack picked up a straight draw for some outs. The turn was the 
but the river was the 
and Chartier held to send his opponent to the rail.
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against his opponent's 
.
and Proulx was pushed the pot nearly doubling his stack.
, the player in the cutoff moved all-in for 110,000 and Ian Tang called on the button. 
for ace-high, up against Tang's 
to give Tang two pair for good measure and send his opponent to the rail.
, up against Janisse's 
.
and Afriat was eliminated.
flop, Carlos Gerones raised a bet from the player in the big blind to 131,000 only to see a third player in the hand shove all-in for 212,000. The player in the big blind folded and Gerones snap-called.
and the 
